Machine Learning Researcher · Game Programmer · Software Engineer
Researching LLM environments and benchmarks, with 5+ years of professional experience in the games industry.
I'm a Portuguese software engineer and machine learning researcher at Ritsumeikan University. My research interests include reinforcement learning, LLMs, agent environments and simulators, AI benchmarks, game-playing agents, and world models. I bring 5+ years of professional games-industry experience, building gameplay systems, reusable libraries, and player-facing features.
BlindPath: A Partially Observable LLM Navigation Benchmark — First-author paper accepted at IFIP ICEC 2026.
Senior Game Programmer · GameFam — February 2023–Present
Built reusable development tools and led engineering for projects including TMNT Battle Tycoon and Cirque du Soleil, with additional work on NFL Tycoon and FIFA Super Soccer.
Game Programmer · Dubit — April 2021–February 2023
Developed branded Roblox games and gameplay systems for clients including Paramount, Samsung, L.O.L. Surprise!, and MilkPEP.
- 2025 — Webby Award: Best Partnership or Collaboration, AI, Immersive & Games, for Paramount + GameFam: First-ever playable story on Roblox for Tales of the TMNT. Award page
- 2024 — Digiday Awards: Best Metaverse Marketing Campaign for TMNT Battle Tycoon. Announcement
- 2023 — Kidscreen Awards: Best Branded Game for Nickverse.
- 2022 — MTV Europe Music Awards: Best Metaverse Performance nomination for Charli XCX.
- 2021 — PlayStation Talents: Mizukura nominated for Game of the Year.
- Machine Learning Specialization — Stanford University (Coursera). Coursework covered supervised and unsupervised learning, neural networks, advanced learning algorithms, reinforcement learning, recommender systems, and decision trees. View certificate
3B+ visits · 10+ projects · Global brands and franchises
I've contributed to game experiences for FIFA, Paramount, Samsung, L.O.L. Surprise!, MilkPEP, NFL, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT), Cirque du Soleil, and Nickverse/Nickelodeon.
Ritsumeikan University 🇯🇵 Master's Degree Information Science and Engineering September 2025–Present · Osaka, Japan |
IADE – Creative University 🇵🇹 Bachelor's Degree Game and Apps Development September 2019–January 2022 · First Class Honours |
University of Bradford 🇬🇧 Exchange Student Computer Science January–June 2022 · First Class Honours |
- Portuguese: Native / bilingual
- English: Native / bilingual · TOEFL 115/120
- Mandarin Chinese: Basic · HSK 2
- Japanese: N5
