Ketian Zhang
Game Designer at Stealth Startup
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKetian Zhang is a game designer and gameplay programmer with 11 years of experience, currently designing titles at a fast-growing Sunnyvale startup that shipped four games and amassed over 7 million downloads and millions in revenue within three years. He blends technical computer engineering roots from UIUC with advanced game and interactive media design training from UCSC to iterate quickly on mechanics that scale to broad audiences. Comfortable wearing both design and implementation hats, he focuses on playable systems that drive retention and monetization while collaborating cross-functionally in startup environments. Notably, he has proven ability to convert design vision into commercially successful products under tight timelines, bringing a pragmatic, data-informed approach to creative gameplay solutions.
11 years of coding experience
Master’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design, Master’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design at Baskin Engineering at UCSCBachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Chinese, French, Japanese
Github Skills (8)
init4
tower3
defense3
mapzen3
unity3d2
game-development2
openstreetmap2
golang1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
AeroHand/GemTD
Oct 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:7 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
AeroHand/love-peace
Jul 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:29 commits, 4 PRs, 25 pushes in 2 months
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