Hello! You can call me, Val.

I am currently a mid-level Technical Game Designer at ArenaNet working on an NDA project.

I have 6+ years of professional experience as a designer and 10+ total years of experience making / designing games. I was trained in the most modern and forward thinking game development practices for both Indie and AAA at the NYU Game Center.

In addition to ArenaNet, I have done game design work, consulting and practical, for NCSoft, AdHoc Studio, Disney, Riot Games, Google Stadia, several indie studios, entertainment companies, and non-game industry companies.

I have also pitched games / interactive experiences to Activision, Black Bird Interactive, and more.

My niche has become multiplayer game design, but I have worked on many kinds of games from an experimental FPS to Dispatch a game by ex-Telltale designers.

In my free time I like conducting interviews with game developers in my local community to document their work and their impact on the art form of video games, check it out on Substack!