Rares is currently the lead designer and game director at Gummy Cat, an indie game studio from Romania. He has a background in graphic design and advertising, before starting his foray in the game industry through event organizing.

He moved into game development, marketing, publishing and eventually business development in 2016 while at Those Awesome Guys on games like Move or Die and Monster Prom.

As game director, he shipped Gummy Cat’s debut title Bear and Breakfast in 2022.