Kate Tacastacas

@katescapedsgn
UX Designer, Game Designer, Community Builder
Metro Manila, Philippines
She/They

Designer

Game Designer

Community Builder

Content Creator

Event Planning

Game Enthusiast

Leadership

Volunteer

Figma Wizard

Gamer

Gamejamer

Indie Games

Illustration

Book Worm

Writer

Traveler

Photography

Kate is a User Experience Game Designer and Community Builder from the Philippines. My personal mission is to pursue impact-driven tech initiatives that aim to create equal opportunity and empower diverse talent.

Outside work, I also help build design communities at UXPH and Design Buddies. One of my proud achievements is building the UXPH Discord Community and developing my first game called Hungry Hound.

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I'm open to

developing games,

partnering on side projects,

freelance roles,

speaking at events,

making introductions,

content creation,

open source contributions,

joining company boards,

co-founding a company,

part time roles,

and full time roles.

Contact Me

Resume

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Sep 2022 - Present

UX/UI Designer, Smart Communications Inc.

Jul 2021 - Present

Community Organizer, UXPH

Nov 2021 - Present

Community Lead, Design Buddies

Feb 2022 - Jul 2022

Jr. UX Designer, SeeYouDoc

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Portfolio

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Excited to join Smart as a UX/UI Designer! 🎉

Excited to join Design Buddies as a Community Lead! 🎉

Excited to join UXPH as a Growth & Partnerships Pillar Volunteer! 😍🎉 The Growth & Partnerships Pillar is focused on creating education, employment, and development opportunities for the UXPH commun...

Accidentally found the Design Buddies Community on Discord. The design community features mentorships, workshops, virtual meetups, and portfolio and resume reviews. Design Buddies has been a huge h...

Games

I’m excited to announce that Eclipse has been published! The game prototype features the basic elements of the game, which is the basic movement and level design. We will be polishing the game furt...

Awards

Won 1st Runner Up in the Impact Hackathon 5G for Education 2021 🎉

Media Features and Publications

We got in the incubation stage! 🥳 We were one of the selected teams in the "Tales of Us" sponsored category. Game Jam+ Incubation here we go woo! Play game | Watch announcement recording

Women in Games Ambassador Launches Philippines Mentoring Programme is a feature on Luna's Javier mentoring initiative, meeting other Filipino women game devs, and creating a community.

I’m happy to announce that we’ve finally released the entire State of UX in the Philippines report! 🥳 It was a wild ride getting here and we wouldn't have been able to do this without such a suppor...

Eassay: Winning Impact Hackathon 2021 for Education These past days, I attended Impact Hackathon 5G for Education and my first time joining a hackathon. It was held virtually this year through Zoom...

Events

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Friends of Figma PH In-Person Meet Up

Embracing Accessibility

Indie Game Dev Stories: Lovebirb by Anonymous Penguin

UX after the Pandemic

Notion

A design resource curated and maintained by Kate Tacastacas. This is a work-in-progress and I’m constantly adding new resources. A compilation of meaningful resources for Filipino Creatives. Also a...

Projects

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We didn't get to finish the game for the jam but we're going to refine and polish the game further. Feel free to follow the Starcrossed Itch page for updated builds as the game develops. Please not...

Happy to announce that Off with the show has been published! It is not fully polished but I'm really happy with the output for Ludum. Shoutout to my teammates Edwige, Ombremonde, Lulu, and Alexandr...

I'm excited to announce that Community Cryptid Circus is now complete and can be played in the browser. Even though we were not able to finish the game on time for the Wholesome Jam, I'm still prou...

Gamifying Swarm's Reputation System Designed a gamified experience for Swarm's reputation system to encourage peer-to-peer exchanges of value within the community by incentivizing their engagements...