David Kazi
Australian game designer
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David Kazi is an Australian game designer and business consultant who co-founded the indie game studio Ember League, which is developing Bit Awakening. He previously worked on Hollow Knight (2017) and Exo One (2021), being a full-time Team Cherry employee while working on the former.
business consultant
David Kazi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Education | University of Adelaide |
| Occupations | Game designer business consultant |
| Notable work | |
| Title | Co-founder of Ember League |
Early life and education
David Kazi was born in Adelaide, South Australia.[1] He received a Bachelor of Computer Science at the University of Adelaide, and a Diploma of Project Management.[2]
Career
Before entering the games industry, Kazi worked at a locally owned Australian internet company, initially in a call center and later in web development, managing the company’s website and building backend systems.[1] He also did freelance graphic design and logo work as a side-gig.[1] Around 2009, he began experimenting with the Unity game engine, which led him to pursue game development.[1]
In 2014, Kazi was employed by Team Cherry,[3] acting as the technical director for their game Hollow Knight.[4] He helped move Hollow Knight over to Unity, as it was then-using the Stencyl engine.[1] In 2018, he left the company after landing a "cushy corporate gig".[5] He later worked on Exo One (2021), helping creator Jay Wetson with programming.[6][7] In 2023,[8] founded the indie game studio Ember League,[9] alongside Alan Evans, who he met during his full-time job as a business consultant.[1] Kazi is currently the owner of the studio,[4][10] and the Creative Director.[9] He is working on the studio's debut game, Bit Awakening,[11] which started development in 2023.[1]
