Girish Krishnan Ramdas

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Co-founded a mobile game studio in India.
  • Designed features generating over $1M in revenue.
  • Led design for popular games like FarmVille 2.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Gaming Industry Expert with a focus on Game Design and Development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Game DesignGame Development

Other Skills

Adobe PhotoshopConcept DevelopmentConcept GenerationDesign ResearchDigital VideoEvent DesignGraphic DesignIllustrationInteraction DesignMobile GamesPresentationsRevenue OptimizationSketchingStoryboardingTabletop Games

About

I enjoy creating playful and social experiences for casual audiences. Bridging the gap between delightful player experiences and business objectives is what I do best. My current focus is to build World-class games from India.

Experience

Stellarplay games

Co-Founder

Apr 2021Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Building a World-Class mobile game studio from Bangalore. Actively looking out for gaming talent to join us.
Game DesignGame DevelopmentUser Experience

Magic circle india

Founder

Oct 2019Present · 6 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore

  • Creating World Class Tabletop games from India.
Game DesignTabletop Games

Hotstar

Consultant- Social and Gaming

Dec 2018Sep 2019 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Exploring possibilities at the intersection of games and digital video.
Game DesignDigital Video

Zynga

3 roles

Game Design Lead - FarmVille 2: Country Escape (Mobile)

Promoted

Mar 2017Jun 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Leading the Design Team for FarmVille 2: Country Escape
  • Providing Design Direction for the game
  • Actively involved in the hiring of Game Designers across the Studio
  • Key Highlight
  • Part of the team responsible for setting and executing the Vision of the game
Game DesignTeam Leadership

Game Designer - FarmVille 2 (Web)

Promoted

Jul 2016Mar 2017 · 8 mos

  • Responsible for designing new Bold Beats(Big bet features for the studio)
  • Revenue and Retention optimisations
  • Key Highlight
  • Created an evergreen feature that increased the retention of elder players
  • significantly and generated Rev > $1M.
Game DesignRevenue Optimization

Associate Game Designer - FarmVille 2 (Web)

Jan 2015Jun 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • New Event Design
  • Event Cadence
  • Worked on major features that beat their expectations on various metrics.
  • Constant collaboration with various disciplines
  • Key Highlight
  • Designed the first successful Event for FarmVille 2 since its move to India.
Game DesignEvent Design

Mit media lab

Participant

Feb 2014Feb 2014 · 0 mo · Mumbai Area, India

  • Design Innovation Workshop 2014
  • Was part of a multi-disciplinary team of 40 selected from across India for a week long workshop on Design for Creative Learning.

Quicksand design studio

Game Designer - Antariksha Sanchar(PC)

Sep 2013Sep 2014 · 1 yr

  • Was part of the team working on a transmedia narrative encompassing a Point and Click Adventure Game(set in South India!),merchandise(Toys) and a performance tour.
Game DesignTransmedia Narrative

Fields of view

Research Intern

Nov 2012Dec 2012 · 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Worked on a game to generate awareness about the cities cycle lanes.

Experifun

Illustration Intern

Apr 2012Jun 2012 · 2 mos

Education

National Institute of Design

Master of Design (M.Des) — Toy and Game Design

Jan 2011Jan 2014

Pune Institute of Computer Technology

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Information Technology

Jan 2006Jan 2010

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