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Anirudh Dargar - Game Designer

Anirudh Dargar - Game Designer

Anirudh Dargar - Game Designer

I lead and build game systems that feel good, play smart, and ship.


My work spans console (Nintendo Switch, Steam), mobile, alt-controllers, and cozy indies. I specialize in system design, technical implementation, and cross-disciplinary leadership. Whether it’s mapping out a town’s NPC logic, writing dialogue for a wizard with a gun, or building FMV pipelines from scratch — I design for surprise, emotion, and mechanical clarity.

I lead and build game systems that feel good, play smart, and ship.


My work spans console (Nintendo Switch, Steam), mobile, alt-controllers, and cozy indies. I specialize in system design, technical implementation, and cross-disciplinary leadership. Whether it’s mapping out a town’s NPC logic, writing dialogue for a wizard with a gun, or building FMV pipelines from scratch — I design for surprise, emotion, and mechanical clarity.

Selected Projects (Hover Over to See More!)

Selected Projects

Cardboard Chronicles

🎮Platform: Nintendo Switch + Steam

📚Genre: Puzzle Platformer/ Exploration

🕹️Role: Team Lead / Technical Designer

👥 Team Size: 14
🛠️ Engine: Unreal Engine

Cardboard Chronicles

🎮Platform: Nintendo Switch + Steam

📚Genre: Puzzle Platformer/ Exploration

🕹️Role: Team Lead / Technical Designer

👥 Team Size: 14
🛠️ Engine: Unreal Engine

Led complete mid-project pivot, redesigned systems for narrative consistency, built FMV and NPC state systems in Unreal.

Three Blades Ranch

🎮Platform: Steam

📚Genre: Cozy/ Ranch Builder

🕹️Role: Design Lead / Technical Designer

👥 Team Size: 8
🛠️ Engine: Unreal Engine 5

Lead designer on a cozy fantasy ranch sim where I rebuilt onboarding, balanced progression systems, and made cows-to-cheese more thrilling than it should be.

Tipping Point Tavern

🎮 Platform: Itch.io

📚 Genre: Alternate Serious Game

🕹️ Role: Technical Designer

👥 Team Size: 6
🛠️ Engine: Gamemaker 2

Tipping Point Tavern

🎮 Platform: Itch.io

📚 Genre: Alternate Serious Game

🕹️ Role: Technical Designer

👥 Team Size: 6
🛠️ Engine: Gamemaker 2

A narrative-driven serious game that explores the neuroscience of addiction through minigames

Additional Projects

Portal 2 - Level Editor

Ala's Awake

Ala's Awake

Ala's Got a Gun

Ala's Got a Gun

Ala's Escape

Ala's Escape

Click on the Levels to Play them! Click Below to see the Design Process!

Click Below to see the Design Process!

Click on the Levels to Play them! Click Below to see the Design Process!

This document shows the initial design and concept of the levels I had originally planned out. This tries to explain what I thought of when I was designing these levels. 

This document shows the initial design and concept of the levels I had originally planned out. This tries to explain what I thought of when I was designing these levels. 

This shows some of the bugs and flaws found during play testing of these levels. It explains where it found the error and how it proceeds to hamper the game experience.

This shows some of the bugs and flaws found during play testing of these levels. It explains where it found the error and how it proceeds to hamper the game experience.

What this report does is go in-depth of puzzles and bugs found. It also has notes of what I feel on these levels and where I personally think I could have done a better job and opening up about my experiences on the project

What this report does is go in-depth of puzzles and bugs found. It also has notes of what I feel on these levels and where I personally think I could have done a better job and opening up about my experiences on the project

Warcraft 3 - Level Editor

Developer Walkthrough of the Level

Developer Walkthrough of the Level

This started off as an experiment to try out Warcraft 3's Level Editor and grew into quite the adventure that I wanted to complete in 1.5 months. You play as Valtire in the middle of a prison escape after being wrongly imprisoned by one of the 4 Guardians of Fartos.


I quickly became attuned with the editor after playing around with it and viewing a few tutorials which gave me enough confidence to want to make my own level focusing on Dialogue Choices with Puzzles sprinkled throughout.

This started off as an experiment to try out Warcraft 3's Level Editor and grew into quite the adventure that I wanted to complete in 1.5 months. You play as Valtire in the middle of a prison escape after being wrongly imprisoned by one of the 4 Guardians of Fartos.


I quickly became attuned with the editor after playing around with it and viewing a few tutorials which gave me enough confidence to want to make my own level focusing on Dialogue Choices with Puzzles sprinkled throughout.

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Game Jams - (All Are Playable in Browser!)

Line WOrld

For the GMTK Jam 2025 in the theme of Loop

A simple minimal puzzle platformer

Collect stars to unlock powers. Loop back to the start to discover more with your new powers.

Phone Horror

A phone rings, a voice answers. But not all voices are as truthful as they appear. Play as a Phone Operator in the town of Harrison as you try to figure out what is happening behind these phone calls. 

Cabin Fever

For the Decker Fantasy 2025 Game Jam.

A Decker about the mental toll of finding a job through the lens of a vacation trip going wrong.

Pix-Arena

Rated 2nd in the RUBIKA 2019 Pixel Art Game Jam

A game about guns where the guns ...dont damage you? 

Take aim shoot and dodge unique and fun environmental obstacles as you try to roast and push your friends to claim sweet victory!

My Expertise

My Expertise

My Expertise

Design

Unreal Engine? Unity? Gamemaker 2? Twine? Godot? I know it, I excel in it

System

Want a sick progression system? Do you want a combat system that's really juicy? I can plan that

Design

Unreal Engine? Unity? Gamemaker 2? Twine? Godot? I know it, I excel in it

System

Want a sick progression system? Do you want a combat system that's really juicy? I can plan that

Production

Need to keep things on track and make sure projects aren't ballooning outta control? I'm your guy

Narrative

Want a tragic serial killer? A wizard who does magic with a gun? I can make anything you can't think of feel oh so real

Design

Unreal Engine? Unity? Gamemaker 2? Twine? Godot? I know it, I excel in it

System

Want a sick progression system? Do you want a combat system that's really juicy? I can plan that

Production

Need to keep things on track and make sure projects aren't ballooning outta control? I'm your guy

Narrative

Want a tragic serial killer? A wizard who does magic with a gun? I can make anything you can't think of feel oh so real

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