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Don Wilder

Captain Of This Creative Ship

I'm a creative product designer + developer + inventor with experience in a wide range of consumer product spaces, from toys and games to fashion goods, sporting goods, electronic accessories, and more.

I'm passionate about innovation. I love creating things, going from concept to market shelves...
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Fun Facts

I played professional basketball in China for 2 years. During that time I played with some NBA greats on tour.
I won a game show in China for foreigners that speak Chinese, called Hello中国.
The first product I created in 2013 was a men's fashion belt that raised over $120K on Kickstarter in 30 days.

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Drama Mayhem is a fun improv role-play game that I created in 2019 that's somewhat of a mash-up between Apples to Apples and Charades. The idea for the game originally came to me while I was teaching ESL English in China in 2010. I noticed how much fun the students were having with the role-play exercises I would set. Later I tested the early game concept at a party with a number of adult friends. It was a hit and from there I took my ideas and spun up two versions of the game, a base game that's kid and family-friendly and another that's NSFW. https://dramamayhem.com/
When COVID first hit and lockdowns went into effect, I was stuck in a small hotel in Phuket, Thailand. As someone who LOVES fitness, it was hard from me to be cooped up in a hotel room for weeks on end. I had no access to weights and so I had to get creative. I quickly grew bored with the normal routine of doing sets of push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks, etc. So I turned my designer mind to considering how I could turn fitness into a game and make the process of training more fun. FastFit turned out to be the final result of my thought process. See more about the game at: https://fastfitgame.com/
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