Finished Adventure!

The time has come for me to put electric machete down , untie the parkour shoes, hide the LastHandofGlova easter egg in place that no one will ever find it and end this Gigantic advanture.

Yesterday was the last day that I was officially called an employee of Techland , but in my heart I will always be one!

When I’ve started my job (and this is my first job ever), I’ve dreamed about being a part of something big, something that in some small part would influence the life of gamers. Never in my wildest dreams I could have imagined this - reaching a massive amount of people and having created communities around games, that I was privileged to work with You side by side!?We've managed to create some amazing stuff - Dead Island and Dying Light 1&2 (and one Unnanauced Title ;-)) - I'm praoud of You!!

Techland has been for me a place, where everything was possible, a small team that created a title that broke console servers from the amount of players that tried to play our game! Small team that did things that others claimed are impossible and we are crazy…. Guess what we were (and still are )!!! Selling over 40 mln of Zombie games - hold my beer and watch ;-)!?

For all the joy, happy times, crazy parties, hard work, sweat, tears,? relief, stress, amazing knowledge sharing, helpful moments, where everything was lost and yet we still managed to overcome - THANK YOU!!!!

No amount of words can say how grateful I am for the last 14 years. I’ve come here with nothing to give, outside of passion and I’m leaving having everything that I’ve always wanted: friends, gurus, teachers, successes, fans and a place that I can always call home! I am forever grateful!!

My legacy is now in Your hands with each strike You do and every climb You make part of me will be always with You!!!?

And now as the credits rolls there is a section called

SPECIAL THANKS:

