“Mike was our UX Guru on Ghost Recon Phantoms. He's a student of all things UX and remains one of the most dedicated and serious professional I've worked with. All Mike does has a purpose, which he researches deeply before implementation. Whoever is serious about doing UX the right way should get Mike onboard.”
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I am a UX/UI designer and design educator who spent most of my professional career…
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Last Friday, we welcomed back over 140 Dragons for our alumni event. This was our last alumni event in the SIT@SP campus before we head to the…
Last Friday, we welcomed back over 140 Dragons for our alumni event. This was our last alumni event in the SIT@SP campus before we head to the…
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Last week, we welcomed more than 150 students, educators, and industry partners for our annual Tencent Singapore Open Day — Behind the Screens:…
Last week, we welcomed more than 150 students, educators, and industry partners for our annual Tencent Singapore Open Day — Behind the Screens:…
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The Spirit of Hearth-Home is the last project I contributed to before being laid off. I'm so impressed and proud of what the team achieved for…
The Spirit of Hearth-Home is the last project I contributed to before being laid off. I'm so impressed and proud of what the team achieved for…
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DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore
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UX Workshops and Mentorship at Google
See projectConducted a lecture and workshop on low cost/high yield usability testing at Google via their Indie Accelerator Bootcamp. I also served as an adviser for the same event, where I reviewed and consulted with various independent game developers from around the world, focusing on...what else, UX, prototyping and effective usability testing methods.
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UX Consultancy for Synthesis Singapore
See projectConsultation and in-house lecture/workshop for Synthesis; a Singapore based marketing data and analytics firm.
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Google GameUp Africa Bootcamp Mentor
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See projectI acted as a mentor for a team of junior game designers and developers from across Africa for Google Africa's game design bootcamp. I focused on UX/UI, level and systems design, visual design and art direction.
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Tencent Games was kind enough to invite Digipen Institute of Technology (Singapore) to speak at their Games Open Day 2024, and to allow me to…
Tencent Games was kind enough to invite Digipen Institute of Technology (Singapore) to speak at their Games Open Day 2024, and to allow me to…
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Although I wasn’t there in person it is great to hear all the great feedback SMASH DX got. Would have loved to see it in person, wouldn’t have loved…
Although I wasn’t there in person it is great to hear all the great feedback SMASH DX got. Would have loved to see it in person, wouldn’t have loved…
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As the faculty chair of the Department of Digital Arts, Lawrence and his team equip students with all manner of digital production and asset creation…
As the faculty chair of the Department of Digital Arts, Lawrence and his team equip students with all manner of digital production and asset creation…
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I'm thrilled to share that Update 1.3 for #SkullAndBones is now live! ⛵ This mid-season update is packed with a host of player-requested…
I'm thrilled to share that Update 1.3 for #SkullAndBones is now live! ⛵ This mid-season update is packed with a host of player-requested…
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We had a great time hosting students and staff from General Assembly at our Singapore Studio and show them our game development process, how we…
We had a great time hosting students and staff from General Assembly at our Singapore Studio and show them our game development process, how we…
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Happy International Women’s Day to all the amazing women in our faculty and staff who help make DigiPen’s campus community so special!
Happy International Women’s Day to all the amazing women in our faculty and staff who help make DigiPen’s campus community so special!
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This week kicked my butt quite a bit with influenza but I took that time to sign up to google earth studio and do renders of places I want to visit…
This week kicked my butt quite a bit with influenza but I took that time to sign up to google earth studio and do renders of places I want to visit…
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A new light in the games industry! Great things are coming. 🌟
A new light in the games industry! Great things are coming. 🌟
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Hey everyone! The game that I've been working on for the past 3 years, and has been in development for an even longer time, is finally going to…
Hey everyone! The game that I've been working on for the past 3 years, and has been in development for an even longer time, is finally going to…
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Our heartiest congratulations to BEng in Mechatronic Systems (METS) students WINARDI ., Wan Muhammad Syahmi Bin Wan Azmi, Daniel Ng, Peh Jun Wei, and…
Our heartiest congratulations to BEng in Mechatronic Systems (METS) students WINARDI ., Wan Muhammad Syahmi Bin Wan Azmi, Daniel Ng, Peh Jun Wei, and…
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Hi guys! I'm still looking for a role as game designer! In the meantime, I decided to start on a new board game project called Disaster…
Hi guys! I'm still looking for a role as game designer! In the meantime, I decided to start on a new board game project called Disaster…
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for Preview Day last Saturday! Our President and Founder, Mr. Claude Comair, was here to address the audience…
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Preview Day last Saturday! Our President and Founder, Mr. Claude Comair, was here to address the audience…
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