HGTV: MyDesign

HGTV: MyDesign is an challenge-based interior design mobile game where you help your clients design their spaces using various furnitures, materials, and more. Players can even rate others’ spaces to earn rewards and items to further their design goals!

HGTV: MyDesign is a currently unreleased game out of Jam City revolving around home renovation utilizing the HGTV IP. Players can decorate home interiors and exteriors using a variety of items, including real-life furniture and material options from real brands including Arhaus, Sherwin Williams, Apt 2B, and more. Players can complete design challenges from clients to earn rewards alongside challenges from HGTV show hosts like Tiffany Brooks of $50k Three Ways, David Bromstad of My Lottery Dream Home, and Christina Hall of Christina on the Coast. Players are given daily, weekend, and monthly challenges alongside special event challenges that they can complete within the time frame, and earn rewards and rankings for doing so. With integrated social features, it’s easy to showcase your designs as well. It was released in Uruguay, Argentina, the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the Philippines.

During my time at Jam City, I worked exclusively on MyDesign as a Game Designer. My main task was room creation, utilizing specs from the interior design curation team as well as the room framework from art and engineering in order to create a high-quality, playable challenges in Unity. In this process, I would be responsible for controlling how the player interacted with the level, by placing nodes and controlling what surfaces and furnitures were selectable and interactable. In addition, I was responsible for setting up the challenge’s rewards and UI flow I consistently worked as part of a cross-collaborative team, working with art, interior design, engineering, stakeholders, and more. In addition, I was placed at the forefront of many projects, such as the game’s tutorial, the initial test for the exterior design feature, and more.

As my first experience in the game industry, HGTV:MyDesign was immensely valuable experience as it showed me the pipeline from content ideation to release for individual challenges. As a live-operations designer, I experienced the constant release cadence and workflows that come with the territory, allowing me to be a designer who can easily meet deadlines and continually optimize processes in order to complete complicated processes within the sprint.

Please explore the screenshots and videos provided to learn more about HGTV: MyDesign!

NOTE: I can provide more recent content and gameplay footage on request to recruiters/interested parties for recruiting/hiring purposes.