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GAME DEVELOPER · UNITY & UNREAL ENGINE 5

I build the systems that make games fun.

I'm Tarık, a game developer based in Istanbul, shipping gameplay, UI, and systems work on three released Steam titles — with a fourth on the way. Most days you'll find me deep in the stuff players feel but never see: multiplayer sync, enemy AI, save systems, frame budgets.

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ENGINESUnity (C#) · UE5 (C++/Blueprint)
LOCATIONIstanbul · UTC+3 · CET-friendly
SHIPPEDHELLBREAK + 2 more (Steam)
STATUSAVAILABLE NOW · ISTANBUL ON-SITE OR REMOTE_
See my work Download CV GitHub ↗
0YEARS EXP
0ENGINES · UNITY & UNREAL
0STEAM TITLES
PC & MobilePLATFORMS SHIPPED
// Shipped & In Development

The Big Ones

IN DEVELOPMENT · HEADING TO STEAM

Project: ████████

4-player co-op zombie defense · Solo developer

My next game is a 4-player co-op zombie defense title in Unreal Engine 5. Steam multiplayer is already up and running and a playable demo is in testers' hands. Right now I'm obsessing over kill-feel: dismemberment, trap-triggered ragdolls, chain-reaction physics that turn the end of a wave into a small disaster. A mutation system keeps any two runs from playing the same. Name and store page are coming. The zombies floating around this site are the early recruits.

Unreal Engine 5 Steam Multiplayer 4-player Co-op Physics-driven Combat
Steam page — coming soon
STEAM EARLY ACCESS
Zoo Life Simulator Steam capsule art

Zoo Life Simulator

Co-op zoo management sim · Hiraru Games

Built at Hiraru Games: a networked dirt system for the zoo enclosures, so materials get progressively grimier over time and stay in sync for every player, plus a prop-placement system and flying birds along set paths for atmosphere.

Unreal Engine 5 C++ / Blueprint Dynamic Materials
STEAM EARLY ACCESS
The Pub Life Simulator Steam capsule art

The Pub Life Simulator

Pub management sim · Visma Games

Built the Cleaning and Tutorial systems in a hybrid C++/Blueprint pipeline, Behavior Tree AI with custom nodes, and raised the frame rate 2 to 2.5× through tick, collision, and LOD work for this pub management sim.

C++ / Blueprint Behavior Trees Performance
RELEASED ON STEAM
HELLBREAK Steam capsule art

HELLBREAK

Roguelite arena FPS · Double Barrel Games

A fast-paced roguelite arena FPS where you fight through the arenas of Hell to win back your soul. I joined Double Barrel Games before the first demo and stayed through both the demo and Early Access launches. The HUD and core UI are mine, written in C++ and Blueprint: off-screen enemy direction indicators, the health bar, the souls counter, the skill cooldown system. And when an enemy moved wrong or an ability misfired, that bug landed on my desk.

Unreal Engine 5 C++ / Blueprint HUD & UI Demo → 1.0 → Post-release
View on Steam →
SENIOR PROJECT · UNREAL ENGINE 5

Co-Op Survival

Third-person co-op survival · Steam OSS

My graduation project: third-person survival for up to 4 players over Steam. Inventory, crafting, base building, a day–night cycle and enemy AI, all synchronized through Steam Online Subsystem, with a full HUD on top. Building an entire multiplayer survival loop alone taught me more about netcode than any tutorial ever did.

Unreal Engine 5 Steam OSS Crafting & Building
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PC & MOBILE · UNITY

Ranch Gallop

3D endless runner · Procedural generation

A 3D endless runner built around a procedurally generated infinite level, with a save system and tile destruction that keeps memory flat however far you run. It holds its frame rate on PC and on mobile, which matters, because an endless runner that stutters isn't endless. It's over.

Unity · C# Procedural Generation Mobile Optimization
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// Side Quests

More From The Workshop

Personal games and editor tools where I test ideas and break things. Everything here is open source, so go read the code.

UNREAL ENGINE 5EDITOR TOOL

Level Asset Analyzer

An Editor Utility Widget that scans every Static Mesh Actor in a level: triangle and vertex counts, material usage, collision complexity. It sorts actors into Low, Mid and High poly folders, flags duplicate meshes and raises tiered warnings before performance problems make it into a build.

