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Greetings, this is the portfolio of YK

LIM Yong Khang

I'm a Senior Game Designer ...

… with over 7 years of experience in crafting polished games with fun mechanics and engaging monetization strategies. Throughout the years I had the oppoturnity to lead or co-design several amazing titles with Unity on mobile platform, most notably, Ejen Ali: Emergency, Ejen Ali: Agents’ Arena, Komuniti Kita, and recently, Titan Heroes, on Roblox platform.

I am adept at writing Game Design Documents and crafting formulae on Google Sheet to simulate and balance the game progression, while working closely with programmers, artists, and producer and come up with seamless solutions for any difficulties, be it technical, time constraint, or engagement / retention KPIs.

During my free time I also like to tinker with technological stuff such as running nginx and some tools via Docker container over Hyper-V, with my own domain with SSL set up on Cloudflare. I also run my main email account over a catch-all vanity domain for privacy reasons. For security part, I use a password manager and set up 2FA with YubiKeys whenever possible.

Creativity
Communication
Leadership
English
Mandarin Chinese
Bahasa Melayu
Japanese
General IT Knowledge
Privacy / Security Practices

Skills

Unity
Unity

Understand the basic workflow of Unity engine and capable of scripting the editor to make design workflow easier. Also familar with managing Prefabs and Scriptable Objects for a more streamlined content management.

Roblox Studio
Roblox Studio

Familiar with Roblox Studio and capable of blockout a detailed game level to properly convey the design idea to artists and programmers.

Google Sheet / Microsoft Excel
Google Sheet / Microsoft Excel

Experienced in crafting advanced formula in high readability on both the formula itself and overall presentation

Programming

Experienced in C++, C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, SQL, and LUA. Beginner in some others. Familiar with general programming concepts such as data structure, OOP, sorting algorithm, tasks scheduling, design patterns, error handling, diagrams such as UML and ERD. Able to quickly pick up most new languages.

Editing Software

Intermediate level in understanding common text, graphic and audio editing softwares such as Google Doc, Notion, Notepad++, Paint.NET, Photoshop, and Audacity. Beginner in IDEs such as Visual Studio and GlassFish.

Homelab
Homelab

Capable of setting up varied guest OS on Hyper-V, and setting up Docker containers via Docker-Compose to host several applications such as NGINX Proxy Manager and Portainer

Cloudflare
Cloudflare

Experienced in setting up DNS records, running Jamstacks on Cloudflare Pages, setting up Cloudflare Workers, and managing access security via Cloudflare Access

IT Support

Know how to perform diagnostic on general IT issues such as network DHCP, drivers and dependencies, environment variables, audio routing, and a bit on power safety. Also familiar with using services such as whois lookup to identify the legitimacy of an email / URL.

Et Cetera

Perforce, Jira, Git, Markdown, YAML, basic music theory, bass guitar, piano / keyboard , mechanical keyboards, cats, succulents, password managers, props making, martial arts, mathematics, Android Debug Bridge, etc.

Experiences

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Electronic Arts

November 2024 - April 2025

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Electronic Arts was a poineer in early game industry. EA Sports, being one of its main division, had continued to make waves in the industry with high fidelity visual, leading mocap technologies, and advanced AI-controlled players in their games throughout the years.

Game Content Designer

November 2024 - April 2025

Responsibilities:
  • Balance the cost and odds of a card packs rewards such as player cards and event tokens to ensure the packs to be attractive and relevant to the players
  • Balance the economy of event tokens from various free / freemium / premium card packs while aligning with the engagement, acquisition, and monetization target of the current event
  • Collaborate on card packs content design to provide an interesting economy loop relevant to the main event
  • Update balancing values in Perforce and maintain documentation to reflect finalized changes
  • Perform automated draw test to verify actual oddsmatch intended odds
The Gang Asia Sdn. Bhd.

May 2018 - July 2024

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Established in 2008, The Gang Asia (formerly known as Common Extract) was predominantly a work-for-hire outfit, but was known locally as the developers behind Ejen Ali video games, namely Ejen Ali: Agents’ Arena.

