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Designer focused on creating the next great interactive experiences. I spend my days designing games, writing stories, and making it all come to life in-engine. So, do you need a technical designer with narrative chops? A writer who's as versed in verse as he is in 3D mathematics? A designer who can get his hands dirty with C++? Someone who can go from outlining tool requirements one day to scripting player movement abilities the next? Then I'm your man!…Designer focused on creating the next great interactive experiences. I spend my days designing games, writing stories, and making it all come to life in-engine. So, do you need a technical designer with narrative chops? A writer who's as versed in verse as he is in 3D mathematics? A designer who can get his hands dirty with C++? Someone who can go from outlining tool requirements one day to scripting player movement abilities the next? Then I'm your man!

Connor R. McCloskey

Game Developer, Game Designer, Programmer, +2

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Designer focused on creating the next great interactive experiences. I spend my days designing games, writing stories, and making it all come to life in-engine. So, do you need a technical designer with narrative chops? A writer who's as versed in verse as he is in 3D mathematics? A designer who can get his hands dirty with C++? Someone who can go from outlining tool requirements one day to scripting player movement abilities the next? Then I'm your man!…Designer focused on creating the next great interactive experiences. I spend my days designing games, writing stories, and making it all come to life in-engine. So, do you need a technical designer with narrative chops? A writer who's as versed in verse as he is in 3D mathematics? A designer who can get his hands dirty with C++? Someone who can go from outlining tool requirements one day to scripting player movement abilities the next? Then I'm your man!

Available to hire

Designer focused on creating the next great interactive experiences. I spend my days designing games, writing stories, and making it all come to life in-engine.

So, do you need a technical designer with narrative chops? A writer who’s as versed in verse as he is in 3D mathematics? A designer who can get his hands dirty with C++? Someone who can go from outlining tool requirements one day to scripting player movement abilities the next?

Then I’m your man!

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Unity

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Technical Designer at Archonik Games

April 20, 2026 - May 1, 2026

Created a publisher-ready Unreal Engine 5 multiplayer demo; focused on UI, telemetry, and core gameplay in a networked environment.

Technical Designer at Dramatic Labs

February 1, 2024 - August 1, 2025

Designed and implemented gameplay for Nintendo Switch using proprietary scripting engines and tools across Lua, Godot, and Unreal. Built in-editor tools for scripting gameplay, reporting bugs, and shipping new features across multiple engines.

Technical Designer at Walt Disney Imagineering

September 1, 2023 - December 1, 2023

Designed and implemented gameplay and narrative content using proprietary internal toolsets for research projects.

Lead Technical Designer at Evil Pear Productions

June 1, 2023 - Present

Focused on project architecture, core gameplay, and AI behaviors as a lead technical designer.

Lead Technical Designer at Bolder Games | Walt Disney Imagineering

March 1, 2021 - May 1, 2023

Designed, implemented, and debugged gameplay systems using custom scripting languages, Unity, and Unreal. Wrote design documentation and led a small team while collaborating with large multidisciplinary groups. Created UI systems for custom animation software.