Ertugrul Akay
Engineer Grade 2 at Playground Games
Royal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolErtugrul Akay is an experienced gameplay engineer with 11 years in the games industry, currently an Engineer Grade 2 at Playground Games after progressive engineering roles at Ubisoft Leamington and TaleWorlds. He holds an MSc in Computer Science from Queen Mary University of London and a BSc in Computer Engineering from Bilkent University, blending strong academic foundations with hands-on game development. His background spans campaign systems for Mount & Blade II and senior gameplay responsibilities at Ubisoft, showing a knack for shipping complex systems across large-scale titles. Early internships in GIS tools and browser/mobile game prototypes illustrate his practical curiosity across tooling and game tech. Colleagues describe him as a steady, technically versatile engineer who advances quickly through roles while keeping a developer-first focus on gameplay quality and systems design.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Degree Computer Engineering, Bachelors Degree Computer Engineering at Bilkent UniversityDiploma (TED Ankara College) Mathematics and Physics HL, Diploma (TED Ankara College) Mathematics and Physics HL at International BaccalaureateMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Queen Mary University of LondonHigh School Diploma Mathematics and Physics Section, High School Diploma Mathematics and Physics Section at TED Ankara Koleji
English, Turkish, JapaneseProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Kaxell/TabletopGames
Apr 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:29 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
Kaxell/kaxell-is-best
Feb 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:1 push in 6 months
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