Hi, I'm Devi Acharya
I develop applied AI tools for game studios to help accelerate design and development as a part of Take-Two Interactive's AI team. I'm experienced working with client teams to understand their needs and build tools and prototypes to support them, ranging from procedural content generators with LLM integration to Unity games and full-stack web applications.
B.A. in Computer Science and Film, TV, and Interactive Media, Brandeis University
Projects
Letter Lock Puzzle Generator
Full-Stack Developer, Take-Two AI
A puzzle generator and editor for the Letter Lock minigame in Words with Friends. Allows designers to generate, edit, and playtest puzzles in the browser. Uses constraint-solving and LLM integration to generate words and puzzles based on inputted puzzle size and theme.
Match-3 Level Generator
Full-Stack Developer, Zynga Applied AI
A level generator and editor for Match-3 games, created for Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells and Two Dots. Allows designers to generate and edit levels in-browser using a graphical painting tool, speeding up design time and visualization. Uses PCG system to build valid levels with requested inputs like hazards and symmetry.
Dog Gone Detective
Unreal Developer, Idisen Game Jam
A mystery point-and-click game where you play as a world-class (dog) investigator. Gather clues by speaking to the witnesses - or accuse a suspect! Created as part of the Idisen Game Jam, 2025.
Episodic Ads
Unity Developer, Zynga Applied AI
A system for creating short-form, emergent narrative games in Unity using social simulation to model characters' reactions to player choices. Uses Farmville as an example setting, but uses setting-agnostic JSON to support playable experiences for any scenario with custom images, dialog, and stats.
TTRPG Game Master Assistant
Researcher + Developer, Expressive Intelligence Studio @ UCSC
A co-creative AI assistant for game masters of tabletop roleplaying games. Developed based on interviews with game masters, the tool uses Prolog-based constraint-solving over a Cthulhu Confidential game module to visualize information about the game world and provide suggestions for what can happen next based on the player's past actions.
Warmer
Unity Developer, NSF-funded research group @ UCSC
An NSF-funded game about climate change and human impacts on the environment using real environmental models, designed to help students learn about the impacts of actions on global emissions. Includes interactive minigames where players can enact legislation, protest emissions, and fight wildfires, seeing the effects of these actions on global temperatures.
Spatial Cognition in Virtual Reality
Researcher + Unity Developer, Iowa State University
A virtual reality research game developed in Unity to help study the effects of different VR navigation methods on spatial orientation, including usage of landmarks, walking and turning, teleporting, and mixed physical and virtual navigation.
VR / Physical Escape Room
Mentor, UCSC Science Internship Program
An escape room made in Unity with asymmetrical puzzle-solving in physical and virtual reality spaces. Served as co-mentor teaching research and game development techniques to high schoolers.
Terasology: Light and Shadow
Java Developer, Google Summer of Code
A capture-the-flag game mode made for open-source voxel game Terasology, made as part of Google Summer of Code.
Fusion Galaxy
Lead Artist, Massachusetts Digital Games Institute
A mobile game about collecting and crafting elements together to discover the universe, made with the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute.
Red Survivor
UI Artist, Mustachio Games
A strategy game where the player fights to survive against killer robots in a war-torn Russia. Shown at Boston Festival of Indie Games, 2014.