Experience
AI Full-Stack Developer Apprenticeship
Asah led by Dicoding
Open to engineering opportunities
Dio Stania Adinata
Game Designer & Software Engineer— building systems, exploring the craft.
I design player-centric game systems and build robust software, bridging interactive media with rigorous software engineering.
About
From game systems to software systems.
Detail-oriented Game Designer bridging interactive media with rigorous software engineering principles. Demonstrated success in designing scalable gameplay systems and functional prototypes, earning finalist placements in national competitions. Leverages technical expertise in Python, C++, and cross-platform development within Unity to build robust, player-centric game architectures.
I started in Game Technology at Politeknik Elektronika Negeri Surabaya, where I learned to think about systems, gameplay, interaction, and user experience. My previous portfolio was anchored on educational games, focusing on building playful, structured experiences for elementary and middle-school students as part of a Game for Education and Cultural Heritage programme. Two of these projects reached the finals of KMIPN 2025 and the Top 60 of Gameseed 2025.
That foundation of modelling a problem, designing a playable system, and iterating until it feels right turned out to be exactly what software engineering requires. I applied these principles to build real systems, including a full-stack personal bookkeeping platform (Spring Boot, MyBatis, Vue, Element Plus, MySQL) during a Software Production Internship. I also developed quantitative-finance projects that implement Modern Portfolio Theory and options pricing from numerical first principles.
Game development remains a core part of my technical identity. However, I have expanded my focus into broader software engineering, full-stack systems, and quantitative finance, allowing me to continuously explore the most interesting technical problems in front of me.
- Current role
- Software Engineer
- Interests
- Software · Quant · FinTech · Games · Data
- Education
- D4 Game Technology · PENS
- Based in
- Indonesia
Career & Education
How I've evolved.
A single timeline spanning education, professional experience, and key milestones — most recent first.
- 2026
- 2026
Education
International ExchangeStudent Exchange, Computer Software Engineering
International student exchange in Computer Software Engineering — studying software engineering in a cross-cultural academic environment at an internationally recognised Chinese university.
- 2026
Achievement
Shandong University of Science and Technology Student Exchange Awardee
Shandong University of Science and Technology
Selected as a student exchange awardee for Shandong University of Science and Technology.
2025 International exchange at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Singapore — recipient of the Temasek Foundation Award for ITE SCALE Programme 2025.
- 2025
Achievement
Gameseed 2025: Top 60 (Wacky Whackers)
Gameseed
Reached the Top 60 at Gameseed 2025 with Wacky Whackers, a first-person exploration game with turn-based combat built in Unity.
- 2025
Achievement
Temasek Foundation Award: ITE SCALE Programme 2025
Temasek Foundation
Recipient of the Temasek Foundation Award for the ITE SCALE Programme 2025, an internationally recognised exchange and development initiative.
- 2024
Experience
Junior Game Designer
Game for Education and Cultural Heritage
Designed science-based educational games for elementary and middle-school students, contributing from the game design document through gameplay testing and performance optimisation.
2023 Four-year diploma program focused on the technical and design foundations of game development — programming, game systems, level design, and the production pipeline that turns a concept into a playable build.
Skills
What I work with.
A working set of languages, frameworks, and tools — grouped by where they show up in my projects.
Game Design & Development
Engines, design craft, and the systems-thinking side of building games.
- Game Design
- Narrative Design
- Unity
- C#
- Gameplay Systems
- Level Design
- Procedural Generation
- Multiplayer Synchronization
Programming Languages
Primary languages used across projects, coursework, and professional work.
- Python
- Java
- C#
- TypeScript
- SQL
Full-Stack Web Development
End-to-end web systems — interfaces, APIs, and data persistence.
- Vue 3
- Spring Boot
- FastAPI
- React / Next.js
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MyBatis
- Tailwind CSS
Data, AI & Tools
Data analysis, quantitative modeling, AI integration, and development tooling.
- AI / Machine Learning
- Streamlit
- Pandas & NumPy
- SciPy
- Apache ECharts & Plotly
- Git & Docker
Soft Skills
How I work with teams and communicate ideas.
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Problem Solving
- Team Leadership
- Public Speaking
Featured Work
Projects.
The strongest evidence of what I build. Divided into my current direction (software engineering and quantitative finance) and my heritage (game development).
