Mannah Kallon
Founder, Director & Gameplay Engineer at Paper Sword Studios
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMannah Kallon is a gameplay engineer with a decade of software experience building player-facing systems and UI, currently shaping gameplay at Riot Games in Los Angeles. She has moved between product-focused roles at Riot and The RealReal and brings indie game development insight from Paper Sword Studios, blending polished engineering with creative design. Her background spans full-stack web development, instructional design, and classroom teaching, giving her a rare mix of user empathy, systems thinking, and strong communication. A lifelong logician and builder of games, she applies analytical rigor from a philosophy and psychology education to craft intuitive player experiences. Outside of AAA studios she ships prototypes as an indie developer, demonstrating hands-on ownership from concept to release.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
John Jay High SchoolBachelor of Arts Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts Philosophy at University of MichiganMaster of Science in Teaching Education, Master of Science in Teaching Education at Fordham UniversityAssociate’s Degree Culinary Arts/Chef Training, Associate’s Degree Culinary Arts/Chef Training at The Culinary Institute of AmericaFull Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at Dev Bootcamp
Github Skills (14)
performance-analysis9
audit9
lighthouse8
developer-tools8
auditing8
monitoring7
flip4
html4
javascript3
react3
animation3
amazon2
fold2
effects1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
christopherchan35/sheltr
Feb 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:38 commits, 27 PRs, 30 pushes in 2 days
kenikall/wccusd
Apr 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:8 PRs, 30 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 3 months
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