Hello, Nice To Meet You! I'm Jacob Irven LeRoux

I'm an American Game Designer, Game Advisor, and Game Director/ Owner of CosmoRetro Studios. Lifelong Gamer, Musician, Speedrunner/ Streamer/ Researcher. Gaming Charity Admin & Host for Critical Hit Community

I've Designed Games, & Game Design Documents for Over 20 Years:
Other Work Titles:

[Game Designer, Systems Designer, Level Designer, Musician & Sound Engineer, Unreal/ Gameplay Programmer (Blueprint), Environmental Artist, Game Tester, Game Theorist, Character Creator, Story & Rulebook Writer, Voice Actor, Game Balancer]

COSMORETRO IS MY PROFESSIONAL GAMER'S NAME/ ONLINE ALIAS FOR SOCIALS

Main Game Creation Software/ Hard Skills:

RPG Maker (I have used this program to make games for over 22 years)
Unreal Engine - My entire college career and part of my professional career deals with UE and I'm familiar with it and have made multiple types of genres from puzzle games to adventure games.

Software Skills:

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
OBS & Streamlabs w/ Streamdeck, Camera, Microphone
Character Creation/ Monster Creation/ Item Creation/ Magic Creation
Great Writing Skills/ Story Creation
YouTube, and Editors for Twitch and Youtube
Database Creation of any Type of Data and Tables
Github & Perforce for Communication, Teamwork, Connections

Analytic Skills/ Behavior Skills:

Excellent Communication skills
Teamwork Leader and Team player
Game Theory & Level Analysis
Great Mental Math Skills
Management Experience
Diligent, Positive, Hard Worker
On Time & Punctual
Never Late On Any Task (better to turn in something poor than nothing at all)

Note: I value every team member and do my best to stay positive and inspire others to use secondary skills to help others, other than always dealing with primary skills.

Fun Top 10 About Influential Systems with Influential Games:

Top 10 Main Game Systems 1985-2015 That Have Most Influential Games That Inspire Me for Game Design:

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) - Has The Most, By Far, Most Influential Games Of All Time
PC
Gameboy Advance
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Playstation 3/ Xbox 360/ Nintendo Wii
Playstation 2/ Nintendo Gamecube/ Xbox
Nintendo 64
Nintendo 3DS
Playstation 4/ Xbox One/ Nintendo Switch
Sega Genesis

COLLEGE DEGREES:

Associate's of Science Degree in Game Development (Graduated March 5th, 2025) - Full Sail University (GPA = 3.9)
Bachelor's of Science Degree in Interactive Technology with a Concentration in Game Design (Graduating in April, 2026) - Full Sail University w/ a GPA = 3.9 as well

EDUCATION:

Hermantown High School (Graduated in June, 2008 at 17 with 28 credits ending with a 4.0 on last quarter, many art credits in High School with 3 years of TV Production & 4 years of Arts (Watercolor, Oil, Scratchboard) 2004 - 2008
University of Wisconsin, Superior (Went for 3 semesters total) - Major: Media Arts / Minor: Information Technology / Minor: Philosophy 2010 - 2011

(DUE TO NDA, I will just say I am working on 1 Unreal Engine 5 project for Dragon Havens Studios with the team)

I have a 2nd Main Game I am working on for my own studio (1st game for my studio): "CosmoRetro Studios"

"Dream Dazia" (a SNES-style 2D classic RPG about a female protagonist that is a writer that gets trapped in her own dream). Made on RPG Maker 2003. Release Date: December 4th, 2025 on Steam/ PC under CosmoRetro Studios, LCC, a Minnesota Legal Company as of Oct. 3rd, 2025 with Jacob LeRoux (myself) as the Owner. and For Dream Dazia: I created the game and am the Game Director and owner of.

STEAM STOREPAGE: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4177510/Dream_Dazia/

PROJECTS/ GAMES I'VE MADE:

August 2024:

"Gameplay Walkthrough Video" (from my College course named, "Project and Portfolio I"):

"Gameplay Walkthrough Video"

October 2024:

"Blockmesh Level Layout 1 (for Level Design I)"

Navigator & Driver Presentations from Project and Portfolio II: Ice Arrow Tiles & Explosion Tiles (examples of using basic mechanics to showcase ideas):

MY GAMING LAPTOP (COLLEGE GAME DESIGN LAPTOP) SPECS:

Name: RAIDER GE78HX 13VG (Windows 11 - 64-Bit Professional)

Processor: Intel Core i7 - 13700HX

Monitor: 17", IPS-level, Anti-Glare, QHD+ 240Hz

Hard Drive: 1 TB SSD + 512GB SSD

RAM: DDR5 16GB (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card: GeForce RTX4070 / 8GB (GDDR6)

(DOWN BELOW vvvvv) My Final Project for my Associate's Degree w/ a Team - I was a Level Designer & Planned and Wrote Most of the GDD

Socials:

Twitch: Twitch - CosmoRetro (Click Here)

Instagram: My Instagram - CosmoRetroGaming

YouTube: Youtube - CosmoRetroGaming

X (formerly Twitter): My X Account

LinkedIn: My LinkedIn - Jacob (CosmoRetro) LeRoux

Hello, Nice To Meet You! I'm Jacob Irven LeRouxI'm an American Game Designer, Game Advisor, and Game Director/ Owner of CosmoRetro Studios. Lifelong Gamer, Musician, Speedrunner/ Streamer/ Researcher. Gaming Charity Admin & Host for Critical Hit Community

I've Designed Games, & Game Design Documents for Over 20 Years:Other Work Titles:

COSMORETRO IS MY PROFESSIONAL GAMER'S NAME/ ONLINE ALIAS FOR SOCIALS

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Hello, Nice To Meet You! I'm Jacob Irven LeRoux

I'm an American Game Designer, Game Advisor, and Game Director/ Owner of CosmoRetro Studios. Lifelong Gamer, Musician, Speedrunner/ Streamer/ Researcher. Gaming Charity Admin & Host for Critical Hit Community

I've Designed Games, & Game Design Documents for Over 20 Years:
Other Work Titles: