Cheryl Platz
Creative director and veteran game designer with leadership experience at Riot Games, Scopely (Marvel Strike Force), and The Pokémon Company International; author of The Game Development Strategy Guide and adjunct faculty teaching game design at Carnegie Mellon.
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Feb 16, 2026 • 51min
Inside modern game design - Cheryl Platz (Riot Games, Microsoft)
Cheryl Platz, creative director and veteran game designer who has led teams at Riot, Scopely and The Pokémon Company and teaches game design at Carnegie Mellon. She explores modern game design motivations, how onboarding can drive growth, designing for companionship and communities, journey-mapping levels to spot drop-off, and turning outages into UX wins.
