Seamus Allen
Seamus Allen

Systems & technical designer

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Hi, I'm Seamus! I'm a recent graduate from Stanford University with a strong portfolio of completed games projects. I've published to Kickstarter and Steam, taught game design for Stanford and GDS, and worked in Unity, Godot, Unreal, and Svelte. I forge deep, evocative experiences from simple, low-scope systems.

Experience

Adjunct Instructor | Game Design Skills
  • Wrote lectures and built presentation slides to an extremely high degree of fidelity, developing concrete case studies and applying made-to-stick techniques.
  • Designed exercises, provided feedback to students, and graded course assignments.
May 2026—Present
Game Designer and Developer | Eldritch Wonders
  • Rapidly built and tested Inspyra, a card game and RPG. Built an initial prototype in a single weekend, then developed card designs, wrote dialog, and built high-quality tooling for rapid card implementation.
  • Wrote and used design skeletons, goals documents, and milestone planning to maximize the resource efficiency of a small team.
September 2025—Present
Graduate Teaching Assistant | Stanford University
  • Mentored, graded, and instructed students in economic policy analysis, critical analysis of games, and political philosophy.
  • This spring, I took a group of 17 students from novice to graduate level in media critique over the course of ten weeks. I facilitated discussions to draw out evidenced claims and selected game-reading pairings for the course, adapting on the fly as the teaching team discovered that students were coming in with less experience than we expected.
September 2025—June 2026
Lead Game Designer | Village on Stilts
  • Designed, built, and playtested two tabletop roleplaying games.
  • Performed financial modeling for licensing and production agreements.
  • Wrote marketing copy and designed graphics for successful Kickstarter campaign.
  • Coordinated with influencers and managed campaign strategy.
November 2024—Present
Game Designer and Frontend Dev | Wanderheart
  • Designed progression and gameplay systems for an AI games startup.
  • Wrote prompts and designed tooling for an AI gamemaster.
  • Helped build a demo (in Svelte) for our VC pitch.
March 2024—October 2024
Research Assistant | Deliberative Democracy Lab
  • Wrote Python scripts to extract information from large CSV and JSON files.
  • Performed statistical analysis on the results of Deliberative Polls.
April 2022—June 2025
Editor in Chief | The Bellevue College Watchdog
  • Managed a team of 12-15 reporters, section editors, photographers, and copyeditors.
  • Oversaw weekly publication, provided constructive feedback to team members, and developed new organizational systems.
  • Previously worked as a News Editor from June 2020 to October 2020 and Staff Reporter from October 2019 to June 2020.
October 2020—August 2021

Education

M.A. & B.A. in Public Policy at Stanford University

Concentrations in Urban Policy and the Design of Public Institutions. Coursework includes programming, game design, serious games, negotiation, microeconomics, econometrics, data analysis, and systems analysis.

Class of 2026

Skills

  • Unity
  • Godot
  • C#
  • Python
  • Front-end web development
  • Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere
  • Writing and editing
  • Game systems design
  • Gameplay design
  • Project management
  • Game balance
  • Design documentation
  • Needfinding and Playtesting
  • Econometrics and statistical analysis
  • Public speaking (Ranked #2 speaker at USUDC debate championships)
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