YAN BOENTE
Lead Director and "jack-of-all-trades" at KODINO Artes, based in São Paulo/SP 🇧🇷
I make creative games and music.
📞 +55 11 995280490 📧 yanboente@gmail.com 🌐 yanboente.com kofgdo
SOFTWARE
Game Programming
Godot
GameMaker Studio
Music Production
FL Studio
Audio Editing
Adobe Audition
Audacity
2D Art/Editing/Design
Video Editing
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Sony Vegas
DaVinci Resolve
Project Tools
Drive, Scrum etc
Other
Maya, Unity, Premiere etc
EXPERTISE
Creative Direction
Executive Production
EN <-> PT Translation
Presentation
Game Design
Systems Design
Level Design
GD Documentation
Game Programming
Prototyping
Mechanics Implementation
Multimedia Integration
Sound Design
Soundtrack Composition
Video Editing
Creative Writing
KEY PROJECTS AND PARTICIPATIONS
2025
Concierge
PC adventure game
Designed, programmed, soundtracked, wrote, produced and shipped publicly and critically acclaimed title on Steam. Worked alongside overseas voiceover talent, local freelance artists, my studio KODINO Artes and publisher Digital Tribe Games.
2024
SAMPA GAMES contest (3rd ed.)
Acceleration program
Passed public São Paulo city sponsored contest and participated in acceleration program, accruing R$45.000 in investment, experiencing industry mentorship, connecting with local developers and exhibiting Concierge at Gamescom LATAM.
2017
Playbor incubation contest (2nd ed.)
Pre-acceleration program
1st place (out of 20 contending studios) in government (Sebrae) sponsored contest with project Desert Rose. Participated in Playbor startup pre-acceleration program, accruing R$30.000 in investment and learning valuable market/pitching insight.
EDUCATION
2015 - 2019
Anhembi Morumbi University 🇧🇷
Bachelor's Degree in Game Design
Graduated 2019. Learned valuable skills in industry-adjacent areas of interest (programming, sound engineering, level design). Led, designed, documented and pitched group projects every semester, creating tabletop and digital games of varying genres/audiences which consistently received the class's highest marks.
2018
IADE Design School 🇵🇹
Exchange Program
Worked with other exchange students in English, leading multidisciplinary projects and designing/documenting a videogame for development by other non-industry undergrads. Strengthened classical design/UX skills and concepts. Lived overseas.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2018
Floresta Urbana 🇧🇷
Internship
Worked with environmental NGO, foreign CEO and local dev team to deliver game design, sound design, soundtrack and documentation for educational mobile game targetting low-income children. Restructured project to fit budget/time constraints.
2020 onwards
KODINO Artes 🇧🇷
Lead Director
Two-person studio focused on developing artistic, innovative and creative games. Creative lead, producer, game designer, programmer, composer, sound designer, writer and editor. Shipped critically acclaimed Concierge, partnered with local govt. sponsors and American publisher. Read more on our website, kodinoartes.com.