Ashley Rezvani

Serious game designer &

game studies professor

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Résumé / CV

I design games that communicate something. For the last 7 years, I've enjoyed the creative challenges of making purposeful games fun, charming, and memorable for players.

I work with non-profit organizations to make educational games and games for change, with topics ranging from the climate crisis to racial justice. I have managed teams as small as two and as large as thirty, and I prioritize empathy, communication, and gentleness in my approach to working with others.

I spend my spare time baking pies and hiking!

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My skills and services include:

Design documentation & wireframes
Concept and ideation work
Creating project briefs
Project management
Level design
System design & balancing
Prototyping
Research and testing (A/B testing, focus groups, playtesting, etc.)

My design & research specialties are tutorialization and food in games.

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In August 2020, I co-founded Clockwork Raven Studios with the talented Samantha Webb. Our international, remote, and cooperative studio focuses on bringing the stories of under-represented people to games.

We are currently putting the finishing touches on our first vertical slice, to be released by Fall 2022. We are also developing two unannounced games: a historical fiction puzzle game about female pilots during WW2, and a 1v1 classic hyperfighter with a predominantly female roster (see a GIF below for a sneak peek!)