goose rise
puzzle · physics · skill games
An independent game studio. Small games you play with one finger and keep getting better at.
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Something is in the lab.
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First title in playtesting
A one-finger physics puzzle. Web first, phones next. 2026.
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More in the lab prototyping
Small team, fast prototypes, one game at a time. Follow along on LinkedIn.
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Made by a PM who shipped live games.
Cem Tokgöz
Product Manager – Games & Live Ops · Türkiye
Product manager in mobile and live games since 2018: the daily puzzle pipeline on Words of Wonders at Fugo, a concept-to-market hyper-casual pipeline at Studio Billion, and release go/no-go on Hunt: Showdown 1896 at Crytek.
Since January 2026, Goose Rise: games built with a PM at the center and AI agents in the engineering and content seats.
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Where the live-ops reflexes come from.
- Product Manager · IndependentJan 2026 – Present
- Research, ideation, iteration — mobile puzzle
- Games built with a PM at the center and AI agents in the engineering and content seats
- Product Manager · CrytekAug 2024 – Jan 2026Hunt: Showdown 1896
- Release quality and go/no-go across the Aug 2024 relaunch and 8+ seasonal releases
- Senior Product Manager · Studio BillionFeb 2023 – Aug 2024
- GDD, feature prioritization and systems design on Rumble Suits — core loop, progression, economy — concept to production
- Product Manager · Studio BillionSep 2021 – Feb 2023
- Concept-to-market pipeline for the hyper-casual portfolio: prototyping, publisher pitches, CPI / D1–D7 tests across 10+ titles
- Product Manager · Kaiju Games İstanbulFeb 2021 – Aug 2021
- 20 game concepts as publisher one-pagers, backed by market research and core-loop definition
- Rapid prototypes across 15 games ahead of submission
- Product Manager · Fugo GamesNov 2019 – Oct 2020Words of Wonders: Crossword
- Level-funnel analysis and difficulty pacing on Words of Wonders to reduce drop-off
- Associate Product Manager · Fugo GamesNov 2018 – Nov 2019
- Daily puzzle pipeline and content management on Words of Wonders from launch
Education
- Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Master of Arts, Digital Game Design Sep 2020 – Jun 2023
- Koç Üniversitesi Bachelor of Science, Media and Visual Arts Sep 2011 – Feb 2017
- Lycée Français Saint-Michel Sep 2005 – Jun 2011
Skills
Product ManagementLive OperationsFree-to-Play (F2P)A/B TestingUnity