Volkan Eke
PORTFOLIO
Writer | Games User Researcher
A Little
About Me
Hi! My name is Volkan. It means Volcano.
Don’t be alarmed though! Did you know that volcanoes exhaust excess carbon stored under the earth’s crust, and replenish the soil afterwards?
I will identify the tension points for your project, and help make productive design decisions.
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Work Experience
User Experience Researcher
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Project Manager
HERITAGE-IZ CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSOCIATION (IZMIR, TURKEY)
- GRANTS WRITER (2023)
THE NEW SCHOOL College of liberal arts (NY, USA)
- Teaching fellow
(2019-2022)
Parsons, school of design (NY, USA)
- Instructor
(2015-2022)
my work
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NPC Voice Barks
a game design solution in open world games based on games user research (Google Sheet)
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“The Stomach Ache”.
A short fantasy story based on Japanese folktales written for a Picture Book Project (2022/23).
Would be lovely to turn this into a quest line for your game!
Excerpts
“To make a point, they summarily forbid them from playing on the streets at all. With their mistake thus fixed, they hoped the goddess would certainly forgive them for this minor transgression.”
“To her surprise, the goddess revealed that it wasn’t the children’s fault! You see, the deity simply wished to play with them…. “
“And when they got a stomach ache from running down the wet stone with bare feet, their parents simply shook their heads but didn’t protest much. Instead, they went out to the fields to collect soothing tea leaves.“
(Revised for English, 2023)
Game Writing Sample
Twine Projects
“On the Fence”
Fantasy genre Story with themes of Family, Tradition and Change (coming soon)
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Game Design (Twine)
UX Research in Higher Education
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Skills & Expertise
User Research
- Freelance Games User Researcher and Analysis Skills (Playtest; Interviews; Surveys;)
- 8 years of User Research (Observations)
- Communication Skills
- Presentation Skills
Technical Writing
⎼ Interviewing Subject Matter Experts
⎼ Writing roadmaps, instructions
⎼ Writing Instructions
Cross-functional Collaboration
⎼ Researcher on Code + Liberal Arts Design Team
⎼ Researcher on PhD Restructuring Committee
Volkan Eke
Work
with Me
The New School
66 West 12th Street
New York, NY 10011
Willing to Relocate
+905396305106
+1 646-436-5705 (Whatsapp)
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