We are a video game and hardware developer established in 2017 and based in Zagreb, Croatia.
ABOUT US
We develop a diverse range of products, including both games and gaming hardware. Our game development efforts began with our series of interactive comics, but have since branched of into both retro-styled action games, with Speed Limit and Midwintar, and large-scale narrative-driven adventure games, with Trip the Ark Fantastic and Professor Balthasar.
ABOUT US
We develop a diverse range of products, including both games and gaming hardware. Our game development efforts began with our series of interactive comics, but have since branched of into both retro-styled action games, with Speed Limit and Midwintar, and large-scale narrative-driven adventure games, with Trip the Ark Fantastic and Professor Balthasar.
On the hardware front, we are currently developing our own arcade gaming system, the Gamechuck Arcade, inspired by the coin-operated gaming machines of the ‘80s and ’90.
Our games and products have been nominated and/or awarded on many international events, some of which are: Filmteractive Warsaw, AZPlay Bilbao, Casual Connect London, Unfold Games Festival, ARCA, Zagreb Desing Week, and many more...
We also often take up interesting projects that combine gaming and social innovation and have worked on AR, VR, simulations, apps, games and hardware for various museums, NGOs and various international projects on themes such as education, inclusion, anthropology and even philosophy.
We were the first studio from Croatia selected by the prestigious Creative Europe fund back in 2019, and have also been recognized and supported by the City of Zagreb, the Ministry of Culture in Croatia, and various international cultural institutions such as Goethe Institute, Institute Français, Confucius Institute and many more.
We want to keep on making the things we love in a sustainable and productive environment, so we are working hard to foster a healthy gamedev culture - both inside and outside our offices.
On the hardware front, we are currently developing our own arcade gaming system, the Gamechuck Arcade, inspired by the coin-operated gaming machines of the ‘80s and ’90.
Our games and products have been nominated and/or awarded on many international events, some of which are: Filmteractive Warsaw, AZPlay Bilbao, Casual Connect London, Unfold Games Festival, ARCA, Zagreb Desing Week, and many more...
We also often take up interesting projects that combine gaming and social innovation and have worked on AR, VR, simulations, apps, games and hardware for various museums, NGOs and various international projects on themes such as education, inclusion, anthropology and even philosophy.
We were the first studio from Croatia selected by the prestigious Creative Europe fund back in 2019, and have also been recognized and supported by the City of Zagreb, the Ministry of Culture in Croatia, and various international cultural institutions such as Goethe Institute, Institute Francais, Confucius Institute and many more.
We want to keep on making the things we love in a sustainable and productive environment, so we are working hard to foster a healthy gamedev culture - both inside and outside our offices.
HERE ARE THE VALUES WE ARE COMMITTED TO:
SHARING IS CARING
We are the first game devleopment company in Croatia with a standing collective agreement, which, among other things, states that 10% of the company profits is shared among all workers equally.
GIVING FULL CREDIT
We give credit where credit is due - everyone who worked on our projects, whether part time or full time is credited, even if a person worked for a very short time and/or is no longer at Gamechuck. See below.
NO CRUNCH
We’re staunchly anti-crunch: our project timelines always include a safety margin for prototyping, testing and debugging to avoid any last-minute panic.
UNION FRIENDLY
Most of our employees are unionized, and we encourage them to be, as we work closely with our union representatives to build a fair and sustainable workplace.
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
We plan to keep 50% of our profits in the company as a buffer for rainy days, to avoid the practice of layoffs after a bad financial year.
CHAMPIONING OPEN-SOURCE
We have been sponsors of several open source game development tools, and in 2021 have even released a fully public domain videogame using Godot, Krita and inkle (all of which we financially sponsored and contributed to) which you can check out on Github and on Steam as "Monster Adventure".
PROMOTING EDUCATION
We often hold education programs that promote game development, as well as lectures and workshops on GameDev MeetUps. We also collaborate with the University of Zagreb on game development programs, and on educational programs including upskilling (the Skills Power project) and edutainment (with the Udruga Roda NGO).
REGULAR GAMECHUCKERS
Aleksandar Gavrilović
Managing Director
Current CEO, also programmer and writer for All You Can Eat, The Lot, Trip the Ark Fantastic
Igor Kolar
Co-founder
Art director for Speed Limit, artist for All You Can Eat, vApe Escape and The Lot, industrial designer for Gamechuck Arcades
Lucija Pilić
Business Development
Business development and PR for Gamechuck
Vanja Karanović
Dragon
Programmer for Speed Limit, Trip the Ark Fantastic and our Interactive Comics Engine.
