Zijian Niu
游戏设计师 at 网易游戏
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZijian Niu is a game designer with a decade of industry experience, currently working on combat design for a console project at NetEase Games in Salt Lake City. He combines formal training in Entertainment Arts and Engineering from the University of Utah with a Master’s background in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts, blending technical systems thinking with strong visual sensibilities. Known for a hands-on, code-minded approach to design—summarized on GitHub as "devote to code"—he bridges design documentation, prototyping, and implementation. His work focuses on crafting engaging combat systems that balance player feel and technical constraints across platforms. Comfortable collaborating with engineers and artists, he brings both creative storytelling instincts and practical production experience to shipped titles. An interesting facet is his dual education path that pairs studio art rigor with engineering discipline, enabling him to iterate quickly between concept art and playable mechanics.
10 years of coding experience
The University of UtahMaster's degree, Illustration, Master's degree, Illustration at School of Visual ArtsProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
xiaoxiaoji/flyniu.github.io
Oct 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:12 commits in 2 days
flyniu/flyniu.github.io
Oct 2015 - Nov 2016
Contributions:23 pushes, 3 branches, 1 comment in 1 year 1 month
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