About

I'm an interaction and game designer, studying for a Master of Design in Digital Game Design at the National Institute of Design (NID). Before NID, I did a BA (Hons) in Game and Interactive Media Design at JNAFAU.

My work covers game design, interaction design and marketing. I write the design down first, build a playable version in Unity, and keep changing it based on what players actually do. Marketing and data help me work out who a game is for and how it will reach them.

How I think about free-to-play

Free-to-play games are the ones I most want to make. A free game has to win players over twice: in the first few minutes, when leaving costs them nothing, and again every day after that. So I put a lot of care into the first session, keep sessions short and rewarding, and give people real reasons to come back, like a weekly leaderboard or a new twist every few levels. In Chhupa Rustam that meant daily rewards, a weekly India ranking and a shop of table themes.

Spending should feel like the player's choice, never a wall they run into. Running paid ads also taught me what it costs to win a single customer, so I care a lot about keeping the players a game already has.

I'm just as happy working on other kinds of games. I've made puzzle, rhythm, racing, action and strategy games, and I've designed board games as well.

How I work with tools

I use AI tools, and I say where. In my games I directed the code with AI coding tools, mostly Claude Code and Codex. Some of the game art was made with AI image tools, and some music and sound with Google Gemini. I also built this website's code with AI coding tools. The design is my own work: the game rules and levels, the story and art direction, the design documents and UI/UX, and the playtesting and the decisions that came out of it. Each project page lists the tools it used.