Hi! I’m Ömer Faruk Günalan
Welcome to my career website as Creative Game Designer!
As a passionate Game and Narrative Designer with a background in Computer Engineering, I bring a strong blend of creative storytelling and technical expertise.
My experience spans across multiple projects, including MMOFPS and MMORPG titles, where I’ve crafted intricate storylines, designed engaging gameplay mechanics, and collaborated with development teams to optimize systems and tools. With a focus on enhancing player experience and maintaining high-quality standards, I’ve worked on everything from game design documentation to narrative elements, UX optimization, and advanced systems balancing.
These experiences have refined my problem-solving approach, system design skills, and attention to detail, allowing me to develop efficient systems that support both creative vision and seamless player experiences.
You can access to my past works through the ‘Portfolio‘ link in my resume. You can quickly access my resume by clicking the ‘Download Resume‘ button at the top right.
Scope of Work
Game Design
Writing detailed and comprehensive GDDs, which include many mechanics and systems, developing spreadsheets; prototyping, balancing and testing systems with tools for developer team.
Narrative Design
Writing gameplay-driven fictional main stories and character arcs; developing narrative structures, dialogue flows and interactive storytelling techniques; designing quests, events, worldbuilding, and trailer scenarios.
Project, Process and Team Management
Combining experience from Game Design-mechanics, balancing and player experience-with project, process, and team management. Focused on coordination, workflow optimization, finding optimal solutions, and maintaining creative vision within production.
What is my idea of happiness?
“Apart from the values, we believe in, the only purpose of life and labor is to live a happier life and to transfer this happiness to future generations. I don’t need any ideas or events to be happy. As long as I live and my efforts pay off, I am already happy. But if I have a concern for life or my efforts, I become unhappy.”
Ömer Faruk Günalan
From the interview by The Hero’s of Journey in 2022
“Passion for games is a must for those who want to enter this sector. Stay away from ways and methods where you will lose your passion. If you do not lose your passion, you will enjoy every moment of your work as if you were spending time with your loved ones.”
Ömer Faruk Günalan
From the news titled “How young Turks ushered in a gaming revolution in Türkiye” by TRT World in 2023
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