Kumsal Obuz

5.0

(4 reviews)

US$15.00

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ABOUT ME

Founder & CEO of Viroid Games.

Kumsal Obuz is a seasoned web developer with over 15 years of experience in two different countries. As a self-taught professional, Kumsal has honed expertise in various areas of game development and design.

In August 2020, Kumsal founded Viroid Games, a Toronto-based game studio. Viroid Games has successfully launched one game on Steam and delivered several others on commission. The studio’s focus areas include business consulting for indies, low & High Poly characters, creatures, environment design, gaming props, concept art, and audio services. Additionally, Viroid Games offers high-quality explainer videos.

Kumsal’s passion extends beyond game development. They authored the book “Game Development with Blender and Godot,” which guides readers through integrating Blender with Godot Engine. The book covers essential topics, from 3D modelling to basic game design and scripting.

In the spirit of community building, Kumsal founded and actively manages the Godot Toronto group on Discord. This initiative fosters connections within the game development community, allowing developers to share knowledge, collaborate, and support one another.

Turkish, English

Eastern Time (US & Canada) (-04:00)

Joined January 2015

EXPERTISE

Mentoring

10 years experience

Sometimes, you may inevitably find yourself in a situation where it's hard to decide on a new piece of technology you think you should pi...

Sometimes, you may inevitably find yourself in a situation where it's hard to decide on a new piece of technology you think you should pick up. Then, sometimes, you may have a nagging feeling about whether the path you are on is already the best one, or it needs a course correction. I've led teams and projects of different sizes since the mid-2000s. I possess a large body of knowledge in a lot of different fields; from front-end development to game development including databases and development processes that you might employ in your projects. Allow me to get to know your needs, and we can start calming that voice in your head.

Agile Project Estimation Project Requirements Team Coaching Team Mentorship Technical Product Management Game Game Design Management

Game

4 years experience

While running my game studio, Viroid Games, I've learned a great deal about the business side of game development. Often, it's easier to ...

While running my game studio, Viroid Games, I've learned a great deal about the business side of game development. Often, it's easier to get help with technical difficulties. However, where do you go when your game stops being a hobby project, but you want to take it to market? Via my company, Viroid Games, I offer game-changing consulting services for indies. We tailor our consulting services to each individual and studio, providing personalized advice and support to help developers reach their goals. Whether it’s productivity optimization or networking skills, Viroid Games empowers indie developers to thrive in the competitive landscape. Learn more about the consulting services at https://viroidgames.com/consulting/

Product launchMarketing strategiesProduct Strategy

Product launchMarketing strategiesProduct Strategy Strategy Development Planning

Digital marketing

3 years experience

After having run my video game company for the last three years, I've gained a tremendous amount of experience in marketing. I used to ha...

After having run my video game company for the last three years, I've gained a tremendous amount of experience in marketing. I used to hate it because I never really understood it. Now I know there is a method to this madness. Join me so can discover and plan solutions for your business, product or service launch, or simply develop strategies for your personal branding.

Project managementBranding Management

Project managementBranding Management Database Game CRM Consulting

Technical Writing

2 years experience

I authored the Game Development with Blender and Godot book for Packt Publishing. I also write articles on LinkedIn and Substack semi-reg...

I authored the Game Development with Blender and Godot book for Packt Publishing. I also write articles on LinkedIn and Substack semi-regularly. Let me guide you in coming up with an outline and following a schedule for your technical writing.

Article and Blog WritingBlog writingPlanning

Article and Blog WritingBlog writingPlanning Research Technical WritingWriting Skills

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0

(4 reviews)

Daniel Esquivel-Reynoso

December 2022

He was very helpful with data structures and algorithm questions. He was able to quickly break down a problem that I had been stuck on all day and it was amazing that he could do this without seeing the problem before our session. Would highly recommend!

John

December 2022

Kumsal helped me debug a video playback issue and taught me some new things. He was pleasure to work with!

SOCIAL PRESENCE

Stack Overflow

789 Reputation

Community Posts

Writing a book vs developing a video game. How similar are they?

