Unlock the Wild: How a Game Designer from Austin Turned Animal Mechanics into a Neuro-Driven Play Experience

I grew up in Austin—not with guitars, but with the roar of jaguars at dusk. My dad taught me that rules aren’t meant to be followed—they’re meant to be broken, then rebuilt as something alive. As a game designer with a Berkeley cognitive science degree and a bass in an indie band, I don’t just build games—I compose experiences.

Every mechanic I design is rooted in RPT (Return-to-Player) thresholds above 96%, paired with RNG (Random Number Generator) systems that feel less like chance—and more like rhythm. Think of it: when a tiger’s paw hits the jackpot, it’s not luck. It’s syncopation. The forest is your console.

I’ve localized three titles—Forest Key, Wild Quest, Jungle Pulse—into English, Spanish, and Japanese because players don’t play games; they live them. A Spanish-speaking teen in Mexico doesn’t want ‘winning.’ She wants to feel the vine creeping up her spine when the bonus triggers.

We built ‘Beast King Glory’ not as a leaderboard—but as a ritual. Players upload their stories not for points—but for identity. The ‘Green Jungle’ campaign? That wasn’t marketing. That was our covenant with the wild.

This isn’t about downloads or spins. It’s about pulse—the heartbeat between code and instinct. When you play one of my games at midnight after working all day… you’re not escaping reality.

You’re becoming it.