Daravath Saathvik

Interaction Designer | Game Designer

Summary

Interaction and game designer focused on free-to-play games, currently studying for an M.Des in Digital Game Design at NID. I take ideas from a design document to a playable Unity prototype and improve them through playtesting. Since August 2024 I have also worked part-time and remotely at MaxLink in design and performance marketing, managing nearly ₹1 crore in Meta and Google ad spend at 5× ROAS, which taught me how a product reaches its audience.

Skills

Design: Game Design, Free-to-Play (F2P) Design, Interaction Design, UI/UX Design, Level Design, Board Game Design, Prototyping, Playtesting, Interactive Storytelling

Engines and code: Unity, C#, Unreal Engine 5, Python, p5.js

Art, 3D and video: 3D Environment Design, Game Art, Autodesk Maya, ZBrush, Adobe Substance 3D Painter, Rigging, Aseprite, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Graphic Design, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Video Editing

Marketing: Performance Marketing, Google Ads, Meta Ads, Creative Testing, Audience Targeting, Landing Pages, E-commerce Websites

Experience

Digital Marketing Specialist (part-time, remote), MaxLink Group of Companies, Pune, India

Dec 2024 – Present

Managed nearly ₹1 crore of Meta Ads and Google Ads spend at a 5× return on ad spend (ROAS), by testing audiences, ad creatives and budgets.
Designed and managed the CapShap and Hudhawk online stores, built the landing pages the ads sent people to, and improved the shopping flow so more visitors bought.
CapShap Paid Ads (Dec 2024 – Dec 2025): about ₹4 lakh a month in ad spend at a 5.5× to 6× return.
Hudhawk Paid Ads (Jan 2026 – Aug 2026): ₹2.5 lakh a month in ad spend at a 3× to 3.5× return.

Junior Designer (part-time, remote), MaxLink Group of Companies, Pune, India

Aug 2024 – Dec 2024

Designed static and video ads for CapShap, Yosha and Hudhawk, keeping each brand's look consistent across campaigns.
Made paid ads, social media posts and promotional graphics in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere Pro, adapted to each channel and audience.

Projects

Last Call: Everything Is Temporary

daravath-saathvik.itch.io/last-call

A top-down sci-fi pixel action game about a cargo pilot who answers distress calls and loses everything he saves.

Tinku

daravath-saathvik.itch.io/tinku

Help a little robot find his way home across floating space ruins.

Arcane Grid Clash

daravath-saathvik.itch.io/arcane-grid-clash

A two-player grid game that feels like a physical board game: outplay your opponent with Warrior, Wizard, Dragon and Goblin cards.

More: Trolley Turbo, Neon Rekha, Chhupa Rustam, Rocket Mouse, NID Connect and 3 3D pieces, at daravath-saathvik.pages.dev/work.html

Education

Master of Design (M.Des), Digital Game Design, National Institute of Design (NID)

2025 – Present

Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons), Game and Interactive Media Design, Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University (JNAFAU)

Sep 2021 – Jun 2025