Lingokids
What is Lingokids again?
Lingokids is a mobile/tablet app that features content such as videos, tests, lessons, podcasts and, of course, games! So you can expect a lot of different departments in this company.
In the games side, it works similar to a big mobile live service game that features lots of minigames. These games are released regularly in small or big batches and responds to trends, seasonal events and players preferences and demands.
Many games
At Lingokids games work in the following manner: games are called templates and each template has different versions of it called instances. These instances differ in educational goals, theming and setting but mechanics stay generally the same.
For example, a template can be the Runner game, which is a 2D platformer and every instance has a different theme like vegetables or sports but both share the same behaviours and mechanics.
Responsibilities
My role is called Level designer but it involves tasks and procedures that are not common to traditional level designers. The main things I did where:
Implement assets and manage them internally.
Building the logic of the more complex games with an internal tool.
Manage meetings with the immidiate team members working directly with me.
Participate in user tests with target players.
Occasionally create simple VFXs and particles.
