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Digital Designer, Creative Coder & Game Developer

Domenico Urso

BSc Interactive Media student at the University of York.
Seeking a 2027/28 Industry Placement

Digital Design • UX/UI • Game Development • Interaction Design • Storytelling

Selected Works

Byronic: Trials of the Hero title screen

Byronic: Trials of the Hero

A Pixel Art Turn-based Fantasy JRPG built with p5.js, HTML and CSS. Follow Hiro, a young hero stolen from his realm as he embarks on a journey in an unfamiliar ruined worldto discover his true past.

  • p5.js
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Photoshop
  • Pixel Art
  • Video Game
  • Solo Game Project
  • Year 1
  • Journey Mapping
Illustration from The Judgement Variable

The Judgement Variable

A Blender 3D interactive concept showcasing visual storytelling and game design. Jett S. Ashord, Ex-ASO special operative turned independent contractor is humanities last hope against the holy forces of the Judgment Variable.

  • Blender
  • Photoshop
  • After Effects
  • Premiere Pro
  • Substance Painter
  • 3D
  • Solo Animation Project
  • Year 1
  • Journey Mapping
Michelle Evans character artwork for Allegretto

Allegretto

Do stories really need a single protagonist for the story to center around? Follow 12 different perspectives of competitors in the Ostende, Artifex Mortus and Curator's join hands in duos formed across the eras as they fight for eternal preservation.

  • Storytelling
  • Clip Studio Paint
  • Photoshop
  • PDF
  • Art & Writing Project
  • Year 1
  • Journey Mapping
Ethereal Unity environment showing a mystical landscape

Project: Ethereal

Work In Progress Real-time action Puzzle Dungeon game set in an Etheral forest between realms, being developed in Unity.

  • Coming Soon...
  • Year 2
  • Unity
  • Blender
  • Substance Painter
  • 3D
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Aethertale game scene showing a character in a forest village

Aethertale

A hades-style Greek-inspired hack-and-slash game built for the University of York 'Death & Dying' Game Jam. Features an immersive story, complex combat mechanics and an original soundtrack.

  • Game Jam
  • Unity
  • Blender
  • Substance Painter
  • 3D

Project resources

Credits

Project PDF

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Source code

sketch.js

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Visual report

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What Is a Protagonist?

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My Story

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Domenico Urso, Digital Designer, Creative Coder and Game Developer
University of York · BSc Interactive Media · 2025–2028
Currently seeking a 2027/28 industry placement.

Studying in York, originally from Leamington Spa.

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Development
JavaScript · p5.js · C# · HTML/CSS · C++
Game Development
Unity · Unreal Engine · Godot
3D / Assets
Blender · Adobe Creative Suite

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· Highest IM Grade Average 2026
· York Creative Showcase Nominee
· Work Experience Recommendation with Apteco
· Partner with Game Dev Group @ Leamington Spa and Game Makers Guild @ York
· ACT Representative
· Dinstinction @ Coventry University FAD

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· Allegretto
· Byronic: Trials of the Hero
· The Judgement Variable

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Available for commissions, networking, and collaborations.
Feel free to contact me.
More works are available on my Instagram pages and More section.
Participating in 2 Game Jam's this November.

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