• Pawel Marchewka for teaching me how to run a business, be target oriented and focused on achieving goals and yet still maintaining the passion after all these years!?
• Adam Michalowski - for all magic on making the AI collaborate with this broken player, even when something looked impossible - You nailed it
• Adrian Sikora - for showing me what hard work means and having always a smile and faith in all of us
• Andrzej P?aczek - for professional approach and knowledge?
• Andrzej Zacharewicz- for being one of the best programmers and people that I’ve ever worked with, whenever I had problems I always knew that in times of panic You will help me and know the solution to everything - Thank You Miyamoto ;-)!?
• Artur Kowalczyk - for Your talent and parties that we had
• Bart?omiej Rudyk - for kicking my ass in Tekken and singing the best songs ever!
• Bartosz Ochman - for the time we worked together I really loved and admired Your skill and sense of humor! Guy Ritchie RULEZ!?
• Brice Laborde for handling everything like a boss! You are nailing it!
• GAMEPLAY_TEAM- my dear team - Your rock!!! The Game is something that I would love to play so take care of it and finish this with passion that You all have!
• Damian D?browski - for all the love and pretzell extravaganza!!?
• Damian G?siorek- for all the j***s and monkey player magic?
• Damian Gabry? - producing Easter Egg content with You was a blast!!?
• Daria Brunsz - for greeting everyone with a big smile and helping with every request?
• Dawid Paciepnik- for keeping the processes easy and handling my problems
• Dorota Koz?owska - for always being helpful, being 2 steps ahead of everyone, and having amazing knowledge in Your responsibilities - love You sis!
• DL_TEAM - for all the talent, hard work and dedication - looking forward to Your next projects - I’m sure it will be a world class experience!
• Edyta Mosińska-Duralska , Filip Hajzer , Tomasz Gruszka , Wojciech Siadak , Tomasz Siadak -the audio gang!! You are always professional. Your work is the best in the industry, every team from the company should learn from Your approach!
• Grzegorz Swistowski - for guiding me in my career, believing in me and always trying to help!
• Hubert Jarnecki - for You amazing anims and interesting conversations!
• Igor Sapijaszko - 1st of the trio of superheroes that is pushing the games of Techland to another level. Everything You touch turns into GOLD!
• Jakub Klarowicz - the man, the legend. You are TECH in Techland - the GODFATHER of the engine!
• Jakub Nalepka - for being a pro with handling the mess that we call G** - You are awesome
• Jakub W??ykowski - for all the DL stuff that You manage to fix, without any complaints! You are the silent hero of the project!!?
• Jan Borkowski - for every amazing cinematic and anim that is of the highest quality I’ve ever seen, I will always recognize Your touch in Techlands art!?
• Kacper Kowalczuk 2nd of the trio of superheroes! You managed to squeeze and push the player and all of the code to its limits! DL2 wouldn’t happen without You!! I know that the PlayerDI (xD) is in good hands and will be waaaay better with You in charge!
• Kajetan Szczepaniak - for crazy stuff in LD, being positive and woring hard!
• Krzysztof ?ukasik - 3rd of the trio of superheroes! Every single feature that I’ve managed to f*ck up - You had Your hands on it, You showed me and helped us fix stuff!! You are QA GOD!?
• Sebastian Kowal my friend without YOU I would never be in this place, all that I’ve achieved is thanks to You!! I will never be able to give back for the things that You gave me
• Kamila Dudek- for Your smile!!! The best Techland parties were always with You!?
• Kamil Braun - fist bump - always a pleasure to collaborate with!
• Kaja Kisielewska - for Your passion and magic that came from Your hands!
• Karol Bach - for being professional and having patience to explain things that I don’t understand even now - You did Your best!
• Karolina S?owik - helping in tough times, putting back faith in people
• Karol Langier - for designing the undesigneble, and handling the unhandleble ;-)
• Katarzyna Tarnacka - for Your art and approach of handling stupidest ideas in gameplay!
• ?ukasz Abramczuk - for handling the DIRs - we are crybabies and You managed to give some order in this kindergarten ;-)?
• ?ukasz Kozak - Kozaczio! For every split of blood (on screen and off ;-) )?
• Maciej Jamrozik - THE PROFESSOR!!? for making shaders that no one else was able to handle or even understand what I’m asking for - I don’t know how You do it!
• Maciej K?okowski - never in my life would I imagine that there is a programmer that does not make any mistakes - yet You exist!! chapeau bas!
• Marcin Sobanski- for all the Buhaje we drank!?
• Marcin Stelmaszczyk & Sebastian Helios- for handling all technical problems in a matter of seconds, for making our work be smoothless as possible - thanks from bkulona!
• Marek Musia? - for amazing weapons, for patiance with broken shadows, for all the small talks!
• Marek Pszczó?kowski - for all the tools that I’ve broken (or forced the creation of) and You with Your team managed to fix it without ever complaining!?
• Marek Piotr S. - for even the Smallest Techland Patching! You made us feel safe which is something that no one can take for granted these days!
• Mario Maltezos - My Man!! Your crazy bastard I loved working with You - even if only for a brief moment, Your passion and humor is contagious keep on keeping on!!
• Martyna M?czka - for making the administration work like a charm!
• Mateusz Delikat - without Your help nothing would have been possible! P4magician!?
• Micha? Stachowiak - for greetings me on a daily basis with “zje*ales!!” - You made me and my features, a better version than I would have ever imagined!
• Michael Stefański - for all the parties, talking sh*t, and MOCAP on a world class level! Techland Biggest Optimist xD!
• Milena Nowaczyk- for patience and handling my stupid adventures and requests without ever complaining - I don’t know how I will now go in life without Your help!!?
• Pawe? Klimkiewicz, Mariusz Ju?ciński- MY BoyZZZ - for keeping a smile on my face every time I was with You on and off the job! PADBAR 4EVER
• Pawe? Ko?aczyński - for UI craftsmanship, perfectionism and programing skills of a GOD! Believe in Yourself You are a mastermind!?
• Pawel Nowak - for peer to peer contact on and off the job ;-)
• Piotr Marsza? - for Your calm and methodological approach to every task that I’ve put in front of You!
• Piotr Mistygacz - for the Quest Magic and gameDev meets - I will try to come to them whenever I have the chance!?
• Przemys?aw Kawecki- Pshemoooo!! For breakfast / brakes , smiles and help that You gave!?
• Przemys?aw Mróz - for being able to create best trailers from stuff that was at best alpha quality and did not work!! I don’t know how You are doing it!?
• Rafa? Polito - You crazy mother fu*** - for all the fun that we had, I miss those times on a daily basis! Keeping my fingers crossed!!?
• Robert Rabin - for Your thoughtful comments, professional approach and great knowledge on everything industry and movie related! Had a blast (though it was short)?
• Rumi Mishra - for creative approach with those pesky player animations! You are the BEST! Take care of Yourself!?
• S?awomir Latos- for amazing rope, amazing wall and other magic stuff, I already miss collaborating with You on some puzzles in C-engine!?
• Tomasz Szalkowski - for tuning and tweaking the engine so it works and looks amazing! And for drunk conversations at the end of every techland party xD
• Wiktor Szymański- for mind bending usages of mechanics in our maps. You're a creative beast!
• Olivier Derivière - the MAESTRO- Bonjooornoooo ;-) - It was a pleasure to work with You (and Max!), I have learned a lot from You and the conversations OMG!!! Smile on my face that never went off :D
• Zuzanna S?awińska - for helping to handle Pyzas calendar like a pro, even when it was impossible to squeeze me in?

and last but not least:

