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Tabea Steinhauer

Game Programmer & Sound Designer

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About

Hi, I’m Tabea – a Music Producer turned Game Programmer with a passion for developing juicy gameplay, designer-friendly tools and intuitive sound design. Here are some facts about me:

// Born in Mainz, Germany – grew up in Moscow, Russia

// After graduating high school – returned to Germany to work and study

// 2017 – B.Mus. in Popular Music from HMTM in Hannover (Specialisation Vocals, Composition and Music Production)

// 2021 – Enrolled at Cologne Game Lab (TH Köln) to study programming

// 2023 – Six month internship at KING Art, followed by a working student position until February 2025 – focused on audio programming for an unannounced RTS game

// Spring 2025 –  B.A. in Digital Games (Specialisation Game Programming – 1.1 grade point average)

// Extensive experience as singer songwriter, background singer, pianist, music producer, composer, and vocal coach under the stage name Ivory Stone

// Decided to pursue passion for games and game development

// Now working as programmer, sound designer and composer for video games

Projects

Unannounced RTS title (KING Art)

Die Näherinnen (Experimental Game)

War of Sounds (thesis project)

Drop By Drop (student project)

Antura and the Letters (CGL, 🎗️ German Developer Award 2022)

Adventurers‘ Advocate (Spoonful Games)

Mirrornauts (TH Köln)

One Bar Wonder (student project)

Prey & Promise (student project)

YETI (short film)

Bevoiced (student project)

Tools

Unity

Visual Studio

FMOD

Fungus

Unreal

Git

Arduino

WordPress

Logic, ProTools, Ableton

Final Cut Pro

Skills

C#

OOP

C++

Audio Programming

Gameplay Programming

HLSL

OpenGL

PHP

Music Composition, Arrangement & Production

Video Editing

Basic Web Development

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Contact

I would love to hear from you. If you want to get in touch, please use the form below.

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