Hightop Games
Founded Hightop Games, a casual mobile game studio building original games with AI-powered production systems.
AI Builder.
Game design leader.
Hands-on product and game design leader with 20+ years building games from concept through launch and live operations.
Experience
Selected work
Built to create
Tools
ProtoDuo
Preview app and game concepts on iPhone Duo. Add your screens and explore the device in 3D.
Open ProtoDuo
Material Lab
A Three.js materials sandbox. Explore textures, build scenes, and experiment with lighting and physics.
Open Material Lab
Rock Lab
A procedural 3D asset studio. Generate rocks, props, and paths, refine materials, and experiment with fracture and physics.
Open Rock LabApp Store Dashboard
Update the game.
Update the store.
I built a dashboard that turns game updates into App Store copy, screenshots, and video for iPhone and iPad.
Player presets, banners, and dynamic text prepare each capture. Git tracks the listing, ready to deploy with one button.
Explore the Demo
Hidden Objects AI game prototype
Turn your photos into playable levels.
An AI-powered prototype that transforms personal photos into replayable scenes and integrates hidden objects as separate interactive elements. Yes, that is Luna up on the furniture.
Big Run Studios
Distinguished Game Developer
Helped define skill-based bingo through Blackout Bingo, a Top 20 free app and Top 10 casino app. Led product design and UX for Sweeps Night and launched 10 titles on iOS and Android.
Aces · UA marketing
From game loop to ad creative.
Designed and produced user acquisition creative for Aces across AppLovin playable and video placements, pairing a hands-on version of the game with a vertical story built for mobile feeds.
Playable ad
Try the core loop
A self-contained HTML5 game creative built for AppLovin. Tap the device to play.
Vertical video ad
Build the story
A 9:16 gameplay story combining creator footage, gameplay capture, voice, and captions for mobile acquisition.
Production stack
- AppLovin
- Playable delivery and UA campaign creative
- ElevenLabs
- Audio transcription and script workflow
- Creatify
- AI-assisted vertical video production
Game Marketing
Founded a creative studio delivering games, digital products, and integrated campaigns for Xbox, Sony, Disney, Adult Swim, Paramount, NCSOFT, and leading entertainment and gaming brands.
Developed UA campaign creative for Puzzle Charms at Zynga and for several games at Big Run Studios.
Zynga
Principal User Experience
Helped evolve Zynga Poker, the world’s largest free-to-play poker game, adding Leagues and real world prizes.
Led FarmVille’s six-person UX team, shaping the player experience behind the defining Facebook game that surpassed 80 million monthly players.
Cartoon Network
Senior Designer
Designed award-winning digital and on-air campaigns for Cartoon Network and brands including LEGO, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and the NBA.
Netflix Games Research
A research tool I built to review the Netflix games portfolio with an interactive studio map, and a tagged news feed.
Open DashboardHow I build
Production Tools
The engines, design systems, and AI tools I use to move from an idea to a polished, playable experience.
AI & Prototyping
- Claude
- Fable
- ChatGPT 6 Astra
- Cursor
Engines & Runtime
- Unity
- Phaser
- HTML Canvas
- Three.js
- Capacitor
Design & Image
- Photoshop
- Figma
- Claude Design
- ChatGPT Image 2.5
- Midjourney
Audio & 3D
- ElevenLabs
- Tripo
- Meshy
- Blender
Marketing & Video
- Creatify
- AppLovin
- Tenjin (MMP)
- Higgsfield
- Runway
Motion & Feedback
- GSAP
- FEEL
- Spine 2D
Building for leading brands.
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