Summary
Yaroslav Rudakov is a seasoned game developer and software engineer with over a decade of experience building and shipping successful titles both as a solo creator and as a studio co-founder. He combines deep Unity and C# expertise with hands-on game design and production skills, having led development on hits like The Tower, Skyward, Draw Joust and worked on franchises such as Doodle God. Comfortable across the full development cycle, he pairs technical craft with product-minded thinking and an appetite for integrating AI-driven approaches into games. Based in Haarlem, Netherlands, he brings an entrepreneurial mindset from founding AYA Games and a history of backend and web development that broadens his systems perspective. Notably, he describes his work as living in "2.5 dimension," reflecting a playful, player-focused approach to technically grounded game experiences.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Programming technologies, grad, Master's degree, Programming technologies, grad at Saint Petersburg State University
Русский, Украинский, Английский, Dutch