Ricky Leone

Discord: rtleone

Producer | Project Manager | Technical Designer | Writer

A proven Producer and Game Developer with eight years of experience leading remote, cross-disciplinary teams to ship eight completed games on time and on target. I specialize in bridging the gap between creative vision and technical execution, ensuring that ambitious projects not only get off the ground, but cross the finish line.

Core Skills:

• Project Management: Agile/Scrum, Jira, Asana, Trello, Digital Stand-Up Meetings, Roadmaps & Sprint Planning
• Game Design: Feature Brainstorming, Art <-> Design <-> Mechanics <-> Sound — Full Alignment Throughout Production
  
• Technical Design: Unreal Engine 5 (Blueprints), Godot (GDScript), UI/UX Implementation
• Production: Asset Creation, Risk Mitigation, Vendor & Talent Management, QA Pipelines
• Narrative Design: Linear Story Development, Branching Dialogue (Twine), Quest Systems, VO Direction

Key Achievements:

• Led a team to victory in the prestigious Godot Wild Jam—scoring top marks in every category, and delivering a polished, award-winning project under a tight deadline.
• Founded and manage the Godot Network private developer community, curating a talent pipeline of veteran developers and artists.
• Shipped multiple narrative-driven games featuring impactful plot + character development and full VO production.

With a 100% completion rate, I leverage my full-stack game dev knowledge to streamline pipelines, unblock teams, and ship exceptional games.