About

I am a Game Developer from Toronto. My true passion is Game Design & Gameplay Programming, and I hope to use my skills as a designer and programmer to create awesome games for everyone to enjoy.

Please look below to see the games I have worked on individually and in teams.

Games

Game Development Experience

Arcadia.tv

During my time at Arcdia.tv I have done Game Design, Level Design, QA, Blueprint Programming, Video Editing, etc. I have worked on multiple games made for our basketball-size court playspace and our Meta Quest App for in-home play.

Decamped

Decamped is a First-Person Puzzle Adventure game that finds the character waking up to an overgrown desolate world. They must face their past in order to move forward and unravel the mystery of what happened in Deckner.

The Unknown Road

The Unknown Road is a First-Person PSX Style Horror game made for the 2021 Global Game Jam, created by 7 OTU Game Dev students. You play as a man who's car broke down near a farm and in exchange for fixing your car the farmer asks you to do tasks for him, but slowly you realize the farmer is not who he seems to be

Dwelling

Dwelling is a solo developed First-Person Psychological Horror game about a man dwelling on the mistakes of his past as he is trapped in his own personal hell

Made Men

Made Men is a Coop PVP First-Person shooter set in 1920 Las Vegas. Two initiates of the De Luca and Moretti crime family fight it out so they can earn their seat at the table.

The Misadventures of Toy Boy

The Misadventures of Toy Boy is a Third-Person Platformer where you play as a toy solider who is looking for the rest of his body parts to escape his owner's room

Kite Dreams

Kite Dreams is a 3D Adventure Platformer about a girl stuck in weird dream. A game created for the CGX Grad Jam 2021, where the theme we were given was "I must be dreaming"

Atomic Brawl

Atomic Brawl is a local Coop / PVP Party game where you have to secure as many boxes holding radioactive material as possible before the factory blows up

Rising Blade

Rising Blade is a 2D Action-Platformer set in Ancient Japan. You play as Etsu a skilled ninja who fights his way to defeat Unmei an unruly emperor so he may claim his seat at the throne.

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Professional Experience

June 2021 - February 2024

Game Designer - Arcadia.tv

• Designed and prototyped VR Arcade Sports Games for Quest and HTC Devices
• Adapted to many roles in order for the company to succeed, as the team was small, whether it be Designing, Programming, QA, Video Editing, Cinematography, etc.
• Was the point of contact between the development team and the video production team to allow for easy collaboration and feedback loops

October 2019 - June 2021

Video Game Design Program Coordinator - Youth Fusion

• Taught various elementary classes from multiple schools about concepts relating to video game design such as Art, Game Design, Programming, Audio Design, etc.
• Collaborated with the teachers to introduce current subjects in the classroom into the game design curriculum
• Collaborated with our Mentors from Ubisoft Toronto in order for the students to attain valuable feedback on their games

September 2018 - April 2021

Game Lab Monitor - University Works Program

Made sure rules were followed by anyone who visited the Game Lab
Maintained different inventory levels of equipment such as controllers, wires, and PC accessories, to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction.
Managed the Lab Equipment Sign in/Sign out Sheet for anyone who needed to take out certain lab equipment

Get in Touch

eashvar.balachandran@gmail.com

647-854-2735