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Austin Davis is a “Play Experience Designer”, passionate about the idea of “Learning + Problem-solving through PLAY”. After his Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, he pursued his Master’s in Toy & Game Design discipline at the National Institute of Design where he discovered “PLAY”. He went on to design games for digital platforms as well as physical ones for the domains of leisure & entertainment, games as a promotional tool, child development & professional training. Since then he has been in the pursuit of discovering frameworks for coming up with design intervention through PLAY. And his journey continues as a faculty at his alma mater.

Working at

the intersection of

PLAY & DESIGN

WORK EXPERIENCE

12 yrs & counting

National Institute of Design

Professor
8 years
March 2015 - Now

Design Consultancy

Play Experience Designer
1.5 years
Jan 2013 - March 2015 

Gameshastra

Level Designer + Game Designer
2 years
Dec 2011 - Dec 2013

Pink Katalyst

Game Designer
6 Months
Dec 2010 - May 2011

Nov 2019 - now (4 yrs)
Professor | Toy and Game Design Department 
Head | Skill Development Lab (NID Gandhinagar Campus)

Nov 2017 - Nov 2019 (2 yrs)
Associate Professor | Toy and Game Design Department

July 2015 - Nov 2015 (4  months)
Teaching Associate | Toy and Game Design Department

March 2015 - July 2015 (4 months)
Visiting  Faculty | NID

March 2015 - March 2015 (2  yrs)
Trainee Faculty | NID

Design Consultancy
Board Game  Design
DIY Kit Design
Logo Design
Illustration

Visiting Professor
NID
UID

E-Learning Apps | Edutainment Games
Client: Mango Learning

Sholay: Bullets of Justice | Side-scrolling Platformer Action Game
Client: Hungama

Dare to Fly | Move Motion controller-based casual game
Client: Sony Playstation

Casual Games | Online web-based
Inspired from Indian Mythology

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EDUCATION

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2008-2011 | 2.5 yrs

National Institute  of Design, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

India

M.DES

Toy and Game Design

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2004-2008 | 4 yrs

Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala

India

B.TECH

Mechanical Engineering

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1995-2007 | 12 yrs

St. Columba's School, Delhi

India

CBSE

Higher Secondary Education

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