Bobby Lockhart
Creative Director
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBobby Lockhart is a Lead Game Designer based in Chicago with 15 years crafting educational and experiential games across startups and studios. He currently leads early childhood life-skills game design at Nurture and co-runs Important Little Games, a studio known for thoughtful learning titles like Codemancer and Words Explorers. His background spans hands-on design, programming and production—from building real-code learning games at CodeCombat to leading VR projects for major IP at Phosphor—giving him fluency across gameplay systems, pedagogy, and technical implementation. He also co-founded a toy invention studio, bringing physical playthinking into digital design, and has taught level design at the university level. Bobby’s blend of film/TV, math and CS training surfaces in designs that prioritize narrative intuition and measurable learning outcomes.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BFA Film & TV, BFA Film & TV at New York UniversityHigh School Diploma Engineering, High School Diploma Engineering at Bergen County AcademiesNKS Summer School
Github Skills (1)
python2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bobbylox/PalaceLang
May 2021 - Mar 2026
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
ILGames/DefendBase10
Jul 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:31 pushes in 2 years
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