s an all-round designer, artist, and web developer, Derya Bal (born July 25, 1985) was the founder of Turkmap.org, a Turkish educational website, which was even visited by Cevat Yerli while he was working on Far Cry, about providing resources on making maps and modifications for video games from the early 2000s, and Oyuncu.com, one of the biggest Turkish gaming communities with over 16,000 registered users from the mid 2000s. He worked on the first issue of Nitrogamer Magazine, and his video game maps were published by Level Magazine.

e graduated from Izmir Karatas Anatolian High School and earned a postgraduate degree in Business Administration and Management from Anadolu University, and subsequently worked as a Creative Director, first at Reklamlar.com.tr and later at Sunsamreklam.com. In addition, he contributed to Gamer-market.com as a Consultant, and also crafted creative design solutions from 2007 to 2023. Derya currently resides in Sisli, Istanbul with his beloved Maltese Terrier named Deckard.

n this website, you can explore some of the websites and logos that were designed by Derya Bal, download his video game maps, and play his parody browser game, Diablo II Web Based Game. In this game, items dropped by enemies are randomized, and if you are lucky, you may even catch a glimpse of the Secret Cow Level.
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You can get in touch with him via email.