PHASE II
Then came the twist no one saw coming; an offer to study at Vancouver Film School, Canada. The big leagues. The RPG quest line he didn’t know he was ready for. Here, he got his MA in Game Design, Development & Coding, built a multiplayer Unreal Tournament map hosted by Epic, and created not one but two distinctly bizarre games: a color-shifting 2.5D platformer and a banana-suit-wearing Batman parody in a 2D isometric food brawler. It was glorious... and expensive. But, glorious!
After VFS, he interned at Moonlitsky Studios, contributing to a turn-based modular strategy game.
Then came a homecoming to Kerala, not to retire, but to inspire. With the wisdom he gathered on his ventures, G became a Game Design Lecturer, molding UG and PG students like NPCs with major potential.
Then came BYJU’S. Prime pay. Prime games. Prime G. He designed Disney-laced edtech experiences and lived a life of leisure.
PHASE III
And like every other Hero's Journey, peril took over. Stakes grew. Soon, priorities shifted, and the climb he fought for slowly seemed to slip away.
From BYJU’S to TILTLABS in Kerala like a blinded fool on an epic boss level with no endgame gear he flinched for once in his life.
What became of the spark. . .
. . . that was fading every second?
PHASE IV
These days, G is more silent. Engulfed not too far into the darkness,
that a mere glimpse of his glowing wisdom is all that is visible to the naked eye.
Standing ground? that would be too generous.
Once a firm believer that only dead fishes go with the flow, he now simply rides the current. Not out of surrender, but because sometimes, some currents do lead you to see*
Today, he is relentless, forged in the fires of his own agony, he's picking up the pieces and building again; slowly, steadily, keeping in touch with an industry he refuses to let go of as a Game Content Producer at TILTEDU.
It’s not full-time. It’s not glamorous.
But it’s progress.
After all, when your journey is Visionforged,
the best levels are always the ones you haven't unlocked yet.
