My full name is Ionatán Biniamin Maghidman, I go by ioni (pronounced EonE). Originally from Brazil, São Paulo, where I lived for 15 years (I am fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish). I'm based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where I have been living since 2017, now as a citizen of Australia. I graduated the bachelor of Games Design of RMIT University with high distinction in 2022.

During my second year of university, my group and I received the Dean's List Award for "excellence, critical inquiry, and collegiate teamwork on our group project, Lost in Train Station. Second Year University, 2021." Later, upon graduating, I received the Vice-Chancellor’s List Award, for "finishing in the top two per cent of RMIT higher education students in 2022." 

When I first started learning game development, I couldn't make my mind up for my main areas of interest, between 3D Art and Programming. Over time, I ended up fusing my interests into a career as a Technical Artist. Some of my main responsabilities include creating and maintaining art pipelines and implementation, shader and vfx programming, performance optimization and profiling, 3D sculpting and modelling, character rigging, etc.

I pride myself in being multidisciplinary between the world of art and code especially because it makes me a more effective communicator. Knowing how to tie all the separate technical aspects a game's production into a cohesive final product enables me to bridge the gap between different people with different specialties in a team.

As a person, I do best working with other people, even though I am perfectly capable of individual effort. I am clear with my words, but always strive to be considerate and kind when speaking. On the other end, I am also a strong listener who is receptive of feedback and who doesn't constructivism in bad faith. My friends describe me as "someone who loves communicating" (aka, I talk a lot lol).

In terms of what videogames I play, I like a wide range of genres, like RPGs, rougelikes, narrative adventures, horror, singleplayer shooters, etc. Here are some of my favourite games of all time in no particular order: Skyrim, Slay the Spire, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, The Binding of Isaac, Hades, Return of the Obra Dinn, Outer Wilds, The Talos Principle, etc. But outside videogames, I also looooove board games (especially those which involve social aspects) such as Dungeons and Dragons, One Night Werewolf, Coup, Catan, Sheriff of Nottingham, etc.

But outside of games, I enjoy spending my time reading books (especially dystopian fictions!), bouldering, playing music (guitar, can kinda sing), learning new languages (currently Japanese!), nature photography, and another endless list of other hobbies!

• 2022 - 2024: Garganta

  • • As the final year project for my bachelor of Games Design at RMIT, I developed a game called Garganta with 3 fellow students, which we continued after graduating, for a total of a little over 2 years of non full time development. I wore a lot of hats for this game, but predominantly Production and Technical Art. The full release is now on Steam. The game has also been displayed publicly in multiple notable events:

      • • • SXSW Sydney 2024 - Indie Showcase

          • PAX 2023 - Indie Showcase

          • Fortress 2023 - Lan Party

• 2021 December - 2022 March: Mighty Serious

  • • I interned in Mighty Serious during my time in University, where I aided the design team in the development of a training software for elderly care staff. I organized all the existing information into concise documentation, as well as finding new optimizations for future updates.

• 2020 - 2022: Mount Scopus Memorial College

  • • The start of my career was in education! I worked in a primary school for 2 years, where I ran a technology workshop, focused on showing kids the basics of useful tools available in an iPad, such as video editing, digital painting, introductory coding, etc. I owe lots of my communication skills to this experience, because as the saying goes: "If you can explain it to a child, you can explain it to anyone!"

• Game Engines:

  • • Unity

    • Unreal

    • Godot

• Broadcast Engines:

  • • Viz Artist

    • Xpression

• 3D Modelling and Sculpting:

  • • Blender

    • Maya

    • Zbrush

• Adobe Suite:

  • • Substance Painter

    • Photoshop

    • Illustrator

    • After Effects

    • Premiere

• Version Control:

  • • Sourcetree

    • GitLab

    • GitHub + GitHub Desktop

• Production:

  • • Confluence

    • Jira

    • Notion

    • Trello

• DAW:

  • • Reaper

• TV Broadcast Engines:

  • • VizRT

    • Xpression

• 2021 - 2022: Australian Union Of Jewish Students

  • • As Campaigns Officer, I participated on the state level committee of AUJS with fellow volunteer leaders. I was responsible for the creation of events aimed at engaging the Jewish students of all universities across Victoria. This included:

      • • • Brainstorming event ideas

          • Contacting and hiring service providers and venues

          • Managing guest numbers and invitation lists