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UNITYONLINE CO-OP

Co-Op Survival 2D

Online zombie survival with synchronized 4-player multiplayer on Netcode for GameObjects. Dynamic wave spawning, varied enemy AI and an upgrade system, all on a clean SOLID architecture.

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UNITYSTRATEGY

Tower Defense

A customizable wave system, several animated enemy types and turrets you can upgrade or sell back. Tuned for actual strategy rather than tower spam.

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UNITYPUZZLE

Animal Match

Match-3 with special tile interactions like dynamite and four-leaf clovers, plus a save system that tracks best scores and level completion.

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UNITYPLATFORMER

Fox's Tale

A 2D pixel-art platformer with double jump, dash and enemy-bounce controls, boss fights, checkpoints and a hand-made pixel UI. That's its hero running along the bottom of this page.

View source →
// Loadout

What I Bring To The Party

Everything here has been used on real projects. Most of it on shipped ones.

ENGINES & LANGUAGES

  • Unreal Engine 5 — C++ & Blueprint
  • Unity — C#, Unity 6
  • Java, C

GAMEPLAY & SYSTEMS

  • Inventory, crafting, building
  • Save/load, day–night, resources
  • Procedural grids & endless levels

MULTIPLAYER & AI

  • Netcode for GameObjects
  • Steam OSS, state sync
  • Behavior Trees, Gameplay Ability System (GAS)

PERFORMANCE

  • Object Pooling, LODs, Data Tables
  • Tick & collision optimization
  • 2–2.5× frame-rate gains, shipped

UI / UX & LOCALIZATION

  • HUD & gameplay UI, custom elements
  • 10+ language localization pipelines
  • Pixel-art & game feel

CRAFT & WORKFLOW

  • Editor tooling — Utility Widgets
  • SOLID & design patterns
  • Git, SVN, Diversion
  • Jira, Notion, Miro
// Achievements

Unlocked So Far

Click one — they're proud of themselves.

// Quest Log

Where I've Fought

The short version. The full playthrough, every quest included, is in the CV.

Zoo Life Simulator capsule art

Hiraru Games Game Developer

Feb 2026 – Apr 2026 · Remote

Networked dirt system for the zoo enclosures, a prop-placement system with collision checks, and flying birds along set paths for atmosphere on Zoo Life Simulator.

Independent Mobile Game Developer · Unity

Sep 2025 – Jan 2026 · Istanbul

A stretch between studio roles spent building mobile games solo in Unity (C#), full-time, from concept through core mechanics to polish.

The Pub Life Simulator capsule art

Visma Games Game Developer

Mar 2025 – Sep 2025 · Remote

Cleaning & Tutorial systems in C++/Blueprint, Behavior Tree AI with custom nodes, save/load, and a 2 to 2.5× frame-rate boost on The Pub Life Simulator.

HELLBREAK capsule art

Double Barrel Games Game Programmer

Jun 2023 – Feb 2025 · Istanbul

HELLBREAK's HUD and core UI from demo to post-release.

Tigloos Games Game Programmer Intern

Jul 2024 – Aug 2024 · Istanbul

Procedural-grid chessboard system and an RTS prototype with Behavior Tree AI, both in UE5.

Veri Bilgi Merkezi Software Engineer Intern

Jul 2023 – Aug 2023 · Istanbul

RPA data-extraction tool with auto-login, dynamic scraping, and structured Excel export.

Full details — Download CV

REMOTE-READY

Most of my studio roles have been fully remote. I'm in Istanbul (UTC+3) and available during CET/CEST office hours, so scheduling is painless.

LANGUAGES (HUMAN ONES)

Turkish native · English professional · Japanese beginner. Enough to read the menus in a JRPG, still working on the rest.

BEFORE THE STUDIOS

Selected for KBU Game Experts at university and appointed lab assistant for programming courses. Teaching pointers to sleepy sophomores builds character.

WANT THE LONGER VERSION?

Games, travel, figures, and whatever else I'm into outside of work — the full About Me page →

— PRESS START —

Ready When You Are

I'm looking for a game development role, on-site here in Istanbul or remote. If you need someone who can take a feature from first prototype to post-launch patch, let's talk.

ytarik.ipekci@gmail.com Download CV GitHub ↗ LinkedIn ↗ About Me →
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