Ivana Jovičić · gameplay & UI programmer
Art Gameau
Finding art in the depths of game development hell.
Team lead and programmer with 6+ years in the gaming industry — across mobile, AAA, and Unreal Engine worlds.
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Programmer by trade, translator by instinct
I like to call myself a creative programmer, with professional and personal experience across mobile, AAA, and Unreal Engine projects. I specialize in gameplay and UI systems — but the part of the job I find most interesting is what happens between disciplines: getting art, design, and engineering to actually understand each other.
That's also where Art Gameau comes in. It's the personal brand I built around demystifying game development and celebrating the craft behind it — through talks, mentoring, and a closer look at how creative teams really function day to day.
Art + games + Art Nouveau. It's all in the name.
Experience
Six+ years making games playable
— and helping the teams behind them work better together.
C++ Programmer
Ubisoft Belgrade
March 2025 — present
Building new UI systems and features while onboarding and supporting new team members. Working closely with art teams on structural solutions.
Game Developer
Playstudios Europe
January 2023 — December 2024
Led a multidisciplinary team across art, animation, QA, and server — keeping dependencies tracked and stakeholders aligned. Built and optimized Lua features spanning in-game and in-engine systems.
C++ Programmer
Ubisoft Belgrade
October 2020 — December 2022
Shipped a new player-information display feature, optimizing how game data was processed and distributed. Refactored an aging player-focus system for better performance and project fit.
Cyber Vitae
Personal project
2020
A solo-developed interactive CV built in Unreal Engine 4 — because a PDF felt a little too small for the job.
✦ a playable web sequel will live here one day
The brand
Game dev consulting & education
Art Gameau is the brand I built to demystify game development and spotlight the art behind interactive experiences. Outside my day-to-day programming work, I speak, teach, and consult on the part of game dev that never shows up in a commit log — how technical and creative teams build shared context and actually ship together.
Speaking & workshops
Talks like "GameDev Teams: Tech and Creative Mix" — unpacking why cross-discipline friction happens on passionate, capable teams, and what actually prevents it.
See talks →Mentoring & education
Co-creator and teacher at the School of GameDev for Girls — run with Ubisoft Belgrade and the French Institute of Serbia, introducing teenage girls to programming and level art.
Team & pipeline consulting
Bringing hands-on experience leading cross-functional teams to studios that want smoother collaboration between art and engineering.
Contact
Let's make something beautiful
Whether you're hiring, building out a team, or want to bring a talk, workshop, or consulting to your studio — send me a message and I'll get back to you.
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