Watch as Ipek talks about the story arc of SneakPunk in this new installment of Developer Diaries.

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Check this Developer Diary as the team talks about the excitement of entering production on their game SneakPunk!

Video  —  Posted: July 2, 2013 in Uncategorized

The Developers talk about the end of Pre-Production and what major tasks they needed to complete before getting ready for the Production phase!

Video  —  Posted: June 19, 2013 in Developer Diaries

The Developers talk about the end of Pre-Production and what major tasks they needed to complete before getting ready for the Production phase!

Video  —  Posted: June 19, 2013 in Developer Diaries

If you are wondering what the game SneakPunk is about, the developers talk about the core mechanics in this episode of Student Developer Diaries!

Video  —  Posted: June 13, 2013 in Developer Diaries

If you ever wondered what it would be like to actual study Game Design. Watch these young students talk about their experience, it might just spark your interest again!

Video  —  Posted: June 7, 2013 in Developer Diaries

Meet Swapan Shah

Posted: June 7, 2013 in Bios

Swapan Shah

Being an avid gamer, Swapan Shah has taken the next step towards his dream of creating exciting and fun games as a career. With a focus on making the user experience as memorable, Swapan has an intense desire to bring realistic human behavior to the AI of the games he creates; utilizing the UDK to bring to life several single player experiences. He has also chosen to not limit himself to the digital world of games, having created the board game “Capture the Dark Shadow” as part of a student project.

 For the SneakPunk game, he has been entrusted to do the bulk of the core programming, with a special emphasis on writing the AI behavior code of the enemies dotted around the levels and intent on preventing the player from reaching the end goal of the game!

Meet Jong Lee

Posted: June 7, 2013 in Bios

Jong Lee

Jong Lee, an experience modeler and huge fan of Korean fantasy and Japanese Anime, has been involved with creating art for games for some time, taking on the role of Interface Designer for the flash game “Lazy Lumberjack” and Cinematic Designer for “Within the Beginning”. Not only does he possess the creative skills, he also has the technical skills needed to work fast with art software such as Maya, creating art assets at the speed of light!

For SneakPunk, Jong has taken on the role of Lead Artist, handling all of the art assets needed to make the game look really cool! To add to this, he will be handling the character rigging.

Meet Peter Smith

Posted: June 7, 2013 in Bios

Peter Smith

Starting at a very early age, Peter Smith has always had his heart set on creating games. Being involved in the mod community at an early age, Peter took on the role of Lead QA as well as designing multiple levels with UDK, one being a physics level. Prior to joining VFS Game Design, Peter dabbled in Flash and GameMaker, creating several games.

As part of the SneakPunk team, Peter is utilizing his previous experience in designing levels and has taken the role of Level Designer. With his background in chemistry, Peter is highly detail oriented and even holds a bartending certificate.

Meet Ipek Ikbal

Posted: June 7, 2013 in Bios

Ipek

Ipek Ikbal is a young and passionate upcoming Game Designer. Her love of games started at an early age, with a special love for science fiction related games.  Her love for sci-fi has propelled her to write many stories, including a full sci-fi novel.  As part of the SneakPunk team, she has taken the role of Project Manager, Cinematics Designer and Narrative Designer, playing to her writing strengths. Overseeing the project as a whole and making sure everyone on the team is happy, she aims to bring this experience to the AAA industry.