Genesis Studios · Game Show · Lead Verse Developer
Genesis Squid Game
Genesis Squid Game won Island of the Year 2025 at The Game Awards, peaking at 31,583 concurrent players in Fortnite. I built the core Verse systems end to end, from the game-show round logic and eliminations to the in-game item shop.
Peak 31,583 concurrent players · 957.4M minutes of playtime
What I worked on
- Verse state machine driving every game-show round
- Elimination, spectator, and respawn flow
- In-island item shop and economy
- Per-round mini-game mechanics
Impact
- Won Island of the Year 2025 at The Game Awards
- Still the #1 Squid Game IP map on the platform
- Built the core Verse systems, from round logic to the item shop
More work
David Bakalov, UEFN and Verse developer. © 2026.