I studied Communication & Design at the Lusófona University in Lisbon and graduated in 2010. Soon after, I began working as a freelance Graphic Designer, 2D Artist and Animator. In 2012, I decided to pursue my passion for video games and studied Video Game Development at the Restart School, also in Lisbon.

In 2013, I started my career as a game developer, working as the Co-Creator and Art Director on a small indie game called Between Me and the Night. From there, I worked at Nerd Monkeys, Siscog, and 30 Parallel Games, taking on various roles and gaining multiple distinct and valuable skills along the way.

2022 - Present

Art Director, Producer, QA Coordinator, Musician and SFX Artist at 30 Parallel Games

Art Director, Producer, QA Coordinator, Musician and SFX Artist for Terra Alia VR: A Multilingual Adventure (Quest 2, Quest 3)
Art Director, Producer and QA Coordinator for Terra Alia: The Language Learning RPG (Switch Port)
Assistant Art Director and QA Coordinator for Terra Alia: The Language Learning RPG (PC)
Assistant Producer and QA Tester for Titanic: A Space Between (VR), in partnership with Globiss Interactive
QA Tester for Ocelot Sunrise (PC), in partnership with Costa Blanca Studios

2016 - 2022

QA Tester and Coordinator at Siscog - Optimization Software for Transport Operations

QA Coordinator for several Test Phases for London Underground
QA Coordinator for several Test Phases for Vy - Norwegian State Railways
QA Coordinator for several Test Phases for Via Rail Canada
QA Tester for DSB - Danish Railways
QA Tester for Medway - Iberia Freight Railways
QA Tester for Lisbon Metro
QA Tester for NS - Netherland Railways
QA Tester for VR - Finnish Railways

2016 - 2017

2D Artist and Animator at Nerd Monkeys

2D Artist and Animator for Unreleased Project

2015 - 2016

Teacher of 2D Animation at ETIC_Algarve

2013 - 2016

Co-Founder, Art Director and Producer at RainDance LX

Co-Creator, Assistant Game Designer, Art Director and Producer for Between Me and the Night (PC)

2010 - 2013

Graphic Designer, Illustrator and 2D Animator at Freelancer

Contact
joao.ortega.pereira@gmail.com