Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Game Designer with 3 years of experience in the industry, I am attentive to my clients and I will be proactive in creating and improving your game projects. I offer my services in the following areas:

🔸 Game Design:

Market research, brainstorming and gameplay design, balancing

🔹 Document Writing:

Game Design Document (GDD), technical documents, PowerPoint presentations

🔸 Prototyping:

Technical design of game mechanics and systems on Unreal Engine 5

🔹 QA Testing:

First Time User Experience (FTUE), free or targeted testing sessions, detailed bug reports, ticket management, feedback on balancing

🔸 Level Design:

Level design taking into account mechanics, design, scenario, difficulty, progression, camera angles, etc..

For more information on my profile and completed projects, I suggest you visit my website: 🌐 thomas-duret.fr (secure site)

Contact me! 🎲🎮🧩

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Spanish
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Lyon (up to 50km)

Bill Up
On Malt
Tester on the Bill Up application
SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
October 2025 - October 2025
- Functional testing of the Bill Up application on two different operating systems (Android and iOS)
- Comparison and feedback on bugs, inconsistencies between the two systems and suggestions for improvement
- Filling out a satisfaction questionnaire on user experience and application interface
Freelance
Game Designer
VIDEO GAMES AND ANIMATION
January 2021 - Today (5 years and 5 months)
I have worked on several freelance missions, notably for:

Lacoste (Game Design)

- Gamification of the community Discord server
- Presentation of ideas to the teams
- Balancing and finalization of the concept

Ryse Up Studios (QA Test)

- FTUE, free and targeted testing sessions
- Bug report and ticket management
- Feedback on balancing

Kuhlturs (Lead Game Designer)

- Project and team management
- Game Design, brainstorming and mechanics conceptualization
- Game prototyping on Unreal Engine 5
- Playtests and functional tests
- Metrics balancing
- Creation, management and gamification of the community Discord server

Easybrain (Level Design)

- Creation of levels and rework of existing levels

Bill UP (Testing)

- Mobile application testing on iOS and Android
- Feedback on encountered bugs, inconsistencies and areas for improvement
- Filling out a user satisfaction questionnaire
Unreal Engine 5 Project management Game design QA testing User Testing
Kuhlturs
Lead Game Designer
VIDEO GAMES AND ANIMATION
September 2021 - March 2023 (1 year and 6 months)
Sarcelles, France
As Lead Game Designer, I had the following responsibilities within the studio:

👑 Project Management:
Roadmap creation, project update presentations to the team, and project tracking

🎲 Game Design:
Market research, audience and genre analysis, team brainstorming sessions, gameplay conceptualization

📊 Balancing:
Multiple paper testing sessions to gauge balancing, implementation of an economic system, risk/reward balance, progression curve (flow)

💻 Prototyping:
Gameplay prototyping on UE5, implementation of an SVN for group work

📝 Document Writing:
Game Design Document (GDD), technical or annex documents, PowerPoint presentations in French and English

👩‍👦‍👦 Game Community Management:
Configuration and management of a community Discord server (+5000 users), use of BOTs and gamification

🎮 Testing:
Bug reports, user experience, and notification and modification of issues