Mark Heggen

Teaches at Playcrafting NYC

Mark Heggen is the VP of Game Design at Hide&Seek New York. As an early member of Area/Code Games, Mark helped design games such as early Facebook hit Parking Wars and cult classic Drop7, as well as education and social intervention projects such as Macon Money and Budgetball. After the studio’s acquisition by Zynga, he went on to work on games with millions of daily players. Mark has designed dozens of card games, new sports, massively multiplayer games, alternate reality games, and a game you play with actual sharks. He has taught game design at the University of Detroit, the New York Film Academy, and currently teaches at NYU.