Scott Hwang


  Irvine, CA, USA

Craft a long term compelling multiplayer game experience.

 

Work Experience

VP of Product  •  Supercolony

September 2019 - January 2021

Managing the development team for mobile Action RPG Catopia (Android/iOS)

Senior Game Designer  •  Pocket Gems

September 2016 - August 2019

Primary Game Designer on a top grossing free to play mobile game, War Dragons
Ownership over designing features, economy, systems, balancing, content strategy for LiveOps 

Lead Game Designer/Producer  •  COLOPL Inc

April 2016 - September 2016

Consulting Free to play Mobile Game Design and LiveOps
Creating an innovative VR/AR game.
Staffing and managing a team of Designers, 2d/3d Artists and Engineers.

Lead Game Designer  •  NCSOFT

June 2015 - April 2016

Unannounced Lineage Mobile Action RPG

Lead Game Designer  •  Shiver Entertainment

July 2014 - May 2015

Unannounced turn based multiplayer RPG funded by NEXON

Lead Game Designer  •  Gameloft

March 2013 - June 2014

Lead design team for Spider-Man : Unlimited iOS/Android which was #1 Top free and in #10 Top Grossing in over 100 countries.

Managing designers and taking ownership over system design, level design, monetization design and UX.

Game Designer  •  NCSOFT

June 2009 - January 2013

Worked as Game Designer for Lineage II MMORPG .

Scripting, designing the realm from concept : NPC, skills, combat mechanics and enemies.
Also redesigned systems for F2P and localization for 5 different countries.

Translator Sergeant  •  Ministry of National Defense

June 2005 - June 2007

Translator English/Korean at the Korean Pentagon

Education

Seoul National University

Bachelor's degree: Social Sciences

Carnegie Mellon University

Master's degree: Entertainment technology

Skills

Game Design


  • System Design
  • Content Design
  • Technical Design

Unity


  • 10 years of expertise
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Editor/Tool Design

Language


  • English
  • Korean