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Katina Noonan
Principal / Lead Designer
Top-Grossing History
9 Top-100 titles across App Store and Google Play rank history.
Mobile F2P
17+ years across systems, features, economies, tools, gameplay, and events.
Leadership
15+ years aligning teams around goals, KPIs, roadmaps, and delivery.
My passion is creating games that bring moments of wonder, delight, and connection to players. I bring 17+ years of game design experience across casual, midcore, and hardcore genres, spanning early concept, prototyping, release, and Live Ops. I love designing systems, features, events, and tools that help teams craft inclusive experiences that feel welcoming, thoughtful, and fun to play.
Genres
Casual
Midcore
Hardcore Strategy
4X Strategy
Puzzle
Match-3
Word
Interactive Fiction
Narrative
Social Casino
RPG
Hidden Object
Invest / Express
Virtual Worlds
Coin Looter
Design
Level Design
Word Game Design
Puzzle Design
Systems Design
Economy Design
Progression Tuning
UX Design
Combat Design
Live Ops
Event Design
Prototype Design
Feature Roadmapping
Content Pipeline Design
Design Tools
Technical Design
Hero Tuning
Troop Balance
PvE Tuning
PvP Tuning
Reward Tuning
Gacha Drop Tuning
Leadership
Game Direction
Design Leadership
Audience Strategy
Market Research
Competitive Analysis
App Store Research
MVP Definition
Product Pillars
C-Suite Pitching
Production Planning
Task Assignment
Cross-Discipline Leadership
Designer Onboarding
Validation
KPI Analysis
A/B Testing
User Testing
Player Onboarding
Player Motivation Analysis
New User Funnel Analysis
ROAS Analysis
Tools
Unity
Unity C#
Figma
Tableau
Google Analytics
Google Sheets
Google Apps Script
Lua
JavaScript
Python
Git
GitHub
Perforce
Jenkins
Jira
Confluence
Claude Code
ChatGPT