Seth S. Scott

Background

About Seth S. Scott

For more than a decade, I’ve worked at the intersection of teaching and game development.I taught K–5 technology for five years while serving as my school’s sole IT technician, bal-ancing full-time classroom instruction with all hardware and software management. Theseyears gave me a strong foundation in pedagogy, classroom communication, and the ability todesign learning environments that support a wide range of student abilities and backgrounds.More recently, I’ve taught Game Design & Development as an adjunct professor at bothNYU and Pratt Institute. In these roles, I’ve guided students through prototyping, iteration,critique, and production pipelines, emphasizing creative risk‑taking and thoughtful craft. I’mcurrently the Game Design Studio Manager at Northeastern University, where I mentor andcollaborate with students, faculty, and staff across all aspects of the development process—helping teams bring projects from early experimentation to full public release.Since earning my MFA in Game Design from the Game Center in 2017, I’ve designed, developed, and self‑published multiple titles across Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, tabletop, andarcade platforms. My most recent games, Bouquets and Cardinal, launched in both digitaland tabletop formats following successful Kickstarter campaigns. Alongside my personalprojects, I’ve collaborated with clients such as T-Mobile, Elysian Brewery, Mike’s Hot Honey, Utopia Bagels and Qualcomm as a designer, developer, UI/UX consultant, and artist.Across all of my work, I value finding the fun while working to expand our current cultural vision of “games”. In my educational work I aim to create learning environments wherestudents feel empowered to explore new ideas, challenge their assumptions, and grow as bothdesigners and teammates. My students often describe me as encouraging, accessible, and invested in their success—and even outside the classroom, my pickup basketball league voted me “BestTeammate,” which I am immensely proud of. Lets make something together!