How it started

I started animating when I was 8, in Source Filmmaker, inspired by FNAF fan animations. When SFM wasn’t enough anymore, I moved to Blender.

Code came from games. About four years ago I started scripting in Roblox (Luau) and built gameplay systems and tools. Then came Python for tools and automation, especially automating tasks in games I play. Lately I’ve been exploring C++ and Java, all while juggling high school and my own game dev projects.

What I do now

Since November 2023 I’ve worked as a freelance 3D animator, making character and gameplay animations for clients I work with remotely, including three long-term ones. I handle the communication, the scope, and the deadlines myself.

In 2026 I took part in the National Olympiad in ICT, and my project Lumi, a portable AI assistant for people with visual impairments, won a Diploma of Excellence and the Youngest Inventors Award at EUROINVENT.

Learning by breaking things

I understand something best once I’ve taken it apart. When a game does something I don’t get, I want to know what happens underneath: how it keeps its data in memory, how the game on my computer talks to the server, and where it trusts the player more than it should.

That curiosity led me into game security. I’ve studied how cheats and exploits work, from code injected into a running game to outside tools that read its memory. It taught me how programs actually run, and why a game should never blindly trust the player’s computer.

Now I use it the other way around: as a developer, I look for the weak spots in my own game and close them before cheaters find them. See how I protect Hollow Veil.

Where I’m going

I want to make games, animate, and write software, ideally all three. The web is the piece I’m missing, which is why the Erasmus+ internship in Barcelos matters to me.

Skills