Upamanyu Yavalkar
@upawhat.bsky.social
Game Designer & Programmer | Under The Lighthouse | Working on a psychological cosmic horror game | Looking for work!
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Upamanyu Yavalkar
@upawhat.bsky.social
· Oct 20
Portfolio | UpaWhat Tech Game Design | Toronto
About me. A brief background and portfolio of relevant work experience I have accumulated over my career so far.
www.upawhat.com
I am Upa, a Game Designer and Programmer working on some fun games you will get to play soon!
Plugging my #Portfolio for new followers
www.upawhat.com
Plugging my #Portfolio for new followers
www.upawhat.com
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Hello everyone! Any GBC Game Design/Art/Programming Alumni looking to get involved with the Chapter and help us organize more events for our community? Send us a message here or find us through the link in our bio! (we really need more ppl 🫠)
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Hello everyone! Any GBC Game Design/Art/Programming Alumni looking to get involved with the Chapter and help us organize more events for our community? Send us a message here or find us through the link in our bio! (we really need more ppl 🫠)
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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technology that makes people more productive is inherently used to perpetuate capitalism, that’s why I make videogames, technology that makes people less productive
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
technology that makes people more productive is inherently used to perpetuate capitalism, that’s why I make videogames, technology that makes people less productive
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I just fundamentally do not care about what the CEO of Nexon or Tim Sweeney have to say because they are simply not qualified to discuss the issues they're talking about.
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I just fundamentally do not care about what the CEO of Nexon or Tim Sweeney have to say because they are simply not qualified to discuss the issues they're talking about.
Made my first game on the #Playdate!
Maneeka is obsessed with Nonograms and I thought that would make a great learning game to build for a system like this. I've made a 5x5 single solution puzzle, once I wrap it in a menu system and build a puzzle importer, I'll publish a blog detailing this!
Maneeka is obsessed with Nonograms and I thought that would make a great learning game to build for a system like this. I've made a 5x5 single solution puzzle, once I wrap it in a menu system and build a puzzle importer, I'll publish a blog detailing this!
October 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Made my first game on the #Playdate!
Maneeka is obsessed with Nonograms and I thought that would make a great learning game to build for a system like this. I've made a 5x5 single solution puzzle, once I wrap it in a menu system and build a puzzle importer, I'll publish a blog detailing this!
Maneeka is obsessed with Nonograms and I thought that would make a great learning game to build for a system like this. I've made a 5x5 single solution puzzle, once I wrap it in a menu system and build a puzzle importer, I'll publish a blog detailing this!
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As fall approaches, we're excited to announce our next event: a special Fireside Chat with two talented alumni.
Join us on September 25th for a conversation with Jason Lacuna (Sony Bend Studio) and Mackenzie Wilson (Behaviour Interactive) about their journey.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/game-desig...
Join us on September 25th for a conversation with Jason Lacuna (Sony Bend Studio) and Mackenzie Wilson (Behaviour Interactive) about their journey.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/game-desig...
September 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
As fall approaches, we're excited to announce our next event: a special Fireside Chat with two talented alumni.
Join us on September 25th for a conversation with Jason Lacuna (Sony Bend Studio) and Mackenzie Wilson (Behaviour Interactive) about their journey.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/game-desig...
Join us on September 25th for a conversation with Jason Lacuna (Sony Bend Studio) and Mackenzie Wilson (Behaviour Interactive) about their journey.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/game-desig...
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The Game Design Alumni Chapter has been hard at work planning the next events. Our Kick-off social on May was a great success, and we'll continue to work to connect more GBC Game Alumni.
Be sure to follow our social pages to stay in the loop! More news and event details will be announced soon!
Be sure to follow our social pages to stay in the loop! More news and event details will be announced soon!
September 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Game Design Alumni Chapter has been hard at work planning the next events. Our Kick-off social on May was a great success, and we'll continue to work to connect more GBC Game Alumni.
Be sure to follow our social pages to stay in the loop! More news and event details will be announced soon!
Be sure to follow our social pages to stay in the loop! More news and event details will be announced soon!
If the industry looks for "all-rounder" directors, they will find us.
Masahiro Sakurai says there is a shortage of "all-rounder" game directors in the industry, with devs becoming increasingly specialized in narrow fields
"[In the current game industry,] there is no fertile ground for all-rounder game directors to grow."
automaton-media.com/en/news/masa...
"[In the current game industry,] there is no fertile ground for all-rounder game directors to grow."
automaton-media.com/en/news/masa...
