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My name is

GLADELINE (GLADEL) RUFO

and I'm a game designer

for character-driven action games.

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)

A Fire Made of Snowflakes

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.

I began development in 2022, creating the game's initial prototypes in PICO-8 and Roblox Studio before settling on Unity 6.

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.

Sorelle

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.

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

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!

See More (Breakdown)

Play Here (Steam)

Play Here (Epic Games Store)

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

Karol G MSB Fortnite

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

Tear the Planks Down

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