Full Cycle Game Academy

Innovative game development education specializing in Unreal Engine. Founded by Gamecan.

Meet our Instructors

Vahab is a game designer with 8+ years of experience in the game industry. He’s work experience isn’t just limited to game design, but has experience in game development, level design and production management, He has been teaching all aspects of game development for 4 years. He has been working with Unreal Engine since 2018 and he feels that it’s the best game engine he has ever seen!

Cristian is a System Engineer with more than 4 years of experience as an Unreal Engine Programmer. With a strong background in Research and Software Development, he decided to pursue his dream of making games and moved to Europe to work with AA and AAA games. Currently, he works as a consultant and has been certified by Epic Games as an Unreal Authorized Instructor.

César has 20 years of experience in film and commercials, specializing in post-production, VFX, and motion graphics. In 2020, he transitioned to the videogame industry, starting with Tetris Beat, and became captivated by game engines, particularly Unreal Engine by Epic Games. As a passionate generalist in Unreal, he expanded his expertise to Real Time VFX in 2021, utilizing tools like Niagara, shaders, blueprints, Houdini, After Effects, and Substance Designer. Certified as an Authorized Unreal Instructor in 2023, César continuously explores new techniques to enhance his workflow.

Ronnie is an experienced Game Producer with a passion for video games. He has worked on notable projects such as The Last of Us, Battlefield 2042, and Diablo 2: Resurrected, bringing his expertise in web development, 2D & 3D Game Art, and business development to the table. he has also supported local game industries as an IGDA board member in the Philippines and has worked with a few award-winning indie studios. Now based in Estonia, he continues to inspire and innovate in the world of gaming

Marten loves building teams that allow people to fulfill their personal and professional dreams. Strategizing and executing bold ideas is a major passion of his and he’s always looking for like-minded people to create something amazing with! For this reason, he’s been fortunate enough to work in the game industry for the past 9 years, getting to work with some of the most wonderful minds he has ever come across. Combining his passions for video games and business development has been a great journey of failing fast, learning faster, and getting that juicy XP, which has led him to manage a team of 50+ brilliant people in Gamecan.

Abhilash is a Game Producer focusing on attention to minor details. He has 7+ years of experience building high performance teams from scratch while also having worked on a video game recommendation engine with a focus on player motivation and monitoring trends in the games industry. Prior game design knowledge that allows him to understand mechanics and game design and contribute to the overall design process while keeping in mind budget and production constraints. Now based in Estonia, he continues to inspire on motivating and building high performance development teams for the games industry.

Obiwan, a skilled programmer with a track record of success in managing complex projects across a range of platforms. With 5 years of experience in VR, Android, and PC development, He has honed his skills in Unreal Engine, technical art pipelines, and management pipelines. His expertise in these areas has made him a go-to person for clients and colleagues alike. As a team leader, he has managed teams of more than 5 developers, overseeing all aspects of the development process and ensuring that projects are delivered on time and to a high standard. He has now come to Parnu from Brazil in the pursuit of his dream to make games of the highest quality.

Arnold is an Electronic Engineer with 3 years of experience working as an Unreal Engine Programmer. He started off as a researcher for three years but decided to become a game programmer following his passion for games. Currently, he is part of a great team working on a AAA game using Unreal Engine, and getting ready for even greater challenges.

An is a passionate game developer who started his journey with Unreal Engine in 2015. With his experience in a 4 year Computer Science course, he’s been exposed to many aspects of the IT worlds such as Software development, Deep learning and Computer vision. However, his true passion for making games never fades away as he constantly self taught himself to program in Unreal Engine throughout the course period and then decided to fly to Estonia all the way from Viet Nam in 2023 to follow his dream.

Margus is an experienced and skilled music producer with a focus on high-quality audio production. He has been producing music for eight years and has expertise in using digital audio workstations like FL Studio and Ableton Live. Margus is committed to achieving professional sound quality and has the ability to fully immerse himself in his work to meet his high standards.

With a background in technical sound design, Paul has been working in the industry for two years and also has five years of experience as a music producer and sound designer. He believes that creating the right emotional response through sound effects and music is crucial in game audio. His go to tools for sound design, music production and implementation are Fruity Loops Studio and Unreal Engine.

Tõnu is an experienced sound designer and music producer who has worked in the industry for over 5 years and has a passion for experimenting with sounds. He uses Fruity Loops as his main tool and knows his way around in Unreal Engine when needed. Tõnu’s expertise in music and game audio allows him to create music and sound effects that effectively captures the desired emotions in listeners.

Kermo is a Level Designer who started out as a hobbyist in 2014 at just 13 years of age. After getting familiar with the Source engine, the transition to Unreal Engine was quick when he joined forces with other passionate developers and designers in the gaming industry. Since then, he has branched out into the broader Game Design field and hopes to spark the same passion that he has for creating games in others as well.

Patricio is a huge enthusiast of video games and Unreal Engine. Starting studying Digital games design in 2018 moved him to learn a variety of engines and softwares related to the game development pipeline. Worked as an assistant instructor in Unreal Engine courses made him able to become an Authorized instructor. Recently moved from Chile to Pärnu to pursue his goal to become a great game designer.

Yuri has been in the industry for the last 9 years, seven of them at Ringtail Studios. As a technical artist, he is responsible for creating automation scripts and add-ons for projects and also acts as a typical 3D artist. This means that it helps with automating big data related to modeling, baking, and texturing models. He often works as a mentor to new artists, teaching them the basics of Blender and helping them solve problems early in their careers. His ambition is to bring this new talent to the industry and develop his own skills.

Gamecan is a rapidly growing game development studio based in Pärnu, Estonia. We specialize in Unreal Engine.

With our fast growth it’s been a challenge to find new talent as fast as we’d like to expand our team and we see that the problem is increasing globally. More and more Unreal Engine specialists are needed in the game industry as the engine is quickly growing in popularity.

This, and the mission to develop the game development scene in Estonia, is what led us to creating Full Cycle Game Academy and we are really excited to welcome new students to our academy!

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