Gianni "Aki Dev" Vallerini
Hi, I'm a Game Programmer
I'm 29 from Florence, Italy
Programming videogames was once a dream for me, now it's my daily life!
AI, machine learning, shaders, code architecture and animations are my favourite fields and they're where I excel more proficiently.I love music, playing bass, gaming and making cocktails,
I never lost the touch! I was once a barman afterall.
Work
Working in a professional environment taught me that teamwork and staying updated on new technologies are the most important things in game development.
TINY BULL STUDIOS
Game Programmer
2023, (Ongoing)
The Sign Comics and Arts Academy
Game Programming Professor
2020, (ongoing)
WHITESOCK
Game Programmer
2020, 3 years
MONOGRID
Junior Programmer
2019, 6 months
Projects
These are the projects I'm working on
Lonesome Guild - Tiny Bull Studios
Lonesome Guild - Tiny Bull Studios - 2.5 years
As generalist programmer I've worked with Unity ECS, where I learned how to develop data driven gameplay. I've covered a big part of the tools used by developers and I've helped with the UI and AI development.
These are the projects I've worked on
Chef Adventure
Chef Adventure - WHITESOCK - 6 months
As programmer I implemented pretty much every part of the gameplay focussing on character movement and interactions, deep dialogue system linked with Articy external program, world generation tools, UI and optimization.
Simbioasi
Simbioasi - WHITESOCK - 6 months
In this project there was a couple of very challenging features, such as character movement linked with animations, save system and the management of many active physic objects.
Oxistress
Oxistress - WHITESOCK - 6 months
In this project I was finally able to work in a VR environment. The most challenging aspect of this game was the optimization of 3d assets, using shaders, object pooling and ambient occlusion.
Suburra: The game
Suburra - MONOGRID - 1 year
This was my first BIG project, I learned to work in a team.
I worked on animations, black market system, inventory system and some core interactions like covers and shooting.
I've also worked on AR features.
Follow the Truth
Follow the Truth - Game Jam "The game is a liar" - 7 Days
We, as a team of 7 people, were really happy with the final product. Working on the project I had to figure out how to create a 2.5D environment like Don't Starve on Unity, that was very challenging.
Garlic Blood
Garlic Blood - Game Jam "Vampires and the blood is Lethal" - 3 Days
Me as developer, a musician and an artist.
Setting up all the systems in this game is such a short period of time was very challenging, but successful
Quantum Caster
Quantum Caster - Game Jam "A lot of" - 5 Days
I worked on this game with 6 artists as the only programmer. We came up with the idea and I ended up working mostly as a Tech Artist for this project. It was very fun!
Education
Programming for Game Development - The Sign Comics and Arts Academy, Florence
3 years
University of Computer Science - Pisa
2 years
Hotel Management School, Barman - IPPSEOA G.Minuto, Marina di Massa
5 years
Contact
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