Nairobi, Kenya, currently building Son of Mabin
I'm the Founder, Lead Developer, Programer and Designer of Virdane Labs. I care about clean, modular code and about making fun and engaging games with Impactful Narratives.
A studio debut in progress, and the mobile hit that came before it.
Virdane Labs — in development
A 2.5D pixel-art RPG built in Unity, Virdane Labs' debut title. I'm the founder and sole programmer, building the combat and narrative systems from the ground up while the studio works toward a playable MVP.
Follow progress on itch.ioMekan Games — shipped
A hypercasual mobile game I helped ideate, design, develop and ship to over 20M+ combined downloads on Android and iOS, and three 2022 Games Industry Africa Awards: Game of the Year, Most Impactful Video Game, and Debut of the Year.
Prototypes,are live on itch.io and Code Snippets on GitHub.
A couple of reels — one covering everything, one just the hyper-casual work.
Professional Portfolio.
A subset of the games worked on whilst at Mekan Games Ltd.
Five years across studios, teams and a few things I built alone.
Virdane Labs Ltd. · Nairobi, Kenya
Founder, lead programmer, game producer and project manager. Currently working toward an MVP for Son of Mabin.
Mekan Games Ltd. · Nairobi, Kenya
Iterated and prototyped over 84 in-house concepts across two teams, consistently surpassing key performance indicators.
Mekan Games Ltd.
Core team member on The President — ideation through to development, iteration and maintenance — reaching 20M+ combined downloads.
Kunta Content · Nairobi, Kenya
Developed, prototyped and iterated on an unreleased project.
Advised on the design and development of an unreleased mobile game.
Mekan Games Ltd.
Prototyped two in-house concepts to varying results.
Unity Technologies · Strathmore University
Organised and ran workshops introducing university students to Unity.
Jiwe Studios · Nairobi, Kenya
Worked across writing, design, development, testing and publishing on in-house projects.
Tezza Business Solutions Ltd. · Nairobi, Kenya
Worked with the developer and QA teams on development, testing and documentation of web services and APIs.
Bachelor of Science in Informatics and Computer Science · GPA 3.02
General studies · KCSE grade B-
Tools I reach for, and how I like to work.
Awards and certifications along the way.
Games Industry Africa Awards 2022 — The President
Games Industry Africa Awards 2022 — The President
Games Industry Africa Awards 2022 — The President
The Hyper-Casual Gaming Accelerator, CrazyLabs — issued March 2022 · Credential 1121170005
Browse through examples of my code demonstrating design patterns, system architecture, and best practices. All snippets are loaded directly from my GitHub repository.
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Whether it's Son of Mabin, a collaboration, or just game dev talk, s my inbox is open.
jeffrey.gichuki@virdanelabs.com
