Dylan Mahler
Dylan Mahler
Gameplay Programmer & Designer
Gameplay Programmer & Designer
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Hello! I’m Dylan Mahler. I graduated from UC: Santa Cruz in June 2025 with degrees in Computer Science and Electronic Music.
I currently develop games and produce music as EchoLane. My debut title, BubbleBeast DigiDungeon, was nominated for Best Student Game at the 2026 Independent Games Festival (IGF)!
I have 5 years of experience with gameplay programming and design, and a passion in my heart for modular and designer-friendly tools; flexible roguelike-style effect systems; and unique relationships between music and gameplay!
I'm a lover of birds, roguelikes, and clarinet. In college, I helped run UCSC’s game development club, GDA!
Selected Work
Selected Work
BubbleBeast DigiDungeon
Nominee for Best Student Game at 2026 Independent Games Festival (IGF) awards!
Music-reactive UI and gameplay w/ FMOD
Dynamically instanced menus
Solo programmer, creative director over 1.5-year cycle
220+ reviews on Steam @ 99% positive!
SolCycle
Designer-friendly tools for prototyping the core bartering minigame
Collaborated w/ team of 18 to maintain an optimized codebase in Unity & C#
Reap & Sow
Roguelike-style polymorphic upgrade system w/ stacking
Designer-friendly editor support for authoring upgrades
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