Game developer · Unreal Engine 5

Zachary Burlakoff

I build game systems in Unreal Engine 5. Right now that's Ashland, a survival colony sandbox at the end of the world.

The map is an optional 3D drive through my work — everything is also on these pages.

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PLACEHOLDER — Ashland (in development) key art

Ashland (in development)

Unreal Engine 5.8

A god-view colony survival sandbox in Unreal Engine 5.8: lead survivors from scavenging to empire, defence and diplomacy in a living, undead-overrun world. In development.

Drivable Portfolio Map

Three.js · Cloudflare Workers

A Three.js truck-driving map of my work, running on Cloudflare Workers, with plain fast pages for everyone who'd rather read.

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New projects will appear here as they're ready to show.

About

I'm Zachary Burlakoff, known online as Zburly, a video game developer working in Unreal Engine 5. My main project is Ashland, a colony survival sandbox set in a world overrun by undead, currently in development. I also built this site as a small game of its own: a drivable 3D map of my work.

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Latest devlog

2026-10-30 Ashland: a systems overview
What Ashland is made of: undead, survivors, factions, economy, combat and the camera, straight from the design plans.
2026-10-30 Building a drivable portfolio
How this site became a small truck game, and why it still has plain pages.

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