Mario Carballo Zama

Info & Contact

CTO - Amano (06/2020–Present)

Small game studio by a couple of friends. I'm in charge of all programming and technical aspects of the company, and we have launched three PICO-8 games and one PlayDate game published by Panic

Core maintainer - INDI.ES (06/2017–Present)

I'm one of the core maintainers of one of the biggest game dev communities in Spanish, I helped with the data visualization for the Mexican games database and Mexican game studio database, and overall most of the INDI.ES website development.

Lead Front End Developer - Scalero (05/2020–04/2023)

My responsibilities included migrating all the applications from a Django code base to an SPA using React, implementing our custom desing system and building an interactive Email code editor.

Director - Farda (01/2020–04/2020)

Small indie game studio based in Mexico City farda.games farda.games

Lead Front End Developer - Aleph (2018–2020)

My responsibilities included implementing a custom design system for the platform, overall architecture for multiple data visualizations, including an interactive map built with WEBGL.

Game programmer - HyperBeard Games (2014–2017)

HyperBeard Games started as a two-person company in Mexico City. I was the third member to join the team, and we took it from a garage studio to one of the most successful game studios in Mexico, working on titles with over 10 million downloads. Some projects in which I was involved include:

Producer and host - Detrás del Pixel (2017–present)

Detrasdelpixel.com is a podcast about the Game development scene in Spanish, currently 34+ episodes have been released, where I talk with people from all over the world and about the different parts that involves the Game Development industry and what happens behind it.

Educator - Universidad Panamericana (2020) / Cocos School, Mexico (2018–2020)

  • Game Engines
  • Programming I
  • Web programming

Education

B.A. in Digital Animation and Minor in Project Administration at Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City.

For a more in-depth summary of the projects that are listed here, and my involvement visit https://ellugar.co