Artur NistaGame developer
Portrait of Artur Nista

About

I’m a passionate game developer living my childhood dream of working in the video game industry. My journey began with RPG Maker when I was 13, and today I’m a Staff Unity Developer at Fortis Games.

I’m an experienced game developer skilled in Unity 3D, C#, and backend development. I’m passionate about creating captivating gameplay experiences and bring a strong background in React, Node.js, and full-stack development. My work includes a game featured in Newgrounds’ “Best of February 2022.” Fluent in Portuguese and English (C1 CEFR), I’m looking to collaborate on exciting gaming projects and cutting-edge technologies.

Skills

Core Skills

  • Unity 3D
  • C#
  • Gameplay programming
  • UI programming
  • Tooling

Additional Skills

  • JavaScript
  • Node.js / backend development
  • React / React Native
  • Full-stack development
  • HTML / CSS
  • Multiplayer systems / Socket.IO
  • Git / automated testing

Games

Lady of Colors

A challenging platformer. Play as a Knight from the Color Kingdom, sent to rescue the Lady of Colors from the Underground Kingdom. Use Color Fly to avoid obstacles, solve puzzles, and progress through the levels.

This version is a demo and does not represent the final version of the game.

ControlsWASD or ↑←↓→MoveC or SpaceJumpX or ShiftFlyZ or EUse

Play on itch.io

Treasure Hunter

Explore an old castle full of forgotten treasures and try to be the first to claim them. Stay curious to uncover secret entrances, holes, and chests.

Use your hookshot to explore the castle and grab items. The hookshot may have other uses, too—and you might even make some friends along the way.

Discover Hunt for treasure · Find hidden secrets · Make some friends

Play on itch.io

Time Dungeon

You wake in a mysterious dungeon and must find a way out. Every action consumes actions; when they run out, your health starts to fall. Run out of health and you die.

Find items, fight enemies, grow stronger, and escape the dungeon.

Selected as one of Newgrounds’ Top 10 Best Games of February 2022.

ControlsWASDMoveEPick up equipment and itemsSpaceUse your item

Play on Newgrounds

Colorless Ruins

Find your way back to the Color Kingdom from a colorless ruin. Survive each room, avoid enemies and machine guns, collect the key, and escape through the door.

The lifeless ruins hold secrets, too: collect fruit and explore carefully to find hidden gems.

ControlsWASD or ↑←↓→MoveEscPause

Play on Armor Games

Professional Experience

Unreleased Real-Time Multiplayer Game

Fortis Games2023–2026

Primary UI Developer

Implemented and maintained UI systems, screens, and widgets, including communication between UI, gameplay, and backend systems.

Created tools for designers and artists to work with game data and build levels.

Gameplay Developer

Partnered closely with game designers on gameplay systems, creating nodes for a visual scripting system so they could build and iterate on gameplay.

Optimized code, implemented new gameplay systems, and helped designers set up and integrate AI into their workflows.

Rapala Fishing World Tour

Oktagon2022–2023

Prototype Developer

Rapidly developed and iterated on numerous gameplay ideas and mini-prototypes for client review, proposing and implementing systems in a one-day cycle. Used ScriptableObjects to enable reliable communication between entities and systems.

UI & Metagame Developer

Built non-gameplay systems including items, inventory, and Battle Pass, and worked on communication between the frontend and backend.

Backend Developer

Built backend systems on Beamable for inventory, friends, profiles, progression, A/B testing, and analytics.

PIGGY: Hunt

Oktagon2022

Gameplay Developer

Worked on gameplay systems, implemented entities and traps, and fixed bugs related to network desynchronization.

Metagame Developer

Created the friends system and implemented the feature that lets friends challenge one another.