Hi there! I'm Ryan, and I make Video Games.

I am a Senior Game Designer

Previously I worked at PikPok in Wellington, New Zealand, where I had been making some awesome new games like ‘Doomsday Clicker’, ‘Ready Set Golf’, and ‘Rival Stars College Football’.

Prior to this I had worked at Halfbrick Studios, working together with my team to make some really cool stuff. for ‘Fruit Ninja’ and ‘Jetpack Joyride’, award winning and wildly successful mobile games.

During my career I've been able to accomplish the following:

Designed and created unique levels in various genres (Puzzle, Top Down Shooter, 2D Platformer, Endless Runner)
Pitched and developed brand new games (Doomsday Clicker, Ready Set Golf)
Created and implemented concepts in already released games to improve retention and make them more fun to play.
Excelled in user interface design, designing menus in games and simplified functionality with new players.
Used LUA scripting to write basic code for new functions within our games.
Transferred local data into a massive digital database.
Led talks about my work at the Game Developers Conference, GCAP, NZGDC and more.
Worked in a SCRUM based environment.
Have a healthy addiction to data analysis.
Worked in creating new content for social media.

Click the icons below to check out what I've been working on with those games. Keen to have a chat? Contact me at ryan@makesvideogames.com and get the conversation rolling!