navan✳ Let’s make something ↗
SOFTWARE / STRATEGY / PLAY
HEY, I’M NAVAN SAMI ↘

I BUILDWHAT’SNEXT.

ENGINEERED WITH INTENT. BUILT WITH CURIOSITY.

Software engineer.
Analyst. Project leader.
A little obsessed with possibility.

EXPLORE
MY WORK
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SCROLL INTO MY WORLDCODE IS THE MEDIUM. IMPACT IS THE POINT.01 — 05
01 / SELECTED WORK

LESS THEORY.
More doing.

A look at what I’m building, exploring
and putting into practice.

INDEPENDENT GAME STUDIO
✳
yellow
genie®
IMAGINATION, MADE PLAYABLE. ↗
01 FEATURED / STUDIO
Technology leadershipGame development

Building worlds
worth playing.

As CTO and co-founder of Yellow Genie, I lead technology and code — building the gameplay systems, tools and foundations behind our games.

Meet Yellow Genie ↗
PC · CONSOLE · MOBILE

From the codebase

Explore GitHub ↗

Repository visuals are illustrative; follow each link to explore the source.

02 / THE HUMAN BEHIND THE HARDWARE

PART ENGINEER.
PART EXPLORER.
ALL curiosity.

I connect the dots
between “what if”
and “here it is.”

I’m Navan Sami — a software developer who feels at home where technology, people and ideas collide. Engineering, analysis and project leadership are different ways I approach the same question: how can we make this better?

As CTO and co-founder of Yellow Genie, I turn creative ambition into technical foundations — building the gameplay systems, tools and code behind our games.

From understanding the problem to shipping the solution, I care about the whole journey. And the people making it happen.

MEET THE STUDIO ↗
03 / DIFFERENT LENSES. ONE BUILDER.

MORE THAN
one dimension.

Technical depth. Creative instinct.
The drive to see it through.

01

ENGINEER.

Software engineering

Ideas deserve more than a slide deck. I build thoughtful software, connected systems and useful tools that bring them to life.

JavaScript / TypeScript / Python
02

DECODE.

Analysis & problem solving

Find the signal in the noise. Break down complex problems, ask better questions and turn requirements into a clear direction.

Requirements / Insights / Systems thinking
03

CONNECT.

Project leadership

Good work happens when people and priorities line up. I connect the technical decisions to the bigger picture and keep things moving.

Planning / Collaboration / Delivery
04

IMAGINE.

Creative technology

Play is serious possibility. I explore where engineering meets imagination through game systems, development tools and technical direction.

Gameplay / Tools / Creative direction
04 / THE WAY I WORK

FROM what if?
TO what’s next.

01 ↗

QUESTION EVERYTHING.

Understand the people, the problem and the possibility.

02 ↗

MAKE IT TANGIBLE.

Explore, prototype and turn the right questions into working code.

03 ↗

KEEP IT MOVING.

Learn from what works. Refine what doesn’t. Build the next version.

05 / YOUR NEXT GREAT IDEA STARTS HERE

LET’S MAKE
SOMETHING
MATTER↗

A role. A collaboration. A wild idea.
I’m listening.