Barışcan "John" Salman

Senior Software Engineer at TaleMonster Games

Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye

About

I’ve always been amazed with video games since I was a little kid. I started my journey with a Playstation One my father bought me when I was 5 years old with the game Klonoa: Door the Phantomile. I remember dying a couple of times on the first boss. I started crying because it was really frustrating for a 5-year-old kid to keep losing in a game. My father came up to me and said: “Don’t give up! Find a way to beat it”. After a few more tries I finally killed the boss and felt that rush of dopamine for the first time. At that moment I knew that I wanted to play and make games.

Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer at TaleMonster Games
    Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

  • Ace Games (Istanbul, Türkiye)
    • Lead Game Developer
      Sep 2023 - Nov 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    • Game Developer
      May 2021 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Game Developer at Fugo Bilişim Teknolojileri
    May 2019 - May 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Used Unity3d to create word games

  • Software Developer at Mirora Translation Ltd.
    Jun 2014 - Jun 2017 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Worked on the existing Project Management System which was incomplete and developed in C# The system included three parts which were the project module, customer module and invoice module The three modules that were present in the program did not work properly and the system lacked a finance module I was tasked with fixing the three modules and adding the finance module The finance module helped store volatile information which was once stored in excel