CTO at Alpaka Games
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Ozgun has 3 years of experience as a Senior Game Developer at Codeway, where he focused on action tower defense games. His expertise covers the full development cycle—prototyping, technical development, soft launches, global launches, and live ops. He’s now leading game development at Alpaka Games.
Questions & Answers
Can you share a distinctive achievement or highlight from your career?
I successfully led the development of a multiplayer tower defense game from inception to launch within a newly founded team at a non-gaming publisher, overcoming industry challenges and establishing a foundation for future game projects.
What inspired you to start your business?
I've always been drawn to the technical challenge of building something from the ground up—especially when it comes to gameplay mechanics. The action market is full of iterations on the same core loops, but the idea of engineering a completely fresh core mechanic that doesn’t yet exist in the industry is what excites me the most. It’s not just about making a game, it’s about pioneering something new.
How is your team uniquely positioned to solve the problem you're tackling?
Our approach to prototyping goes beyond testing unique mechanics—we ensure that each iteration improves upon the last in terms of product depth and content scalability. Rather than committing to long and costly production cycles, we’re building a robust foundation through an iterative process, continuously refining our game systems, level design, and content pipeline. This allows us to accumulate both technical infrastructure and creative insights, giving us a significant advantage in delivering polished, scalable action games at speed.
