Our team has collectively developed and launched over a dozen hit console and online games, including several that have redefined their respective genres: Lemmings, Grand Theft Auto, Diablo II, and Lineage II.
Serial entrepreneur in the high-tech, online gaming sector. Co-founded nWay, Pixelberry, Nurien Software, and IvyConnection. Advisor to many successful startups including SundayToz, Cloudgine and Coffee Meets Bagel. President of Realtime Worlds Korea and early member of New Business Development team at Samsung Electronics where it spawned smartphone and mobile gaming businesses.
Favorite 90s game: Tekken 3
Experienced in building brands with pop-culture relevance in interactive entertainment. Launched and managed Star Wars, DC Comics, and LEGO games in mobile and console. Held leadership positions at Warner Bros, YouTube and LucasArts. Former economic consultant at Arthur Andersen with an MBA from MIT.
Favorite 90s game: WWF No Mercy
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
Business Development and Licensing executive with 20+ years’ experience developing and growing global brands: Toys“R”Us, WWE, Power Rangers, Halo, Star Wars. Passionate about pop culture and expanding product lines to fan communities.
Favorite 90s game: Super Spike V’Ball
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
A San Francisco native who majored in accounting. 10+ years in the financial industry and 6+ years in mobile gaming. Previously worked at Kabam on Marvel Contest of Champions, Transformers Forged to Fight, and Shop Titans. Loves sports, sci-fi and noodle soup.
Favorite 90s game: Final Fantasy VII
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
Previously worked at Popcap Studios on Plants vs. Zombies 3. An expert gamer who excels at mashing.
Favorite 90s game: 2nd Super Robot Wars G
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
Has 9 years of 3D graphic and lead concept artist experience. Formerly worked at GameHi and Doobic Entertainment (both acquired by Nexon) in South Korea.
Favorite 90s game: Dungeon Keeper
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
Passionate gaming veteran with 15 years experience who brings order to the chaos with a focus on quality, stability and Team success. I march to the a beat of a different drum.
Favorite 90s game: Diddy Kong Racing
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
Grew up reading, writing, & playing arcade fighting games. Spent much of the late 90s and 00s organizing and competing in tournaments, which led to becoming one of the lead authors for Brady/Prima Games (double RIP). Now puts that time spent crunching frame data into designing combat.
Favorite 90s game: all things Street Fighter
Former Nullsoft Llama whipper, life-long gamer, unabashed Nintendo fan, and experienced community manager that has spent over two decades growing audiences for various entertainment applications.
Favorite 90s game: Super Metroid
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
Born and raised in Hawaii, studied in San Francisco to connect people through games. BFA Game Development UI/UX for Games at the Academy of Art University. One of the first hands to contribute to starting “ArtU Esports”.
Favorite 90s game: Tetris
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
Competitive gamer for most of the aughts, specializing in 2D fighting games and achieving multiple top 8 finishes in the Evo Championship Series for Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 and Street Fighter IV. Worked in the industry as an author for several years before ending up as a combat designer. Big fan of stand-up comedy and Quentin Tarantino films.
Favorite 90s game: Quest for Glory Anthology
Started career in Florida, moved to San Francisco in 2011. Avid tabletop RPG player, foodie, beer lover.
Favorite 90s game: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The chosen one who’s born able to draw before writing. Getting dragged to Architecture Side and by the power of “Wholly Artengel” converted back to Art Side. Currently facing the problem of running out of space from toy collecting.
Favorite 90s game: Link to the Past, MK, SF2 Turbo
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
25+ years voraciously consuming games, 2+ years chiseling away at them. Why live one life when you can play all of them?
Favorite 90s game: Pajama Sam, Golden Sun (2001.. counts?)
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
Bay Area native, musician/audio engineer, leveled up to SW development customer service pro.
Favorite 90s game: Doom II, Myst.
Experienced product manager with industry experience in fintech, e-commerce, crypto, and banking. Worked on B2C marketplaces at Amazon and OKCoin and defined and managed B2B cross border payments products at Ripple and JPMorgan. Living back in PA after spending some time in NYC, Seattle, and the Bay Area.
