Senior Game Developer

UMUR CAN GÜRELLİ

10 years of making games. 100+ projects shipped. 24M+ downloads.

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Building games
that players love
... I hope

I am a senior game developer with a decade of experience in mobile game development.

I've shipped over 100 projects, from prototypes to globally published titles. I love the craft of game development and thrive on projects that push creative boundaries.

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Umur Can Gürelli

Featured Games

Build Roads

Build Roads

City simulation game with layered mechanics - road building, tool upgrades, and idle progression across multiple towns.

23M+ Downloads
Lick Runner

Lick Runner

A surreal delight that went viral - a giant head licks everything good on the table while avoiding the bad.

20M+ TikTok Views
The Nose

The Nose

The indie game that started my journey. Based on Nikolai Gogol's surreal short story, it launched on Steam and taught me everything about shipping a game.

Skills & Tools

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Leadership

  • Led teams up to 3 programmers in 13-person studio
  • Shipped 100+ prototypes, 3 published titles
  • Mentored 10+ developers
🎮

Unity Engine

10 years of daily Unity development. The engine and I have grown old together.

🤖

AI-Assisted Dev

Integrated LLM agents (Claude Code, Cursor) into my workflow. Not vibe coding - I maintain documentation, manage context, and review every line.

The AI writes what I tell it to write. I'm still the boss.
💻

Programming

  • C# - Advanced
  • Python - Proficient
  • Java - Familiar
I can also write hello world in Assembly
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3D & Shaders

Blender for modeling & animation. Unity Shader Graph for custom visual effects.

I am a magician with stencils.
🌐

Web Dev

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Three.js for web apps and interactive 3D simulations.

Look at this website as proof

Experience & Education

2019 - Present

Reboot Interactive

Co-Founder, Lead Developer, Game Designer

reboot.gs →
2018 - 2019

Simularge

Web Developer (Three.js)

2018 - 2023

Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi

Master's Degree, Game and Interactive Media Design

2013 - 2017

Özyeğin University

Bachelor's, Mechanical Engineering + EE Minor

"New Era of Surrealism in the Digital Age of Games"

Focus on the integration of Surrealism in digital gaming, with a case study analysis of "Kentucky Route Zero" to demonstrate how digital games can create surrealist experiences.

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Let's build
something great

Available for lead developer roles and exciting game projects.