Ihor Kalyuzhnyy
NeonGoose | Brain rocket, Chief Creative Officer | Art Director
Ihor Kalyuzhnyy is Chief Creative Officer and Art Director at NeonGoose | Brain Rocket. An artist with a master's degree in computer science, he has worked in game development since 2007, more than 15 years. He started as a 3D artist and has spent the last five years as an art director or Head of Art. He has worked at outsourcing and product companies, including Room 8, Plarium, Playtika, MoonActive and BrainRocket, on console and mobile projects. His projects include Rio Match3 Party, Undersea Solitaire, Final Elimination, House of Fun and MyCafe. He is a co-founder of NeonGoose, a studio of about 30 people working on projects for THQ Nordic, Grimlore Games and others. At Games Gathering 2024 in Kyiv, he spoke about the dumb ways to die as a game outsourcing studio, drawing on launching his own studio.