My Mentors and Inspirations

Film Directors: Damien Chazelle, Jiang Wen, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Christopher Nolan, Lou Ye

Architects: Thomas Heatherwick, Superstudio, Liu Jiakun, Le Corbusier, Antoni Gaudi, I. M. Pei, Mies van der Rohe, Frank Gehry

Poets: Su Shi, Seamus Heaney, Bob Dylan, Edgar Allan Poe, Cao Cao

Writers: Antonie de Saint-Exupery, Kazuo Ishiguro, Wang Xiaobo, J.D. Salinger, Margaret Atwood, Virginia Wolf, Franz Kafka

Modern Artists: On Kawara, Andy Warhol, Yoko Uno, Cindy Sherman, Wassily Kandinsky, Sol Levitt

Games & Developers: Will Wright, Jenova Chen, Bennett Foddy, What Remains of Edith Finch, Disco Elysium, TLOS

Education

New York University Game Center

                    BFA in Game Design Development

                    Minors in CS, Math, and Producing

George School (Newtown, PA)

                    High School Diploma

Awards & Expo

2024 - Unity Unite Conference

Invited Exhibitor

2024 - Paradox Interactive Student Award

Nominated Producer

2024 - Game Developers Conference (accepted)

Presentation and Exhibition at New York

State Pavilion

2023 - NYU Game Center Winter Showcase

Game Exhibitor

2023 - EGD Waffle Games Exhibition

Game Exhibitor

2023 - Game Developers Conference

Presentation at New York State Pavilion

2022 - Jonas Tyroller's Wowie Game Jam

            ranked #11 in Visuals and #78 in

            Creativity among 1018 global

            submissions.  

2021 - Chinese University Student

           Game Development Association

           Best Game Jam Game

2021 - indiePlay China Game Award

           Best Game Jam Game Nomination

2020 - Robert F. Kennedy Human Right

           Fund Student Video Contest

           Top 3 over 1200+ global entries

2020 - Greenfield Youth Film Festival

           2nd Place Best Documentary

           Best Public Service Announcement

2020 - Film Now Film Festival

            2nd Place Best Narrative Film

Work

Current

2025 Snap Inc. (Snapchat)

AR Engineer, Spectacles

Past

2024 Transfr VR

Unity VR Developer

Shipped VR Career Exploration 2

2024 Tencent-Ubisoft Studio

Game Designer Intern

Assassin’s Creed: Jade

2023 Transfr VR

VR Software Engineer Intern

Shipped VR Career Exploration 2

2022 Theater in the Dream

Contract Game Mission Designer

Theater Game “Kowloon Walled City“

Presenting at Game Developers Conference 2023 for the New York State Pavilion

CONTACT

pengguoart@gmail.com