Hola!

Hi there, I'm Francisco

• Game Design Manager at Meta, working on Horizon Worlds

• Formerly Principal Designer & Manager at Schell Games, where I directed games for 15 years

• Proud Game Design Director of I Expect You To Die 3 and I Expect You To Die 2, among many others shipped games

• Experienced in creative leadership, new product ideation and prototyping, puzzle design and systems design

• 4-time GDC speaker on design leadership, project planning, playtesting and accessibility

• Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela

Read my Design Leadership Blueprint to learn more about how I lead.

My Work

• My Design Leadership Blueprint // 

  • Read more about my design and leadership style

• Game Projects //

  • Design Director on I Expect You to Die 3 and I Expect You to Die 2

  • Design Consultant on Silent Slayer

  • Older faves include S.E.C.R.E.T. and Water Bears

• Art Projects //

  • Check out Eye to Eye

  • And my work at the Guggenheim Museum in NY

• Conference Talks //

  • Featuring “The Design Direction of IEYTD2”, given at GDC

  • They're all in this list of conference talks.

Contact

Reach out if you are looking for a Game Designer or Design Manager to come talk to your classroom, project team, company, birthday party... If I can’t help you directly, I will likely be able to redirect your request to some lovely folks. Opportunities, requests for mentorship, and questions about my work or the industry are also welcome.

Se habla español.

You can reach me at francisco (dot) souki (at) gmail (dot) com

Beautiful painting of my beautiful face by the unfairly talented Ryan Yee.