Seerat Salim

Game Designer with experience utilising Unity, C#, Visual Studio, Blender and Krita, focusing on 3D modelling and Game Design. Currently studying a Master of Arts in Digital Arts with a focus on Game Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand. Created custom games for a United States client, lectured on the fundamentals of Game Design to over twenty high school students, earned three consecutive first-class distinctions in Game Design, and was awarded a Postgraduate Scholarship for academic performance.

Academic Tutor and Graduate Teaching Assistant - University of the Witwatersrand

(2025-01)

• Introduce game design principles, such as mechanics, systems, and prototyping, to thirty undergraduate students spanning various courses.
• Offer suggestions on game loops, mechanics, and systems to help students improve their prototypes and design abilities.
• Mentor Honours students in Game Entrepreneurship, business model building, and pitching tactics.
• Grade assignments and Games, offering specific feedback to help students progress.

Guest Lecturer - Jeppe High School for Girls

(2024-01 - 2024-12)

• Delivered a two-hour seminar for over twenty high school learners.
• Presented the basic concepts of Game Design.
• Discussed the importance of acknowledging the objectification and oversexualisation of women in video games.

Freelance Game Designer - Fiverr - Remote

(2021-01 - 2021-12)

• Developed custom games for a United States client through iterative development, building expertise in core game mechanics.
• Designed and refined small-scale games.
• Produced development pipelines in Unity, delivering gameplay programming to client specifications and revisions.

Master of Arts - Digital Arts (Game Studies) - University of the Witwatersrand (2026-12)

Bachelor of Arts Honours - Digital Arts - University of the Witwatersrand (2024-12)