# Akshay Bharadhwaj

> Form follows fun! | Game Designer & Developer | Programmer C/C++, C#, Lua

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/akshaybharadhwaj

Hey! Look! Listen!

I'm Akshay Bharadhwaj a Game Designer and Developer with a focus in Gameplay, Combat and Systems. For as long as I could remember I have loved playing games. Games to me are a beautiful medium to communicate, compete and enjoy. If there's one question that I'd ask myself daily it'll be "Is it fun?" because play is all that truly matters.

I'm a Gamer. A Designer. A Game Designer.

## Work Experience
### UI/UX Technical Designer II @ Zero Motorcycles Inc.
Jan 2024 – Present | Scotts Valley, California, United States

### Founding Game Designer/Dev @ Umeed
Jan 2023 – Present

### Co Host @ Humans of gamedev
Jan 2021 – Present | Brooklyn, New York, United States
- In charge of scheduling social media posts
- Worked on developing designs for posts and merchandise
- Curated content for posts and proofread content

### Gameplay Designer/Developer @ Harlem CoLab
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | New York City Metropolitan Area
- Built the gameplay and mechanics for the mini-games in Unity 3D.
- Prototyped gameplay ideas and mechanics to test if they aligned with the project's requirements.
- Wrote custom physics behaviours for projectile movement.
- Worked on animations and particleFX using Unity's Animator, Particle Effects System, Shader Graph and VFX Graph.
- Wrote modular code that allowed for faster prototyping.

### Student Athlete - eSports @ New York University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Hero Pool : Raze, Neon, Fade, Sage, Skye, Brim
-  Gained insight into level design as not just a tool to  guide players and push narrative but as a gameplay system that allows for strategy which requires regular balancing and tuning.
- Understood player-player interactions and strategies and counter strategies that are dependant on the current maps in competitive play and how the meta in each map changes based on hero nerfs or buffs.
- Researched map layouts and studied existing strategies to formulate new strategies or rework existig ones to fit the team's playstyle.

### Teaching Assistant @ NYU Game Center
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
Teaching Assistant for the Game Center's Intro to Programming course. 

- Reviewed and graded student assignments and submissions 
- Provided support and acted as a learning resource to help undergrads learn Processing and GameMaker Studio 2

### Game Designer @ Warhorse
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Designed content which used Dungeons and Dragons-like gameplay and systems for a better learning experience.
- Built the power-ups system that incentivised learners.
 - Worked on balancing in-class progression, systems, power-ups and economy.
 - Created a syllabus, gameplay and campaign for a science course dubbed "Art of Science".
 - Worked on deliverables for class and designed social media posts, advertisements and assets for videos.

### Jr. Game Designer @ Warhorse
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Wrote narratives and developed new campaigns for the D&D-like learning experience
- Balanced existing systems and progressions
- Prototyped a new progression system inspired by RPGs such as Poke'mon, Warcraft.etc

### Head of Content and Design @ Ankor
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Proofread content which went on the apps and websites developed by Ankor.
Developed wireframes and designs according to client's needs
Worked on deliverables for clients and designed social media posts and advertisements as per client's requirements


## Education
### Master of Fine Arts - MFA in Game Design
New York University

### Bachelor of Science - BSc in Physics
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College

### High School Diploma in PCM with Computer Science
PS Senior Secondary School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/akshay-bharadhwaj
- Website: https://akshayb.xyz/
- Website: https://jackdawsama.itch.io/

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Last updated: 2026-04-05