• 👋 Hi, I’m Kaïros.
• 👀 I’m interested in programming, and in general in fiction.
• 🌱 I’m currently learning programming in the video games field.
• 💞️ I'm looking for a studio that would accept to sign an apprenticeship contract with me for the time I have left in my studies and so that I can continue them.
• 📫 To contact me : ydrisbenmansour@gmail.com

First of all, I welcome you on my Itch.io (and GitHub) page and I sincerely hope that you will find pleasure here by playing to my games because I took care of them for that (click here to see my itch.io page).

I'm an actor who has turned to the field of video game programming. Having tried several disciplines, I have what you could call an atypical background that makes me a versatile person.

After obtaining my Master of research in Philosophy, with the production of a thesis on the theme of video games (co-directed by Mathieu Triclot), I worked as an actor for several years and I was lucky enough to participate in more than ten shows. I think I have talent in comedy, because I work hard, and also because I have a certain sensitivity. But the difficulty to live well from this profession, in addition to the pandemic, made me decide to find a field where I could have a decent living.

Since the recruitment of programmers has been on the rise for a long time, and more and more, but also to stay in an artistic field, video games appeared to me as a possible suitable field. Although it is not the field that recruits the most in the informatic industry, having learned to program for video games will always allow me to branch out if needed. Moreover, I was brought up on video games. I got my first console (a Game Boy Color) at the age of five, and it was the beginning of a long love story.

After some researchs, I spotted a training program offered by the Cnam-Enjmin Nouvelle-Aquitaine, a three-year programming science degree "video games course", in work-study. This training seemed to be the most appropriate to my situation but the problem was that the selection is hard and that you have to find a work-study program in a company to be accepted, even though I had no programming background.

So I rolled up my sleeves, and started at the beginning of September 2021 to learn to program with the Python language. I had fun making small playful programs but I quickly decided to follow a four-month certification training delivered by Gaming Campus (in partnership with Gamecodeur) in order to have the necessary level for the Enjmin and a chance to get an apprenticeship contract (this training cost me 2800€, which were at my own expenses). Even though it was a busy course, I literally loved doing it and discovered a new passion. Today I only want to learn more, if possible from professionals, in order to be able to lead a bigger project one day.

I finally came in first in my school's competition, and I got my apprenticeship contract. I worked for five months at Nereid Games. However, due to the strong recession of the mobile games market, my company had to stop its activities in February 2023 and terminate my contract prematurely. I found a work-study job at Studio Black Flag in June 2023, where I worked for a year and five months until I was made redundant (the company closed for lack of funding).

So I'm once again looking for a video game studio that would be willing to sign an apprenticeship contract with me for the time remaining in my studies, i.e. until the end of August 2025. It's a necessity for me if I want to get my diploma. If you are, dear reader, possibly an employer looking for an apprentice, I hope that my projects playable on this page will convince you of my skills.

Friend, whoever you are, I wish you love and good wind, but most of all : good game !