Comfortable across borders
Experience with US startups, European clients and Korean teams. I work in English and Korean and bring firsthand familiarity with Korea’s games and digital culture.
Aaron van der Brugge · Senior Unity Engineer
Global experience.
Startup mindset.
Senior Unity engineer for game startups.
Dutch, based in Seoul. Four years in Korea and experience with US startups, including remote work for ZTX. I build from the ground up and work across your team’s time zone.
Remote worldwide · Flexible across time zones
15+ yearscommercial development
US · Europe · Koreainternational work experience
5 commercial RPGsreleased through my own studio
Selected work
What I’ve helped build.
US team · Remote from Seoul
ZTX
Housing, farming and creator tools for a Unity platform through its PC-to-mobile transition.
View project ↗
US startup · Remote and Los Angeles
Kippo
Built a multiplayer social game inside an existing iOS and Android app in three months.
View project ↗
RosePortal Games · Netherlands
Whisper of a Rose
A complete commercial RPG: gameplay, art, narrative and international publishing.
View project ↗A global teammate, from day one
Built for a small team
with big ambitions.
A founder’s ownership
I founded RosePortal Games. Programming, design, art and publishing taught me to connect technical decisions to the product and take responsibility through release.
Remote collaboration that fits
Flexible hours for US, European and Asian team schedules. I agree overlap hours with the team, communicate progress clearly and keep work moving between meetings.
Career at a glance
Where I’ve worked.
2022–2025
ZTX
Senior Unity Developer
US-based team · Remote from Seoul
2021Kippo
Sole Senior Unity Developer
Remote collaboration and on-site work in Los Angeles
2010–2021RosePortal Games
Founder & Lead Developer
Netherlands · Five commercial RPG releases
2016–202221CC Education
Team Lead Unity Developer
Netherlands · International training products
Additional experience
DevUnlimit · 2022
Unity development and team leadership for browser-based AR in Seoul.
Aurora World / OWIS · 2025–2026
Real-time Unreal production systems and motion capture. View project ↗
Unity instructor · 2018–2022
C# and Unity teaching alongside commercial development.
Core expertise
Unity is the centre of it.
Gameplay
Unity · C#
Gameplay systems & UI
Prototypes through production
Multiplayer
Photon · Nakama
Social worlds & mini-games
Voice / video integration
Mobile
iOS · Android · WebGL
Native app integration
Performance optimisation
Tools & architecture
Unity Editor tools
Data-driven systems
Content & live-service pipelines
Let’s build together
Your team can be anywhere.
Open to senior Unity and gameplay engineering opportunities with ambitious startups. Based in Seoul; flexible about where your team works.
aaronvdbrugge@gmail.com ↗EU citizen · F-2-7 resident in Korea