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Game Designer & Lecturer from Zurich, Switzerland
Work
Since 2024, Zurich University of the Arts, Lecturer & Head of BA Major Game Design
Since 2017, Okomotive, Co-Founder & Managing Director
2018 - 2024, Zurich University of the Arts, Research Fellow
2015 - 2016, N-Dream AG, Freelance work (AirConsole-Unity-Plugin)
2015 - 2016, Zurich University of the Arts, Research Fellow Gamelab
2013 - 2014, NewServ AG, Software Development
2006 - 2012, Swissi AG, Software Development and Systems Engineering
Education
2016 - 2017, Master of Arts in Game Design @Zurich University of the Arts
2012 - 2015, Bachelor of Arts in Game Design @Zurich University of the Arts
2008 - 2010, Professional Baccalaureate Arts Option @GBMS
2002 - 2006, Fed. VET Diploma in IT @TBZ
FAR: Changing Tides 2022
An atmospheric vehicle adventure that follows the emotional journey of a boy and his ship as he embarks on a voyage to find a new home. Sail stormy waters, dive unknown depths, and explore forgotten ruins in a beautifully realised, flooded world.
Platform
Steam, Epic, Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo Switch
Genre
Vehicle Adventure
Links
farchangingtides.com
@FARtheGame
Dev-Team
Don Schmocker, Goran Saric, Martina Hugentobler, Philipp Stern, Fabio Baumgartner, Tim Bürge, Teodora Dimova, Michael Müller, Joel Schoch
My tasks
Concept-Allrounder, Tech-Lead / Programming, Porting
FAR: Lone Sails 2018
FAR: Lone Sails is a vehicle adventure game. In a unique vehicle you travel across a dried-out ocean following the tracks of a once thriving civilization. Through an array of roadblocks and through hazardous weather you need to keep your vessel going. Where will this journey take you? Are you the last of your kind?
Platform
Steam, Epic, GoG, Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo Switch, iOS & Android
Genre
Vehicle Adventure
Links
Dev-Team
Don Schmocker, Goran Saric, Martina Hugentobler, Philipp Stern, Fabio Baumgartner, Joel Schoch
My tasks
Concept-Allrounder, Tech-Lead / Programming, Producer, Porting
Panda Lost In Space 2015
Because a little panda didn’t share his last piece of bamboo, his girlfriend got super upset and literally exploded with rage. The explosion catapulted her out of earth's gravity and she has been lost in space ever since. Equipped with a rocket and a magnet, the panda tries to find her in outer space by using gravitation forces wisely to maneuver through galaxies.
Platform
Android & iOS (not released)
Genre
Orbital Platformer
Links
Author
Goran Saric
DUR 2014
DUR is an adventure about a rusty iron sheet that is able to lift the whole environment with its violin in a surreal city threatened by a sea of fog.
Platform
PC & Mac
Authors
Goran Saric, Don Schmocker
I was responsible for
Concept, Mechanic, Programming, Asset & Animation Integration, Level Design, Second Character, Sound Implementation
Project Website
http://dur.goga.ch
Download Demo
Rainy Cat Fight 2014
Rainy Cat Fight is a multiplayer game build for the Oculus Rift. Two cats fight in a never ending fall with rapiers and umbrellas against each other. To control the rapiers, the players have to use their mobile phones with a special app on it. Feedback from the game is provided through the phone as well, such as sword sounds and vibration of collisions.
Platform
PC & Mac
Authors
Goran Saric, Christian Schmidhalter, Melanie Vetterli
I was responsible for
Concept, Mechanic, Programming, Interfaces, Network, Asset & Animation Integration
Project Website
http://goga.ch/rainycatfight
The Good, The Bad & The Beauty 2014
The Good, The Bad & The Beauty is a multiplayer browser adventure about travels and treasures during the roaring 20's. You follow one of three characters on a multilinear journey against other players. Each character has its own story, goals and abilities.
Platform
Browser
Authors
Fabian Brunner, Goran Saric, Marco Schmid, Don Schmocker
I was responsible for
Mechanic, Programming, Network & Webserver
Play the Game
http://www.gbb-game.com
Prototypes
Some prototypes I made during my Game Design BA.
3D & Animations
Some 3D models & animations, I made during my Game Design BA.