About Us
Our small team is composed entirely of high school students who are passionate about and dedicated to their creative work. We believe that video games have tremendous potential as an art form and as a means of conveying ideas, stories, and educational content. By bringing together our diverse range of intellectual and creative interests and skills, we hope to create games that will immerse players in new worlds, offer them engaging and challenging gameplay, and leave them with knowledge and insight that will stay with them long after they hit the "quit" button.
For the technically inclined, our primary game development tool is the Unity game engine. The work we do would not be possible if not for generous companies like Unity Technologies that offer their software for free to fledgling developers. We use Cheetah3D for animation and modeling, Audacity for audio editing, and Pixelmator and Manga Studio Debut 4 for art and graphics. Many of our sound effects come from the Freesound Project thanks to an amazing community that makes a massive library of sound effects available for free.
Keep reading to learn a bit about each of our team members and a few of the organizations that we have had the opportunity to collaborate with.
For the technically inclined, our primary game development tool is the Unity game engine. The work we do would not be possible if not for generous companies like Unity Technologies that offer their software for free to fledgling developers. We use Cheetah3D for animation and modeling, Audacity for audio editing, and Pixelmator and Manga Studio Debut 4 for art and graphics. Many of our sound effects come from the Freesound Project thanks to an amazing community that makes a massive library of sound effects available for free.
Keep reading to learn a bit about each of our team members and a few of the organizations that we have had the opportunity to collaborate with.
Owen Leddy
Game designer, programmer, animator, and artist. Owen is a strong believer in the use of video games as an art form and as an implement of education and social change. When not glaring vengefully at error messages, he writes fiction and studies biology, two interests that he seeks to merge with his work in game design. His favorite video games include Portal 2, Wargame: European Escalation, Braid, Bastion, and Limbo.
Projects: Pathogen Wars, Legends of Thrylos, 118
Projects: Pathogen Wars, Legends of Thrylos, 118
Noah Goldman
Game designer, mathematician, and musician. No one’s really sure what goes through Noah’s head. We just know it can’t be the same as what comes out of his mouth (because that stuff wouldn't actually support a functional human being). Though hopeless with day-to-day tasks, Noah is always happy to help you with something theoretical. He loves mathematics, chess, urban planning, music, and following random Wikipedia links. But most of all, he loves you. So you should read his math papers, play a game with him, live in his city, and listen to his music. A Wikipedia page detailing his various heroic deeds wouldn't be overkill, either. Noah’s favorite video game is Fire Emblem for the GameBoy Advance.
Projects: Legends of Thrylos
Projects: Legends of Thrylos
Mason Summit
Musician. Mason Summit is a singer-songwriter from Santa Monica. His album of original songs, Absentee, was released in 2012. Mason also runs Mason's Noise Parlour, a quarterly series featuring young writers and musicians.
Projects: Legends of Thrylos
Click here to see Absentee on the iTunes store.
Projects: Legends of Thrylos
Click here to see Absentee on the iTunes store.
Nanak Nihal Khalsa
Programmer. Bio coming soon.
Projects: Legends of Thrylos, 118
Projects: Legends of Thrylos, 118
Paul Nylund
UI Designer. Paul believes that by utilizing an ideal combination of arts and engineering, one can ultimately achieve success. He must admit that he is not an avid gamer. However, Paul did win an achievement for spending 50 hours in the Spore creature creator (time sure flies when you're having fun). He is an aspiring industrial designer and spends his "free" time dabbling in graphic design. His favorite video games include Spore and Simcity. His favorite board game is Ticket to Ride, like that matters to anyone reading this.
Projects: Legends of Thrylos, 118
Projects: Legends of Thrylos, 118