Served over 200,000,000 players

[04] CV // Contact

Full resume as a PDF — roles, shipped titles and results in one file.

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[ 04 // CONTACT ]
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  EMAIL ....... andriisgamedesign@gmail.com
  PHONE ....... +380 955434885
  LINKEDIN .... linkedin.com/in/andrey-sopot-39953512a
  3D ARTS ..... artstation.com/sopotstudio
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[02] ABOUT ME [¤]

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>> SUBJECT_FILE: 01_ABOUT_ME
>> CLASSIFICATION: GAME DESIGNER //
                   SYSTEMS, PROTOTYPING & CORE DESIGN
>> EXPERIENCE: 8+ YEARS IN GAMEDEV //
               6+ IN MOBILE
>> ALSO: 3D GRAPHICS //
         artstation.com/sopotstudio
>> BASED: ODESA, UKRAINE (UTC+2) // REMOTE
>> PHILOSOPHY: [ FAIL.FAST.SCALE.FAST ]
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[ 01 // OVERVIEW ]
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Game designer based in Odesa, Ukraine, working
remote. 8+ years in game development, 6+ of them
shipping mobile titles.

Designs systems and turns concepts into playable
prototypes. Strengths: systems design, concept
generation, rapid prototyping.

Also works in 3D graphics — 3D assets and
environments for VR, 3D art on a solo-shipped
title and on studio prototypes.

Currently at PamPam Studio across four titles:
Color Adventure, Survive Squad, Pocket Forts and
Alien Horde. Mentors a junior designer.

Languages: Ukrainian (native),
English (B2, working proficiency).

[ 02 // CAREER TIMELINE ]
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• 2016 – FEB 2017 | RSTYLE 3D, ODESA
  3D artist on VR projects.

• 2017 – 2020 | INDEPENDENT DEVELOPER
  Built a mobile game solo — design, 3D art and
  production — and signed a publishing deal
  with Voodoo. The title is now delisted.

• MAY 2020 – JUN 2021 | AVAZA GROUP, ODESA
  Lead Game Designer. Led design across a
  3-designer team, setting documentation and
  prototyping process. Level design on
  Fix & Repair.

• JUN 2021 – JAN 2022 | AGAIN&AGAIN, ODESA
  Co-Founder & Game Designer. 3-person studio,
  formerly Sopot Studio, bootstrapped on
  prototype deals with Voodoo and Homa Games,
  paid per prototype accepted for testing.
  Produced the prototype 3D art personally.
  Studio closed in January 2022 following the
  full-scale invasion.

• JAN 2022 – JUL 2023 | BERESNEV GAMES, REMOTE
  Game Designer. Owned core mechanics, level
  design, bosses and the difficulty curve on
  Monster Demolition. Took concepts from pitch
  to playable build; generated and pitched new
  game concepts.

• JUL 2023 – PRESENT | PAMPAM STUDIO, REMOTE
  Game Designer on four titles: Color Adventure,
  Survive Squad, Pocket Forts and Alien Horde.
  Mentors a junior designer.

[ 03 // CORE PHILOSOPHY & WORKFLOW ]
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• HYPOTHESIS-FIRST MINDSET
  Every mechanic is an assumption until
  validated by player behavior and retention.

• FAIL FAST, SCALE FAST
  Rapid prototyping and iterative deployment to
  identify winning loops before over-committing
  production resources.

• AI AS AN EXECUTION MULTIPLIER
  100% human-led creative vision and
  architectural decisions. AI works two ways:
  as an assistant on manual workload, and as a
  harness — prototyping and analytics pipelines
  built around it, so a hypothesis reaches a
  testable build faster.
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[03] SKILLS [¤]

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>> CLASSIFICATION: GAME DESIGNER //
                   SYSTEMS, PROTOTYPING & CORE DESIGN
>> EXPERIENCE: 8+ YEARS IN GAMEDEV //
               6+ IN MOBILE
>> STATUS: ACTIVE // ODESA, UKRAINE // REMOTE
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[ 01 // DESIGN ]
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DESIGN ....... Systems design
               Core loop & meta design
               Rapid prototyping
               Concept development & R&D
               Progression, economy & difficulty
               balancing
               Level design
               Onboarding & FTUE
               LiveOps & tournaments
               GDD authoring

[ 02 // PRODUCT ]
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PRODUCT ...... Hypothesis design
               A/B testing
               Retention analysis
               Soft-launch evaluation
               GA4 // Firebase // Amplitude
               GameAnalytics // BI dashboards
               SQL (AI-assisted)

[ 03 // TOOLS ]
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TOOLS ........ Unity // Unreal // Godot
               Machinations.io // Figma
               Notion // Jira // Google Sheets
               Claude Code // Codex
               AI-assisted prototyping pipeline

[ 04 // AI AUGMENTATION ]
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• ROLE OF AI
  Assistant on manual workload — and harness:
  prototyping and analytics pipelines built
  around AI tools, not just prompts to them.

• OWNERSHIP
  100% human-led creative vision, core
  decisions & system architecture.

• APPLIED USE-CASES
  AI-assisted prototyping pipeline.
  Self-serve analytics: SQL against the data,
  written with Claude Code / Codex, instead of
  waiting on an analyst.
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[01] PROJECTS

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[ 01 // PROJECTS ]
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  DOWNLOADS_TOTAL ...... 200,000,000+
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1. Survive Squad (Mobile / Hybrid-Casual) [¤]

▶ Get on Play Store

Role: Game Designer — PamPam Studio

Focus: FTUE, meta progression, LiveOps

Key contributions: Rebuilt FTUE, added meta progression, Battle Pass tuning and daily tournament LiveOps.

Impact: Improved D3 retention. 10M+ downloads.

2. Monster Demolition (Mobile / Casual Action) [¤]

▶ Get on Play Store

Role: Game Designer — Beresnev Games

Focus: Core mechanics, level design, boss encounters, difficulty curve

Key contributions: Owned core mechanics, level design, boss encounters and the difficulty curve. Took concepts from pitch to playable build.

3. Pocket Forts (Mobile / Tower Defense) [¤]

▶ Get on Play Store

Role: Game Designer — PamPam Studio

Focus: Core loop, progression and economy systems, meta, onboarding

Key contributions: Designed from scratch: core loop, progression, reward and economy systems, meta and onboarding.

4. Alien Horde (Mobile / Survivor-like Shooter) [¤]

▶ Get on Play Store

Role: Game Designer — PamPam Studio

Focus: Core loop, economy, wave balancing, level design

Key contributions: Designed from scratch: core loop, economy, wave balancing and level design.

5. Color Adventure (Mobile / Casual) [¤]

▶ Get on Play Store

Role: Game Designer — PamPam Studio

Focus: Retention roadmap

Key contributions: Owned the retention roadmap: difficulty curve, mid-term goals, tournaments, meta features, level and customization rework.

Impact: 100M+ installs. Improved D1 retention over the period — a package of changes, not a single A/B test.