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Available for freelance · Kolkata, India

CHANDANMALAKAR

designing worlds & the people in them

  • Game Design Student
  • Artist
  • Tester
  • Community Manager

I'm a game design student who spends equal time in an engine, in a paint app, and in a Discord server. I design levels, draw characters, break builds on purpose, and grow the communities that keep games alive long after launch.

Portrait of Chandan Malakar

about me

Two halves of one job

I make the thing, then I look after the people who play it. That combination started as a coincidence and became the whole point.
Portrait of Chandan Malakar

I started drawing game characters long before I knew what a design document was. Somewhere between fan art and modding, I realised the parts I loved most were the invisible ones: why a room pulls you forward, why a mechanic feels fair, why a server stays warm.

Today I split my week between game art and level work, structured QA passes, and running communities for studios and creators. Those worlds feed each other — testing sharpened my design eye, and community work taught me what players actually complain about.

Game art

Characters, environments and prop sets built to read instantly — silhouette first, detail second.

Testing

Structured test passes with reproducible reports. I like finding the bug that hides behind another bug.

Content & community

Short-form content, Discord ecosystems and the daily rituals that turn players into a community.

Education

Sister Nivedita University

Diploma in Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Engineering

Feb 2022 — Jul 2025 · Grade A

  • Project Management
  • Microsoft Excel
  • +20 skills

the journey

Rooms I've been in

Four years of community work alongside a design education — running servers, shipping content, and learning how studios actually talk to their players.
  1. May 2026 — Present

    Community Manager

    S8UL Esports · Part-time

    Community relations and marketing for one of India's largest esports organisations — campaign moments, creator coordination, and fan-facing comms.

    • Community Relations
    • Marketing
  2. Jul 2023 — Present

    Community Manager

    Mahatsu Games · Full-time

    Owning social media management and the Discord ecosystem: bot workflows via the Discord API, moderation structure, and player feedback loops back into the dev team.

    • Social Media Management
    • Discord API
  3. Apr 2024 — Aug 2025

    Intern

    Google Developers Group · Part-time

    Supported developer events end to end — programming, speaker logistics, and community follow-through after each session.

    • Events
    • Developer Community
  4. May 2021 — Aug 2025

    Community Manager

    Hitesh KS · Full-timeChandigarh, India

    Built and moderated an audience community from the ground up, running content calendars and daily engagement.

    • Content Strategy
    • Moderation
  5. Feb 2022 — Jul 2025

    Diploma in Computer Science and Engineering

    Sister Nivedita University · Education

    Computer Engineering. Grade: A.

    • Project Management
    • Microsoft Excel
    • +20 skills

selected projects

Work, in context

Each case study covers the brief, the decisions, and the process — not just the pretty final frame.

Coming Soon

I am currently working on documenting my latest projects and case studies. They will be available here shortly.

say hello

Let's build something people stay for

Freelance slots open for art, testing and community work. Tell me about the project, the players, and the timeline — I reply within two working days.

No newsletters, no spam. Just a reply.

Based inKolkata, India

— Chandan