Case Studies

Publisher pitches, systems analyses and workshop curricula by Lorenzo Lezzi, project manager, game designer and educator. Each case study includes the source document.

Pitches & Presentations

Publisher- and stakeholder-facing decks: concept, market position, budget and roadmap.

Moonplague, Publisher Pitch
PUBLISHER PITCH

Moonplague, Publisher Pitch

Full production pitch for a €3.5M, 3-year survival-horror project set on a decaying lunar station. Concept, gameplay, target audience, budget breakdown and financial plan.

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BlasterMech Arena, Game Pitch
CONCEPT & DESIGN

BlasterMech Arena, Game Pitch

Turn-based hero strategy with deckbuilding and ability cards. Concept doc, core mechanics, characters, competitor analysis and dev roadmap.

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Design Documentation

Systems breakdowns and reference docs I use to make design decisions arguable, not opinion.

Chess, Rules Analysis
SYSTEMS DESIGN

Chess, Rules Analysis

A full rules taxonomy of chess, operational, foundation, behavioural, written, official, advisory and house, applied as an analytical template to a canonical game.

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Overwatch, Esport Spectability
DESIGN ANALYSIS

Overwatch, Esport Spectability

A structured breakdown of what makes Overwatch legible and engaging as a live esport, audience, appeal, harming, understandability, pace, wow moments and retention.

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Table Tennis, Spectability & Understandability
DESIGN ANALYSIS

Table Tennis, Spectability & Understandability

The same spectator framework applied to a physical sport, target audience, status-quo disruption curve, entrance point, efficiency and engagement.

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Camera Framing, Reference GDD
REFERENCE DOC

Camera Framing, Reference GDD

A cinematic language cheat-sheet for game designers: shooting fields, plans, sequences and framing devices, mapped to feature-film references.

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Workshops

Course pitches and curricula built for schools and academies.

LEGO Digital Designer, Workshop Pitch
EDUCATION PITCH

LEGO Digital Designer, Workshop Pitch

A 30-hour, 15-session interdisciplinary level-design workshop for high-school students, using LEGO Digital Designer as a virtual world-building environment.

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Twine Game Workshop, Pitch
EDUCATION PITCH

Twine Game Workshop, Pitch

30-hour interactive-storytelling course covering narrative theory, Syd Field's paradigm, the hero's arc, and Twine-based branching narrative production.

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