Senior Game Designer

May 2024 - July 2024

Responsibilities:
  • Oversees the design department and assisting the production manager in carrying out performance reviews.
  • Lead in the designing of Titan Heroes and successfully launched it on Roblox platform while making improvement according to the telemetry and feedback received.
  • Organized a Spreadsheet tutorial to level up the department’s Spreadsheet skill.
Game Designer

May 2018 - April 2024

Responsibilities:
  • Prepare Game Design Documents according to the interest of clients / stakeholders while work closely with programmers, artists, and project manager to keep the scope and timeline on the track.
  • Simulate player’s progression using a Spreadsheet software and carry out balancing while keeping an eye toward the content play time.
  • Blockout the game level while making sure key locations would have a nice view with visual leading line toward the next point of interest.
  • Worked with Unity engine and later Roblox Studio to deliver various games from competitive, casual, hyper-casual to NFT games.
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Dutajaya Media Sdn. Bhd.

August 2017 - December 2017

Puchong, Malaysia

Dutajaya Media is a company specialized in providing turn-key solution, safety and breathtaking experience with fun factors, which allowed Multiplayer Free-roam and interact in between the Real & Virtual World.

Game Designer

August 2017 - December 2017

Responsibilities:
  • Design VR Games under the guidance of a Senior to make sure nail down the control, immersion, as well as preventing motion sickness.
  • Design 4 VR Horror titles that are scalable for 1~4 players while making sure every players gets to enjoy regardless where they are currently standing / looking at.
  • Playtest and provide feedback on PvE and PvP 200m² free-roaming titles.
Common Extract Sdn. Bhd.

March 2016 - October 2016

Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Now known as The Gang Asia Sdn. Bhd., with more than 10 years of experience in digital technology, Common Extract is currently one of the top game development studio in the region.

Game Designer

June 2016 - October 2016

Responsibilities:
  • Work closely with programmer to come up with ideas and mechanics for Ejen Ali: Emergency.
  • Design about 50 levels for the launch of Ejen Ali: Emergency
  • Perform a bit of coding to alter / improve the mechanics to what I needed
  • Craft several GDDs as well as update old iOS title Wrath of Cheese
Game Designer Intern

March 2016 - May 2016

Responsibilities:
  • Pretty much the same as above
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Education

Multimedia University
2012-2016
Bachelor in Computer Science with Specialization in Games Development
CGPA: 3.2 out of 4
Campus:
Cyberjaya
Verification:
You can verify with the ID= 1112700537 and Scroll Number= 2016/03706 in the link here

Activities

Team Building Night

Watermelon?

Premier of Ejen Ali the Movie

Level UP KL 2019

2016 Unite Conference

DJM Company Trip

Attending a Talk by Wan Hazmer

Launching of Ejen Ali

Recent Posts

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Revamped This Site

New Look!! As you can see from my first-post, I’ve revamped this portfolio with another theme. IMHO this theme gives a better look and could present more information in a much cleaner way. The Process Nonetheless this theme is a bit more complicated to set up, more so to someone who had not messed with JAMStack before. Hence, I followed the simplest guide and modify their sample project to match what I wanted: fork the sample repo, clone it, modify it, push it, and let Cloudflare Pages built it.

Thursday, July 18, 2024 | 5 minutes Read
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Tiny Battlegrounds

Role Lead Designer Company Common Extract Year Involved 2023 - 2024 Link View on Roblox Game Introduction Tiny Battlegrounds is a sandboxed PvP game where the players play as tiny toy-size characters, picking up various objects around the environment and throw them toward other players to inflict damages. Each knockouts would give the player some EXP and they grow larger as they level up. The Story The inspiration of this game comes from a map in krunker.

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 | 3 minutes Read
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Ejen Ali Agents' Arena

Role Lead Designer Company Common Extract Year Involved 2018 - 2023 Link View on Google Play Link View on Apple App Store Game Introduction Ejen Ali: Agents’ Arena is a simplified MOBA game where players can choose their favourite hero and battle against each other or bots in a 3v3 arena. The main game mode is Domination, where players need to capture POIs that generate scores for the controlling team.

Monday, July 15, 2024 | 6 minutes Read