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Alexandre Lucas

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Senior System Designer at CI Games shaping combat and progression for Lords of the Fallen II.

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At CI Games, I’m one of two system designers driving player-facing combat, progression, and balancing on Lords of the Fallen II. I design and implement ranged combat content, including spells, throwables, and bows, using GAS.

I’ve championed a cross-team balancing pipeline that helps teams isolate systemic issues and tune the full game. I also build spreadsheet-driven simulations connected to in-engine data to track progression and item acquisition.

On Lords of the Fallen (2023), I worked on enemy combat, NPC animation timing, boss-fight camera behaviour, and Weapon Arts. I also championed the storage chest feature, from its constraints and workflows to its system rules.

Across Tag Games, Lightbulb Crew, and Othercide, I designed characters, encounters, levels, combat, and progression systems. I’ve also taught game design at ICAN and mentored junior designers.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Game Design Teacher

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ICAN

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 9 months)

Teaching and mentoring sessions focused on combat and systems design.

Teaching Mentorship Combat Design System Design

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Mentor - Game Design

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Self Employed

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 9 months)

Mentoring junior designers through design communities.

Mentorship Game Design

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Senior System Designer

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CI Games

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 9 months)

One of two system designers driving all player-facing combat, progression, and balancing across the project. Designed, prototyped, and implemented ranged combat content using GAS, and championed a cross-team balancing pipeline with spreadsheet-driven simulation tools.

Unreal Engine 5 GAS Combat Design Progression Design Balancing Spreadsheets Telemetry Grafana Montages

Combat Designer II

CI Games

May 2023 - Dec 2023 (7 months)

Part of a five-designer combat team, initially focused on enemy content with an increased shift toward player-facing systems during post-launch. Tuned combat animation montages, defined weapon arts, and championed the storage chest feature.

Unreal Engine 5 Combat Design Montages Boss Encounters Weapon Arts Gameplay Notifies Camera Behavior UX

Game Designer

Tag Games

Mar 2022 - May 2023 (1 year 2 months)

Worked across an MMO, an action-prototype project, and Stumble Guys, shifting between combat design, prototyping, and level design according to project needs. Designed and shipped the Stumble Trouble level and led a new mechanic for a Barbie collaboration level.

Unity Game Design Combat Design Prototyping Level Design Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMO)Stumble Guys Node Based Tools Behavior Trees Physics And Collision Setup

Combat Designer

Lightbulb Crew

Sep 2020 - Mar 2022 (1 year 6 months)

Handled combat and progression under the Game Director in a two-designer team. Explored several combat directions through rapid prototypes and built early pipelines to test ability logic and resource systems.

Unity Combat Design Prototyping Game Design Ability Logic Resource Systems Turn Sequencing Internal Tools

Junior Game Designer

Lightbulb Crew

Sep 2019 - Aug 2020 (11 months)

Worked under the Design Director covering units, abilities, progression, and meta systems. Analyzed and refactored core systems, created spreadsheet balancing tools, and rebuilt progression pacing and unit power curves.

Unity Game Design System Design Spreadsheets Balancing Progression Design Meta Systems