Darina Koycheva

I am an enjoyer of life and a problem solver. I love sharing experiences and am a romantic at heart. I cycle, I climb, I play the guitar and I daydream.

_Favourite Game

Horizon: Zero Dawn, Guerilla Games, Sony

_Favourite Book

Percy Jackson Series

_Currently Learning

How to play "Fear" by Ben Howard on the Guitar

Questions & Answers

Earliest gaming memory?

Answer

My first game was a (beta?) version of Need for Speed Underground 2, which I was able to play on the computer with a VERY thick beige monitor! The garage music from that game will stay with me until the end of my days.

What was the game that triggered you looking at games as a career?

Answer

Making games was not something I was aware was even possible as a profession – my dream when I was young was to become a 2D animator. Looking back, It was kind of inevitable for me to turn to the dark arts of technical art – I was great at math and at art, AND I wanted to create incredible worlds!

What did you study at School or Uni that you feel was valuable for a career in games?

Answer

In high school we learned about logic in a very abstract way, but hat laid the foundations upon I was able to learn coding and scripting fairly quickly afterwards.

Game that has inspired you the most?

Answer

Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West.

The first game you have worked on?

Answer

Fuse's first game is also my first game!

If you weren't making games?

Answer

If I wasn’t making games I would be working with dogs or just working outside - become a climbing instructor, or an artist monk who lives deep in the forest.

Top 3 games of all time?

Answer

#1 - Overwatch #2 - Hades #3 - The Witcher 3

Hardest game boss?

Answer

Don’t know about hardest, but Thunderjaws (HZD) were so scary in early game, I would literally run the other way, now they are like good old friends which give you loot :D

_TIME REMAINING