KAYO | portfolio
I’m a multidisciplinary creator interested in building original worlds, inventing characters and exploring stories that emerge between them.I develop ideas, bring people together and guide creative projects from concept to finished projects.
MY PRINCIPLES
Curiosity comes first.
I love exploring the unknown, asking questions, and discovering unexpected connections. Every project is an opportunity to find something I haven’t seen and done before.
Ideas are meant to be brought to life.
I enjoy the entire creative journey: from the first spark of an idea to making the decisions, experiments, and putting hands-on work that turn it into an experience.
Playfulness and depth belong together.
I believe a project can be a little bit childish-like and full of wonder while still having something meaningful to say.
I love creating places that feel alive — where the environment has its own character and every interaction can lead to a discovery.
My projects are always about playful characters and unusual settings. It all brings me the joy of exploring the unknown and I dream to bring to people the same feeling about my work.
MY WORK
For me, a great team is built on trust and kindness, understaning and support, fun and a shared excitement for what we’re making. I want to challenge each other’s ideas, learn from each other and create worlds that none of us could have imagined alone.
I’m happy to say I’ve had lots of such opportunities while working with people on my game projects.
WAKO
2.5D side‑scroller game about a monkey named Wako, who must sneak onto a pirate ship to meet its Captain.My main role here — creator and producer.Firstly, I came up with the concept and setting and then developed the brief for the visual style for the art team. I organized and documented the calls with team, provided them with feedback, led weekly sprints and monitored task completion.As a programmist I also worked in the engine (UE5) — all animation BPs were on me, I did some polishing and bug fixing, partially coding mechanics.Our team participated in gamedesign festival «HORIZON OF INDI CULTURE» with our project. We received lots of feedback, and WAKO is available to play!
ROBOMONKE
Isometric 2D/3D game about Macaque and the Robot she created. The goal of the game is to reach the largest hot spring and defeat the Boss who has captured it.Monkeys are my favourite animals, so I was blessed to find another person who shares the same interests. My project partner and I created the original idea. In this game I took gamedesign and coding role.I fully worked with code and engine — integrated in UE5 every art asset, hand-made by co-author, and made all of the game mechanics and enemy AI logic to work properly.ROBOMONKE is complete at the initial build stage.
LOSTIE-DUCKLINGS
Adventure 3D game with puzzle elements about a Mother Duck who is trying to find all the Ducklings lost during the storm and protect them from natural dangers. Reach a safe place — the Lighthouse!Here I am a team lead, a coder, and a technical artist.Again I did all calls organization and project documentation and every week I managed team task trecker and monitored its completion.I made a significant contribution by coding the main mechanics of the characters: the Mother Duck and her Ducklings. It was decided to write the logic for the ducklings using an AI system. I set up animated blueprints for the characters, and also created and connected 10 types of Niagara Particle System and 1 Cascade Particle System for wind gusts.
You can play the LOSTIE-DUCKLINGS and help Mother Duck to save her Ducklings!
PERSONAL WORK
I’ve also been developing an original fictional universe for 7 years. This is a piece of work of mine where I try to tell a personal story through characters, plot and visual experiments.
I’m looking for curious, open-minded people who are excited to explore and build something that feels truly their own.
If you love making things and turning bold ideas into real experiences, I’d love to meet you.
LET’S CREATE TOGETHER
Ekaterina Kim,
kainilee55@gmail.com