Also has a new OP PC
Jurica Cvetko
Pixel Artist
Pixel artist for our new project Midwintär, Speed Limit and developer of retro games for Gamechuck Arcades
Matija Malatestinić
Sound Designer, Project Manager
Matija makes awesome music for our games, and also leads the Midwintär production
Igor Gajić
Marketing / CM
Marketing and community management for Gamechuck
Zlatko Druško
Artist
Concept Artist for Trip the Ark Fantastic
Ivana Radić
Animator
2D animator for Trip the Ark Fantastic
Serena Vanić
Artist
Character artist for Trip the Ark Fantastic
Martin Šoštar
Programmer
Our new programmer for Midwintär
Tomislav Jukica
Programmer
Our new programmer for Midwintär
Marin Radišić
Artist
Our new Artist for various projects
Bruno Banić
Programmer
Programmer for our upcoming Super Nintendo Game (yeah)
Stjepan Mateljan
Level Designer
Level Designer for our upcoming title Midwintär
ASSOCIATE GAMECHUCKERS
Zvonimir Barać
Animator
Cartographer project
Sven Nemet
Illustrator
Professor Balthazar project
Noemi Rebić
Colouring
Professor Balthazar project
Branko Teslić
Storyboard
Professor Balthazar project
Siniša Bahun
Story
Various projects
Brothers Gašparac
Game and level design
Various projects
Fenton Hutson
Composer
Classical composer for Midwintär and Trip the Ark Fantastic
GAMECHUCKERS WHO WORKED WITH US ON VARIOUS PROJECTS
Piet Bronders
Programmer
Programmer for Midwintär and Trip the Ark Fantastic
Jan Juračić
Writer / Game Designer
Writer and game designer for our projects Midwintär, and our previous games vApe Escape, Speed Limit and Trip the Ark Fantastic
Karlo Koščal
Programmer
Programmer for Speed Limit and other projects
Sara Pranjić
Programmer
Prototype programmer on various Gamechuck projects
Sanja Kolaj
Artist
Background Artist for Trip the Ark Fantastic
Julia Metzger
Artist
Additional art for Trip the Ark Fantastic
Zlati Hrček
Translator
French translation for All You Can Eat
Filip Fučić
Market Analysis
Worked on market analysis for Gamechuck
Dominik Bošnjak
Video Editor
Recorded and edited Speed Limit dev diaries
Fran Strukan
Artist
Art for The Sidekick interactive comic
Dora Klindžić
Writer
Story for Cosmonaut's Construct interactive comic
Riccardo Rossi
Artist
Art for Cosmonaut's Construct interactive comic
Boris Vuković
Writer
Story for The Sidekick interactive comic
Matko Vukomanović
Programmer
Programmer of retro games for Gamechuck Arcades (Summer 2019)
Munzesky Game Studios
Game Studio
Video game studio for The Heist interactive comic
Mia Modrić
Marketing / Finance
Marketing and finance assistant (Summer 2019)
Ana Sundji
Programmer
Programmer of retro games for Gamechuck Arcades (Summer 2019)
Matija Vigato
Artist
Artist for Interactive Empathy projects
Helena Hrženjak
Programmer
Programmer of retro games for Gamechuck Arcades (Summer 2019)
Juraj Marko Zerovnik
Classical composer
Classical composer for Sinjska Alka projects
Josip Mimica
Composer
Composer for Interactive Empathy projects
Marija Vukšić
Proofreading
English Proofreading for various projects
Andrea Pleša
Writer
Writer for Interactive Empathy projects
Alma Trtovac
Creator
Creator of Interactive Empathy projects
Zeno Žokalj
Associate
Info Gamer 2019 booth management
Indienova at Project Guttenberg
Translation
Chinese translation for All You Can Eat
Jana Krpina
Proofreading
Chinese Proofreading for All You Can Eat
Sergey Vendenskiy
Proofreading
Russian proofreading for All You Can Eat and vApe Escape
Nikita Titov
Translation
Russian translation for All You Can Eat and vApe Escape
Pavle Lendler
Midwintär QA
Summer 2021, Midwintär QA
ImperatorRicardo
Translation
German translation for vApe Escape
Maksimilijan Gečević
Artist
UI for Trip the Ark Fantastic
Xilreon
Discord Bot Admin
Discord Bot Administrator
Maria Cvetkovski
Midwintär additional art
Summer 2021, Midwintär additional art
Timon Popović
Programmer
Programmer for Midwintär
Krunoslav Gregorec
Programmer
Kruno was our programmer who worked on various projects
Luka Radivoj
Level Designer
Level Design for our upcoming title Midwintär
Warren Dikson
Business development
Developing a business plan for Gamechuck Arcades
Andrej Mrkonjić
Programmer
Our former programmer