Taro Omiya is a prolific indie game designer at his company, Omiya Games, with over 30 games published on PC, mobile, and web. His experimental projects, many of them open-source on GitHub, have received over 850,000 views and downloads thanks to critical acclaim and media coverage.
He has over a decade of professional game development experience, both in the indie and AAA space. He specializes in game feel and puzzle design, while his other talent lies in programming. Game engines he has worked in besides Unity includes Unreal, Godot, Construct 3, Ren’py, and GDevelop. Lastly, he’s fluent in English and Japanese.
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Skills
Game Design
- Designed indie games for over 9 years.
- Specializes in Game Feel and UX: created the Make it Juicy presentation on designing game feedback.
- Provided talks on game design, including puzzle and tutorial design.
Unity
- Over a decade of professional experience.
- Published over 30 Unity games.
- Created apps for VR, mobile, PC, and Web.
Code
- Over a decade of professional experience.
- 4 years of full-stack web development experience.
- Constructed web tools with Blazor, Vue, and NW.js.
UX Development
- Over 6 years of professional experience.
- Working knowledge in UX design.
- Even developed this WordPress website’s theme!
Portfolio Highlights
Uballto
4th place in Innovation (Ludum Dare 45). A vaporwave-aesthetic puzzle game where the player activates objects by dragging a dialog window on top of it. Covered by Vinesauce on 12/2019. Created in 72-hours, solo. Read more…
Air Flip Drive
An unfinished arcade-racer with an infinitely long procedural-generated track. Development progress have stalled due to recent employment legal arrangements. Read more…
Not a Clone
Published on iOS and Android. A WarioWare Inc-style microgame collection, where each microgame parodies a real mobile game. Covered by Pocket Gamer in 9/2016. Created in 2.5 years with a team of 7. Read more…
The Recursive Dollhouse
1st place in Innovation (Ludum Dare 37). A surreal puzzle game about size and perspective. Covered by Game Jam Curator in 1/2017. Created in 72-hours with a team of 3. Read more…
