I build characters that clash, transform, and leave players thinking about them long after the screen goes dark.
Two shipped mobile titles — Garden Getaway and Merge Mayor
© StarBerry Games
© StarBerry Games
A short film set in a medieval Slavic village on the night a forest guardian comes for it — the same folklore I keep returning to in Wraith Seeker and Witch Hunter Camp, told this time in camera rather than in choices. The piece is an experiment in using Unreal Engine as a filmmaking tool.
A narrative level expanding the world of Wraith Seeker. The player navigates a witch hunter camp, collecting ritual items and placing them on a forest altar to summon the Leshy — a Slavic forest guardian. Built around environmental storytelling and with simple Blueprint scripting.
Development stages — click the image to enlarge
A narrative experiment in player expression. Caught in a dimensional loop, the player repeatedly meets the same partner in different contexts — dialogue designed to reveal character through what is shown rather than stated.
Cover image by Freepik
A branching narrative set in a witch-hunt village. The player navigates suspicion and trust as a witch in hiding, with two variable systems — Suspicion and Trust — shaping the climax across three possible endings.
Cover image by Freepik
"The most interesting thing about a character isn't what they want — it's the dilemma between what they think they want, and what they actually need. How they transform, or how they refuse to."
"What happens when you put two people in a room and let their personalities do the work?"
That's the question I keep coming back to. Characters, to me, are puzzles — not just about what makes them tick individually, but what happens when you mix them together. Who clashes and who doesn't. What kind of conflict arises purely from the friction of two personalities meeting in the same scene.
I bring that curiosity to 4+ years of professional work in live-service mobile games, with a background spanning game design and communication.
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