SENIOR GAME DESIGNER
EVAN GRAZIANO
I'm a veteran game designer with over 10 year of experience developing for live-service,F2P titles. The following showcases some of my shipped work, with a heavy focus on progression systems, reward economies, and assorted gameplay elements.
DESTINY 2
Bungie
Senior Systems Designer
Destiny 2 is a free-to-play, online multiplayer first-person shooter developed by Bungie, and is currently available to play on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One.
Players take on the role of Guardians - immortal protectors of Earth's Last City - who wield the cosmic power of the Light, granted by an entity known as the Traveler, in order to defend humanity from ever-present otherworldly threats.
ECHO VR
Ready at Dawn
Senior Systems Designer
Echo VR was a free-to-play, zero-gravity multiplayer virtual reality game developed by Ready at Dawn, and was available on Oculus/Meta Quest, and Oculus Rift/PCVR. Originally launched as Echo Arena, it was renamed and expanded to allow for the inclusion of additional game modes.
Players controlled robot avatars and competed in zero gravity, using their hands to grab surfaces, push off, and glide through weightless arenas. Echo Arena was a fast-paced team sport in which players passed, intercepted, and threw a disc to score in the opposing team’s goal. Echo Combat was an objective-based team shooter set in the same zero-gravity space, but utilizing larger maps for gameplay.
WILDSTAR
Carbine
Mid/Senior Systems Designer
WildStar was a science-fantasy MMORPG developed by Carbine Studios and first released on PC in 2014.
Set on the mysterious planet Nexus, it cast players as members of either the Exiles or the Dominion, two factions competing to uncover the secrets of a vanished ancient race. The game was known for its action-based combat, which was a shift from the more standard tab-targeting system used in most MMOs at the time.
LOTRO
Turbine
Associate Systems Designer
The Lord of the Rings Online is a fantasy MMORPG developed by Turbine and first released on PC in 2007.
Set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Players create a hero from races such as Men, Elves, Dwarves, and Hobbits, and journey through iconic regions like the Shire, Moria, and Rohan, following and expanding on the events of the books.
