Yadu Rajiv is a game designer and creative leader with over 15 years building games, teaching game design and shaping India’s indie games ecosystem. As Founder of gamedev.in and now Chief Creative Officer at Second Quest, he blends community-driven grassroots work with studio-level ambitions to create deep simulation and strategy franchises that invite modders and creators. He has led design teams at PlaySimple and BYJU’S, shipped award-winning indie titles from HashStash, and authored a practical guide to turn-based multiplayer development. A seasoned educator and mentor, he helped build curricula at Srishti and NID and has been a visible organiser, speaker and keynote at major industry events. Beyond game systems, he brings UX sensibility and product rigor—having designed phygital learning experiences for Osmo—while persistently incubating community initiatives that sustain India’s game-development talent pipeline.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Design (M.Des) Design for Digital Experience, Master of Design (M.Des) Design for Digital Experience at National Institute of Design
Bachelor of Arts English Language and Literature, Bachelor of Arts English Language and Literature at Mahatma Gandhi University
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.