Mykola Kobka
Warsaw
Summary
Creative Game Designer thoroughly experienced at shifting ideas to prototypes and content with more than 5 years of work experience in a game industry. Inspired to get into a workspace of like-minded professionals, where always would be a place for implementing personal ideas in a game-creating process.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Game Designer
FragLab Studio
10.2020 - 02.2024
- Enhanced player experience by designing innovative game mechanics and systems.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop engaging game content and storylines.
- Managed a team of 10 specialists (3d artists, animators, VFX artists, UI designer and a Concept artist),was guiding the whole process of creating new weapons, skins and other content from a concept phase ending creative suggestions about cool looking animations and visual effects.
- Increased user retention through the implementation of effective reward systems and progression structures.
- Optimized level designs for improved gameplay flow and challenge balance.
- Conducted thorough playtesting sessions, identifying areas for improvement and refining game elements accordingly.
- Improved overall game quality through rigorous bug tracking, testing, and resolution efforts.
- Ensured coherent visual identity for game's content by collaborating closely with artists during asset creation stages from concept art to final implementation in-game engines.
- Created prototypes based upon design ideas using Lua scripting language.
Game Designer
4Enjoy Studio
09.2019 - 10.2020
- Customized behavior of game characters, assembled parameters in editor
- Wrote, translated dialogs and game texts
- Created tasks for level designers and artists
- Prioritized tasks for all game design team
- Used professional design tools to create characters, levels, vehicles, layouts and unique elements.
- Mentored newly hired and junior developers in office and departmental policies and procedures.
- Collaborated with game designers, artists and testers to ensure quality product delivery.
Sales Manager
iStudio
09.2019 - 12.2019
- Had experience to do couple of tasks simultaneously: selling devices, working with a database 1C, ordering goods from a supplier, making refunds, sending defected products to a service center and setting up devices
Sales manager
Citrus
07.2017 - 08.2017
- My responsibilities included knowing everything about a product, working with problem clients, being communicative with visitors and trying to pick up the best product they needed
Education
Master of Science - Cybersecurity
Natioanal Aviation University
Kyiv05.2020
High School Diploma -
Uman Towm Gymnasium
Uman05.2015
Skills
- Experience in working with Jira, Confluence
- Experience in working with GitHub, Perforce, Jenkins
- Experience in prototyping game mechanics using Lua scripting language and Node coding
- English level upper intermediate, Ukrainian and Russian proficient level
- Rock-solid organization skills and ability to judge multiple properties
- Able to work creatively in demanding team environment
- Good analytical and problem solving skills
- Good communicative skills
- Good ability to clearly convey thoughts to other members of team
- Ability to think logically and strong level of attention to detail
www.linkedin.com/in/mykola-kobka
Hobbies
- Playing volleyball
- Cooking
- Watching films
- Cycling
- Watching tutorials about 3d modeling, VFX, etc
- Traveling abroad
Timeline
Game Designer
FragLab Studio
10.2020 - 02.2024
Game Designer
4Enjoy Studio
09.2019 - 10.2020
Sales Manager
iStudio
09.2019 - 12.2019
Sales manager
Citrus
07.2017 - 08.2017
Master of Science - Cybersecurity
Natioanal Aviation University
High School Diploma -
Uman Towm Gymnasium
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