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Hello 👋 I’m Mário.My passion for video games began the moment I discovered my first sandbox game, Garry's Mod.For the first time while playing video games, I was creating something productive rather than consuming my free time recreationally. I remember coming home from school, booting up my PC and spending hours creating stories with all kinds of scenarios with all the props/objects and characters that the source engine had to offer. I even dipped my toes into game level design, creating mostly first person shooter levels which then me and my friends played and had a lot of fun.One time as we were playing together in one of my first levels my friend mentioned it's possible I could make a living out of it! At the time it was wishful thinking as we both weren't aware that game development could be a real job.Fast-forward to the COVID-19 pandemic, I was still a student. One time our professor gave us an assignment after introducing us to 3D graphic modeling. "Model what you see."I discovered the beauty of the world of 3D graphical design. I remember finishing my first assignment and doing WAY more than what was wanted from me. My professor noticed it and after I graduated offered me a job as a teacher in graphical design.Mind you I was still a beginner and the job was rather stressful initially. What improved my work and teaching ability significantly was The Last of Us series, you could say that the game changed my life. I loved the emotional rollercoaster, the characters and the environments they found themselves in. That's where I finally realised I wanted to create emotional stories that people would remember, just like the way The Last of Us made me remember its story.I looked back at my childhood, creating all the things I did in Garry's Mod and It just clicked for me. Everything the world gradually showed me was exactly what fulfilled me. I made it my mission to create environments that help evoke emotions amidst ongoing story.With this realisation I became very enthusiastic about game art. I started actively working on my art skills. I took some of my best students and we created our first game demo that was presented in a game competition called Game Awards at Game Access 2022. After two years I left the education sector to enter a new chapter of my journey.Soon after that I got employed in the major Slovakia game company Pixel Federation as a junior 3D artist.As I got my dream job I realised that my journey in game development has merely just started.