Simon Laserna

ABOUT

I am a hands-on creative leader in R&D based in Stockholm with experience across both AAA and AA development. I stay close to the technical execution and am just as comfortable building foundational systems as I am holding the creative vision. I believe we are game developers first. We do our best work in empowered, cross-discipline teams. I am a strong player advocate who wants to build games I genuinely know and care about. I playtest early and often to stay grounded in reality. I look at the data, listen to the community, and actively play the games our audience loves.

SOME OF WHAT I'VE DONE

Shipped titles across both AAA and AA development environments
Held design leadership and drove systems architecture on an original IP
Guided technical design craft and career growth across three international studio locations
Built foundational gameplay and server-authoritative multiplayer systems using C++ and proprietary visual scripting
Steered high-level systems design and rapid prototyping for multiplayer concepts while evaluating core product pillars
Spearheaded studio-wide evaluation and grassroots integration of AI-augmented production practices

OFF THE CLOCK

I'm still playing. Multiplayer most of all. I'll happily sink into local co-op, but I really come alive in competitive, tactical team games. I run and homebrew TTRPGs, paint minis, and cannot stop building systems. I'm deep in fantasy, running on coffee, code, and work I genuinely care about.