Alonso Canales

Hi! I’m Alonso, a game producer with 3 years of experience in indie studios serving as a producer, programmer and designer.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
I’m one of the co-founders of Smarto Club, an indie studio from Chile. In 2021, with the help of Whitethorn Games, we released our narrative adventure game Teacup on PC, consoles and mobile. Smarto Club is currently developing Bubblegum Galaxy, a cozy narrative building game about rebuilding the galaxy tile by tile.

VOLUNTEER WORK
In college, I was the president of our game development club GameDevComunidad UC. As president, I organized activities such as student-led game development teams, a week-long game development course for high school students, and the biggest Global Game Jam site in Chile.

PERSONAL PROJECTS
Individually, I’ve developed games such as Dreams and Reality, a short web platformer that has garnered over a hundred thousand of plays on websites such as Newgrounds, Kongregate and Armor Games, and a fragile reminiscene, an alternative controller game built with a custom bluetooth controller and 3D engine.

OTHER RECOGNITIONS
I’ve been recognized as a Scholar by the IGDA Foundation and have given talks about production as part of IGDA’s Pathfindings conference. I also write a newsletter where I share my thoughts and experience on runnning an indie studio.

EDUCATION
After having finshed my undergraduate in Computer Science and Business at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, I’m currently pursuing a Masters in Game Design at the NYU Game Center.