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A short bio
I was born & raised in Groningen, The Netherlands, in a working class family.
My early interests consisted of cars, video games and computers. I’ve quickly got my hands on anything that made beep-boops up until age 14 when I taught myself the foundation of the programming skills I have today.
At age 18 I graduated high school and immediately landed a job for a local startup as a frontend engineer. Feeling frustrated with the tech industry within two years of working, I got into the local Games Industry.
Since then I’ve worked on commercial projects ranging from B2B serious games to commercial indie games.
I’ve also attempted to get my own projects funded and developed.
Outside games, I’m active in emancipatory political movements as a secretary to a local leftist political party chapter.
Most titles of the games are clickable for a link to a game page, where some are downloadable or playable in browser. I have way more prototypes and projects that didn’t make the cut of this portfolio. If you are interested more examples, prototypes & clearance for some NDA projects, contact me!
The trailer for the game
I started 2022 with the goal of trying to get the experience needing to pitch a game to a publisher or fund. I made a prototype and a Pitchdeck, sent it out to various publishers, funds and other potential partners. Unfortunately the game didn’t get picked up by any of them.
In the game you go and explore an old Romanian town in an old car while trying to collect groceries for your grandmother. You meet strangers and old friends along the way, as you exchange your time, empathy and passenger seat for the items that you need. It features modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, but with a Romanian theme.
The prototype was made within a month & the pitch followed two months after. The game was made in Godot with the help of Mimosa Lehtinen for character art.
I was asked to join a small indie project by an acquaintance as a generalist programmer. I spent most of my time doing Technical Art problems. I was tasked with converting the Godot engine into a purpose built tool for the game itself.
By using the engine plugin system, I managed to: