Bio

"I don't love what video games are; I love what video games could be."

I'm Alva Majo, indie video game developer and video creator from Spain.

I develop my own games and publish them as studio Majorariatto, and I have a successful YouTube channel. I also stream on Twitch.

I was born in Spain and I live on the island of Mallorca.

I vividly remember playing Super Mario Bros. for the first time at the age of 5, developing a passion for video games.

I played around with RPG Maker in my teenage days, and had a computer class in high school that introduced me to programming with Visual Basic.

I later pursued a degree in computer science but dropped it a few months in for lack of motivation, laziness and general dislike of studying. I instead got a technical degree in both audiovisuals and programming instead.

I started to make a too-ambitious video game with a friend, Nosgoroth, under the studio name Majorariatto. It went poorly.

I went vegan in 2012 and later worked for a few months as a travel agency’s website tester and testing automation programmer. I quit to focus on the development of the game.

As a last-ditch effort, I developed Majotori by myself in a few months starting at the end of 2015, and I have kept making games since.

I started a personal YouTube channel in 2018, during pureya's and Golfing Over It with Alva Majo’s development, as a marketing ploy. I have kept making videos since and became a known figure in the Spanish video game scene.

I enjoy my creative work. I have strong ideas about video games and I try to bring something of value with each game I make. My goal is to make a video game that changes your life.

In 2020, I started rescuing pigeons from the street and kept rescuing more and more out of moral obligation. Nowadays, I rescue hundreds each year, my home is basically a pigeon sanctuary, and I barely have any free time because of it.

I'm a minimalist. I don’t drink or smoke. I dislike going out, traveling, and spending money. I eat almost exclusively meal replacement shakes.

Random fact about me: I developed arachnophobia by playing the video game Arachnophobia.

My favorite video game is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Majora’s Mask.