About me
I am an enthusiastic researcher experienced in game development and AI, and I love sharing my knowledge. I do digital and board games development and design. I am currently doing a PhD at NTUST’s Computer Science focusing on PCG and Game AI, while also running a board game cafe as a Creative Director. I also have some experiences as a lecturer in University, and a project manager (side job) at my own small software company.
I was born in July, 20th, 1992 and I am Originally from Central Java, Indonesia. Currently living in Taipei, Taiwan. I am native Indonesian, I use English daily, and I am currently learning Mandarin.
I believe that I can help you to leverage your effort to reach your goal. Just contact me at: ardiawanbagusharisa@gmail.com
Skills
- Programming: C++, C#, GDScript
- Research interest: Procedural Content Generation (PCG), Game AI, Game Design
- Software Lifecycle: Agile
- Tools & Other: Unity, Godot, Git, .NET, PostGreSQL
I want to learn DevOps and LLM in my next roadmap.
Experience
- PhD Student Researcher at NTUST (Feb 2025 - Present)
- Researching on PCG and game AI for a Game AI competition platform.
- Creative Director at Dhadhu Cafe (Aug 2019 - Present)
- Manage a board game cafe business including business development and creative development.
- Lecturer & Researcher at UDINUS (Sep 2018 - 2025)
- Research and teach on game development, programming, and AI.
- Project Manager at Pandonga Creatives (Aug 2019 - Jul 2024)
- Manage the dev team to create multimedia software, including web, game, app.
- Freelance Game Programmer (Aug 2014 - Feb 2016)
- Create digital games.
Education
- PhD - Computer Science - NTUST, Feb 2025 - Present (On-going)
- Researching on PCG and game AI for a Game AI competition platform.
- Master - Computer Science - NTUST, Feb 2016 - 2018.
- Research on procedural game level generation.
- Bachelor - Computer Science - UDINUS, Feb 2025 - Present
- Research on dynamic diffuculty adjustment.
Association & Community
- Indonesian Board Game Association, 2015 - Present.
- Inde Game Central Java, 2015 - Present.
- Indie Game Jobs Global, 2017 - 2018.
Certifications
- Unity Certified Associate: Programmer
- Foundational C# with Microsoft
- IELTS band 6.5
Awards
- Best Board Game Design (general category) - Surabaya Board Game Market 2018
- Tabletop Nominator - Game Prime Bekraf Indonesia 2018
- Best Board Game - IN.GAME 2016
- Top-6 Board Game Design - Kompas 2015
Publication
- 2024 - Alternating Sword Controller in First-Person Action Game using Fuzzy Logic for Adaptive Enemy.
- 2024 - Procedural Low-Poly Buildings using L-System for Turn-based Tactic Game MECH. AI.
- 2024 - Learning through play: Utilizing board games to enhance english vocabulary for early students.
- 2023 - Threat construction for dynamic enemy status in a platformer game using classical genetic algorithm.
- 2022 - Pacing-based procedural dungeon level generation: Alternating level creation to meet designer’s expectations.
- 2022 - Board Game Design for Conservation Organization: A study on the Board Game for Campaign on Indonesian Javan Hawk-Eagle Conservation Foundation.
- 2021 - Appreciative learning for immersive reward system in education game development.
Portfolios
Here are some of my game-related portfolios:
- Neverinth (Procedural Dungeon): As an outsource team, we create the procedural system to generate the Dungeon for Neverinth. Steam link.
- Witch Football: A 2D comedy football game where we literaly play football with the witches that can perform some funny spells. GitHub Link. Youtube link.
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- AR & VR: I have developed some games and multimedia stuff, including AR and VR for education and marketing. GitHub link.
- Game Design Book: I have written a game design book “Game Startup Manual: Game Design”. It is available at Amazon, but I also share the free version. *Edit: Actually, I forgot that I also wrote another book: Board Game Cafe Management.
Here are some none game-related portfolios:
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Simple ERP: As a project manager, I managed my team to create marketing and resource planning for a marketing company in Central Java. Here, I learned how to communicate with non-technical partners to deliver their values to market.
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Crime Mapping & Gun Analytic: As a project manager, working with my team to help secret division in Central Java Police Department to design the system architecture and lead the development. I learned how to be more diplomatic while also trying to ship the application in crucial times.
- More on:
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