A few words about my #gamedevelopment #book #writing #experience

How to Create a Simple Descriptor Generator with Vue

Some time ago, the company I'm still working at needed a lot of descriptor names. Like, Support Specialists, 24/7 Help, etc. The goal of this article is to show you how simple it is to create a generator tool using Vue.

Sorting An Array of Objects

This post has been on my mind for a while. Today, I would like to talk about sorting an array of objects. This exercise assumes your array is uniform, meaning all elements in the array are of the same…

EMPLOYMENTS

Founder & CEO

Viroid Games

2020-08-01-Present

After several years of preparing myself, I started my video game company in the middle of the pandemic. As part of learning the ropes, I ...

After several years of preparing myself, I started my video game company in the middle of the pandemic. As part of learning the ropes, I released a small puzzle game on Steam by the end of 2020. Since then, I've been working on an ambitious farming simulation game and consulting for other video game companies. - Released Mead Crafter - Authored Game Development with Blender and Godot.

Node.js

Blender

Godot Engine

Node.js

Blender

Godot Engine

Figma

Assistant Design Director

Engage SEO

2013-03-01-2020-08-01

When The Infinity Network was renamed Engage SEO, I took the Assistant Director role. I ran a team of 7 people that consisted of front-en...

When The Infinity Network was renamed Engage SEO, I took the Assistant Director role. I ran a team of 7 people that consisted of front-end developers and web designers. * Developed an email preview and testing tool that mimicked the real experience by temporarily replacing template variables with their expected values. * Created a build and minification process with Gulp that respected in-house code dependencies. * Presented new solutions for our existing problems to other department directors, so that a more solid and rapid development cycle could be established. * Decreased the number of bugs the Design Team received from 450 to 200 and then to 50 in two consecutive years. * Constantly optimized existing workflow to increase the team's efficiency and deliver better products * Taught cross skills to team members and encouraged them to tutor each other. * Maintained standards and quality by establishing an internal peer review process. * Investigated a new version control system for the team and coordinated its setup. * Conducted interviews and reviewed interview exam results to filter applicants.

HTML/CSS

Python

Jira

HTML/CSS

Python

Jira

Firebase

JavaScript

Vue.js

Design Team Lead

The Infinity Network

2012-04-01-2013-03-01

Led weekly training sessions, presenting Actionscript, Javascript and HTML/CSS to a team of 20 people. Conducted one-on-one tutoring sess...

Led weekly training sessions, presenting Actionscript, Javascript and HTML/CSS to a team of 20 people. Conducted one-on-one tutoring sessions. Contributed to the company Wiki site with useful links to libraries, code snippets and best practices. * Implemented Flash and Javascript framework to streamline member signup process. * Coded against an API that provides real time search, location detection and profile detail; built UI to display results. * Extended and enhanced default Flash UI Components and integrated them as part of the normal workflow. * Trained 2 team members with design backgrounds for front end developer positions. * Prepared interview exam questions and conducted interviews.

HTML/CSS

PHP

jQuery

HTML/CSS

PHP

jQuery

MySQL

JSON

Apache Flex

ActionScript

PROJECTS

RegEx TrainView Project

2020

This tool lets you chain your regular expressions so, in each operation of replace, the output is used as new input. Also, you are able t...

This tool lets you chain your regular expressions so, in each operation of replace, the output is used as new input. Also, you are able to change the order the rules are applied without restarting the operation. Visit https://github.com/kubarium/regex-train for implementation details.

Regex

JavaScript

Vue.js

Regex

JavaScript

Vue.js

Industry Giant 2 Production Cost/Profitability CalculatorView Project

2017

This application calculates productions costs and profitability of final or intermediary products based on rawingredients. The ingredient...

This application calculates productions costs and profitability of final or intermediary products based on rawingredients. The ingredients are either used directly in one of the three steps of the production line or they are used as part of another compound by-product. So, the final cost calculation combines all interim costs and compares it to the final product's sale price to give you the real profit. Visit https://github.com/kubarium/industry-giant-2 for more details.

Bootstrap

React

Redux

Bootstrap

React

Redux