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Other
explorations

Music production and a game prototype, alongside the research and design projects in the main portfolio.

These projects reflect my interests in music and interactive systems. They provide opportunities to explore creative processes and learn through prototypes.

01 — Side work

Music and
interactive experiments.

Music released under the name Von Zichen, and an early Unity prototype exploring a football-themed game loop.

Cover artwork for Von Zichen: a red-toned portrait in sunglasses with Arabic lettering above
MusicSpotify artist page2025–

Von Zichen

Music released under the name Von Zichen, with production and mixing in FL Studio. The Spotify artist page provides access to the released work.

Listen on Spotify
Schematic of the top-down football pitch with a player, incoming fans and a HUD overlay
GamesUnity prototype2026

Football Roguelite

An early top-down 2D prototype using placeholder visuals. The case study covers the initial five-module structure and the gameplay checks recorded in its development log.

Read the build log
02 — In progress

On the bench

Areas of continued learning that complement the projects shown here.

Ongoing

Video editing

CapCut · short form

Cutting short-form music and film material, mostly to understand how pacing changes what an audience takes away.

Ongoing

Sound and production

FL Studio

Developing music production and mixing skills in FL Studio.

Ongoing

Game systems

Unity · C#

Exploring progression systems, performance considerations and the use of authored assets in game prototypes.

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