Writing a book vs developing a video game. How similar are they?
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Kumsal Obuz
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ABOUT ME
Founder & CEO of Viroid Games.
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) (-05:00)
Joined January 2015
EXPERTISE
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.
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/
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.
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.
REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS
(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
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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.
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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…
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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
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Node.js
Blender
Godot Engine
Figma
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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
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HTML/CSS
Python
Jira
Firebase
JavaScript
Vue.js
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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
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HTML/CSS
PHP
jQuery
MySQL
JSON
Apache Flex
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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
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Regex
JavaScript
Vue.js
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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
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Bootstrap
React
Redux
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