Navin Nair (@_zencoder) profile picture

Lead/Principal Designer, Riot Games. Prev: Sr Combat Tech Designer, Santa Monica Studio, Lead Designer/Lead Programmer, Section Studios. Part time indie dev.

Los Angeles
Joined September 2011
Let’s gooo!
In the darkest hours, there is always a beacon of hope 🪽✨ Watch the full 2026 Season 1 Cinematic now on YouTube.
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It's come full circle ❤️. My daughter enjoying playing one of the first indie games I made with @devilsgarage back in the day - Antichess
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Replying to @thomasmahler
Am a fan of Wicked. There was an old talk that I really liked that shines some history on the topic - youtu.be/TivpMwuGzeM?si=are-… (bit more accessibility skewed). Hope that helps!
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26. Yet another long break, been busy working on something new at Riot/trying to be a good dad. Have made progress though, pivoted a bit more in the Roguelite direction. If you like Roguelikes/lites and would love to give it a spin, hit me up in the DMs...youtu.be/ICqY44WpKw4?si=yAoM…
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Having worked in unreal for 2 years on custom tools wanted to mess around with my own things this break. Learned about making IK Rigs and Retargeting and was so much fun. The free Paragon assets are such a treasure for designers to get started with. #UnrealEngine5
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25. After a long hiatus in 2023 finally made some progress this winter break. Removed classes, more roguelike content/scaling/variance. Hope I get more time this year...youtu.be/__nIFAw8NME
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24. My daughter has recently started getting into pixel art and really wanted to see something she made in the game. Helped her make this ghost enemy. Always makes me smile seeing it show up in runs now!
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