About me

I am an enthusiastic developer who loves doing digital and board games development and design. I am currently studying at NTUST’s Computer Science focusing on PCG and Game AI. I have some experiences as a lecturer in University, and a project manager.

I was born in 1992 and I am Originally from Central Java, Indonesia. I am native Indonesian, but I also use English almost daily.

I believe that I can help you to leverage your effort to reach your goal. Just contact me at: ardiawanbagusharisa@gmail.com

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Skills

• Programming: C#, C++, GDScript, Python
• Research interest: Procedural Content Generation (PCG), Game AI, Game Design
• Tools: Unity, Godot, Git, .NET, PostGreSQL, VR
• Other skills: Software lifecycle, Project management, Business development

I am currently learning AI/ML, LLM, and want to learn back-end in my next roadmap.

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Experience

• Creative Director at Dhadhu Cafe (Aug 2019 - 2026)
  • Build and 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)
  • Provide service of digital games development.

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Education

• Master - Computer Science - NTUST, Feb 2016 - 2018.
  • Research on procedural game level generation and game AI.
• Bachelor - Computer Science - UDINUS, Feb 2025 - Present
  • Research on dynamic diffuculty adjustment and game AI.

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Association & Community

• Indonesian Board Game Association, 2015 - Present.
• Inde Game Central Java, 2015 - Present.
• Indie Game Jobs Global, 2017 - 2018.

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Certifications

• Unity Certified Associate: Programmer
• Foundational C# with Microsoft
• IELTS band 6.5

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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

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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.

• 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:

• 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.

• 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.

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Publication

• Pacing Control with Wave Function Collapse in Strategy Game Map Generation.
• 2025- Board Game Cafe Analysed: Analysis on Sales and Games at Dhadhu Cafe.
• 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.

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• More on:
  • Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SxBAYSQAAAAJ&hl=en
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ardiawanbagusharisa/
  • GitHub: https://github.com/ardiawanbagusharisa

Press ctrl + p to save my CV as a pdf. 😄

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