Hi, I am Ata

Ataberk Uran

Co Founder / Game Designer at Snapshell

Born on a rainy day in October 1995, Ataberk was always interested in computers. In early years of school time, he went to LAN cafes to play with his friends and during high school years he started thinking, “What if I play the game I made with my friends, that would be a cool thing to do!” This idea pushed him towards designing games. Ambitious high schooler merged with his creative side and quickly he started to understand the concepts of the early game design process. He attended to his first game jam during this period, which is Global Game Jam 2013 Istanbul @BUG, he created his first ever finished game. Later that he continued to participate in other Game Jams such as Indies vs PewDiePie Game Jam and many other Global Game Jams. He attended to DePaul University as a Game Design major. Currently he is looking for a job where he can call home.

Projects

Shoot House
Shoot House
Game Design, Level Design April 2021

Game that is made for gun ranges. You can bring your own gun to the range and play to improve your aim, have fun, and compete with your friends.

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Shadow That Pervades
Shadow That Pervades
Lead Level Designer September 2019 - June 2020

The story of a magical dog, in a world consumed by shadows. The game is currently under development for the DePaul Originals Game Studio.

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Duel It Yourself
Duel It Yourself
Game Design, 3D Modeling January 2020

A two-player western duel in space. Rebuild your weapon quickly, aim and fire!

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The Hypermasculine Unicorns of Anarchy
The Hypermasculine Unicorns of Anarchy
Game Design, Story Design, Character Design November 2014

All the unicorns have been kidnaped by the evil church and the main character Slick is trying to save his friends from the hands of the evil.

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Corrupted
Corrupted
Game Design, Level Design, Storytelling, 3D Modeling May 2020

World that is corrupted and you as the adventurer trying to figure out the source of the corruption happening in the world.

Experiences

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Co Founder / Game Designer
Snapshell

April 2021 - Present, Chicago, IL

Snapshell is a company who is making interactive games for the gun ranges. People can play these games with their own guns in the shooting range setting, compete with each other and improve their aim.

Responsibilities:
  • Conceptualizing the game and it’s mechanics.
  • Coming up with the design of the game, mechanics and layout.
  • Implementing the layout that was designed concept to the Unity Engine.
  • Creating a multiple custom rail systems for the game to improve the variety and the game feel.
  • Throubleshooted the design flaws, playtested in a custom made place for further improvements and overall gamefeel.
  • Worked closely with other designers as well as the people from the gun range to deliver the best experience to the customers of the gun range.
  • Improvements on the previous designs and coming up with new designs.
Lead Level Designer
DePaul Originals Game Studio

September 2019 - March 2021, Chicago, IL

DePaul Originals is a game development studio that is located within DePaul University’s Loop campus. It’s focus is the production of high quality game experiences that are delivered on commercial platforms.

Responsibilities:
  • Managed a team of students that made the city level for the game from scratch in 10 weeks using a variety of tools such as Unreal Engine 4, Maya, Substance Painter, and Perforce.
  • Taught Unreal Engine 4 and Perforce to the attendees in the studio.
  • With old city level in mind, worked on complete overhaul and redesign for the city space of the game.
  • Worked on modeling, light, level sequencer, and story design of the level to increase the player engagement and keep the space more interesting.
  • Applied many different game design elements such as verticality and exposition, utilized different level design techniques throughout the creative vision of a Chicago inspired City level.
  • Troubleshooted blueprint errors in C++.
  • Playtested the game and gave feedback to the team for further improvements.
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Education
DePaul University
2018-2021
B.Sc. in Game Design
CGPA: 3.1 out of 4
Taken Courses
  • Advanced Level Design
  • Advanced Game Design
  • Topics in Game Design
  • Introduction to Level Design
  • Fundamentals of Game Design
  • Game Development I
  • Game Development II
  • Intro to Game Production
  • Evolution of Games
  • The Business of Games
  • Game Modification Workshop
  • 3D Design and Modeling
  • 3D Animation
  • Game Sound Design I
  • Expressive Game Audio Scripting
  • Practical Scripting For Games
  • Screenwriting
  • The Art of Storytelling
  • Visual Design
CITI Program, A Division of BRANY
June 2020
CITI Program Institional Review Board (IRB) Certificate

Recent Posts

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Shoot House

Shoot House While SnapShell Games is a young studio, its members have extensive experience in video game development across multiple platforms. We’re thrilled to bring our gaming experience to the seemingly untapped live fire range market. Our goal is to create great games for all shooters, and bring new excitement to this world of countless opportunities. What makes us different as a company is, we are bringing interactive gaming to a whole another level.

June 8, 2020 Read
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Shadow That Pervades

DePaul Originals Game Studio Our tasks specifically for this quarter was to completely overhaul and redesign a new more compact city space. At the beginning of the quarter, well thought it was important to establish some idea of deadlines for where we as a team would want to be throughout the quarter. It also helped because we wanted to make sure the ideas for the new space were in scope as it appeared last quarter the city level was a bit too large to allow for an immersive experience.

June 8, 2020 Read
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Hypermasculine Unicorns of Anarchy

Hypermasculine Unicorns of Anarchy Game made for Indies vs PewDiePie Game Jam in 2014. In the game you are playing with Slick the Unicorn. All the unicorns have been kidnaped by the evil church and the main character Slick is trying to save his friends from them. Slick teams up with the badass motorcycle gang that can harness the power from the magical unicorns and become so much more powerful. With the help of the cyclists, Slick is ready to save his friends.

June 8, 2020 Read