Chess Arena is a 40-player, real-time chess battle royale that’s free-to-play at ChessArena.gg. Choose a champion and enter the arena in a sprawling chessboard map. Outplay enemies with chess tactics and game-changing magic ability, unique to the champion you choose. Master the chaos as the storm closes in to be the last King standing!

As the studio's only UI/UX designer, I was relied on for leadership and guidance, shaping best practices in the studio, delivering effective designs at a rapid pace and empowering the rest of our team for success as we built Chess Arena from the ground up. My work extended beyond just UI/UX and I was often found collaborating across all disciplines, navigating through countless variations of early game product design decisions and engaging with our alpha play testers on their early feedback about the game. I even had the pleasure of doing original voice over work for one of the game's playable characters, Eldrin.

Last King Standing

Credits

Game Director, CEO, Founder
Kartik Trehan

Creative Director, Co-founder
Peet Cooper

CCO, Co-founder
Alexandra Botez

Lead Engineer
Ihor Mykhailov

Senior Game Designer
Paul Nguyen

Senior UI/UX Designer
Austin Roesberg

Senior Technical Artist
Jeff Schoch

VFX Artist
Leonardo Guzman

Concept / 2D Artist
Noah Warner

3D Artists
Jimmiek Rankin, James Gannon

Sound Design
Aaron Craft