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Swathi Sambasivam

Swathi Sambasivam

Game Designer and Developer

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

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Swathi Sambasivam is a NYC-based game designer, developer, and educator working at the intersection of games and mental health. She is the Lead Game Developer & Strategist at Arcade Therapeutics, where she leads the design and development of StarStarter, a cognitive-science-informed mobile game focused on emotional regulation, habit-building, and accessibility.

Swathi holds an MFA in Game Design from NYU Tisch Game Center, where she was awarded the NYU Game Center Incubator Grant (2023–2024) for her experimental game project Normal Bad Sex. Her work combines systems design, Unity development, analytics-driven iteration, and narrative play, with a focus on how games can meaningfully support mental health without sacrificing joy or playfulness.

Area of Expertise

  • Arts
  • Health & Medical
  • Media & Information

Topics

  • Game Design
  • Game Design and Interactive Media
  • Serious Game Design
  • Mobile
  • Mobile Development
  • Mental Health
  • Mental Wellness

Swathi Sambasivam

Game Designer and Developer

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

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