Gunnar Clovis
Howdy, I'm a Game Developer
My name is Gunnar. I'm a game developer, inventor, and former game industry executive-type guy.
- I've worked in games since 2017. Most of my career was as an E2E games programmer, but most recently spent 4 years leading AAA business operations & project management. My AA, AAA & AAAA game credits include:
- Battlefield 6 (EA)
- Minecraft Legends & Minecraft UGC (Microsoft)
- King of Meat (Amazon Game Studios)
- TBA Roguelike Deckbuilder (Paradox Interactive)
- Toca Boca World & Toca Boca Days (Spin Master)
- Invincible: Doc Seismic Attacks & Invincible Fortnite UGC (Skybound Games)
- TBA Idle RPG in Major IP (Kabam)
- TBA Squad-Tactics game
- TBA Survival Horror Immersive Sim
I'm a game developer, but in addition, I host events, give lectures of game design, and participate in game jams. I've made hundreds of small games over the last ten years as a student, hobbyist, and professional, many of which can be found here.
I used to make a new game in three hours every week for an itch game jam, which is where most of these itch games came from.
I filed a patent in March 2020 for my innovative casino video poker game Bandito Poker, which I sold to DraftKings in January 2022.
Contact
Email me at gunnar.clovis@gmail.com OR text me at 702-858-3988 (unknown calls are autoblocked) if you're interested in:
- Consultations on startup or indie game business plans, marketing plans, or game design.
- Contract work for E2E full stack game development.
- A speaker, guest lecturer, or judge for your game jam, school, or other event.
- Collaborating on a YouTube video, event, or game jam project.
- Having me appear on your podcast.
- Having me make a video about your game & give feedback on YouTube.
YouTube
I used to give gamedev lectures, play & give feedback on community games, make gamedev tutorials, vlogs, & more on YouTube.
Podcast Appearances
Hosted Game Jams
I hosted many jams in my day! Some of my favorites:
Game Jam Games
You can play most of my game jam & student games below:
Galaxy Gaming Games
Publicly-released digital games that I developed while employed by Galaxy Gaming. These represent the internal betas, however the final versions are available at: https://play.galaxygaming.com
Jam Winners
These are my game jam games that won 1st place in their jams!
3 Hour Games
These are games I made in under 3 hours, almost all for TriJam, excluding games that won 1st place in their respective jams.
Negative Space Games
I've been obsessed with the concept of negative space collision environments in game design for over 10 years...
High School & College Games
These are my finished games, demos, tests, and prototypes that I made while still in high school or college (mostly HS).
Other Software
These are not games! Any software I have on itch that isn't a game!
Fiction & Poetry
Short stories and other pieces of free fiction writing!
Stories I Edited
Visual novels and other story-based media that I edited!
Card & Board Games
These are physical card & board games of mine! Not video games...
Game Trailers
Assets
Game assets without an associated game available for others to use.
Intentionally Bad Games
Games I Consulted On
Recent Releases
My eight most recent releases on itch
Unfinished Games
These are my unfinished games I really need to come back to but I'm intimidated or otherwise anxious and psyched out about...
Featured on Itchy for Jam
These are the games showcased in my YouTube series Itchy for Jam where I play free itch games and critique them with a game developer's specific eye, offering my feedback, advice, and encouragement on the next steps the developers could tak...
Patents
Games and technology I have patented! I'm very excited that I get to officially call myself an inventor now...
Contract Projects
Games, prototypes, and demos made for outside companies, individuals, or university research teams, etc. This is not a comprehensive list of all contract work I have done, as most is private under NDAs.