Masahiro Sakurai says there is a shortage of "all-rounder" game directors in the industry, with devs becoming increasingly specialized in narrow fields - AUTOMATON WEST
Masahiro Sakurai talks about the shortage of "versatile directors" - noting specialization and subdivision of game development as the cause.
automaton-media.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If the industry looks for "all-rounder" directors, they will find us.
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I think people underestimate their ability to help support a game just by telling a friend about it.
If I hear a designer talk about their game, I'm not usually convinced.
If my friend Will tells me to check out a game, I'm looking.
Your words, oftentimes, are just as powerful as your wallet.
If I hear a designer talk about their game, I'm not usually convinced.
If my friend Will tells me to check out a game, I'm looking.
Your words, oftentimes, are just as powerful as your wallet.
June 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I think people underestimate their ability to help support a game just by telling a friend about it.
If I hear a designer talk about their game, I'm not usually convinced.
If my friend Will tells me to check out a game, I'm looking.
Your words, oftentimes, are just as powerful as your wallet.
If I hear a designer talk about their game, I'm not usually convinced.
If my friend Will tells me to check out a game, I'm looking.
Your words, oftentimes, are just as powerful as your wallet.
June 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Zine has been resized and reorganized into 16 sides for efficient use of 2 A4 sheets. Test printing soon!
May 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Zine has been resized and reorganized into 16 sides for efficient use of 2 A4 sheets. Test printing soon!
Zine is ready with content, now onto designing the layout in InDesign. Excited for the first physical print sometime this week!
May 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Zine is ready with content, now onto designing the layout in InDesign. Excited for the first physical print sometime this week!
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It's all fun and games until it has to be fun and a game
May 27, 2024 at 9:31 PM
It's all fun and games until it has to be fun and a game
The zine is ready in its content. Working on the fonts and printing options. Looking into cool ways to bind this.
May 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The zine is ready in its content. Working on the fonts and printing options. Looking into cool ways to bind this.
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April 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I was recently introduced to the wonderful world of zines. I'm making my first one.
May 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I was recently introduced to the wonderful world of zines. I'm making my first one.
We have a super talented team building something truly special. More info soon!
We’re thrilled to share a glimpse of concepts from Remorse—a psychological horror game exploring the chaos of our twenties through Dante’s lens. Set in a nuclear facility, it’s a deeply personal story exploring the past, shadow, and self. More to follow soon. #indiegamedev #indiedev #horrorgames
April 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We have a super talented team building something truly special. More info soon!
Dave and Busters is an assault on the human senses.
April 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Dave and Busters is an assault on the human senses.
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- Alien vs Bloodborne -
I worked extremely hard on this. Please take a look.
I worked extremely hard on this. Please take a look.
June 28, 2023 at 12:04 AM
- Alien vs Bloodborne -
I worked extremely hard on this. Please take a look.
I worked extremely hard on this. Please take a look.
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Hp Lovecraft you are a whiny bitch you saw an Italian dude once and it broke your mind, I have to read the world's most powerful and richest men's misanthropic toilet thoughts every day, full throttle non stop and I keep on trucking
March 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Hp Lovecraft you are a whiny bitch you saw an Italian dude once and it broke your mind, I have to read the world's most powerful and richest men's misanthropic toilet thoughts every day, full throttle non stop and I keep on trucking
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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
![[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihuubdwcftfkvvlnepoaf6pfxqulryfp7ydrydi5fe2pflwz63wgm@jpeg)
February 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
A perfect start to everyone's Valentine's Day.
Carpe Dino, out now on #Steam
Please support our little team!
store.steampowered.com/app/2928050/...
#indie_dev #datingsim #gamedev
Carpe Dino, out now on #Steam
Please support our little team!
store.steampowered.com/app/2928050/...
#indie_dev #datingsim #gamedev
February 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A perfect start to everyone's Valentine's Day.
Carpe Dino, out now on #Steam
Please support our little team!
store.steampowered.com/app/2928050/...
#indie_dev #datingsim #gamedev
Carpe Dino, out now on #Steam
Please support our little team!
store.steampowered.com/app/2928050/...
#indie_dev #datingsim #gamedev
I hope this trade war blows over before I run out of shampoo.
February 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I hope this trade war blows over before I run out of shampoo.
Got the player hopping around the board today
Onto setting up a win condition!
Onto setting up a win condition!
January 31, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Got the player hopping around the board today
Onto setting up a win condition!
Onto setting up a win condition!