ZenislevDev | Evan Arnoldi

Narrative Designer | Front-End Engineer | Data Scientist

Hi! My name is Evan, or you can call me with my online handle, ZenislevDev. I am currently working as a Narrative Designer in Stairway Games.
I am also a part-time Game Producer and Director at Kuasar who occassionally moonlights as a freelance Front-End Engineer and Data Scientist.

BIOGRAPHY

Ken Rolston once said, 'Tell God's story, then tell the farmer's story, then listen to what the dog has to say.', and I wholeheartedly believe it. As an experienced Narrative Designer with a passion for immersive storytelling, I'm well-versed in both Unreal Engine 5 and the art of bringing stories to life, creating experiences that are engaging, immersive, and thought-provoking. Video games have a unique power to connect with players on an emotional level, and contributing to this exciting and ever-evolving medium has always been a childhood dream for me.

As a graduate of the Università di Bologna with a Master’s degree in Computer Science, I have expanded my skills to include proficiency in website development and big data analytics. Currently, I am tinkering with Bootstrap and jQuery to complement my skills as a Front-End Engineer. Moreover, I am also adept in Python, utilizing both Pandas (for specialized datasets) and SQL (for big data analysis) as the foundation for my data analytics.

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EDUCATION

Università di Bologna

Master of Science, Computer Science for Humanities

September 2022 - March 2025
Bologna, Italy

Universitas Indonesia

Bachelor of Humanities, English Studies

July 2015 - August 2020
Depok, Indonesia

Ritsumeikan University

Exchange Student, International Relations

2018 - 2019 (Fall Semester)
Kyoto, Japan

RESUME
Stairway Games
Kuasar
Zenius Education
Cakap Institute
Freelance

Narrative Designer - Stairway Games

February 2022 - Present

  • Crafted 100,000+ words of in-game text for Coral Island, including dialogues, item descriptions and books, enriching the gaming experience for over 700,000 players globally.
  • Hands-on development with Unreal Engine 5.5, specialized with expertise in both simulating complex NPCs with routine scheduling and level design.
  • Conceptualized narrative elements and character backstories, collaborating with designers to integrate storylines of 50+ in-game quests and dialogues.

Game Producer & Director - Kuasar

March 2025 - present

  • Leads development of mobile games with the gameplay style of idle gaming to tap into the casual game market using Phaser engine (HTML5).
  • Fills in the role of both Game Producer and Director via Agile development with Jira and directing both art style and gameplay of the company's games.
  • Successfully achieved 2000+ MAU (Monthly Active Users) within launch.

Scriptwriter - Zenius

January 2021 - January 2022

  • Written educational video scripts with over 50,000+ dialogues for 10+ educational videos, collaborating with The Walt Disney Company with usage of their IPs.
  • Accumulated a total view of over 500,000+ for created educational videos in several official YouTube channels (ZeniusLand, Zenius Untuk Ortu).
  • Acted as the bridge between students and dedicated course instructors by translating course work into entertaining educational video.

English Specialist - Cakap Institute

July 2019 - July 2020

  • Managed Cakap Private platform by teaching English to the participants with specific materials tailored to every student's proficiency.
  • Operated Cakap Chat platform by teaching, translating, and helping participants' requests including but not limited to translating paragraphs, helping homework, etc.
  • Delivered projects for the company's English department necessities such as translation, proofreading, and copywriting, which includes television scripts and press releases.

Content Writer & Web Developer - Freelance

January 2020 – present

  • Developed various websites and Python repositories for college coursework and private endeavors with over 3 years' worth of projects.
  • Written more than 200,000+ words worth of online articles with accumulated page views of 500,000+ across gaming news websites.
  • Notably contributed to various gaming website news with list articles that gained sizeable audience in terms of page views and engagements.
PROJECTS
Coral Island

Coral Island

Narrative Designer

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Coral Island

2023

  • Responsible for various narrative part of the highly successful farm sim game with Very Positive reviews and 700,000+ product owner on Steam.
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Tofu Tap

Tofu Tap

Game Producer & Director

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Tofu Tap

2025

  • Involved in the development of the mobile game as both Game Producer and Director. Utilized Agile method via Jira and Phaser engine (HTML5) as the core of the game, achieving 2000+ MAU (Monthly Active Users) within launch.
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ZeniusLand

ZeniusLand

Scriptwriter

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ZeniusLand

2021

  • Collaboration with The Walt Disney Studio to produce educational videos, complemented with a highly successful original IP, 3 Sekawan, as well.
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DHDK Data Science

DHDK Data Science

Data Scientist

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DHDK Data Science

2023

  • Developed a Python Software capable of processing stored data in different formats and uploading them into two distinct databases. Furthermore, the application also query these databases simultaneously, in accordance to the predefined operations.
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Cognitive Bias Ontology

Cognitive Bias Ontology

Contributor

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Cognitive Bias Ontology

2023

  • Teamed up with fellow Università di Bologna students to identify Cognitive Biases and compile them into an ontology.
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Cakap untuk Bangsa

Cakap untuk Bangsa

Content Developer

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Cakap untuk Bangsa

2019

  • Taught English to underprivileged children in various parts of Indonesia as an act of giving back to the community and help realizing Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
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Assassin's CHreed

Assassin's CHreed

Contributor

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Assassin's CHreed

2023

  • Collaboration between Università di Bologna students to identify cultural objects depicted in Assassin's Creed II for the Linked Open Data Project by Digital humanities and Digital Knowledge course program.
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Museology Twine

Museology Twine

Twine Designer

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Museology Twine

2023

  • Designed Twine scenario for Museology Course of Università di Bologna, Digital Humanities and Digital Knowledge program, in collaboration with other students as well.
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PROTOTYPES

GRID/PROTOTYPE

Download Playable Build Based on Luccas Schmigel's "The Grid", GRID/PROTOTYPE is a playable Unreal Engine 5 demo with simple first-person exploration mechanics.
SHORT STORIES

Closure

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Chrysanthemum

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A Spring's Daybreak

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The Snowy Station

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