“I never gave up my dream; I expanded and developed my portfolio further”

“I have been interested in games since I was 6, but the dream to make games as a career only arose at the end of my secondary school. Then I played “Alone In The Dark”: a game with fantastic music, a beautiful appearance and a good story. That inspired me to do the training to become a “Game Artist”.

Finding a job in this field turned out to be quite a challenge. I moved from Belgium to the Netherlands because there are more opportunities here, but here too it turned out to be difficult. I worked in the kitchen for 3 years because I could not find a suitable job. But I never gave up my dream; I expanded and developed my portfolio further and that has paid off. I was able to do an internship at Mindgame for a month and was offered a job. After 3.5 years I am still here with great pleasure!

I have now done many projects at Mindgame, but I like the illustration projects where I can design my own world and have carte blanche the most. For example, we made The Plant Optimizer; a project that I am still very happy with. Of course, the world must be in line with the philosophy of the client. If that works well and the customer responds enthusiastically, I am happy!

Even after 3.5 years I am still challenged to expand my styles and develop myself. Our visual style has developed enormously over the past 3 years, so that every project has its own look and feel. I would also like to do this for entertainment games in the future, so that Mindgame offers serious gaming and entertainment gaming. ”