My name is

GLADELINE (GLADEL) RUFO

and I'm a game designer

for character-driven action games.

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Featured Projects

A Fire Made of Snowflakes (Unity 6)
Sorelle (Unreal Engine 5)
BLEED RUNNER (Unity)
Karol G MSB Fortnite (UEFN)
​Tear the Planks Down (Roblox Studio)

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A Fire Made of Snowflakes

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Role: SOLO DEVELOPER

Company: Personal

Engine: Unity 6

A Fire Made of Snowflakes (TBA 2025) is a 3D character-action game about the fear of your loved ones dying from the cold. It is a fangame of Inti Creates's Dragon Marked For Death​ and an adaptation of my stories for it.

See More ​(TBA)

Development Footage (YouTube)

WHAT I DID:

Designed and implemented interlocking systems including melee combat, health, body heat, weight / encumbrance, and dialogue / narration.

Iterated on cinematic visual structure and environmental storytelling with a 2.5D pixel art style

Engineered designer-facing tools for rapid iteration of combat systems, VFX and animation, dialogue bubbles, etc.

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Role: LEAD DESIGNER

Company: USC Games

Team Size: 57

Engine: Unreal Engine 5

Sorelle (2024) is a 3D, third-person puzzle-platformer game where you play as three sisters—Alessandra, Bella, and Capri—who use their magical abilities to save their seaside Sicilian town and the summer festival.

See More (WIP)

Play Here (Steam)

WHAT I DID:

Led a team of 5 designers to create 5 levels

Coordinated across disciplines with holistic design documentation

Prototyped and iterated on 3 characters, abilities, and AI behavior

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Role: TECHNICAL GAME DESIGNER

Company: USC Games

Team Size: 7

Engine: Unity

BLEED RUNNER (2023) is a 2.5D cyberpunk beat-em-up in which a lone knight fights against an encroaching plague!

Play Here
​(Steam)

Play Here
​(Epic Games Store)

See More
​​(Breakdown)

​WHAT I DID:

Designed tutorial level with scripted sequences from storyboard to dressed level

Designed and iterated on 2.5D beat-em-up combat mechanics

Developed the Sniper enemy AI from ideation to prototype to final implementation

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Karol G MSB Fortnite

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Role: GAME DESIGN INTERN

Company: Magnopus

Team Size: 52

Engine: UEFN

Karol G MSB Fortnite (2024) is a multiplayer virtual concert experience published by Epic Games for Fortnite Festival Season 5.

WHAT I DID:

Redesigned 5 platforming segments to be more rewarding for multiplayer

Implemented features for the final epilogue area

Prototyped sequence redesigns within 1-2 days of turnaround for A/B testing

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Tear the Planks Down

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Role: SOLO DEVELOPER

Company: Personal

Engine: Roblox Studio

Tear the Planks Down (2023-2024) is a multiplayer 3D first-person melee combat game about WRECKING STUFF!

See More (Breakdown)

Play Here (Roblox)

WHAT I DID:

Designed and engineered a system to procedurally generate weapons and destructible environments in levels

Prototyped and iterated on first-person melee combat

Implemented raycast collisions and custom animations for 3 attack types