Hi, I'm Ismail, a passionate game developer. I've been working in game development for about six years. While I may not be a master of every tool in the industry, I am at a professional level with some and familiar with most other game development tools, continuously improving my skills. I've worked on several projects both as a freelancer and as part of a full-time team. I take pride in being disciplined, well-organized, and a strong team player who thrives on collaboration and thoughtful planning.
"Forgotten Nights: Pacific Camping" is a realistic horror game that I am developing solo using the Godot Engine. I am responsible for everything from game design to programming.
"MMA Life Simulation" is an adult visual novel developed with the Godot Engine. I’m part of a small team working on the game’s design, programming, and overall production. The project has gained hundreds of players and Patreon supporters, and it continues to evolve as we prepare for its Steam release.
"Lords Ledger" was a multiplayer strategy game developed with the Godot Engine, featuring moddable systems and multiplayer architecture. Though no longer in development, it provided valuable experience in modular design and network programming.
Mechatronauts was an early multiplayer project where I explored procedural generation and co-op gameplay systems, gaining valuable experience in networking and game design iteration.
My first Steam-published game, a cute desktop pet made with a friend in Unity. I focused on gameplay programming and learned a lot about creating interactive desktop pets.
A cross-platform WebRTC-based P2P multiplayer project built in Godot. It was challenging to implement, but it taught me a lot about networking
Alisa was a 48-hour game jam project developed by a four-person team. It was my first team game project and taught me rapid prototyping, teamwork, and integrating storytelling under tight deadlines.
Mobile Strategy Project
Unreal Engine Root Motion Character
3D Character Model and Topology
Samurai Fight Project
Colony Game in Unreal Engine
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"Forgotten Nights: Pacific Camping" is a realistic horror game inspired by the Fears to Fathom series, combining a deeply immersive horror theme with a grounded, believable story. Every aspect of the project — from planning and storytelling to coding and marketing — is created solely by me. What makes this project special is its high-performance, optimized terrain system and the way it seamlessly integrates a linear narrative structure to enhance player immersion.
This terrain was created using the MTerrain plugin and utilizes heightmap data generated in Gaea. The terrain features a built-in Level of Detail (LOD) system, HLOD support, VRAM optimization, and efficient grass and collision handling for high performance in large-scale open worlds.
The core gameplay systems are built with a composition-based architecture, allowing behaviors, abilities, and interactions to be combined dynamically. This approach improves flexibility, scalability, and code maintainability compared to traditional inheritance-heavy designs.
The game includes a custom dialogue and cinematic system featuring two distinct dialogue types. The first type can be triggered after an in-game event or at any moment between two characters, allowing the player to move freely during the conversation. The second type involves direct character interaction, where player movement is disabled to create a more focused and narrative-driven moment. All transitions between these states are enhanced with smooth animations to ensure a natural and immersive experience. Additionally, custom camera tools allow dynamic focus control — smoothly guiding the camera to specific areas or characters without interrupting gameplay. The system is built upon DialogueManager but has been customized and extended to fit the unique needs of this project.
This project is entirely my own original work — I designed, developed, and optimized every part of it, from the core gameplay systems to the overall game design and narrative structure.
During development, I encountered several technical challenges that required in-depth problem-solving and optimization.
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I am currently working on "MMA Life Simulation", an adult visual novel developed in Godot, as part of a four-person team. Collaborating with others on this project has greatly improved my teamwork skills, helping me write cleaner, more maintainable code, follow structured workflows, and stay disciplined in a collaborative environment. Each update is planned around clear goals, allowing me to continuously enhance both my technical and project management abilities.
While I actively collaborate on all aspects of the project, I am primarily responsible for the following areas:
During development, I faced several complex technical challenges that required in-depth problem-solving and persistence.
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Lords Ledger was a multiplayer strategy game developed with the Godot Engine, built around modular and player-driven systems. The project featured an experimental modding framework that allowed players to create and integrate their own custom content, extending the game’s core mechanics. During development, I also created a custom Godot Editor plugin to streamline content creation and data management, improving workflow efficiency and reducing repetitive setup work. Through this project, I gained significant experience in behavior trees, AI systems, and multiplayer synchronization, particularly in adapting networking for a real-time strategy environment. Although development has ended, Lords Ledger was a major milestone in my growth as a developer — teaching me valuable lessons in systems architecture, editor tooling, and scalable multiplayer design.
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Mechatronauts was an early multiplayer project where I explored cooperative gameplay mechanics and procedural dungeon generation. The game focused on creating dynamic, replayable experiences through randomly generated levels. During development, I also learned a lot of **Blender**, creating models and assets for the game. Although development has ended, this project was instrumental in teaching me core networking principles, procedural generation techniques, and the challenges of synchronizing multiplayer gameplay.
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This project was my attempt to build a peer-to-peer multiplayer system using WebRTC, with a custom WebSocket signaling server written directly inside Godot. Setting up real-time connections without relying on third-party services was a major technical challenge. Learning the ins and outs of WebRTC—from connection negotiation to data channel management—took a lot of time and experimentation, but it gave me a much deeper understanding of real-time networking and multiplayer architecture.
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Alisa was my first experience developing a game as part of a small team during a 48-hour game jam. Working with three other teammates, I contributed to core gameplay and implementation while collaborating closely on storytelling elements. Despite the tight deadline, the project taught me valuable lessons in rapid prototyping, teamwork, and narrative integration in games.
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Your Girlfriend was my first published game on Steam — a small desktop pet project I developed with a friend. He invited me to join, and at first, we tried making it in Godot, but some tools didn’t work well for this kind of desktop interaction. So, we switched to Unity and managed to finish the entire game in just one week. It was a fun and fast-paced project, and even though it was small, it ended up earning a bit of income and giving me valuable experience with Unity and desktop app development.
