About
I'm Ivan Wang, a developer based in Melbourne, Australia. I run Vurctne Games, an independent studio shipping arcade titles for the WeChat, Douyin, and TikTok mini-game platforms. Alongside the studio I take select short-form contracts.
What I've shipped
- School Tool — multi-tool desktop app for Victorian Government school business managers. Paid product on the Microsoft Store, $605/year/school. Python + Tkinter + openpyxl + pdfplumber + WeasyPrint, packaged as MSIX.
- refined PAL Search — policy search engine for school staff. Vite + React + Tailwind, deployed on Cloudflare Pages with a custom domain. Live in production.
- Hexfall — turn-based hex strategy game. Single-file React build, served from vurctne.com/hexfall.
- PhaseDash — Cocos Creator arcade title. Live on Douyin and WeChat mini-game platforms.
How I work
I prefer fixed scopes over time-and-materials. I quote against a clear deliverable; if the scope changes mid-project, we re-quote. This is faster for both sides than tracking hours.
I write code that ships. That means: realistic test coverage on the things that break in production, no unnecessary abstraction layers, design tokens centralized when there's more than one consumer, error handling at the boundaries that matter. I document the things future-me would forget.
I work async. Updates land in your inbox; calls happen when there's actually something to discuss. I'm in Melbourne, AEST/AEDT — comfortable overlap with Asia-Pacific, partial overlap with US-West evenings.
What's a good fit
- Self-contained Windows desktop tools (1–4 weeks)
- Mini-game prototypes or production builds for WeChat / Douyin / TikTok (2–8 weeks)
- Static landing pages or product sites on Cloudflare Pages (1–2 weeks)
- Small Python data-pipeline tasks where Excel and PDF are involved
What's not a good fit
- Long-running staff augmentation or full-time contracts
- Ongoing maintenance retainers (one-off engagements only)
- Mobile apps (iOS / Android native — refer to specialists)
- Backend at scale (anything beyond a single-region Cloudflare Workers + D1 footprint)
Where to find me
Email is the most reliable: contact@vurctne.com. I respond within one business day.