Design and UX Audit
A structured review of a build, prototype, onboarding flow, feature, tool or player journey.
- Recorded playthrough or walkthrough
- Design, UX and systems notes
- Priority fixes and opportunity map
Game design · UX · prototypes · teaching
Design help for games and playful products.
I help teams turn unclear ideas, complex systems and early builds into playable, testable and easier-to-explain products.
Good starting points
an early build needs direction
a demo needs to communicate faster
a system needs to become playable
20+years across games, UX, teaching and creative technology
0→1experience across B2B tools, children’s games, mobile games and PC/console work
Art + Codedesign direction, prototyping, writing, systems and team alignment
Services
Clear ways to bring in senior design help without turning it into a vague consulting engagement.
Prototype Sprint
Turn an unclear mechanic, tool, learning loop or interaction model into something playable and testable.
- Playable prototype or interaction mock
- Design notes and assumptions
- Next-step production recommendations
Fractional Design Lead
Recurring design leadership for teams that need direction, critique, prioritisation and momentum.
- Weekly design review
- Systems, UX and feature direction
- Mentorship and documentation support
Pitch and Demo Review
For teams preparing a publisher demo, investor update, grant pitch, milestone review or public showcase.
- Player promise and narrative clarity
- Demo risk and pacing review
- What to show, cut, explain or polish
Workshops and Courses
Live sessions and custom learning formats for studios, colleges, festivals, accelerators and product teams.
- Game design and prototyping
- Playtesting and critique
- Game UX, onboarding and systems
Advisory Call
A focused session for a specific decision, such as scope, positioning, design direction or next steps.
- Bring a build, deck, document or question
- Leave with clearer options
- Good as a low-friction first step
What I bring to the work
The value is in the combination: design judgment, hands-on making, technical understanding, visual direction and the ability to teach the team as the work moves forward.
Design
Core loops, systems, onboarding, progression, economy, UX flows, player motivation and product clarity.
Technology
Unity, Godot, GameMaker, JavaScript, creative code, frontend thinking and prototype-minded engineering conversations.
Art
Visual direction, interaction feel, storytelling through play, world-building and making systems legible.
Prototyping
Testing assumptions quickly through playable sketches, tools, flows, paper exercises and small interactive builds.
Learning
Design for children, learning goals, feedback loops, progression, curriculum constraints and classroom-friendly formats.
Mentoring
Critique, documentation, workshops, team alignment and making design decisions easier to discuss.
0-to-1 experience
This is not the only thing I do, but it is a real advantage: I have repeatedly worked on products before the shape was obvious.
redBus
B2B tools and UX for operator-facing products, including analytics, data flows, communication flows, visual systems and frontend implementation.
BYJU’S / Tangible Play / Osmo
Games for the Osmo platform for children under 10, moving from early concepts through prototypes, playtests, learning goals, hardware constraints, interaction design and production handoff.
PlaySimple
Design leadership inside the New Games Group, taking multiple games from early idea and MVP through prototyping, validation, economy, progression, UX, content systems and scale.
Second Quest
Founding team work on a PC/console game and studio, shaping creative direction, product vision, systems, tools and player experience from the ground up.
Workshops, courses and curriculum
Live workshops and custom course formats for studios, colleges, accelerators and industry programs. These can also become recorded or self-paced material when a partner wants to produce them together.
This builds on classroom teaching, curriculum development and skilling work across Srishti, NID, Aptech, Arena, and ongoing Talent & Skilling work with GDAI.
Game Design by Making
Learn game design through small playable exercises, critique and iteration rather than abstract theory alone.
Prototyping Before Production
Prototype decisions, test assumptions, build just enough, and avoid spending months on the wrong version of an idea.
Game UX and Player Clarity
Make systems understandable through flow, feedback, pacing, language, affordances and player-facing design.
Playtesting and Critique
Structure playtests, read feedback, separate opinion from evidence, and help teams learn from the game itself.
Background
A few parts of my career that are especially relevant for teams looking for senior design, UX, prototyping, teaching or advisory support.
Games and playful products
Lead and senior roles across mobile games, children’s learning games, indie games, interactive installations and PC/console sandbox work.
PlaySimpleBYJU’S / OsmoHashstashSecond Quest
Teaching and community
Long-running work as educator, mentor, organiser, speaker and curriculum builder across Indian and international game development spaces.
gamedev.inBYOGGlobal Game JamGDAI skilling
Writing and explanation
Author of Developing Turn-Based Multiplayer Games with GameMaker Studio 2 and NodeJS, plus long-time writer, speaker and explainer of game design, UX and creative technology.
Apress authorTechnical writingTalksWorkshopsDesign docs
Hands-on making
Independent games, tools, utilities, prototypes, procedural experiments and web-playable work that show how ideas become testable artifacts.
UnityGodotJavaScriptGameMakerCreative code
What to bring to a first call
A call works best when there is a concrete thing to look at: a build, deck, document, prototype, problem statement or decision the team is stuck on.
Good fit
Early-stage games, playful tools, learning products, UGC systems, onboarding problems, prototype questions, pitch demos and teams that need senior design judgment.
Less good fit
Pure production outsourcing, art-only execution, code-only implementation, generic hiring replacement or projects where the design direction is already fully fixed.
Let’s look at the problem.
Bring a build, deck, prototype, problem statement or rough idea. In a short fit call, we can decide whether an audit, sprint, workshop or retainer is the right shape.