Hi! I'm Jack Knowler, a game designer currently shaping educational mini-games at Twinkl. I have four years of experience designing and shipping mini games across Unity and Godot, with additional experience in Unreal Engine. I excel at turning ideas into fun, playable prototypes and shipping engaging experiences. I collaborate with artists, educators and stakeholders to align design with production needs and learner goals. I’ve shipped 12 mini games and several apps, including Gem Hunter 3D—the most downloaded Twinkl title in 2023. I focus on onboarding, iterative design, and environmental storytelling to support learner motivation and engagement.

Jack Knowler

Hi! I'm Jack Knowler, a game designer currently shaping educational mini-games at Twinkl. I have four years of experience designing and shipping mini games across Unity and Godot, with additional experience in Unreal Engine. I excel at turning ideas into fun, playable prototypes and shipping engaging experiences. I collaborate with artists, educators and stakeholders to align design with production needs and learner goals. I’ve shipped 12 mini games and several apps, including Gem Hunter 3D—the most downloaded Twinkl title in 2023. I focus on onboarding, iterative design, and environmental storytelling to support learner motivation and engagement.

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Hi! I’m Jack Knowler, a game designer currently shaping educational mini-games at Twinkl. I have four years of experience designing and shipping mini games across Unity and Godot, with additional experience in Unreal Engine. I excel at turning ideas into fun, playable prototypes and shipping engaging experiences.

I collaborate with artists, educators and stakeholders to align design with production needs and learner goals. I’ve shipped 12 mini games and several apps, including Gem Hunter 3D—the most downloaded Twinkl title in 2023. I focus on onboarding, iterative design, and environmental storytelling to support learner motivation and engagement.

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Work Experience

Game Designer/Developer at Twinkl
March 1, 2022 - Present
Design educational mini games from concepting and prototyping through to implementation, iteration, and release. Led design and development of 12 shipped mini games and multiple apps, shaping gameplay design, level design, mechanics, documentation and iteration from concept to release. Gem Hunter 3D was the most downloaded Twinkl title in 2023. Owned feature design across multiple titles, taking mechanics from concept and prototyping through to implementation and release. Collaborated with artists, educators and stakeholders to align design with production needs and learner goals. Created clear design documentation, communicating mechanics, goals, flows and feature requirements. Rapidly prototyped ideas to test core mechanics and onboarding. Designed experiences across puzzle, racing, platformer, casual, strategy and base-building. Applied non-intrusive onboarding within gameplay. Used playtesting and feedback to refine gameplay, improving engagement. Contributed to team workflows and

Education

MSc Creative Technologies at University of Portsmouth
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021
BSc Computer Games Technology (Hons) 2:1 at University of Portsmouth
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020

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Industry Experience

Gaming, Education, Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet