It’s all about people. There’s no replacement for a good conversation! His daily work is about sharing dreams and ideas, generating links and connections between people using words and actions. More than a job is a commitment with fighting inequality of opportunities and mistrust in the future. In our future.
Yes… he tends to be a kind of evangelist in ourselves! Well… Let’s work and change the world? The all world or ‘our’ world… it’s the same!

An award-winning Senior 2D Artist, Concept Artist, and Illustrator with 14 years of experience in illustration, marketing art, and concept art for the video game industry. Proven track record in developing compelling visual identities, designing characters, environments, and assets for both mobile and AAA games. Adept at leading and mentoring teams, collaborating across disciplines to create high-quality, market-driven artwork.

A creative leader with a strong foundation in visual storytelling, artistic direction, and production pipelines, passionate about innovation and the future of digital art. Currently exploring new career opportunities to leverage expertise in real-time processes, emerging technologies, and strategic artistic development to drive groundbreaking projects in the gaming industry.

Beyond production, actively contributes to the industry as a curator and co-organizer of the Game Dev Sessions, fostering a space for knowledge-sharing, networking, and discussion on the evolution of game development.

Ivan Barroso nasceu em 1980, em Lisboa, Portugal. Actualmente é game designer do jogo “Alentejo: Tinto’s Law”. Certificado pela Ubisoft em Rational Game Design é também o Lead PlayStation® First Project Manager na GameNest®Lisbon. Autor de 3 livros, desenvolve igualmente investigação na área da História, cultura e influência social dos jogos, onde se inclui as publicações: “História dos Videojogos” (2012), “Service Games: The Rise and fall of SEGA” (2014) e “Revolução Interactiva: compêndio visual de computadores, jogos electrónicos, consolas domésticas e portáteis” (2018). Barroso é igualmente professor assistente no IPLeiria, Universidade Lusófona e ETIC nos cursos de Licenciatura e Mestrado em jogos, e encontra-se a finalizar a sua tese de Doutoramento dedicada aos primeiros jogos portugueses.

Ricardo Flores is the co-founder of Codfish Academy, focused on upskilling game developers and studios through advanced Unreal Engine pipelines and tools. With over 20 years of industry experience, Ricardo has grown from a developer into senior roles across production, studio management, and acceleration and incubation programs.

He served as a Senior Accelerator Manager and Resident Mentor at Nine66, part of Savvy Games Group, contributing to the development of Saudi Arabia’s gaming ecosystem. On the studio side, Ricardo led multiple AAA and AA co-development teams at Kokku, was Studio Lead at Lockwood Publishing, and played a key role in the setup and success of indie studio Fun Punch Games. Earlier in his career, he was the Lead Mobile Producer at Biodroid, managing a portfolio of action sport games including Billabong Surf Trip, MegaRamp, and XGames.

Ricardo is also a consultant and university lecturer, currently teaching at ESCS (Lisbon Polytechnic) and Lusófona University.

Passionate about his work, he likes to dig into the consumer’s mind and challenge himself to connect with that part that generates emotions. His life revolves around art, but he is also interested in data interpretation. Keeps up to date on industry trends and loves reading about screenwriting, advertising and psychology. Still works as a freelance in concept art for some projects to keep the most artistic part alive.