Bio

Cukia "Sugar" Kimani is a game director at ALL DAY ALL NIGHT, a small mom-and-pop dev shop he runs with his partner, Henrike "Riker" Lode. He makes prototypes of new game ideas, ranging from quick sketches to more fully formed concepts, and shares his process on TikTok through short, punchy devlog-style videos.

Before starting ALL DAY ALL NIGHT, Sugar co-founded and served as technical director of the award-winning African studio Nyamakop. Alongside co-founder Ben Myres, he helped shape Nyamakop into what Polygon once called "one of the most promising studios in African game development." In 2018, Forbes Africa named him one of their 30 under 30 for his work building the studio from the ground up.

Nyamakop's debut title, Semblance, made history as the first African IP to launch on a Nintendo platform. The game was shown at major festivals around the world, received several awards, and marked a milestone for the studio's place in the global games industry.

Earlier in his career, Sugar co-created Boxer, a wild, literal top-down boxing game that went on to win the inaugural A MAZE./Johannesburg Award in 2015. He's also a seasoned public speaker, having shared stories and lessons from his journey at events like GDC, A MAZE./Berlin, and Respawn.