Yehor Matviienko

Aspiring Game Designer

Ten years of playing, 100+ games finished, a lifelong love of immersive sims. Content creator by trade, game designer by intent: I'm building my first game and documenting every design decision. Looking for a junior game design role, internship, or any entry point into a studio.

Game design projects

The Other Side of the Block · immersive sim mission concept (mission design doc)
  • One night in a 1990s Ukrainian apartment block: a flat that isn't on the plan, a cat that walks between two versions of the building, five routes to one door.
  • Systems: two worlds with different roles (investigation vs. stealth), the cat as a diegetic hint and crossing mechanic, shadows read by sound instead of UI, endings built from traces found rather than chosen.
  • Level cross-section with all five routes; references analysed: Dishonored 2, Silent Hill, Alan Wake, Kingdom Come.
Anime Auction · Roblox, 1v1 social party game (in development, playable prototype)
  • Designed the full loop: two players bid on anime character cards with equal budgets; a judge calls the stronger team, and the winner keeps one card for a permanent collection.
  • Researched the Roblox "table mini-game" niche (algorithm signals, live competitors, dead clones) and scoped the game for a 20-second time-to-first-round.
  • Economy & monetization: paid luck affects only your own rarity roll, never the table. Players pay for collection and status, not to win.
  • Wrote the design doc, server/client architecture and content plan; code produced with AI tools under my direction.

Experience

SMM Manager & Content Creator · Vien.life · Oct 2025 – May 2026
  • Built the Vien.life website: structure, visual style, texts.
  • Wrote, shot and edited short vertical videos (reels); designed visual posts in one consistent brand style.
  • Planned the content calendar and adapted formats per platform.

Games that shaped me

Immersive sims: Dishonored 1–2 · Soulslike: Dark Souls, Elden Ring, Lies of P · Story RPG: The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II · Horror: The Last of Us, Resident Evil · Competitive: Counter-Strike, Valorant, Deadlock