Rakibul Hasan Toor

Game Designer & UX Researcher

Hi!

I am Rakibul Hasan Toor. I am from Bangladesh, currently based in Cologne, Germany. I am studying MA in Digital Games at Cologne Game Lab, an institute of Cologne University of Applied Sciences. I completed my Bachelor’s degree from the same institute in 2021.

I am passionate about Video games and Media Technology. I want to develop game design tools and methodology for improved Player agency and connected gameplay experiences in a User-Centric approach.

Interests

General Game Design, Level Design, UX Design, Behavioral Psychology, Player Motivation, User-Centric Design.

Experiences

September 2021 – Present

App Tester • Grandcentrix (Cologne, DE)

  • App Testing and quality assurance
  • Project Documentation

June 2019 – August 2021

Student Assistant • Cologne Game Lab, TH Köln (Cologne,DE)

– Project SOLVE | Junior Game Designer

  • Game Mechanics and Level Design
  • UI/UX design & organizing playtest

– DiSpielGeo | Student Assistant (Game Analysis)

  • Research and analyze commercial games

October 2020 – March 2021

Game Designer • Alpha Potato (Remote)

  • Analyzing hypercasual game trends
  • Creating Game Design Documents
  • Improving User Experience

July 2015 – December 2016

Multimedia Assistant • Worldfish, Bangladesh & South Asia (Dhaka, BD)

  • Content creation based on project goals and implementation
  • Project Documentation (Photo and video material)
  • Creation of promotion material (Poster, Infographics, Documentaries)
  • Designing presentations
  • Technological suggestions (usage of tools, software, and cameras)
  • Assisting in organizing events

March 2012 – March 2016

Founding Member • PortBliss Inc. (Dhaka, BD)

  • Creative team management
  • Communicating with other divisions and clients
  • Concept creation for different projects
  • Graphics design
  • Cinematography & video editing
  • Asset management

Education

September 2021 – Present

MA Digital Games

Cologne Game Lab, Technische Hochschule Köln

Specialization: Game Design & Game Programming

September 2017 – August 2021

BA Digital Games

Cologne Game Lab, Technische Hochschule Köln

Specialization: Game Design

March 2009 – August 2017

BSc Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology

Skills

Game Design

  • General Game Design
  • Game System Design
  • Level Design
  • Narrative Structure

UX Design

  • User Persona
  • User-Centric Design
  • Composition & Layout
  • Accessibility

Research

  • QA Testing
  • Usability Design
  • Research & Data Analysis

Project Management

  • Documentation
  • Agile Development
  • Team Management
  • Event organization

Languages

  • Bangla (Native)
  • English (Fluent)
  • Deutsch (Intermediate)

Software & Tools

Unity 3D
Adobe Photoshop
Illustrator
Premiere Pro
After Effects
Microsoft Word
Excel
Powerpoint
Google Docs
Slides
Sheets
Cinema 4D
GitHub, SourceTree
Jira, Click Up, Trello
Confluence, WordPress
Discord, Slack

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