About me – Edwin H.

Who am I?

My name is Edwin Haragova, I’m a game designer and developer from France. I’m passionate about a lot of things, especially in art. I’m curious about everything and eager to express myself in different means (music, video games, art…).

I am a musician and composer, I’ve played the piano and the bass guitar for many years. I compose mainly soundtracks for my own games but I’m available for any kind of music.

I am also an indie developer at heart. I have produced my own games (on my own or with others), many free prototypes and a few commercial releases. I also worked in the field of serious gaming and I am still doing it with freelance work.

My previous experiences

These are the schools I attended and the professional experiences I’ve had during my first years before going freelance.

Laval 3DI

2014-2018

I have a college degree (licence) from Laval 3DI video games school, where I studied visual art, 3D real-time graphics, AR/VR development and video game design.

Arts et métiers (laval)

2018-2019

I studied for a master’s degree (first year) at ENSAM Laval. I learned game and software development, AR and VR tech, team management in many projects.

UNIge (genève)

2018

Intern at BavelierLab, I was game designer on a serious game designed for research & therapy.

Laval 3DI

2023 - ?

I went back to Laval 3DI this time to teach programming and game design to college students. I wrote courses for game design, level design, video-game programming (Lua, C#, Unity3D)

NOLAN GAMES

2019 - ?

I founded the studio NoLAN Games. We make indie games, we have released a few games now. We’re working on unreleased titles.

The fun institute

2017-2018

I worked at The Fun Institute as a Lead Game Designer. With a small team I did game design, level design, programming and music/sound design for a cancelled indie game.

Skillset and softwares

Game Dev

Game design / Level design

Having worked on several games ranging from funny arcade to adventure or puzzle, I can convey my (and your) ideas into a fully functionning game world that is engaging and fun to play.

Unity3D

I have developped many of my games in Unity 3D. I am able to code every gameplay aspect in C# programming and I can use every new features of the software.

C / C++ / C# Programming

I am trained in game development and a little bit of software dev in C# and C++, mainly with Unity3D but also in custom C or C++ engines.

UI / UX DESIGN

Just play my latest released game and you will see that I put a lot of effort in polishing my games and getting them the most satisfying game feel possible.

Narrative design

I write my own stories for my games, I designed deep adventure games with different story paths, dialogs, etc. I am trained in linear narrative, non-linear and procedural.

3D real-time Graphics

I have a bit of experience in 3D graphics optimized for game and VR. I know these softwares : 3DS Max, Maya, Blender, Painter/Designer, and several rendering engines.

Skillset

Music

I am a musician since always, I studied at the Conservatory of Music for many years in France where I learned classical and formal music education, but I also played classical and jazz piano, jazz improv in a band and I learned the electric bass.

But for you I’m mainly a composer. I write and perform nearly all the music for the games I produce, so you can hear part of my work on a few soundtracks I released.

I composed for solo piano, jazz trio, pop music, chiptune music and I’m still practicing on writing orchestral music. I mainly use MuseScore for writing and composing and Ableton Live for music production.

I can do soundtracks, corporate or pop music, for games or anything else and I mainly work with virtual instruments but I can also write for real instruments depending on the budget 😉

OTHER SKILLS

WEB / Unity Integration

I developped a few apps using web features like communication with a CMS (Drupal, WordPress) or writing REST APIs.

Webdesign

I went to a design school where I learned a lot about webdesign, then I had the pleasure to help with the design of a few websites so I can do webdesign for any kind of project you have.

HTML5 / CSS3

I mastered the basics of web development in the 2010s, using the latest tech from HTML and CSS to create dynamic, responsive and user-friendly websites or CSS animations.

UI DESIGN

I designed the UI for my solo projects (game & web) so I have a bit of experience designing UI for games.

Front-end Development

I have a slight experience of front-end dev where I specialized in content integration, visual features and interactions.

Hey! Let's get in touch

If you like what you saw and are interested in working with me, I’m available as a full-time freelancer for any kind of work in one (or more) of the fields mentionned above. I have already work on project from various horizons with different size, aim and style so don’t hesitate to contact me, I’ll be glad to work with you!

Game

Kubits Gallery

A wacky nonogram where you discover some of the most beautiful paintings in the world!