Favorite 90s game: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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
Lifelong gamer and 10+ year QA veteran born and raised in San Jose, CA. Film & Digital Media/Philosophy double major from UC Santa Cruz. Spent a month filming in India. Worked on previous titles including Dead Space, Burnout Paradise City, Madden NFL, Rockband Beatles, Army of Two, Command and Conquer, the Sims, Soul Calibur 5, Tales of the Abyss 3DS, Game of War, Mobile Strike, Star Trek Fleet Command, Avatar: Pandora Rising and Magic Legends.
Favorite 90s game: Myth 2: Soulblighter
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
Seasoned Bay Area game developer with over 16+ years creating mobile games at glu, Kongregate, Zynga and Skillz. Passionate about anything and everything gaming from handheld to PC/console and arcades.
Favorite 90s Game: Super Metroid, Sonic 2, Unreal
MA in Animation from DePaul University. Fan of all things 80s/90s cartoons and a Disney expert. Artist by day, fitness enthusiast by lunch, toy collector by dinner and gamer by night.
Favorite 90s Game: Primal Rage
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
Working experience in both Korea and the US.
Previously worked at Neowiz and Ubisoft.
Always curious at heart 😀
Favorite 90s game: Tetris
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 storyteller with over 6 years experience in mobile entertainment. Previously worked on IP such as Mean Girls, The Wandering Earth, and Night Prince for Chapters: Interactive stories. Author of Necromancer Bill from Darby Pop Publishing. Parent to a cat named Binx.
Favorite 90s game: Crash Bandicoot
Just a simple man trying to make his way through the universe. Lover of TCGs and Co-op games with 7 years experience in the mobile game industry. Previous pro player, turned QA, turned Designer that now strives to make the best game experiences possible. Worked on titles such as Vainglory, Command and Conquer: Rivals and Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes.
Favorite 90s games: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Canadian Born , American Raised. Studied at the Academy Of Art graduated with a B.F.A . I have 11 years of working in the mobile game space . I love working in the gaming industry . I get to nerd out with the teammates . oh yea and I love to ride my Harley on long distances with the freedom of the open road.
Favorite 90s games: Dark Stalkers
15+ years online game industry veteran. Previously worked as a Chief Architect at Innospark and as a platform director at Nurien Software. Interested in backend open source projects and new technologies which can make fun game.
Favorite 90s game: Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
MS in Media from Ajou University.11+ years of experience as software engineer. Previously worked as development director at Innospark. Previous titles include Rule the Sky, Dragon Friends, and Hero Sky. Enjoy board games and golf.
Favorite 90s game: Dune2 and Command and Conquer series.
Server engineer with 5 years of experience. Previously worked at InnoSpark and released HeroSky, a mobile strategy game. An enthusiastic gamer and a huge NBA fan.
Favorite 90s game: One Must Fall 2097
16+ years of HR experience. I worked at Neowiz and Webzen in the game industry since 2011. Love listening to the music of Hip-Hop, EDM, Ballad.
Favorite 90s game: Prince of Persia
Client engineer of 10 years of experience, Previously I mainly created TPS, SNG and Strategy game types and liked fighting games and movies.
Favorite 90s game: Samurai Shodown 4
Long-time gamer who has played games since Nov 1980. Enjoy collecting retro games and writing articles and reviews on various games in different genres.
Favorite 90s game: Tactics ogre – Let us cling together. (SNES)
BS in Computer Science from the SoongSil University, Korea. Previously worked on my own mobile service based on web-server and android environment with several team members. Loves to listen, rather than to talk.
Favorite 90s game: Pocket Monsters
14 years of game development experience, working at NCsoft. Art director, lead artist, and senior character modeler.
Favorite 90s game: WarCraft3
Previously worked as Project Director of Seven Knights Japan at Netmarble nexus. Previous titles include Keroro Fighters and Gunbound. I like action RPG and strategy simulation genre.
