About

Fourteen years of making the loop fun.

I'm a game designer from Bengaluru. I've spent fourteen years on systems, economies and live operations for mobile, PC, AR/VR and location-based games, most recently as Principal Game Designer on eCricket at LightFury Games, where I set the design direction from the first foundations through playtesting and closed beta.

Before that I led the meta and economy layer on Dream Cricket and the progression and monetisation systems across Gear Inc.'s titles. I've mentored more than nineteen designers along the way and still think the best design review is a playtest with the dials visible.

The rest of me lives at Game Design Daddy.

Niraj Sangani

Career

Fourteen years, one save file.

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2011

Press start

First design job. Mobile and location-based games, learning that the fun is in the tuning.

2014

AR / VR years

Prototyping for headsets and venues before the hardware was ready for it.

2018

Systems designer

Progression, economies and the data hooks that prove they work.

PC · mobile
2021

Lead, Gear Inc.

Angry Birds Match, MyVegas Bingo, Football Puzzle Champions. 8+ designers.

Shipped
2023

Lead, Dream Cricket

Meta and economy layer, LiveOps, FTUE in closed beta. 4+ designers.

Live
2024

Principal, LightFury

eCricket from first foundations to closed beta. 7+ designers.

Closed beta

Character sheet

Stats, self-reported.

Systems & economy96
LiveOps92
0 → 1 product88
Unreal & Blueprints78
AI-assisted design84
Mentoring90

Perks unlocked

Self-reported stats
Systems & economy: 96/100LiveOps: 92/1000 → 1 product: 88/100Unreal & Blueprints: 78/100AI-assisted design: 84/100Mentoring: 90/100Systems & economyLiveOps0 → 1 productUnreal & BlueprintsAI-assisted designMentoring
  • 01Evidence over opinionEvery system ships with data hooks and dials.
  • 02Designers who buildThe prototype is mine to make, not a ticket.
  • 03AI as force multiplierFaster specs and balance passes, human judgment kept.
  • 04Player-first, alwaysIf it isn't fun in the first minute, it isn't done.
  • 05Cheat code↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ on this page does something.

Contact

Let's make something players don't put down.

Local time --:-- ISTNow playing Unreal, with coffee