Current direction
Software & Quantitative Finance
Where I'm heading — full-stack systems, numerical methods, and the engineering behind real financial software.
Actura
An enterprise-grade actuarial platform bridging the gap between complex risk mathematics and modern UI/UX.
- Python
- Vue 3
- FastAPI
- Docker
- PostgreSQL
Book-it-quick
A full-stack, enterprise-grade personal bookkeeping and financial analytics platform developed during an intensive 2-week Software Production Internship.
- Spring Boot
- Java 25
- Vue 3
- MyBatis
- MySQL
Stock Portfolio Optimizer
An interactive quantitative finance web application engineered to compute optimal asset allocations using Modern Portfolio Theory.
- Python
- Streamlit
- SciPy (SLSQP)
- Modern Portfolio Theory
- Plotly
Heritage
Game Development
Where I started — game technology and game design, the foundation for my systems-thinking and the way I approach complex software today.
Gameseed 2025: Top 60
Wacky Whackers: The Ultimate Stick Battle
A quirky exploration and turn-based stick-battling game (Top 60 national placement at Gameseed 2025), playable on Itch.io.
Tech Stack
Unity
- First-Person Exploration
- Stick Appraisal
- Turn-Based Combat
- Unity
- C#
- First-Person
- Turn-Based Combat
- Exploration
KMIPN 2025 Finalist
Makan Siang Bergizi
A two-player cooperative online simulation game about cooking and nutrition management (KMIPN 2025 finalist).
Tech Stack
Unity
- Online Cooperative Play
- Cooking & Nutrition Management
- Asymmetric Gameplay
- Unity
- C#
- Online Co-op
- Asymmetric Gameplay
- Simulation
Moon Sky
A high-octane 2.5D vertical mobile arcade shooter featuring gesture-based navigation and bullet-time mechanics.
Tech Stack
Unity
- Gesture-Based Navigation
- Bullet-Time Evading
- Weapon Switching
- Unity
- C#
- Mobile
- 2.5D
- Shmup
Project: Save Planet
A cozy exploration game with a robot protagonist, built on a narrative framework in Unity.
Tech Stack
Unity
- Narrative Framework
- Cozy Exploration
- Unity
- C#
- Adventure
- Narrative
- Exploration
Experience
Where I've worked.
Internships, programs, and other professional work — listed most recent first.
AI Full-Stack Developer Apprenticeship
Asah led by Dicoding
Aug 2026 — Present
- Selected for Asah, an AI full-stack developer apprenticeship program led by Dicoding.
- Building production-oriented full-stack applications with integrated AI capabilities across the stack.
- Completing rigorous professional technical and soft skills training for future career development.
- Python
- AI / Machine Learning
- Full-Stack Web Development
Junior Game Designer
Game for Education and Cultural Heritage
Jun 2024 — Jan 2025
Surabaya, Indonesia
Designed science-based educational games for elementary and middle-school students, contributing from the game design document through gameplay testing and performance optimisation.
- Developed a comprehensive Game Design Document (GDD) covering mechanics, systems, and content for science-based educational games.
- Conducted gameplay testing sessions and iterated on mechanics based on player feedback.
- Optimized game performance to keep the experience smooth on target hardware.
- Unity
- C#
- Game Design
Achievements
Recognition.
Competitions, milestones, and other notable results — verified and on the record.
- 2025
Top 60
Gameseed 2025
Reached the Top 60 at Gameseed 2025 with Wacky Whackers, a first-person exploration game with turn-based combat built in Unity.
Gameseed - 2026
Awardee
Shandong University of Science and Technology
Selected as a student exchange awardee for Shandong University of Science and Technology.
Shandong University of Science and Technology - 2025
Awardee
Temasek Foundation · ITE SCALE
Recipient of the Temasek Foundation Award for the ITE SCALE Programme 2025, an internationally recognised exchange and development initiative.
Temasek Foundation
Contact
Want to build something together?
I'm open to software engineering roles, internships, and serious project collaborations. The fastest way to reach me is email — feel free to add context about what you're working on.
Currently
Open to engineering opportunities
Particularly interested in roles that combine software engineering with quantitative finance, FinTech, or systems work. Happy to chat about internships, new-grad, or short-term project collaborations.
Based in Indonesia. Open to remote and relocation.