Evgeny Ignatik “Jack”

Founder & Creative Director, Ananta Studio · Software Engineer

I'm Evgeny “Jack” Ignatik — Founder & Creative Director at Ananta Studio, where I set the creative vision and build our games on Unreal Engine 5 across gameplay, narrative, and level design. I'm also a software engineer with 12+ years of experience, and years of running D&D campaigns shape how I make games.

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Projects

If you're curious what I'm working on right now

Bound Beyond

In development · Action · Adventure · FPS · Puzzle · Horror

A first-person psychological horror game. You play a detective investigating the disappearance of an archeologist — and what they were trying to reach. Atmospheric dread, environmental storytelling, and a mystery that rewards paying attention.

Engine: Unreal Engine 5
Platform: PC · Steam
Players: Single-player
Release: 2027
Studio: Ananta Studio

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Goals

Build Impact: Create meaningful projects with compelling narratives and healthy, respectful gameplay experiences.
Smooth Design: Aim for ludonarrative-dissonance-free experiences, where what you do and what the story tells you stay in harmony.
Story Driven: Lean on years of D&D campaign experience to convey narrative through gameplay, not in spite of it.

Values

Build what I'd play: Above all, I make the games I genuinely want to play myself.
Healthy environment: Teamwork and respect over crunch and ego.
Player-centric: An ongoing connection with the players and community.
Practice over theory: Prefer practical experimentation to endless theoretical discussion.
Meaningful detail: Attention to the details that actually matter to the experience.

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Wishlist Bound Beyond, follow the studio, and let's connect — every wishlist and hello genuinely helps a small indie team make the game we dream about.

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