d3t welcomes Onur Sahin, Graduate Programmer

14th Apr 2023

Tell us a bit of information about your experience/career background?

I haven’t worked professionally in the gaming industry before, and this will be my first job within the sector, however, I have been actively programming game related systems for the past 2 years – e.g., rendering engines built with OpenGL and Vulkan. Even though my real passion lies in graphics programming, I am looking forward to undertaking a generalist role to further my development.

Why d3t?

d3t seems to have worked on all the games that I have enjoyed playing so much in the past!

I have also always wanted to work on high quality games and d3t has consistently been working on some of the world’s best AAA games, which for me made the studio the perfect place for me to begin my journey in the industry and thrive in.

I’ve also had the chance to have a casual chat with some of the d3t team at the Develop:Brighton conference, and speaking to them they all genuinely seemed happy to work at there, which was great to hear.

What do you love about games?

I love the way how games can tell stories in an interactive way. Games also have so much more potential to have the players connect with the characters they’re portraying compared to something like a movie. This is mostly because of the interactivity and control they offer over these characters. If done right, people can relate to these fictional characters and their real-life characters start to merge with them. I love seeing games trigger such emotions and that is ultimately what I want to achieve with the games I create in my career.

What games are you currently playing, and what is your favourite game?

I am mostly playing epic adventure games nowadays like Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Days Gone. I’ve heard that d3t worked on one of the most anticipated games of this year, Hogwarts Legacy and I’ll definitely be playing that one too!

My favourite game is another adventure game called The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. One hell of a game I have to say! Unsurprisingly, d3t contributed to the development of this game too, in 2015!

Do you have any fun facts or hobbies?

I frequently lift and play the guitar. You can always count on me to play you a few songs around a bonfire should you decide to host such an event!