About

Adam Ardisasmita, CEO of Arsanesia

Photos: Adam’s Social Media Photos
Resume: Adam’s Resume

Adam Ardisasmita is the CEO and co-founder of Arsanesia, a game company founded in 2011 whose mission is to bring Indonesia’s rich culture to the world. With Arsanesia, Adam involves in various game development projects as a game director, product manager, producer, game designer, UX designer, as well as programmer. Since 2015, Arsanesia has had a new business unit called Arsa Kids which focuses on educational games for children.

Adam is deeply passionate to build the ecosystem in the game industry in Indonesia through the community. Therefore, he now sitting as the vice president of the Indonesia Game Association (AGI) and actively engages in the biggest game community, GameDevID, as the administrator. On top of that, he is also heavily involved and contributes to other communities such as GameDev Bandung, DepokMobi, and the IF ITB Startup Community.

Graduated cum laude from Information System and Technology ITB, Adam take time to teach programming at Dicoding Academy during his spare time. He believes that programming ability is a much-needed skill for everyone and is better to be taught from an early age. Adam was an Intel Innovator, a tech ambassador for Intel Technology. He also became a mentor for Google Launchpad Week Jakarta in 2015.

As a writer that focuses on technology and game, Adam has been a contributor for DailySocial (no.1 media about startup and technology in Indonesia), Dicoding (developer hub in Indonesia), and also share his thoughts and experience about the game ecosystem, startup, and technology updates on his personal blog, ardisaz.com. Adam also dedicated his time to make a podcast and video about the Indonesian Game Industry on his Youtube Channel and Podcast.

His Works

Titles

2011 – current: CEO Arsanesia
2016 – 2023: Intel Software Innovator
2019 – 2025 : Vice President of Indonesia Game Association
2021 – 2023: Huawei Developer Group Organizer Indonesia

Games

2023: Project Unseek || Producer for a PC game, 2v6 class-based asymmetrical online multiplayer horror game inspired by 80s slasher horror movies.
2021: Summer Town || Producer for a mobile simulation, dress up, makeup, and decorate your virtual pet and be the biggest social media influencer in Summer Town
2020: Si Juki Warteg Gaya Baru || Producer for a program from the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy to help educate COVID-19 for society in Indonesia
2019: Si Juki Warteg Mania || Producer for a casual simulation game with the biggest comic IP in Indonesia, Si Juki
2019: <NDA> || Project Manager to develop Gamification app, 6 Hyper Casual Games, and 6 AR Games for a Telco Company in Indonesia
2016: Pippo Peri Cinta || Product Manager for an endless running game for Valentine’s Day
2015: Roly Poly Penguin || Product Manager and Game Designer for a 3-match-puzzle game introducing Arsanesia’s own IP, Pippo the Roly Poly Penguin
2015: <NDA> || Project manager to develop a dress-up game for a boy band in Indonesia
2014: Temple Rush Prambanan || Product Manager and Game Designer for a 3-match puzzle game about Indonesian folklore, the story of Prambanan Temple in Java Island
2013: Gaplay || Product Manager for a multiplayer game about “gaplek”, a traditional card game from Indonesia, transformed into a digital game
2013: <NDA> || Project manager to make 4 casual games from an existing IP
2012: Little Lea || Product Manager for an endless bullet hell game about Leak, a mystical creature from Bali, Indonesia
2009: Gamelan Player || Developer for a music game from the Bandung traditional instrument

Education Games

2021: Dunia Tini Wini Biti || Product manager in a e-comic and educational games for Tini Wini Biti (kids beverage)
2019: IMPETUS || Product Manager for a game to improve mental health literacy among teenagers for research by the Ministry of Health, the University of Liverpool, and the University of Manchester
2019: Pippo Hidup Sehat || Product Manager and game designer for a game to educate children 4-8 years old about a healthy lifestyle to fight COVID-19. This project is supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy
2018: Pippo Brain Training || Product Manager for a game to assess and stimulate cognitive skills for children 4-8 years old
2016: Learn With Pippo || Product Manager and game designer for a game to teach children 4-8 years old general knowledge (alphabet, shape, animal, etc)
2015: <NDA> Financial Literation Project || Project Manager to develop a game about financial literacy for children for a Bank in Indonesia

Programs

2021: Podcast PRESS START, game development and how to become one || Host and program planner. This program is supported by Asosiasi Game Indonesia and the Goethe Institut Jakarta
2021: Learn How to Make Augmented Reality Using Lens Studio || Academy Trainer. This program is supported by Snapchat, Indosat Ooredoo, and Dicoding
2021: Standard Kompetensi Kerja Nasional Indonesia (SKKNI) Video Game || Lead the program to create a nationwide standard for game development roles in Indonesia
2021: GameTalentID|| Initiator for a joint alliance between industry association and academic institution in Indonesia to nurture talent for game developers in Indonesia
2020: Retas Budaya || Director for a cultural game jam using the GLAM digital archive in Indonesia
2018-present: Game Prime || Director for the yearly exhibition for Indonesian Game developers to show their products. This program is supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy.
2019: Indonesia Game Developer eXchange || Founder and Head of Committee of a conference, workshop, and networking event for game developers and industry players in Indonesia
2019: Skill Tree || Initiator for weekly webinars to talk about technology and the business area of game development