Wizard of Oz: Magic Match

SUMMARY:

Journey down THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD™ with DOROTHY™, the SCARECROW™, the TIN MAN™ and the COWARDLY LION™ as you make your way to the EMERALD CITY™! You’ll go somewhere over the rainbow and experience scenes and sounds from the original THE WIZARD OF OZ™ movie. Match your way to meet the wonderful Wizard of Oz in this magical puzzle adventure!

PLATFORM: Mobile / Facebook

DEVELOPER: Zynga

DATE: 10/19 - 05/21

ROLE: Senior Game Designer

GENERAL GAME DESCRIPTION: Players journey through the story of the Wizard of Oz: Magic Match by completing match-3 puzzles and events. Players match and use Tinman, Lion and Scarecrow to defeat the Wicked Witch.

CONTRIBUTION DESCRIPTION:

• Work done in Unity / Google Suite + Microsoft Office / Sublime / Hansoft / Sourcetree / JIRA
  
  * Crafting, tuning and implementing Match 3 levels
  * Analyzing real-time feedback and metrics, and adjusting game designs accordingly
  * Creating or adapting leading game features to work with an existing game
  * Writing copy, and naming narrative elements of game
  * Planning level development for outsource and reviewing content
  * Providing guidance and feedback to junior game designers.
  * Building out new mechanics, events, and features from concept to release
  * Tuning and modeling complex systems using Excel / Google Sheets
  * Interviewing new game design candidates.