Ari M. I. Michell,
Game developer

2Kidz (in a Trenchcoat)

2 players 1 character beat-'em-up

2024

A sidescrolling beat-'em-up for PC made by a team of 8 over 3 months in Godot. I worked as a Producer.

• Set up Jira and GitHub, and taught them to the rest of the team
• Chaired regular meetings as part of Agile development
• Created and delivered video and in-person presentations
• Very accurately time-estimated the whole project
• Helped implement features and visuals
• Wrote background music

Daybreaker

Deconstructing gacha: can it be used for good?

2025

A habit tracking app for iOS and Android made by myself over 3 months in Flutter.

• Accompanied by my university dissertation - practice-based research and research-based practice
• UX design for mobile
• Gamification design

Capital

The modern sci-fi role-playing game

2020-present

A Tabletop RPG made by myself over several years.

• Designed systems for a complex TTRPG
• Wrote comprehensive documentation
• Conducted structured playtesting sessions

Tiny Witch

A tiny puzzle game for Android

2024

A puzzle game for mobile made by myself over 3 months in GameMaker (while also working on 2Kidz).

• Made a game based on academic research
• Planned and delivered a complete game
• Made all original assets
• Worked with unfamiliar software

3 mini projects

3 games in 6 weeks

2024

Games for PC, arcade and tabletop made by a team of 5 over 6 weeks in Unity and Unreal. I mainly did design and production.

• Made games to various briefs from clients that aren't game developers
• Systems design for tabletop games
• Rapid iteration

Lost Spirit

Whimsical forest adventure

2023

A sidescrolling action platformer for PC made by a team of 7 over 3 months in Unreal Engine 5. I worked as a Producer.

• Began my journey as a producer
• Visual scripting (UE5 blueprints)
• Became proficient in Git - resolving merge conflicts; rolling back mistakes
• Helped overcome a major crisis of corrupted project files

Swordfish

Roguelike with sword and fish

2021

A challenging action roguelike for PC made by myself over 3 months in Unity.

• Worked in Unity
• Programmed complex functionality in C#
• One of the first games I made