My Story thus far:

Portfolio Website Under Construction!

(2011) Kaiser Permanente Summer Youth Intern.
(2013) UCSC Stem Cell Research Lab Assistant.
(2014) UCSC Molecular Biology major who switched to
Computer Science with a focus in Game Development.
(2016) Dining Hall Food Service Worker.

(2016) Mobile Game (iOS) Bootcamp Student.
(2017) Game Developers' Conference staff.

(2018) Associate Mobile Game Designer.
(2019) Mid-Level Mobile Game Designer.
(2022) Caught in mass layoffs & felt lost in life.
(2023) Swim Instructor now pivoting into HealthTech as an Interaction Designer while making a lifelong impact on people aged 3 months to adult in my swim lessons.

What a journey, huh?

I am a kind-hearted & conscientious person compelled to use my strong sense of empathy & people-first design thinking to effectively tend to front-end points of friction.

Like with my design process, I note what constraints or accommodations I have to work with and adapt the experience to preserve the dignity of those I help with my day to day efforts.

Without further ado, here are my top 3 projects representing what I can learn & do as an Interaction Designer:

Every designer at the Jam City 2018 holiday party in one photo booth attempt

My associate designer self with
Lead Game Designer, Jeff Junio

SaaS Portal Design @

Swim Instructor Admin Portal

Taught myself Figma to address several points of friction on the employee website costing the business hours of time and employee resources due to easily avoidable time card adjustments.

(Web)

This is the website where Swim Instructors at all Waterworks Aquatics locations log in to clock in/out for shifts, view & print their scheduled lessons, take attendance, etc.

There were usability issues with clocking in/out that I wanted to address with Figma.

Feb 2023 - Present

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Mobile Game Interaction Design @

HGTV MyDesign

I implemented ~125 levels made in Unity as part of a 6-person design team, regularly communicating with other departments.

Canva & G-Suite were mainly used to create design documentation files.

I personally onboarded 3 new hires during quarantine.

Mobile

Unreleased free to play interior design lifestyle game that soft-launched in the UK & Philippines.

Jan 2021 - Aug 2022

Cookie Jam

I contributed ~400 levels and the interaction design of a new blocker from concept to completion called the "Filled Churro."

Level 6000 was created by yours truly, seen here!

Mobile | Web

Free to play match-3 puzzle game with over 100 million users and 6000+ levels.

Jun 2018 - Jan 2021

DragonCrash [PC] Multiplayer battle game made in Unreal Engine 4. I was lead designer & producer on this 10 person team.	ShelterSkelter! [PC - Web Game] Dog shelter task management game where I led a team of 4 people, and designed the 3 levels.
Nice ICEscape [Mobile - Android] Tile puzzle game where you must crack every tile to move on. I designed all 6 levels.	Magical Typika Mobile typing game for iOS, shipped to the App Store. I designed this game to quickly determine users' mobile WPM scores by incorporating aspects of Dance Dance Revolution & role-playing games into a typing game.
MultiFight [Mobile - iOS] Fast paced mental math game where you swipe multiples of a number. Pair programmed with my friend Carlos Diez in Make School Summer Academy's 1-week game jam!	AnTwinette [Web Game] AnTwinette: Girlfriend Simulator. A branching narrative I scripted with Twine to challenge the player to respectfully get AnTwinette's phone number. Or not. There are multiple endings that can go hilariously wrong or sweetly right.

Game Design & Development @ Personal

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Norma Tu

| Interaction Designer

My Story thus far:

Portfolio Website Under Construction!

SaaS Portal Design @

Taught myself Figma to address several points of friction on the employee website costing the business hours of time and employee resources due to easily avoidable time card adjustments.

(Web)

This is the website where Swim Instructors at all Waterworks Aquatics locations log in to clock in/out for shifts, view & print their scheduled lessons, take attendance, etc.

There were usability issues with clocking in/out that I wanted to address with Figma.

Feb 2023 - Present

Mobile Game Interaction Design @

I implemented ~125 levels made in Unity as part of a 6-person design team, regularly communicating with other departments.

Canva & G-Suite were mainly used to create design documentation files.

I personally onboarded 3 new hires during quarantine.

Mobile

Unreleased free to play interior design lifestyle game that soft-launched in the UK & Philippines.

Jan 2021 - Aug 2022

I contributed ~400 levels and the interaction design of a new blocker from concept to completion called the "Filled Churro."

Level 6000 was created by yours truly, seen here!

Mobile | Web

Free to play match-3 puzzle game with over 100 million users and 6000+ levels.

Jun 2018 - Jan 2021

DragonCrash

[PC] Multiplayer battle game made in Unreal Engine 4. I was lead designer & producer on this 10 person team.

ShelterSkelter!

[PC - Web Game] Dog shelter task management game where I led a team of 4 people, and designed the 3 levels.

Nice ICEscape

[Mobile - Android] Tile puzzle game where you must crack every tile to move on. I designed all 6 levels.

Magical Typika

Mobile typing game for iOS, shipped to the App Store. I designed this game to quickly determine users' mobile WPM scores by incorporating aspects of Dance Dance Revolution & role-playing games into a typing game.

MultiFight

[Mobile - iOS] Fast paced mental math game where you swipe multiples of a number. Pair programmed with my friend Carlos Diez in Make School Summer Academy's 1-week game jam!

AnTwinette

[Web Game] AnTwinette: Girlfriend Simulator. A branching narrative I scripted with Twine to challenge the player to respectfully get AnTwinette's phone number. Or not. There are multiple endings that can go hilariously wrong or sweetly right.

Game Design & Development @ Personal

Click here for a timeline of all my personal game projects

linkedin.com/in/normatu/