Game Development. And some more :)
feat. a squishy Kirbo I made
My name is Grimm, and I'm a Junior Gameplay Designer with a focus on System and Feature Design. I strive to be an all-rounder of Game Development with skills as a System Designer, Team Player & Manager, and some Prototyping and (Tech-) Art know-how as well.
I was born and still live in Berlin. I thoroughly enjoy working with people, especially on creative projects - not just to make my own vision reality, but to support people refine and realize theirs.
This mix of collaborative teamwork and the need to have a vast knowledge of, or the ability to learn about many different things that will always help with Game Development, lead me to the S4G School for Games Berlin where I decided to study Game Design with an extra focus on Production and Team Management.
I'm also very interested in the visual development of games and I can enjoy the benefits of my art skills by having a greater overview about the Game's development than if I exclusively focused on Game Design.
Game Development & Project Management
Feature Design & Documentation
My main topics are Feature and Gameplay Design. While I do love to bring my own ideas to a project, I especially like to iterate on, to refine, and to add onto pieces of a project.
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I have experience in Vision Keeping, Lead Design and Feature Design, and I can confidently communicate these ideas to the team in meetings and through presentations, and Design Documents like FDDs, GDDs, and One-Pagers.
Engine Work & Support
Interdisciplinary tasks are something I thrive in. I'm able to teach myself something new in a short amount of time to support the rest of the team, to make a new idea reality, or to fill tight spots in a project.
I'm comfortable working in any engine and I can switch focus quickly and effectively if needed.
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My current experiences are mainly in Unity but I've worked with Godot as well and know the very basics of Unreal Engine.
Team Management & Production
Agile Team and Product management - SCRUM, Kanban
I am familiar with SCRUM roles and artifacts and like to use a Kanban and Sprint boards for further organizing
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We used a mix of SCRUM and Kanban for the student projects and distributed the roles differently. As the producer, I took on the role of both the SCRUM master and Product Owner, but Vision Keeping was a separate role which I then took on during a different project.
Creative Work
Narrative Design
Again, I have a passion for creative work, either from the ground up or building upon existing work.
I love Narrative Design, both through Environmental Storytelling or as written out dialogue and lore.
Illustration & Concept Design
My personal hobby is art, especially illustrations and character & prop design and I love to make use of that for Game Development. I think very visually so making a few storyboard sketches can help me get a picture of a design or mechanic. I also make use of it to communicate ideas so my documentation might be a bit more colorful than usual :D
