Anish Wijesinghe

AW

WebGL and Gamification Specialist | Full-Stack Developer

With over a decade in interactive media, I've evolved from establishing trending digital products to founding and managing studios, while retaining necessary hands-on collaboration to direct successful projects. Now, I focus my attention on specializing in the WebGL/WebGPU gamification space.

This portfolio showcases my ongoing development journey, continuously expanding my technical expertise to remain up-to-date in leading high-performance teams.

Early Career (Teenage Years):

  • Established an interactive media education business, amassing 25,000+ student followers
  • Developed designer tools with 350,000+ downloads
  • Created animated short films, garnering 7 million+ views and 40,000+ YouTube subscribers

Other notable milestones:

  • Delivered a TEDx talk around self-education
  • Achieved recognition as a classical guitarist, accumulating millions of views
  • Attained #1 national ranking as a professional tennis player before transitioning to tech

Professional Experience

Motion Miracles| Founder & CEO

Game Studio

January 2015 - January 2023

  • Led a global team of 40+ professionals across 10 countries
  • Directed the development of over 100+ mobile games, with multiple achieving top chart positions
  • Spearheaded "Tie N Die", reaching #4 on US App Store with 1M+ downloads in its first week
  • Achieved #1 ranking in regional App Store and Play Store for another game title
  • Implemented digital branding and community management strategies, growing YouTube channels amassing to 100,000+ subscribers.

Playthical| Co-Founder(Present)

Digital Products Studio

July 2024 onwards

  • Newly established deep gamification studio based in Canada
  • Leading technical strategy and implementation for WebGL/WebGPU gamification and AI solutions
  • Overseeing the development of scalable, high-performance web applications

Notable Projects

Core Technologies:

Next.js
React
Three.js
WebGL
WebSockets
Unity
AI Integration

Development

Projects where I functioned as the main developer, showcasing hands-on technical expertise.

Pokemon Playroom

Pokemon Playroom

Personal R&D

A full-stack web experience implementing real-time Pokemon battle systems using web technologies. This project showcases the potential of building complex game mechanics entirely within a web environment.

Multiplayer
Matchmaking
Leaderboard
Auth
AI Avatar Detective Game

AI Avatar Detective Game

POC

A proof of concept exploring the feasibility of interactive avatars driven by LLM models. This project tests the potential for gaming-driven interactions with AI, pushing the boundaries of web-based AI integration.

LLM-driven avatars
Azure TTS
Open AI API
Interactive Comic

Interactive Comic

Client Project

A web-based interactive comic integrating 3D elements and animations. Handled creative, technical and 3D development.

Blender
3D Animation / Design
Rigging

Creative Direction

Projects where I led the creative direction, guiding teams to successful outcomes.

Tie N Die

Tie N Die

IP Project

A hit mobile game that reached #4 on the US App Store with over 1 million downloads in a week.

C#
Game Analytics
Mixpanel
UNDP Interactive Survey

UNDP Interactive Survey

Creative Direction

A multilingual interactive survey gamifying social challenges, created in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme.

Gamified Survey
Multilingual
Social Impact
Rumble Worlds

Rumble Worlds

Creative Direction

Solana blockchain MMO game.

Solana
Blockchain
MMO
Community Management

Core Technologies & Software

CategorySkills
Full-Stack Development
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptNode.jsSupabase
3D & Graphics
Three.jsReact Three FiberGLSL ShadersWebGL
Frontend Technologies
Tailwind CSSGSAPFramer MotionZustandStorybook
Gamification & Real-time
WebSocketsGame Design
Design & Prototyping
FigmaFramerBlenderRive
DevOps & Version Control
GitGitHubVercel
Analytics & AI Integration
PostHogOpenAI API

Get in Touch

I'm always open to discussing new projects, creative ideas or opportunities.

anishwij@gmail.com
+94 77 667 8809
anishwij.vercel.app