GAME DESIGNER
DEEPANJALI
SARNA
Preferred pronouns: She/Her
Associate Game Designer at Zynga.
Studio Lead - zPride, Zynga's LGBTQ2SIA+ ERG.
Community Manager at Women in Games India.
Ambassador at Women in Games.
Site Organiser, Global Game Jam Bangalore.
Also known as @The_Enchanted_Witch in the Gamer Zone
Gamer-turned-game designer, I wield pixels and magic, crafting worlds inspired by experiences and fueled by cat cuddles. A storytelling bookworm with an art-loving heart, I explore the uncharted realms of food, culture, and adventure. From joystick to designing thrilling quests of creativity.
Reach out to me: deepanjali2k@gmail.com
More Experience
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Theme Committee for Global Game Jam for 2 consecutive years - 2023 and 2024.
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Game Artist and Designer for Game'n'Train Mixer Program 2021 organised by Goethe Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan and Stiftung Digitale Spiele Kultur.
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Game Designer at WhiteBud Studios (Service-Based StartUp) on their Technical Art services and their In-House Products.
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Technical Artist Intern at GSN Games (Now Scopely) on Bingo Bash.
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Co-Founded an Indie and Game Services Studio in 2019 and worked with a strong Clientele for 10 months.
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Led the Social Media and Website Team in a Bangalore based Fashion Startup in 2020 for a year.
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Speaker at the Unite India Student Ambassador Summit for 2 consecutive years - 2018 and 2019.
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Speaker at Girlscript India Summit 2020.
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Speaker at Techign Summit 2021.
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Speaker at Outscal Design Talk.
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Speaker and Critic at West Virginia University for Interactive Media students.
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Panelist at Hyper Games Conference 2022.
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Panelist at India Game Developer Conference 2022.
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Mentor for GirlsGame2 2023 conducted by Zynga and Unherd.in to help young school girls build their first game concept.​
Education
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Bachelor of Computer Applications in Game and Mobile Software Development 2017-2020​