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"Code is poetry, and poetry has no boundaries."
🎹 Piano Player | 🎮 Gamer | 🎵 Music Addict | 🚀 Entrepreneur | 🧠 Neurodivergent | 📚 Hobbyist Philosopher
I currently split my time between running Astrava Entertainment and building resilient, positive social impact in the Canary Islands games scene by working as a board lead with ACADEVI running events, game jams and community programmes.
Astrava is our tech collective for building an alternative model in the games industry. Things we do:
- 🌍 Social Impact: tech & games for positive change in underrepresented sectors
- 🧪 R&D: experimentation with future technologies
- 🛠️ Open Source Tools: giving back to the community
- 🎮 Games Development: Developing unique IP's
- Programming Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C++, C#, Dart, Java, PHP, Rust
- Human Languages: Spanish, English, Dutch
- Web Technologies: React, Vue.js, Node.js, Express.js, WordPress
- Tools: My keyboard
- Game Engines: Unreal Engine, Unity, Godot, Scirra Construct, RPG Maker
- Databases: MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Firebase
- Text Editors / IDEs: WebStorm, PhpStorm, Android Studio, CLion, Rider, DataGrip, PyCharm Professional, Fleet, Pulsar (sorry, Visual Studio)
- Tabs or Spaces: I prefer tabs, but can always work with spaces
- Bracket Preference: A combination of Allman style and K&R for lambdas — it works for my brain
- IDE Theme: Dracula (most developers will agree it’s the best dark theme)
- Methodologies: Design Thinking, Agile/Scrum, Waterfall
- Project Management: Sunsama, Notion, GitKraken
- Extra tricks: Will outplay your Stellaris empire
- Favourite Games: Golden Sun, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, State of Decay 2, Stellaris, The Medium, Oxygen Not Included, Company of Heroes, Baldur's Gate 3, Battle for Wesnoth
- CRM Web App: for the South East London Chamber of Commerce
- Particle Simulation Engine: for the web with Pixi.js
- Blackheath Village App: Android & iOS app, serving up to ~530 concurrent users/day
- Blackheath Village Local Manager: a custom CMS for enterprise businesses
- Blackheath Village: web application built with Vue.js
- Boolean Algebra Decision Table Plugin: for Unreal Engine 4
- Biometric University Degree Verification System: two mobile apps, one Express.js backend and one PWA
- Rebirth: The Rise of a Hero: my first video game
- Discordabat: an RTS built in a week. Winner of the 2012 UCV Game Dev Contest
- Game Jams: Home It Crab, Fight to the Light, Spirit Trap
- Toy Compiler: formula-based calculator with an AST and recursive descent parser
- Sparklysmile Dental Website: design overhaul
- Haven VCS: the future of storage for creatives
- Terrero & Gloria Play: the official wrestling app for Canary Islands sports
- One Chamber: a complete WordPress solution with a full-fledged CRM built for the South East London Chamber of Commerce
- Lots of WordPress websites: lost count!
Keep coding magically! ✨
Cogito, ergo sum. 🤖