Portfolio
Developer:
Kristian Macanga
Based in Zagreb, Croatia
Website:
krismacanga.com
Press / Business contact:
contact@krismacanga.com
Social:
Connect with me on Linkedin
Phone:
+385 99 800 2402
About Me
Founder of Gungrounds and a passionate game developer with more than 12 years of experience in game development, game direction, game design, and programming.
My passion is to create games in well-developed genres with a goal to innovate and exceed their predecessors.
8+ years of experience in game design and game direction – game mechanics and systems, combat design, game feel and feedback, level design, enemy/weapon/upgrades design, stats progression, game progression, game balance, mission/quests design, user interface design, theme development, lore.
12+ years of experience in development and programming in various languages and frameworks - gameplay programming, project code structures, performance optimization, custom frameworks, object-oriented programming design and patterns, level editors, animations and special effects, user interface, physics, frontend – backend communication, cross-platform and multiple resolutions support, porting from one programming language to another (C++, ActionScript 3, C#, Haxe), experience with various APIs, Github, Trello, etc.
Games
Videos
Serious Sam: Tormental Early Access YouTube
Rocking Pilot: Choppa Moments #1 YouTube
Rocking Pilot: Choppa Moments #2 YouTube
Spitfire Inferno YouTube
Gungrounds Booth YouTube
Screenshots
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Branding
Game Events
- "Game Developers Conference, San Francisco" - Microsoft Xbox ID Booth, Serious Sam: Tormental
- "EGX Rezzed, London" - Microsoft Xbox ID Booth, Serious Sam: Tormental
- "Tokyo Game Show" - Reboot Booth, Serious Sam: Tormental
- "Gamescom, Cologne, Germany" - Croteam Booth, Tormental
- "Slovenian Games Conference" - Serious Sam: Tormental, Spitfire: Inferno, Rocking Pilot
- "Central European Games Conference, Vienna, Austria" - Spitfire: Inferno, Rocking Pilot
- "Reboot Develop, Dubrovnik/Split, Croatia" - Serious Sam: Tormental, Spitfire: Inferno, Rocking Pilot
- "Reboot Infogamer, Zagreb, Croatia" - Serious Sam: Tormental, Spitfire: Inferno, Rocking Pilot
- "GameUp, Belgrade/Novi Sad, Serbia" - Serious Sam: Tormental, Spitfire: Inferno, Rocking Pilot
Awards & Recognition
- "ID Xbox GDC Choice 2018" - Serious Sam: Tormental
- "Nominee Reboot Develop 2018 Outstanding Gameplay" - Serious Sam: Tormental
- "SGC Indie Choice Award 2017" - Serious Sam: Tormental
- "Nominee Reboot Infogamer Best Gameplay 2017" - Serious Sam: Tormental
- "Machina Game Jam Best Design 2015" - The Glitch
- "Reboot Infogamer Best Design 2014" - Amper and Sand
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Selected Articles
- "..it's so much fun hurting the enemies! Super good sense of momentum!"
- Rami Ismail, Twitter - "I'm a 52 year old guy and been playing games since Atari 2600 back in 1977 and this game is awesome."
- Serious Sam: Tormental Player, Check The Steam Review Here - "Serious Sam is temporarily shifting perspectives as it takes a trip into series antagonist Mental's twisted mind."
- Fraser Brown, PC Gamer
Credits
Kristian Macanga
Game Director, Designer, Programmer