Game Dev Day 2025 Speakers
Adam Barnes
Narrative & Game Designer
Adam Barnes
Narrative & Game Designer
Adam has been working in the industry for over 15 years covering a wide number of roles, everything from games journalism to marketing and community management. Nowadays as a game and narrative designer he helps bring worlds to life, combining game systems with story, lore and narrative in Kite Games’ Sudden Strike 5.
Ádám Bánóczki
Senior Programmer
Ádám Bánóczki
Senior Programmer
Ádám has been working in the gaming industry for 7.5 years, currently holding a sub-lead position at Climax Studios, where he leads a small team. His responsibilities include gameplay and tool programming, code and world optimization, mediation between teams, and process planning. Before Climax Studios, he worked at Primal Game Studio, including on the development of Mandragora.
Zsombor Bencsik
Audio Designer
Zsombor Bencsik
Audio Designer
Zsombor Bencsik is a Unreal Engine audio enthusiast with a passion for high-quality sound design and technical implementation, exploring advanced systems that bring interactivity and immersion to life. He worked on Zero Caliber, a VR shooter where he focused on enhancing immersion and impact through unique audio solutions for VR. He contributed to multiple room-scale VR arcade games, each presenting its own challenges. He also worked on Gambit VR, a story-driven shooter with a strong emphasis on narration, music, and characters. Currently, he is working on an unannounced large-scale VR project, where he pushes VR sound and Unreal's native audio engine to its limits.
Dániel Berényi
GPU Software Engineer
Dániel Berényi
GPU Software Engineer
Dani has been working on GPU-related technologies for about 15 years, from education to research and standards to various applications. However, he likes to see implementations be fast and efficient. He is currently working with the geofront e. U. team on algorithms and optimizations for image processing and web rendering solutions.
Jakab Zsófia
Miniszteri biztos / Vezérigazgató
Jakab Zsófia
Miniszteri biztos / Vezérigazgató
Jakab Zsófia, kreatívipar fejlesztéséért és ágazati koordinációjáért felelős miniszteri biztos, a Magyar Divat & Design Ügynökség vezérigazgatója
Csaba Berényi
Managing Director
Csaba Berényi
Managing Director
Csaba has been working in the games industry for over 25 years, starting his career as a co-founder of Clever’s, working on titles such as Screamer 4x4. He later moved to the UK, where he worked on engine and backend systems at Codemasters and Activision. In 2016, he founded Sponge Hammer, a fully remote co-dev studio specializing in supporting indie, AA and AAA projects. In addition to client work, he also leads his own IP development: Flatstone Grove has been released, while The Drifting Crown is currently in production.
Zoltán Pozsonyi
Founder & Studio Head
Zoltán Pozsonyi
Founder & Studio Head
Zoltán is a founding member and head of NeocoreGames studio. As a producer and graphic design manager, he has brought such games to success as the King Arthur series, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing trilogy and Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr. He has over two decades of gaming experience in the market and is a believer in organic growth. He is currently overseeing the development of NeocoreGames' new, more ambitious and biggest game ever.
András Fórizs
Founder & CEO
András Fórizs
Founder & CEO
András has been working as a game designer for 8 years, starting his career in Gameloft's Budapest office in 2017. He then joined the team at Hutch Games in London, where he worked on the development of the mobile game F1 Clash. The world of mobile games has always been his focus, and he gained his experience and professional knowledge in this field. In 2024, he founded his own studio, Quest Lab, of which he currently works as the managing director. The company has several legs: it develops and publishes its own games, as well as creating commissioned projects for larger publishers.
Ádám Fülöp
Game Developer
Ádám Fülöp
Game DeveloperÁdám is the developer of the Sims 4 Multiplayer Mod and an indie game creator. He previously worked at Gameloft on international projects and co-founded the life simulation game Vivaland. He now focuses on his own indie projects, emphasizing efficiency and fast development pipelines to deliver high-quality games even with small teams and limited budgets.
János Gárdos
Concept Artist
János Gárdos
Concept Artist
János graduated from MOME with a degree in graphic design in 2007. He started his career as a concept artist around 2009 at Digital Reality, later joining mobile game studio Pocket Scientists. Since 2018, he has been working as a concept artist at Pixoloid.
Róbert Haáb
Unreal Technical Artist
Róbert Haáb
Unreal Technical ArtistRóbert began making games as a hobby, mainly creating textures for mods, and in 2019 he discovered Unreal Engine through a project. He soon realized that technical art was his true passion and has focused on mastering it ever since. Today, his main expertise lies in shaders and VFX, though he has gained experience in several areas as a freelancer. He contributed to Oblivion Remastered under Virtuos Games, where he worked on UI animations, shaders, and optimization—and he continues to work there today.
