Akumi Wars

A turn-based RPG for PC featuring dozens of unique characters with a complex combat system with many different effects and combinations of strategies.

• Lead programmer and systems designer.
• Generalist programmer: gameplay, UI/UX, AI, Steam, etc.
• Designed game systems like: skills, combat, equipment, craft, stats, etc.

Arida: Backland's Awakening

The first game of Aoca Game Lab and my first game on Steam. A adventure/survival game with a political background about the lives of northeastern Brazilians during a civil war in the past in the dry and arid backlands of Brazil.

• Generalist game developer and gameplay programmer.
• Helped design the technical aspects of the game mechanics: survival, crafting, quests system, etc.
• Helped design the technical aspects of narrative elements like cutscenes, scenic views, etc.
• Generalist programmer: gameplay, graphics, UI/UX, AI, Steam, etc.

Hidden in Light

This is a Global Game Jam 2026 project. The theme was "Mask", and it was really interesting to explore it as a mechanic-driven concept: the character uses masks — both narratively and literally, as image masks inside the game world, revealing and hiding things. This was a non-competitive jam, but I am really happy with the final result!

• Game Design: designed core mechanics and levels.
• Programming: implemented the mechanics, UI, and controls.
• Art & Animation: designed, created, and animated the main character and other sprites.

PSI

Developed for GitHub Game Off 2025. Psi is a puzzle game inspired by quantum concepts, where observing elements alters their behavior. A single mechanic creates an emergent system of interactions, leading to simple yet surprising solutions!

• #12 in Innovation, and #38 in Gameplay (out of 700+ entries)
• Reached #80 Overall

• Game Design: Conceived the core puzzle mechanics, observer interactions, and overall game flow.
• Programming: Implemented game logic, systems, and interactions in Unity.
• Art & Pixel Art: Created all pixel art assets and visual gameplay elements for the game.

Deepnagogia

Game for Brackeys Game Jam 2023.2. Set in a futuristic world, this game features a technology that allows you to dive into a patient's mind to recover missing memories and address mental health issues. Players can control their depth to access different layers of the subconscious.

• Reached #12 in Innovation, #44 in theme interpretation (out of 800+ submissions).
• Reached #85 Overall.

• Game Design: Designed the world, characters, levels, and core mechanics.
• Programming: Developed the entire game logic and systems.
• Art & Animation: Created all sprites, animations, and visual effects.
• Sound: Collaborated with a voice actor for the character dialogue.

Gomma

Gomma — Developed for Ludum Dare 50 My goal with this project was to evoke a sense of solitude and the slow passage of time. The player finds themselves in a desolate world, accompanied only by a massive, slow-moving grub. To delay its inevitable departure, the player must cultivate plants to feed it—balancing the task of nourishment with the desire to keep their only companion a little while longer.

• Game Design: Conceptualized the world, characters, level design, and core mechanics.
• Programming: Implemented all gameplay systems and mechanics.
• Art & Animation: Created all sprites, character animations, and visual effects.
• Music: Composed the original theme song for the title screen.

Hunger For Dungeon

A strategic action reinterpretation of the classic Pac-Man. This project introduces RPG-style classes with unique abilities and stats, focusing on balancing combat mechanics within the traditional maze-crawler framework.

• Game Design: Conceptualized character classes, skill trees, and combat balancing based on the original Pac-Man loop.
• Level Design: Redesigned the classic layout to emphasize symmetry and tactical movement flow.
• AI Implementation: Engineered enemy and character behaviors using Graph Theory and advanced pathfinding algorithms.
• VFX: Developed custom particle systems and visual feedback for character abilities.
• Core Programming: Architected the game’s systems, including state management, collision logic, and ability execution.

*Disclaimer: Character assets were sourced from public repositories. If you are the original creator, please contact me for proper credit attribution!

Blank Knight

A technical prototype for a mobile action roguelite focused on classless character customization. The project explores a gear-based progression system where player builds are defined by equipment combinations rather than fixed roles, featuring procedural dungeons and persistent character growth.

• Game Design: Solely responsible for the game’s vision, mechanics, and combat balancing.
• Gameplay Development: Implemented core combat mechanics and the classless gear-based framework.
• Backend: Implemented basic user login and cloud-based data persistence for player progress.
• Art & Animation: Created original character sprites, animations, and visual effects.

At Sinergia Games

During my time in Sinergia Games, I worked on many small projects. Most of the projects were cultural games to teach about African Culture or personal development. That was the first game studio I worked in, and I had the chance to explore all stacks of game development. Unfortunately, those games are not available anymore due to business reasons.

• Game Design - I designed mechanics, characters and levels of some games
• Gameplay - I implemented game mechanics and systems
• UI - I designed and implemented the UI

Carrot VS Bad Food

This game was made in a game jam, in 2015. It was one of my first games and I really enjoyed making it. The team was me and an artist. We promised to remake this game, but I don't think it'll happen.

• Gameplay and UI - I implemented the mechanics, systems and UI
• Game Design - I design characters, levels and mechanics
• AI - I designed and implemented the behavior of enemies