Alireza Asadi

About me

Engineer, founder, still shipping.

I started as a Unity developer and grew into leading teams, projects, and eventually a studio. Here is the route, newest level first.

  • Finland
  • Unity · C#
  • Meta Quest SDK
  • Agile production
Download CV
Banners & Bastions key art: a mixed reality, hand-tracking game on the Meta Quest StoreBanners & Bastions · 4.8★ on Meta QuestDesk Buddy for Apple Vision Pro, third place at the Vision Hack hackathonDesk Buddy · Apple Vision ProRed Hands, a hand-tracking VR puzzle gameRed Hands · hand-tracking VR puzzle

Level 3 · 2025 to now

Exir Games

Co-founder & CTO

Hand-tracked mixed reality for Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro. I set up our XR production workflows and worked on all three of our titles.

4.8★Banners & Bastions
15,000+players
3rdVision Hack, Desk Buddy
exir.games

Level 2 · 2019 to 2025

Dropout Games

Game developer, then game producer

Fast prototypes and hyper-casual hits as a developer. Roadmaps, analytics, market research and hiring as a producer, ending with Last Survivor.

60M+players
30+prototypes
1M+downloads, Untangle 3D
dropout-games.com
Last Survivor, a roguelike action game for mobileLast SurvivorUntangle 3D, a hyper-casual mobile game with more than a million downloadsUntangle 3DBullet Hole, a casual mobile action gameBullet HoleTwisted Puzzle, a casual puzzle game about untangling ropesTwisted PuzzleFashion Store Shop Tycoon, a browser game on CrazyGamesFashion StoreStair Stack Run, a bridge-race mobile gameStair Stack Run

Level 1 · 2018 to 2019

Saaland Group

Technical lead

Physical games: a motorbike race steered from a stationary bike, and a Piano Tiles played by jumping on a platform.

Speaking

Lecturer at Kharazmi University, Apr 2025: Gateway to GameDevLecturer at Amirkabir University of Technology, Sep 2024: Game Studio StartupLecturer at Amirkabir University of Technology, Mar 2024: Game Making: From Dream to RealityPanelist at Hit Games Conference, Dec 2023: Transformation From Hyper-Casual to Hybrid-CasualInstructor at Amirkabir GameCraft, Jun 2022: Unity Workshop

Education

  • Master’sMBA, FinanceAllameh Tabataba’i University2022 to 2025
  • Bachelor’sComputer EngineeringAmirkabir University of Technology2017 to 2022
  • DiplomaMathematics and PhysicsAllame Helli High School for Gifted Students2014 to 2017

Away from the keyboard

Photography

  • Random SUNDAY shots! … #streetphotography #peopleinframe #helsinki
  • کات… . #آسمان #نور #ابری #بارون #ریلز
  • ⁨ فقط کافیه با ترس‌هات روبرو بشی⁩
  • پرواز کن پرواز کن پرواز … #آرزو #بادبادک #پرواز #آسمان #اکسپلور
@ein_alef on Instagram

Movies

  • Memento
  • The Invite
  • The Odyssey
  • After Hours
a_r_asadi on Letterboxd

Games

  • Hogwarts Legacy
  • Meccha Chameleon
  • Lost in Play
  • Tower Wizard
a_r_asadi on Backloggd

Books

  • Project Hail Mary
  • UP DOWN UP
  • Nonviolent Communication
  • Zero to One
arasadi on Goodreads