Dominik Kovács
Software Developer
Dominik Kovács
Software Developer
Dominik went from being a passionate gamer to a modder, reverse engineer, and eventually a professional game developer. A hardcore PC gamer for three decades, he still spends a lot of time playing competitive titles and unique indie games. As a game engine developer, he has worked on PC ports of Japanese fighting games like Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2, implemented multiplayer systems, optimized game engines, and most recently contributed to the Cyberpunk 2077 port for Nintendo Switch 2. He’s interested in all aspects of game development, from technical implementation to design, and often works on hobby projects exploring different areas of the craft.
Péter Meszlényi
Concept Artist, Illustrator
Péter Meszlényi
Concept Artist, Illustrator
Péter, alias "Hero", has been working in the video game industry for about 23 years as a concept artist, art director and in other roles. During his career, he has worked at studios such as Clevers Games, Digital Reality, Storm Region and Neocore. His major works include 7th Age, King Arthur 2 and the Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing series. He is currently working on the game Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime under the Spiritus Games banner as a world builder, concept artist, illustrator and art director.
Patrik Nagy
Game Developer
Patrik Nagy
Game DeveloperPatrik is a developer at Backrooms Media and SCP: Outbreak. He has worked with publishers, led a small team, and focuses on the Steam page and its marketing, ensuring the greatest reach for his games. He started his career as a university software developer, then gradually transitioned from hobby game development to full-time indie development through larger projects.
Viktória Fehér
Content Designer
Viktória Fehér
Content Designer
Viktória's career is defined by her passion for storytelling. After her studies, she worked on many exciting projects as a Narrative and Game Designer. Then, for the past two and a half years, she continued her career as a member of ZeniMax Online Studios Hungary, where as a Content Designer she was responsible for developing several missions in the annual expansions of Elder Scrolls Online.
Dániel Prokisch
Event Organizer; Game Designer
Dániel Prokisch
Event Organizer; Game Designer
A fine arts graduate from Dublin, Dániel has been working as a game designer and level designer for seven years and is currently part of the QuestLab team. He has contributed to mobile, PC, and VR games using various engines and has participated in over thirty game jams. He has been a member of the “One Game a Month” community from the beginning and has been one of its organizers since 2020, helping run monthly jam meetups and hosting interviews with indie developers.
Mateusz Szymoński
Technical Artist
Mateusz Szymoński
Technical Artist
Software engineer, maker, and jack-of-all-trades game developer with broad expertise, currently working as a technical artist at CD PROJEKT RED on The Witcher 4, co-funder of Sticky Piston Studios. Passionate about game development, with a focus on graphics rendering, tooling, and low-level engine architecture. A veteran of over 20 game jams and hackathons (and still counting) https://mattszymonski.com/ https://github.com/MattSzymonski
Zsolt Tolnai
Managing Partner, Digital Law Expert
Zsolt Tolnai
Managing Partner, Digital Law Expert
Zsolt (vagy ahogy mindenki hívja, Totó) a digitális iparágakra specializálódott TLF (Tolnai Law Firm) irodavezető ügyvédje, infokommunikációs szakjogász. Közel 20 éves szakmai tapasztalattal és egy remek csapattal (Kun Balázs ügyvéddel és Tarján Richárd ügyvédjelölttel) nyújt jogi támogatást startupoktól nemzetközi nagyvállalatokig elsősorban a szoftverjog, az adatvédelmi jog és az e-kereskedelmi jog területén. Fiatalon évekig programozónak is tanult. Aktív gamer, ahogy mindenki más a TLF csapatában.
Nicolás Tornatti Ceballos
Game Designer
Nicolás Tornatti Ceballos
Game Designer
Nico is a game designer with several years of experience working on both in-house and outsourcing game projects. Having collaborated in small and medium-sized teams and across varied projects, he’s explored many different branches of game design over the years. He’s always looking for new ways to stay curious and creative, whether in his work or personal projects. Outside of games, you’ll usually find him napping with his cats, experimenting with screenprinting, or playing music.
Zsolt Várady
Blogger, Game Developer
Zsolt Várady
Blogger, Game Developer
Zsolt started the Hungame.blog in 2017, which he has been creating as a hobby ever since. The site collects game data sheets, interviews and podcasts related to Hungarian game development. He has also been working as a game developer for ten years, and is currently working on the immersive sim Retrospace as a member of the TWG team.
Zubán Dániel Rafael
VFX/CGI/SCAN Supervisor
Zubán Dániel Rafael
VFX/CGI/SCAN Supervisor
A Clear Angle Studios Hungary ügyvezető igazgatója és a RafilmVFX alapítója, 25 éves tapasztalattal a filmes VFX, CGI és 3D techológiák területén. Filmes egyetemi óraadó. Több száz reklámban és Számtalan AAA-s filmben jegyzik, mint a Dune 1–3, Mission: Impossible, Star Wars - Andor, The Creator, Alien Romolus, Blade Runner 2049, Stranger Things stb. valamint számos hazai díjnyertes projektben. Szakterülete a VFX supervising és gyátás, a 3D scanning, élvonalbeli RnD, például volumetrikus szkennelés és AI filmes 3D megoldások fejlesztése. VP produkciókban az Astra Virtual core csapat tagja.
