Introduction
Hello, I’m Gofelem (Marfrey) who’s from the Philippines, and currently lives in the countryside. I’m an Illustrator & Concept Artist/Designer who has worked on videogames, Table-top RPGs, card games, and other various projects. I’ve always been interested in drawing since at a very young age and never stopped doing art, I just love it dearly, and continues loving it more as time passes by.

Passion for Game Development
I am also a gamedev enthusiast. Since I was a young child, I enjoy creating games even with just a pen and paper. I find coding to be both fun and challenging, I’m still fascinated by how amazing a string of code could magically make something function. During my younger days, I really enjoy games that have some sort of map/game editor like Tenchu 2 in PS1. As I delve further and before I pursued my degree, I’ve been playing around with Macromedia flash and Warcraft 3 Editor. Then later on, Unity and Godot (Game Engines). I really like low-poly 3D and pixel art so it’s something I’m learning and playing around with.

Love for Videogames
I grew up playing videogames. The first console I’ve played as far as I can recall is the NES (we called it Family Computer back then), then SNES/Super Famicom, and then the playstation consoles. Videogames have become a big part of my life. I’ve played various genre of videogames, but JRPG (Japanese Role Playing Game) is my all-time favorite genre.

Some of my favorite games/series includes Xenogears, Final Fantasy Tactics, Breath of Fire, Fire Emblem, Xenoblade, Tales of, Persona, Dragon Quest, Mana series, Suikoden, Legend of Dragoon, Final Fantasy, Vanguard Bandits, Radiant Historia, Brigandine, Digimon World, Megaman Legends, Front Mission 3, Castlevania SotN/Ecclesia, and many more. I have a strong preference toward Playstation 1 games since aside from my childhood revolving around it, I just love the games and RPGs in that console *laughs*. I’ve played most of the JRPGs in that console.

Outside of JRPGs, I was really fond of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (A farm sim with interactable NPC/people in the town). I was so surprised when I found out about Rune Factory (It had what I was looking for in Harvest Moon, same developers). I’m also fond of fighting games like Street Fighter, Tekken, and Bloody Roar. When it comes to zelda-like top down action/puzzle, Alundra is my top favorite (it was my Zelda. It is dark, the scream still haunts me *laughs*).

When it comes to PC games (and mostly WRPGs), I’ve played Diablo, Warcraft, Starcraft, Overlord, and some other I couldn’t recall the title, but my all-time favorite would be Dragon Age: Origins. I also did play MMORPGs, and my favorite is Ragnarok Online.

A Big Fan of Anime & Manga
At a very young age, I was already exposed to anime,  I grew up with anime like Dragon Ball, YuYu Hakusho, HxH & etc.). Some of my top favorite includes Claymore, Twelve Kingdoms, Guin Saga, Code Geass, The Record of Lodoss War, Broken Blade, Crest/Banner of the Stars, Full Metal Alchemist, Berserk: The Golden Age, Princess Mononoke, Attack on Titan, Gurenn Lagann, Kingdom, Gundam Turn A/00, Heroic Age, Hunter x Hunter, Kingdom, Golden Boy, and a lot more. Recent animes that I am fond of are Danmachi, Toaru Majutsu no Index, Grimgar, Overlord, Dungeon Meshi, and Frieren. There are many more, but I can’t list them all or it’ll never end *laughs*.

These past few years or a decade, I’ve also began to grow fond of Korean manhwa and Chinese Manhua. When it comes to Donghua, my favorite is A Will Eternal.

Other Interests
I love seeing nature/greens in my surroundings. I love rice, but with age, I have to be more careful *laughs*. I like having artbooks of my favorite game, anime, or artist. I also am fond of having physical copies of games that I like, I just couldn’t get enough of looking at the case, and inserting the cart/disc in the console slot/drive. I also enjoy building Gunpla, even if I only have very few, ike 2 (I find it relaxing). Lastly, I love listening to music, especially videogame & anime soundtracks.