Hello, I'm Jordan, a game and narrative designer!
With experience in designing mobile, educational and VR games, I am a game & narrative designer that can adapt well to any production.
My many experiences also led me to approach analytics, QA, and project management, whose insights informs my work daily.
I am available for any mission in Paris or remote, so don't hesitate to take a look at my portfolio and get in touch with me!


Clients and collaborators


Projects I worked on


Nurture

TBD

Plateform: Mobile/Tablet
Developer: Nurture

Through vivid storytelling and interactive play, children aged 4-7 years old learn life skills such as critical thinking, digital literacy, mindfulness, and empathy.

As a Game designer I…

  • Create a new design pipeline

  • Design the meta-progression

  • Create activities

  • Integrating learning and story

Just Hoops

2023

Plateform: VR headsets (Oculus, Pico…)
Developer: Realcast

Just Hoops takes the good old arcade basketball and puts it in your living-room, in VR. You can complete levels on your own or challenge other players online.

As a Game designer I…

  • Designed a new UX

  • Designed the overall multiplayer experience

  • Designed new game modes and content

  • Reviewed the game’s analytics on a weekly-basis and acted improvements based on them

  • Helped with production planning and QA


Marbotic

2022

Plateform: iOS, Android
Developer: Marbotic

Marbotic Number is an educational video games developed for Marbotic. It is aimed at children around 3-4 years old, and teaches them the basic pre-math skills (numbers recognition, quantities...) through various interactions: tap, drag, stamp...

As a Game designer I…

  • Designed a new UX

  • Designed new activities

  • Implemented a new progression system

  • Wrote and managed recordings for voices

  • Guided the artists to create audio and visual content

  • Analyzed games performances and implemented changes

  • Helped with production, QA, asset processing, and playtest management


Sesame Street Numbers

2020

Plateform: iOS, Android
Developer: Marbotic

Sesame Street is a educational app where children learn beginning maths while preparing for the big Sesame Street part!

As a Game designer I…

  • Designed activities

  • Implemented a progression reward-based system

  • Wrote voices for instructions

  • Analyzed games performances and implemented changes

  • Helped with production, QA, asset processing, and playtest management

Not available anymore


Smart Shapes

2020

Plateform: iOS
Developer: Marbotic

4 activities to help kids recognize shapes and colors. With Smart Shapes they'll play together, so they'll also learn to collaborate and communicate!

As a Game designer I…

  • Designed activities

  • Analyzed games performances and implemented changes

  • Helped with production, QA, asset processing, and playtest management

And some more...


What services I can provide

Game Design

  • Pre-production kick-off

  • Feature and content design

  • Balancing

  • Audit (analytics)

  • Playtests

Narrative Design

  • Pre-production kick-off

  • Narrative structure

  • Narrative scoping

  • Writing

  • Review

Additional

  • Producing

  • QA

  • Teaching

  • Talks


Personal projects

Way Down

2019

Plateform: PC

In the 50’s, The Godfather of San Francisco’s Italian mob, Lima, is charged with grand theft, but the straw man that was chosen to take his place is found dead. Play Bugsy Rosenthal, a private detective payed by the mob to solve this case that seems to go way deeper than a simple homicide.

As a Game/Narrative designer I…

  • Designed the overall experience

  • Wrote the narrative structure

  • Wrote and implemented dialogues with Ink

  • Lead the game production

And some more...


Get in touch!


2023 - Jordan Da Rocha - Game & Narrative Design