Maria Nikolskaia
A creative and slightly rebellious person
Creative and experienced game designer is passionate about thinking and solving problems related to game design.
Work experience:
GUX RESEARCHER (2023)
  • Lightyear Frontier Game. Along with Senior Researcher, I conducted surveys and playtests to gather user feedback and identify areas for improvement in the Lightyear Frontier game. Evaluated results gave some valuable insights for further development.

PRODUCER (2021 - 2023) - XARINA's PRODUCTIONS
My own indie studio for NEW EverGreen game. I put together and supervised a team of 8 different specialists.
  • Led a team in writing Game Design Documents (GDD), prototyping the first MVP, and overseeing level design process.
  • Collaborated closely with team members, including artists, programmers, and writers, to ensure alignment with project goals and objectives (with Notion).
  • Provided mentorship and guidance to junior team members, fostering their professional growth and development (with Miro as a whiteboard tool).
Personal Experience and Projects:

GAME-DEVELOPER (2018 - 2023)
Participated in several Game-Jams: Eco Jam 2021, KCDG 2020, Ludum Dare 48, Spring Game Jam 2023, Global Game Jam 2024.
  • Wrote a GDD,
  • created blueprints at UE4,
  • level design,
  • project management.
  • ProLight (Unity), Shadari (Role-played tabletop game), Enoch, ProCRAFTination and etc.

2D-ARTIST (2017 - nowadays)
I'm constantly working on game graphics, tabletop game components and prop environments for side-scroller games. Most of my freelance projects are on the ArtStation

3D ARTIST (2018 - 2020)
I prefer working in the low-poly technique.
  • 2.5D Puzzle "Foldorial" (DTF Jam 2019 (3rd place). I worked in cooperation with concept artists, following their drawings and sketches, created the low-poly models to fit 2D origami visual effects in 3D environment.
  • GreenD (shooter Unreal Engine 4). I created all 3D models for all game characters in Blender. I also developed weapons & plant props for level design in Autodesk Maya.
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