Game Designer

<aside> 🎮 Welcome to my portfolio! I’m a passionate game designer with experience leading and delivering over 30 hypercasual mobile projects. From crafting immersive systems to managing teams and ensuring top-quality gameplay, I thrive on creating games that resonate with players. Explore my work and see how I bring worlds to life through innovative design and a love for gaming.

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✍Resume

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📬 Contact

Let's create incredible games together! Get in touch with me at:

• E-mail:

  [[email protected]](<mailto:[email protected]>)
  

• LinkedIn:

  [<https://www.linkedin.com/in/wagner-cardozo-96900416a/>](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/wagner-cardozo-96900416a/>)
  

🚀 Notable Projects

🥤 Bubble Tea

• Mobile game available on iOS and Android with over 500K downloads.

• Beyond creating the project's core concept, my main focus was developing less aggressive monetization strategies that would encourage players to purchase and play for longer periods.

  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.EPRAGames.BubbleTea

  https://apps.apple.com/tt/app/bubble-tea-asmr/id6449001199

🏍 Motopet Motopel

• A game developed in partnership with Honda and approved by direct representatives of the company.

• Besides managing the project, I was responsible for evaluating and organizing awareness strategies.

  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.EPRAGames.MotoPet

  https://apps.apple.com/tt/app/motopet-motopel/id6464771172

👾 Space Attacker

• Mobile game developed completely solo in three days to strengthen and refine prototyping skills.

  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.StoneBeachStudio.SpaceAttacker

👻 Nomine Patris - Horror Action Roguelike

• Nomine Patris is a game designed for ScreamJam 2025 that aims to approach horror by creating tension rather than focusing on scary moments. Taking on the role of an exorcist, the player must find the necessary items to access all the rooms in the house and thus begin the ritual to defeat the anomaly.

Key Features:

• Tension-Driven Horror: Rather than relying on jump scares, Nomine Patris builds fear through atmosphere, pacing, and the constant presence of something unseen.
• Strategic Exorcism Combat: Each weapon and ritual tool is effective against specific types of entities, forcing the player to adapt and think before acting.
• Exploration and Resource Management: The player must locate keys, relics, and sacred items to unlock new areas of the house and progress toward the final ritual.
• Dynamic Threats: Enemies react to player actions, turning every room into a potential ambush.

My Role as a Game Designer:

• Core Loop: Designed the main gameplay flow around exploration, tension building, and exorcism-based combat, ensuring that the pacing alternates between calm investigation and high-stakes encounters.
• Level Design: Created the layout of the haunted house to naturally guide players through environmental storytelling while emphasizing claustrophobic spaces and strategic item placement.
• Playtesting and Balancing: Iterated on enemy behaviors, weapon effectiveness, and ritual sequences to achieve a balance between fear, challenge, and player empowerment.