Our Team

Animator turned designer with 12+ years in game development working on a wide range of projects including Jet Li’s Rise to Honor, Conan, Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2, and Sly Cooper Thieves in Time.

Favorite 90s game: Mortal Kombat II

A web3 and gaming connoisseur with an extensive background in marketing.

Favorite 90s game: Half-Life

Technology leader and entrepreneur with 20+ years of industry experience. Previously at Oracle, Kabam and Glu Mobile.

Favorite 90s game: Doom

Born in the 90’s and raised in the Bay Area with a love for video games. BA in Animation and Visual Effects. Enjoys seeing or applying the smallest details in art, especially animation.

Favorite 90s game: Jak 2

Grew up in the Philippines and Guam. Dropped the island life to come stateside and got my BFA in Animation/Illustration at SJSU. Been working in the game industry for the past 10 years. Have a deep love for raw fish and rice.

Favorite 90s game: NBA Jam

Growing up in the 80s, feeding countless quarters into arcade machines, I remember thinking “one day these games will look as cool as the illustrations on the sides of these game cabinets”. This fascination, with my obsession with control panels probably had something to do with me finding a home doing video game UI.

Favorite 90s game: MDK

Previously worked as a Programmer at EA, Namco, SmartBombInteractive, and KIXEYE. Previous titles include Godfather, Dead To Rights, Snoopy Vs RedBaron.

Favorite 90s game: ICO (almost 90s!)

Video games have been my passion since I was a kid. Went to school to design video games, 8+ years developing my skills to break a game before it’s even in development.

Favorite 90s game: Final Fantasy 7

Graduated from UC Berkeley and landed in the world of PvP mobile games. Claims to play games for fun, but is that really true?

Favorite 90s game: Final Fantasy Tactics

Majored in Computer Engineering from Ajou University, Korea. Previously worked at Wonder and Neople, where he worked on Dungeon and Fighter. Loves music, photography, and travelling.

Favorite 90s game: Command and Conquer

Majored in English at UCLA and studied Literature Translation at KLTI.

Favorite 90s game: Chrono Trigger

Experienced product manager with a passion for solving problems and delighting users. Worked on titles such as Big Fish Casino, Jackpot Magic Slots, and King’s Road. Loves food, loves games, loves music.

Favorite 90s game: Super Mario Bros. 3

MFA in Visual Development at Academy of Art and BA in Graphic Art and Animation at SF State University. Worked as freelance concept artist in animation at Helpful Bear Production Inc. and Carlos Baena LLC.

Favorite 90s game: NBA Jam

Developer Liaison, SME extraordinaire turned QA nerd. I don’t like to break things; I like to dispel the illusion that things work.

Favorite 90s game: Doom

Majored in Psychology at Stanford University and liked the Bay Area so much I never left. Previously worked at Jam City on Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Spreadsheets for both fun and profit.

Favorite 90s game: Age of Empires II

BFA in Animation at the Academy of Art University. He has spent the last 10 years creating fun and interactive VFX for video games with styles ranging from cartoony, to realistic. Some previous titles include Heroes of Newerth, Strife, and Savage Resurrection.

Favorite 90s game: Mario Kart 64

Food scientist before shifting careers to game designer 7 years ago. Mentored designers, led teams, and shipped multiple titles across his tenure in Gameloft and Hothead Games. Treats games as books.

Favorite 90s game: Final Fantasy 7

Ate too many sandwiches over the years and evolved into an artist. Loves to pet dogs and lift heavy.

Favorite 90s game: Street Fighter 2

10+ years of experience in the game industry. Previously worked at Nexon and Neople. Previous titles include Dungeon and Fighter and Mabinogi. Likes to spend time with his cat named Momo.

Favorite 90s game: Lunar Silver Star Story

Former Capcom, Namco, Sony. Tradeshows and E-sports production. Fighting game enthusiast (non-pro), Souls fanatic, platformer born and raised, RPG explorer, sharpshooter and license revoked. “They say I’m I.T. but I’m not…they say I’m a video editor but I’m not…they say I’m asleep but I’m n — okay you got me there.”

Favorite 90s game: Breakers Revenge

Emmy-nominated producer with a passion for developing innovative products. Held senior and executive producer positions at Digital Domain, Digital Funk Machine, Konami, Hijinx Studios, and Interplay working on iconic franchises such as Voltron, Dance Dance Revolution, Karaoke Revolution, Silent Hill, Castlevania, NBA Jam, Barbie, Vandal Hearts, Touchmaster, Fallout, and Star Trek.

Favorite 90s game: GoldenEye 007, Starcraft, Metal Gear Solid

Always had a strong passion for game development and art since he had his first Nintendo system. He got into drawing animated effects and shooting movie videos with his camcorders. In his free time, he still makes games, art, and shoots videos with his phone… only difference is that he does it with his kids now.

Favorite 90s game: Super Metroid

Majored in Computer Engineering. Has worked in the gaming industry close to a decade. Passionate about creating a company culture based on growth, transparency, and feedback.

Favorite 90s Game: Super Mario’s World

Majored in Computer Science at Swarthmore College; favorite courses were operating systems, computer graphics, and algorithms. Hobbies include karaoke, going on scenic hikes, and playing DotA 2.

Favorite 90s game: StarCraft: Brood War

Lifelong gamer and esports fan. Recent graduate of Cornell University with a degree in Information Science. Love watching sports, cooking, and playing golf!

Favorite 90s game: Pokemon Red

Just started a career as a Front-End engineer. Majored in EE but was passionate about web programming and love to make creative and fantastic websites!

Like to fix digital appliances and love every animal with fur.

Favorite 90s game: Super Mario, Hangame Tetris

Passionate about interactive media, AI and blockchain, Varun’s been in game analytics all his career having worked on edtech, social casino and RTS games. Likes to hike, cook and play poker in his spare time.

Favorite 90’s game: Red Alert 2

Born and raised in San Diego, CA. Grew up playing Nintendo and PlayStation action-adventure games. Graduated from University of Colorado Boulder with a degree in Technology Arts and Media and a focus on game design. Previously worked on God of War Ragnarok.

Favorite 90s game: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Pursuing an artist dream by starting off with two Bachelor Degrees in 3D Modeling and Game Design Art at University of Silicon Valley.
Previously worked at Start-Up companies as 3D Generalist and Technical Artist.
Love eating fried eggs at home and drinking roasted coffee at work everyday!

Fun Fact: My very first PS1 games were Disney’s Hercules, Crash Bandicoot, and Fighting Force.

Favorite 90s game: Harvest Moon: Back to Nature

Marketing and Community leader in gaming for the last 13 years. Working in web3 gaming since 2020.

Favorite 90’s game: Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time

Born and raise in Vietnam, Saigon. Fell in love with the Bay Area and its people. BFA in Animation/Illustration at SJSU. 7+ years in mobile gaming. Have strong passion for stylized and mechs art.

Favorite 90s game: Starcraft Broodwar

Born and raised in Brazil, Alberto is a game-programmer turned game-designer with well over a decade of experience working in games. Severely addicted to the chaos of the games industry, he desperately needs a hobby.

Favorite 90s game: Diablo

Broke free from the academia curse and have been pursuing my passion for gaming after graduating from UC Berkeley with a Medical Bio degree. Now a veteran Community Manager who loves connecting the bridge among web2 and web3 communities.

Favorite 90s games: Pokemon Yellow and Super Mario World