The best specialist in the GameDev sphere, who created one of the greatest game series: Mushroom Wars. The man who can create top-notch games from scratch. It is always a pleasure to work with him.
My communication with Alexander began years ago. I had the opportunity to work with him on several projects. He is an excellent technical specialist, and his skills are beyond doubt. It has always been interesting to discuss technical issues with him. Another important point is that even now he continues to develop ideas, writing new tools in Open Source. He doesn't stop in the pursuit of new solutions and remains on the frontline of technology. In my experience, such technical specialists often immerse themselves too deeply in their field, and they lose interest in business processes, and sometimes even in the product itself. I believe that Alexander is a pleasant exception to this rule. He excels at looking at things from both the player's perspective and the business perspective, allowing him to correctly weigh and choose the right solution and the necessary set of tools. And finally, what was personally pleasant for me - I never observed any arrogance or condescension from Alexander towards both the team and the technologies. If someone asked me, "Would I be willing to participate in a project where Alexander works?" I would answer, "Yes."
Alex is an experienced professional in the field of game development. Alex helped us to develop a high-load multiplayer infrastructure. Alex has also been assisting and mentoring the whole team of Unity-developers as well as Node.js developers to build a sustainable client-server structure of the game. He also helped with project refactoring when it had reached a certain stage of development, providing guidance on simplifying logic and streamlining project complexity. Alex has also great communication skills that has helped to keep the stable process of game production and to keep the team running effectively during the pre-production stage of our project.
Professional.
A person with deep knowledge of technology and incredible productivity.
I am incredibly grateful to Alexander for his help in mastering advanced concepts in the development of multiplayer games, for unique recipes in game development and optimization. Thanks to the knowledge I've gained, it was possible for me to speed up development of serious project and avoid most problems even before development.
Alex is a great professional and enthusiast of his work. Always ready to help and advise the best solution. Great teacher either.
We had great experience with Alex in 2015/2016 year, when I was in the role of Studio Head in Blitzkrieg 3, Nival. We had one dev pain to force the change on the engine version for our game (Unity from 4 to 5). Even with the 10 unity developers inhouse it was very hard task with various risks for us. Alex forced this issue resolving during one weekend and one 2 week sprint of light polishing. So his approach was extremely professional and unique on the market.
Alex is a rock star among developers, lightning-fast when it comes to coding, and never backs down from a challenging and complex task. His dedication to constantly learning new technologies and developing hard skills is truly impressive, making him not only an exceptional engineer but also a natural leader. I am really happy to stay shoulder to shoulder with Alex for more than a decade already. However, it's worth mentioning that sometimes he can get a bit carried away in discussions on topics outside his expertise, and may not always listen carefully to those with a deeper understanding.
Sasha is a good person and a professional who is able to solve the most complex tasks.
I have been working with Alex for 8 years. He is an excellent specialist in his sphere. Always ready to help with technical issues. Besides, he is always aware of new technologies and is ready to study and create new tools to solve problems.
Alex is a professional with deep knowledge of game development, optimization and a wide range of technologies.
Worked with Alex for 2,5 years at Zillion Whales studio. Alex is an excellent specialist who is a pleasure to work with, has an excellent technical background, unreal speed of work and is able to solve complex technical tasks in high quality (for example, writing and maintaining his own engine for RTS).
I came across you when I was looking for information about UI layout in Unity, I liked your presentation very much, especially when you were drawing in the beginning, showing everything visually.
Sasha is undoubtedly a significant professional, an excellent developer, and even an entrepreneur. He works with high dedication and output, further enriched by his ambitious nature. This ambition, however, can sometimes become a hindrance. In his eagerness to achieve everything "here and now", Sasha often tries to work on multiple projects simultaneously and plan his own, sacrificing nights of sleep. This approach may eventually impact his health and productivity negatively. However, in my experience, one could always have confidence in the tasks he undertook. His understanding of video games and technology is outstanding, and he's proven to be a good team player. I refrain from evaluating his managerial qualities or his potential in a team-leader role. Despite his potential overreach, his projects always resulted in high standards expected of him, proving his commitment to his professional responsibilities. Sasha consistently pushes himself to improve, which is commendable.
Alex is an example of impressive composition between the accessible explanation of profound learning and excellent technical professionalism. He is also available to provision of assistance, no matter of how tricky or shallow the question was. Also he is a head of the highest quality channel about unity, spreading foundational expertise in optimization, unsafe c# stuff and other essential domains.
There are interesting thoughts and approaches. The concept of building a UI system is quite interesting.
Quite a smart and experienced dude. He always (almost) answers briefly and to the point, which is good on the one hand, but bad on the other, because sometimes you want to get a more detailed answer.
An excellent developer with an impressive track record. His experience allows him to share fantastic "tips and tricks" as well as various approaches to development in his Telegram channel.