imadethisthing.com

What It Is

imadethisthing is the personal portfolio website of Sam Strick. According to the site copy, he is currently the Creative Lead for Secret Lair at Wizards of the Coast’s Magic: The Gathering. Previously, he worked on feature design for Pokémon GO, served as Lead Game Designer for Transformers: Heavy Metal, and contributed to the original IP MASSIVE. The site is not positioned as a complete résumé database, but rather as a showcase of his professional and personal projects, areas of interest, and creative capabilities.

Core Capabilities and Content

From a design/creative perspective, this is closer to a personal brand and project archive than an online design tool. The content spans tabletop games, PC, mobile and console games, esports platforms, XR experiences, projection-mapped playgrounds, as well as personal games, prototypes, and art experiments. The site emphasizes designing “with goals and audiences in mind,” which offers some useful context for assessing his game design approach. It also notes that he designed and published tabletop games earlier in his career, and has worked as both a game designer and artist on multiple tabletop projects.

Pricing and Licensing

The website does not display product pricing, consulting rates, collaboration packages, or payment methods, so its pricing model should be considered not applicable or unknown. On the copyright side, the copy only states that projects were created by or involved the author; it does not provide information about asset downloads, reuse, commercial licensing, or open-source licenses. It should not be treated as a reusable resource library.

Pros and Cons

The main strength is its clear personal positioning: it quickly communicates the author’s breadth and experience across games and interactive experiences, making it especially useful for recruiters or potential collaborators evaluating his creative background. The range of project types also demonstrates cross-media design capability. Its limitations are that the captured text lacks detailed project pages, performance metrics, client case studies, team sizes, and delivery processes. It also does not clearly define service boundaries or collaboration workflows. If visitors want to directly purchase design services, download assets, or use an online tool, the available information is clearly insufficient.

Who It’s For

It is suitable for game companies, creative studios, IP teams, and XR/interactive experience project teams as an entry point for talent or collaboration assessment. It is also useful for people researching career paths in game design. It is not suitable as a general-purpose design tool, template marketplace, or asset library.

Access From China

The site copy does not provide information about availability, CDN setup, or regional restrictions, so it is not possible to determine whether it can be accessed directly from mainland China. Status: unknown.