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title: "Mansoor Syed - Founder | Game Director | Freelance Creative Designer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Mansoor Syed, AI-Assisted Game Designer | Interactive Narrative Designer | Gamification Designer based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes cursor, midjourney, and openai."
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# Mansoor Syed on Tal

## Headline

AI\-Assisted Game Designer \| Interactive Narrative Designer \| Gamification Designer

## About

Creative game designer and interactive systems specialist with 10\+ years of experience across gameplay systems, narrative design, gamification, AAA production support, and AI\-assisted creative workflows\. I specialize in designing emotionally engaging gameplay experiences, modular puzzle systems, interactive narrative mechanics, cinematic gameplay interactions, and scalable engagement\-driven systems using Unity and creative production pipelines\. My background spans independent game development, AAA production support, gamified enterprise learning systems, interactive design, and cross\-functional creative collaboration\. I enjoy combining storytelling, player psychology, cinematic direction, UI/UX thinking, and AI\-assisted workflows to create immersive interactive experiences\. Areas I work in: • Gameplay Systems Design • Interactive Narrative Design • Gamification & Engagement Systems • Unity Development & Prototyping • Puzzle & Progression Design • Cinematic Gameplay Experiences • AI\-Assisted Creative Workflows • Interactive Learning Experiences • Technical Art & Environment Production • Creative Direction & Cross\-Functional Collaboration

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

cursor

midjourney

openai

v0

## Work experience

Founder \| Game Director \| Freelance Creative Designer at Zdeseny, Feb 2017 \- Present · 9 yrs 4 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Directed gameplay\-focused projects, gamified experiences, and interactive systems across games and digital learning platforms\. • Designed progression systems, engagement loops, gameplay mechanics, and narrative\-driven interactive experiences • Built gameplay prototypes and system validation workflows in Unity • Utilized AI\-assisted workflows for ideation, prototyping, cinematic planning, and creative production • Managed cross\-functional pipelines across gameplay design, UI/UX, animation, and production • Designed scalable gamified learning systems and interactive enterprise training experiences

Technical Content Artist at Rockstar Interactive India LLP, May 2018 \- Dec 2018 · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Worked on open\-world environment integration and technical art workflows for large\-scale AAA production environments\. • Created and optimized Level of Detail \(LOD\) assets to improve runtime performance while maintaining visual fidelity • Collaborated with technical art and environment teams within proprietary AAA production pipelines • Contributed to world integration, environment polish, and optimization workflows • Assisted in maintaining environment consistency, asset integration quality, and large\-scale world production standards

Junior Game Artist at Technicolor, Jan 2016 \- Nov 2016 · 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Collaborated on texture asset production for AAA game projects while maintaining high visual quality standards and production efficiency\. • Supported production pipelines and asset delivery under tight production timelines • Assisted with onboarding and workflow support for artists using Autodesk 3ds Max • Worked within structured production environments following technical and artistic pipeline standards • Contributed to asset consistency, optimization workflows, and team production support

Lead Artist at Zero Dimension, Mar 2012 \- Nov 2015 · 3 yrs 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led teams across multiple game production projects and managed asset creation workflows for multi\-platform game development\. • Worked on vehicle assets, environment art, and production\-ready game assets • Coordinated with design and development teams to maintain visual consistency and production efficiency • Managed asset delivery workflows and supported cross\-functional collaboration across production pipelines • Assisted in maintaining quality standards, optimization workflows, and scalable art production processes

## Education

10th, Mysore Lions School

Diploma of Education, Professional Diploma In Game Art, Asian Institute of Design \(Formerly AIGA\)

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