YC Eagle (轶辰) — founder & director of LILAC Puzzle (est. 2022); an independent puzzle designer and a practitioner-researcher working across game studies, computational media and player-behaviour research.

I work across player behaviour & engagement · data visualisation · puzzle & game mechanic design · interactive media · rapid prototyping. Core focus: measuring why players keep playing (behavioural telemetry, engagement metrics, game user research), Hanzi-based puzzle systems, and hybrid-reality / ARG mechanics — the idea that a puzzle can work as a medium for learning, connection and cultural expression.

Currently a Japanese major at Beijing Foreign Studies University (2024–2028), based in Beijing. Japanese TEM-4 with distinction (90/100); English TEM-4, CET-4/CET-6. Planning graduate research abroad in game user research / computational media / HCI after graduating in June 2028. Since October 2026 also a marketing & admissions intern at Moonshot Academy (Beijing), working on hackathon planning & operations, external partnerships, and admissions / paid-content strategy.

• Research & dissemination — adapted Prof. Hiroyuki Iida's Game Refinement Theory with a multi-disciplinary team (initiated direct contact with his lab; obtained the original papers; organised the translation and public-facing write-ups; the retrospective report drew 50k+ views within 3 days). Observer report for the 3rd Boya International E-Games Academic Conference (VGARC 2026): 250k+ organic impressions and 50k+ reads.
• Talks & publications — invited speaker at Celebration of Mind (G4G16, China) on online puzzle-community practice (case: LILAC); invited speaker at NUS Hackers (National University of Singapore) winter-break talk, 2026–2027; book chapter Guess, Cut, Rearrange: Hanzi Factory (Mian Mian Ju Dao 02, 2025; ORCID type: book-chapter).
• Hackathon & product — HacKU 2026 (HKU, invited): team captain for MedSafe (Ngon Sam), an offline-first, trilingual medication-checking web app for Hong Kong elders and migrant domestic helpers (demo: med-safe.pages.dev). AdventureX 2026, team "Mo Yu Shuang" product-operations lead; built Tunta, a zero-trust snapshot-based semantic retrieval extension — featured by Cyzone.
• Teaching — core instructor, judge and academic host, Perk Summit 2026; designed and delivered a PBL course on campus-based multimedia puzzle hunts (7-day camp in Chongqing); also ran a puzzle-as-general-education session at the Superellipse Math Festival, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum.
• Community & events — founded NAPCA (national school puzzle-club association) and the first National School Puzzle Hunt (NSPH); core planner of Puzzlers' Day (5 cities, 2024–2025); initiator of China Puzzle Collection; co-initiator of China Puzzle Award (CPA); delivered China's first offline school real-world puzzle hunt (100+ teams) and a ~500-team online event; collaborations with 20+ independent brands.
• Community numbers — LILAC Puzzle: 300+ original articles (weekly double updates for over a year), one post at 100k+ impressions, 5,000+ users across platforms and 10k+ daily messages in the community Discord, whose management bot I built myself. Campus-wall matrix: 3M+ cumulative views. Alumni network: admin of a 1,000+ member cross-cohort group.
• Media & publishing — co-planned a Bilibili rhythm-game variety series (~1M plays); editor of the sci-fi magazine Future Dream; co-creator of the math-and-art magazine Mian Mian Ju Dao; original worldbuilding and merch line for LILAC; 9 years of hands-on content operations with 1M+ cumulative views.
• Work & internship — Moonshot Academy (Beijing, Oct 2026 – Jul 2027): marketing & admissions intern — planning & operations for a nationwide student hackathon co-hosted with Shenzhen Hetao College; external-partnership liaison; admissions school-visit planning; paid-content strategy across Xiaohongshu / Douyin.
• Competitions & awards — MOL (Mirturl Linguistics Open · molmeta.cn): meta-puzzle team gold (2026.03), team silver (2025.09), individual best-writing award (2026.03); "Hanzi Fengyun" Chinese-culture contest — university first prize & inter-school 3rd in Beijing (2024.11); national 2nd in the Baduanjin campus exhibition (2025.11).