Myron Rodriguez — Game Designer

About me

I graduated from UC Santa Cruz's Art + Design: Games as Playable Media program in 2025. A four year degree built around honing multiple design skills through real projects and team environments.

My strongest area is game design with a focus on systems and mechanics. I care deeply about how a game feels to play: the feedback loops, the player-facing decisions, the way small details add up to something immersive.

Raised in Costa Rica and educated in the United States, I bring a cross-cultural perspective to everything I design. I'm bilingual in English and Spanish, and I love finding ways to represent underrepresented cultures and stories in games.

Selected Work

All works have been exhibited at UCSC AGPM Open Studios.

2025 · Featured project

To Immortal

An action RPG roguelite built in Unity, inspired by Chinese cultivation mythology. I handled mechanics design, systems balancing through playtesting, and created the isometric tile art used throughout the game world. This project was presented as a capstone for and exhibited at AGPM Senior Studios.

Unity Game Design Systems Design Isometric Art Playtesting

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2025

Blood Moon Bounty

A top-down roguelite blending old west aesthetics and cryptid hunting, built in Godot. I served as a core programmer and lead mechanics designer, writing the foundational systems for movement, level generation, and item implementation.

Godot GDScript Mechanics Design Programming

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2024

WireWorks

A logic gate puzzle game built in Unity. I contributed as a UI pixel artist and game designer, developing the menu assets and tile maps, and working closely with playtesters to evaluate gameplay feel and flag needed changes.

Unity UI Design Pixel Art Playtesting

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2024

Kitty Kitty Picasso

A 2D platformer built in Godot. I was the sole programmer on a team of artists, writing all gameplay features in GDScript and handling asset implementation.

Godot GDScript Programming 2D Platformer

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Tabletop Design

2025 · Solo design

Lucha Eterna

A wrestling TTRPG created as an ode to classic lucha libre. Written and designed entirely independently, with a full ruleset and documentation. Built with a desire to see Latino culture represented more in game design.

TTRPG Solo Design Ruleset Writing Layout Design

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2024 · Solo design

Ecolution

A biological cladogram-based tabletop roleplaying game created as an engaging way to learn about evolutionary biology. Written and designed entirely independently, with full documentation and custom layout sheets.

TTRPG Solo Design Ruleset Writing Educational Design

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