octavian
aka @octanebula. CS student. Roblox dev. Occasional software freak.
about
Hi, I'm Karlo. 19, born and currently slowly being crushed alive by my Computer Science degree at the University of Zagreb. Online I go by Octavian and use the @octanebula tag basically everywhere.
I've been doing UI/UX design for Roblox games for the past four years. Started by grinding HiddenDevs commissions. Eventually got tired of being underpaid and pivoted to working with people I actually like. That ended up being a much better idea.
currently
- co-owner of Topline Studios, where I lead game and UI design on our game Mafia
- UI designer at Marmot's Oven, working on Steel Crossfire
- studying my CS undergrad and pretending I'll be productive over winter break
stack
languages python, c, java (thanks, FER)
design photoshop, not figma, after effects (badly)
engines roblox studio
os arch + hyprland, because i hate myself in a fun way
editor vscode. yes, i know. this will anger purists.
vim and emacs got pacman -Rns'd off my system and i sleep great.hobbies
uh oh here it comes
- programming
- playing game dev tycoon irl
- messing with linux
- gaming
- hating on rust (just admit you suck at using malloc lmfao)
- ui design
- running random models found on huggingface
- sci-fi
- working on random projects
- exploring niche media
- watching anime when i run out of ideas
- doomscrolling during critical lectures
- pondering philosophy while showering
- listening to indie music
- occasionally breaking software
- wasting time on side quests
- touching grass
- probably more stuff i forgot idk
asked
favorite video game?
hard to say because there's so many. maybe that title would go to the Command & Conquer series because I grew up on it. otherwise honourable mentions can go to Minecraft, Titanfall 2, Dead by Daylight and Persona 5 (and roblox obviously)
favorite programming language?
HolyC. too bad I don't know it
coffee or energy drinks?
coffee, obviously. specifically macchiato or nocciola when possible
favorite anime?
it would absolutely have to be 86. otherwise, specific parts of SAO.
why arch + hyprland?
because I'm a software control freak. simple as.
how did you get into roblox dev?
it all actually started when I came to the magic realization that I'm good at photoshop. four years of grind later i'm somehow verified. (still not sure how that happened)
MBTI?
although i consider MBTI utter bullshit, for your convenience it's ENTP-A (by the way the ONLY reason I know this is because my uni forced me to take this at gunpoint for a course)
scariest thing you've ever shipped to production?
a UI overhaul that went live without me scaling it at all. found out via getting spam pinged. don't be me.
elsewhere
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