Bobby Lockhart
Lead Game Designer at Important Little Games
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
10 years of employment as a software developer
BFA Film & TV Math CS, BFA Film & TV Math CS at New York UniversityHigh School Diploma Engineering, High School Diploma Engineering at Bergen County AcademiesNKS Summer School
Github Skills (2)
python2
api2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ILGames/DefendBase10
Jul 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:31 pushes in 2 years
bobbylox/NumberFactory
Jul 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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