Hi, I'm Harindu.
I make video games
2021 Best ICT student in Sri Lanka
Founder of Starfun Games || Youngest Google Verified Student in LK
trying to expand the gaming industry in sri lanka
harindu fonseka
harindu fonseka
Hi, I'm Harindu.
I make video games
2021 Best ICT student in Sri Lanka
Founder of Starfun Games || Youngest Google Verified Student in LK
trying to expand the gaming industry in sri lanka
Highlights
Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards Nominee
Represented Sri Lanka at APICTA 2022 (Pakistan) as Young Computer Scientist (SL) 2022. APICTA honors ICT excellence across 16 Asia-Pacific Countries.
Young Computer Scientist in Sri Lanka
Awarded Sri Lanka's Young Computer Scientist 2022 by Ministry of Education Sri Lanka, FITIS & University of Colombo
Best ICT Student in Sri Lanka
Won the 2021 Best ICT Student in Sri Lanka National Award at the National ICT Conference organized by the Computer Society of Sri Lanka. At the time, I was only 16 years old, making me the youngest recipient in the award's history.
First Internship when I was 15
Secured an internship at 99x (a top Sri Lankan software company) at the age of 15. This opportunity came after winning the all-island coding competition 'Codeflow,'
Completed over 30+ Hackathons
I'm proud to have completed over 31 invention, programming, and game development competitions from 2018 to 2022, and a lot of them are completed during the Covid-19 lockdown time. and I became the winner, 1st and 2nd runners-up, merit, and finalist in 23 of them.
First startup company when I was 14
Founded Starfun Games (originally Harindulk Games) in September 2020 (age 14) as a game development hobby.
Competitions
I'm participating in different kinds of competitions since 2018, mostly about coding and inventions. in total, I've completed 33 competitions. Use the search below to filter by name or rank.
NameRank
APICTA - The Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards
nominee
NATIONAL SCHOOLS SOFTWARE COMPETITION - Ministry of Education Sri Lanka
N/A
Thinkwave 4.0 - AIESEC in University of Moratuwa
4th
Young Computer Scientist Competition 2022 - Ministry of Education Sri Lanka
Winner
IDEALIZE 2022 - AIESEC in University of Moratuwa
2nd Runners Up
Hacktoberfest 2022
8 Approved PRs
Cutting Edge Coding Competition - IIT
4th
GMTK Game Jam 2022
352 / 3019
Virtual Hackathon 2022 - Microsoft
Finalist
DimensionX 2022 - Ananda College
N/A
CodeFlow 2022 - Ananda College
Winner
Aurora 2022 - University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Finalist
Million dollar challenge - TigerGraph
N/A
Codefest 2021 - SLIIT
Finalist
Hack: AI 2021
Semi-Finalist
GitHub GameOff Game Jam 2021
40 / 519
GitHub OpenHackDay Sri Lanka 2021
Top 10
Hacktoberfest 2021
7 Approved PRs
Brackeys Game Jam 2021.2
853 / 1729
HackX Junior 2021 - University of Kelaniya
N/A
IDEALIZE 2021 - AIESEC in University of Moratuwa
Semi-Finalist
Sri Lankan Robotics Challenge 2021 - University of Moratuwa
N/A
INSTINCTUS 20 - Musaeus College
5th
Novus Technica 2020 - Nalanda College
Winner
Sahasak Nimavum 2020 - Sri Lanka Inventors Commission
N/A
INNOV8 2020 - NSBM
2nd Runner Up
Aurora 2019 - Ananda College
Top 10
Novus Technica 2019 - Nalanda College
Winner
Sri Lankan Robotics Challenge 2019 - University of Moratuwa
12th
INNOVATIVE SAINTS 2019 - All Saints College
2nd Runner Up
Robotics Championship 2019 - Gateway College
N/A
Novus Technica 2018 - Nalanda College
Best Idea