My name is Toby Winograd, and I am a game designer! I am currently pursuing a career in the games industry after having received my MFA in Game Design at Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA in May of 2024. When it comes to game development, nothing excites me more than being surrounded by other designers, artists, and programmers who have the same passion for crafting exciting, unique games for all players, especially those that offer memorable narrative experiences with rewarding, quality gameplay, both 2D and 3D.

I have been working as a game designer for three years now, having worked on a number of projects, ranging from solo endeavors, collaborative student projects, and within the industry at a professional studio. In that time, I have focused primarily on level design, but have also broadened my focus to include narrative and design specialties. Whether it be in Unreal Engine 5 or 4, or Unity and Godot, I am able to learn and adapt quickly when it comes to producing high-quality deliverables. Moreover, my experience as a designer applies to pre-production all the way to post-production, having used tools in-engine and in other software to help achieve goals on time and at or above expectations. While I am certainly favorable towards level, combat, and narrative design when working as a designer, I also find great fulfillment in other aspects including UI/UX, Animation, and Cinematics. Lastly, my previous experience in studying screenwriting informs both my abilities towards producing comprehensive documentation, as well as my passion for storytelling within the medium of games.

In addition to my skillset as a designer, one of my great priorities working within game development is helping foster a productive, safe environment for all my team members, predicated by comradery and defined by shared qualities and values. The only thing that’s more fun to me than developing games is developing games alongside an amazing team of likeminded, hard working people.