Javier Barnés

I'm Javier Barnes, a game designer and economist based in Barcelona, with +10 years of experience in the games industry.

Currently, I work as Lead Game Designer at King, the creators of Candy Crush franchise, among other massive franchises.

I’m also the founderof an indie brand called Pixel Noire Games, where a set of visual novel creators develop games with Lovecraftian themes.

Check my Linkedin profile for more info.

Among my portfolio you can find titles such as:

• Candy Crush Saga(Lead Game Designer)
• Monster Legends(Lead Game Designer)
• Despicable Me: Minion Rush(Game Economy Designer)
• Asphalt 8: Airborne (Game Economy Designer)
• Asphalt Xtreme (Game Economy Designer)
• And several other mobile titles: Iron Man 3: The Official Game, PLAYMOBIL Pirates, Six-Guns, Rival Knights…

Other professional achievements include being Game Monetization Director at Gameloft Montreal (during their transition to the F2P model).

I’ve also worked as Senior Product Manager atTilting Point, one of the fastest-growing free-to-play games publishers.

More recently, I hosted the PocketGamer Masterclasses on Game Design (2020 and 2021), as well as a GDC talk on F2P game economics.

Additionally, I designed the tokenomics ofEuler Tools, a blockchain-based company that offers dex tools for BSC.

On top of that,
in 2015 I co-foundedRIOT Wrestling, one of the biggest pro wrestling promotions in Spain, which runs all kinds of sport-themed events all over the country for crowds of +1000, as well as +100 incredible workers and associates.