Fernando Legarda Waismann

Programmer & Game Designer

I'm a game programmer and designer, with a B.Sc. in Computer Science and an M.A. in Game Design. Currently working at Notable Games, helping turn board games into digital titles. I have one game shipped under my belt, and two more in development (one professionally, one on my own time).

Projects

Fullstack Developer·Personal Project 2023 - Present

The Power Down Wiki

Coded a website (visual design by a colleague) for a seven year collaborative writing project, archiving thousands of pieces of fan art alongside characters and lore. Rewrote it from scratch in Rust once the original static site's compilation times ballooned past 10 minutes and 3000 pages. Now runs on Axum, Askama, and PostgreSQL, with S3 for storage and DigitalOcean for hosting.

Game Programmer·Notable Games 2025 - Present

Mouseburg: Pursuit of Power

Built client features and backend logic, alongside work on the in-house TypeScript/React-based engine it runs on. Pitched in on game design tasks, such as level design and balance, and running playtests.

Game Designer·Personal Project 2025 - Present

Skulk

Game design and balance for a cryptid-themed tabletop deckbuilder; art and visual design by a colleague. Well received enough to still get pestered for updates over six months into a hiatus. Actively working on a digital version.

Game Director·Personal Project 2020

SCP: Made in Heaven

Directed a tabletop card game adapting the titular short story from the SCP wiki, coordinating two collaborators and around twenty contributing artists. Redesigned the game from scratch twice, refining it until it was well liked by the site community.