Favorite 90s game: Xak3, The Legend of Heroes Ⅳ, Devil Force3, Diablo, Starcraft
Bs. in Computer Engineering from Sogang University in Korea. Have Worked in gaming industry since 2014.
Memorize memories!
Favorite 90s game: Wonder Boy in Monster Land
After graduating from university, I created animation and film effects. About 14 years ago I came to the game and created the effects of Sun Online and The Day online. I like movies or games and I like to communicate with people.
Favorite 90s game: Romance of The Three Kingdoms 2
Has 13+ years of software engineer experience. Previously worked with FPS and Strategy games. I like listen to the music, and play games.
Favorite 90s game: The legend of the heroes , Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch
I’ve worked as UI designer and made 5 games since 2017. I really love playing game , making game, design game.
Favorite 90s game: Metal slug
I have about six years of experience in motion design. The previous company made VR games with RPG. I like to play games.
Favorite 90s game: Age of Empires 2
Majored in Game Devlopment BFA, graduated from University in San Francisco. Have experiences in 2D and 3D Environment Art for mobile and steam based games. Sometimes like to walk around the town, and sometimes like to just chill in home drawing something.
Favorite 90s game: The sims Original
I majored in graphic design. When I fell in love with game graphics and woldview, I decided to work in the game industry. I’ve made 2D, 3D characters, and also I’m going to make attractive characters. I love old things like 80, 90s music, old game graphics, design posters.
Favorite 90s game: Princess maker 3, Puzzle Bobble
Born in Korea, raised in Latin America, and educated in the US. Dedicated gamer, experienced in live game servicing and new project management.
Favorite 90s game: Final Fantasy 6
I like games, so I came to the game industry and working on game quality assurance for over 2 years. Previous titles include Chunha Mussang, Elion and Rogue Universe.
Favorite 90s game: Worms Armageddon, Metal Slug, Ninja Baseball Bat Man
I majored in Education at Ewha W. University.
I worked at Sindoh as a SW engineer more than 3 years.
I like playing games or taking pictures in free time.
Favorite 90s game: Roller coaster tycoon
I majored Communication Design and worked 4 years in advertising agency.
I feel happy when I am getting positive reviews through my works.
Favorite 90s game: Bubble Bobble, Puyo Puyo, Tetris, Princess Maker3
I majored in video animation. I love drawing, music, and peace. May everyone have peace of mind.
Favorite 90s game: Kirby WarCraft3
I am a web developer majoring in psychology and computer engineering. I like to create services by collaborating with planners and designers.
Interested in and investing in virtual assets.
Favorite 90s game: Super Mario world
I’m a software engineer and worked in various startup companies.
Developing software is my only hobby, specialty, and major.
Therefore, I want to get various experiences as a software engineer.
Favorite 90s game: Heroes of Might & Magic 3
I’m a self-motivated person with some work experience in the fintech industry. I’ve tried my best to be resilient under any circumstances and loved to challenge myself.
Favorite 90s game: The kingdom of the winds
Majored in Computer Engineering.
Favorite 90s game: Starcraft, Knight of Valour
I am a UX designer majoring in industrial design, focusing on easy user experience and problem solving.
Interested in UX design as well as graphic design and investing in virtual assets.
Favorite 90s game: Super Mario World
I’ve been working as a front-end web developer since 2018.
I believe good websites could give a good experience to millions of people.
I’m a running and travel lover.
Favorite 90s game: Princess maker2,3
I’m a 3D character model who makes game characters.
I’ve been working on new development and maintenance.
My hobbies are taking a walk, listening to music, and watching videos.
Favorite 90s game: Farland Tactics
We designed games of various genres such as RPG, puzzle, sports, and TCG.
I’m currently enjoying LoL, and I like to go camping on holidays.
Favorite 90s game: Power Instinct, Pump It Up, Baldur’s Gate, StarCraft, DIABLO
Favorite 90s game: Diablo, Pokémon, RollerCoaster Tycoon
I have worked as an embedded developer and Android developer for a short time. Now I am starting fresh as a front-end developer. I like to watch space documentaries and play games.
Favorite 90s game: Uncharted Waters 4, Starcraft