About Me

I am Silvan Koch, a soon-to-be game development graduate from Berlin, Germany.

I found my way into game development starting at the age of 13 by creating little Minecraft mods, then going further with small RPG Maker and Unreal projects until I finally got into Unity and C#.
Since then, they are my weapon of choice when it comes to prototyping small ideas and implementing or iterating features for larger projects. Currently, I am in education as a state-approved game developer at the S4G School for Games GmbH.

My mission is to make the most of pieces and ideas used in game development. With the help of rapid Prototyping and quick iterations, I want to test and present ideas and code patterns properly. Modular structures and assets help at setting up various scenarios quickly.

Therefore, I have specialized in:

• Prototyping: Given a certain requirement, I can quickly assess its complexity and interpret it as a system to implement. I then set up the demanded functionality under the premise of neglecting performance, code commenting etc., but in a very short time span.
  For Soliris , I could set up a technical prototype before we even got the hardware (the eyetrackers), with the SDK's already integrated and design guidelines already implemented for testing.


• Pitching: While programmers "do the technical stuff" and "make the game work", it is important to me that the team in its entirety envisions awesome features and great ideas. Not only do I want to make these possible; I also support the designers and contribute ideas and solution approaches wherever I can.


• Modularity: I surely can still improve my code polishing & structuring skills, but I do pay attention to object orientation and re-usability - even during Prototyping. Splitting classes & components up, working with polymorphism and using inheritance allows to use existing assets as a base for further testing and variations easily.