This episode’s guest is Noor Amin, a game designer at ⁠Riot Games⁠ working on League of Legends. She’s also a member of the Game Awards Future Class of 2023, and a BAFTA Connect member.

We talk about content efficiency in games, “strong opinions, weakly held,” and the cults of game design and neuroscience.

Music by ⁠Abstraction⁠.

Topics

How Noor got into the industry

Landing the first internship

The process of learning to make games

The hardest interview question you’ve ever been asked

The transition from college life to working post-pandemic

How did you get into doing talks?

Noor’s experiences with neuroscience and game design

Content efficiency in game design

Has the industry changed?

How have you changed?

The hunter, gatherer, farmer framework for game designers

“Strong opinions, weakly held”

Choosing the IC or manager path