• Piotr Pawlaczyk - the FUN starts with You, thank You for always bringing a smile on everyone's face, for crazy stuff - for not putting EVERY easter egg that we shouldn’t add to the game. Don’t ever change!! F*ck Yeaaaah!!!?
• Tymon Smektala - my brotha from another mother!! My hero, who became my friend! For collaboration, fun and making DL the real deal!!? Don’t fret I will never make You forget - the harassment shall continue!!?

and for people that are not in the company but influence my life greatly

• Bartosz Miko?ajczyk - for the best PARKOUR! roads ever!
• Chris Avellone - for making me realize that working with crazy (in a good way) and passionate people is as important as the knowledgeable and talented. Sorry for almost killing You ;-)
• Dawid Lubryka - for Your professional approach and making DL2 the best parkour game ever!! WIthout Your touch it wouldn’t not have happened!
• George Tatoulis - for designing combat, having a lot of fun while doing it and always being on top of the game!!?
• Gosia Mitr?ga - for being a bright sun even on the darkest of days!
• Janusz Gruca - for the "everything is possible mentality - just give me one day!" and for “conversations” with Korek - I miss them a lot!
• Kamil Franosik - for doing for the 1000x time right swing and left swing with a machete, for creating a parkour animtations that WOWed the world. If I’m the godfather of parkour in DL, then You are it’s Father!?
• Marc Albinet - for showing me that sometimes the team needs to make mistakes and learn from it, instead of doing everything for them - wisdom comes with experience!!
• Malgorzata S - for converting from a hater to a liker ;-) - I miss our talks!! Thanks for all the hard work!!
• Matt Binkowski - for designing and balancing our games so they are fun and broken at the same time :D - this is the sweet juice that all Techland games have! For falling of stairs and stupid stuff that we did on a daily basis, and for the help with my GDC talk - would not have happened without You
• Mateusz Pacuszko - for making the zombies dead as they can possibly be, for all the behavior magic that amazed everyone!
• Micha? Dudziak - for the fun in design, fun when playing and having the best stories ever?
• Mikolaj Kulikowski - for helping with cleaning up the mess that I’ve done in the code, and be a mastermind in optimizations, looking forward to eat some PIG with You xD?
• Micha? Nowak - for solving the hardest riddles on my way, whenever I had a crash that was a mystery, I knew that You would help to find and fix it within minutes!!?
• Pawel Kopinski - for pushing our titles to every journalist, without You no one would know about some random Zombie Game?
• Pawe? Kubiak - for HumanAI, ZombieAI, and not breaking a sweat while looking at cracked Jar ;-)...?
• Pawel Rohleder - for not throwing me out from classes when I was playing Q3 instead of learning, and not throwing me away for the second time when I wanted to have internship in Techland
• Pawel Zawodny - for hiring, a guy without experience that manages to say “K*rwa” (“F*ck”) in his 3rd sentence in job interview?
• Przemek Marmul - for all the business support, and squeezing every penny so we can do all the crazy things that we wanted without ever worrying about money... and for Your sense of humor!?
• Radoslaw Malicki - for teaching me the ins and outs of playercontrollers, magic with firearms and conversations with a beer in hand!?
• Wojciech Krywult - for Your knowledge, professionalism, and the struggle with ITriggerController ;-)?
• Tomasz Klin - my FIRST boss!! For hiring me, taking me to the best role ever - player gameplay programmer, I would have never chosen this path if it wasn’t for You! For trusting in my instincts, for help and foundations that brought me to today's position! I’m still sorry for simplifying the Analog Melee Controller - it was perfect before I’ve put my hands on it

and last but not least:

• Kornel Jaskula - for being the best producer ever!! even though You’ve avoided it for sooooo long - in the end You were the only one that could put some order in chaos and madness that I’ve called my work. and for being a true friend, for kalarepa breakfast and all the fun that we had and will have!!! Keeping my fingers crossed to Your next endeavors?
• Adrian Ciszewski - I don’t know where to even start? … for picking a guy that looks like a stoner - my eyes are my biggest asset! For giving me 2 simple tasks: do the best melee combat fpp in games and do the best parkour in games. I tried my best! For teaching me what game design really is, for always taking care of me, for listening to me sign (or some would call it scream) on a daily basis, for making most of my dreams come true. I’m looking forward to whatever You do next - it is going to be EPIC!?

… and at the end if someone was omitted I’m sorry it was not intentional, I thank You all as each person and moment was UNFORGETTABLE!

…and remember:

NA*URWIAJCIE SALTA!!! ( aka LET’S F*CK SH*T UP!!!)

Best & 4EVER Yours

gloVA

Ps.

I’m taking a break from GameDev, I hope someday I will regain the strength and energy that I’ve lost over the years!