Meet the Team
Who are the monsters behind False God?
GAME DIRECTOR / ART DIRECTOR
XIAOFAN ZHANG
Xiaofan is a concept artist and illustrator. She specializes in dark, moody, atmospheric, and cinematic pieces, drawing inspiration from documentaries, horror movies, stories, and games. She is the mastermind behind the game False God, which is a spin-off of her webtoon, Chroniclers.
LEAD PRODUCTION MODELER
CHENEY ARMSTRONG
Cheney is an Asian American artist with a deep passion for the world of fantasy. His expertise lies in 3D modeling, specifically geared towards cinematic and video game production. He finds equal joy in crafting intricate hard surface designs and breathing life into organic characters, props, and immersive environments. During college, he had the privilege of serving as the Modeling and Texturing Lead for two short films, one of which, earned the Frog Baby Film Festival Award for Best Animation and was the audience's top choice.
LEAD PROGRAMMER
JOSS MOO-YOUNG
Joss has a BIT in Game Dev./Entrepreneurship, a MSc. in Comp. Sci., and a work addiction growing out of hand. He loves indie development because it lets him work on core systems, animation, shaders, audio, and performance all at once. When not learning, teaching game design & programming part-time, and making games, he is drawing, enjoying art, touching grass/water, and of course, playing video games.
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LEAD SOUND DESIGNER
TAUTVYDAS KULIEšIUS
Tautvydas (Toto for short) is a sound designer with a creative vision for digital and interactive media. He developed his audio skills throughout the Creative Music Technology course at the University of Surrey, where experimentation and creativity was highly encouraged. In his free time he enjoys playing basketball, reading, playing video games and cooking!
LEAD GAME-PLAY DESIGNER
MATTHEW PARASKEVAKOS
Matt is a Game-play Designer and Programmer. Since finishing a Bachelor of Information Technology for Game Dev./Entrepreneurship at OntarioTech University. He is always chasing fresh and new creative concepts for game design, while constructing clean and efficient implementations for said concepts. A lifelong fan of RPG games has made him a firm believer that the best game-play comes from a marriage of immersion and simplicity.
GAMEPLAY & AUDIO PROGRAMMER
Oberon Buckingham-West
Oberon follows his fascination for sound and technical expertise to explore novel audio system designs in the field of game audio. With a background in sound design from Point-Blank Music School and a postgraduate degree in C++ and digital signal processing, he's continually investigating how to creatively integrate interesting technology and machine-learning tools into game engines and middleware. When not pushing his knowledge boundaries of audio programming, you can often find him diving deep into a variety of RPGs and action-adventure games such as Bramble, Diablo and A Plague Tale.
PRODUCTION MODELER
Fatima Lilah Abboud
Fatima is well-rounded 2D and 3D artist who possesses a Masters in Fine Arts. She is passionate about horror games and eager to rise to new challenges!
PRODUCTION MODELER
Kyle Dris
Kyle (also known as Trailbotic) is a 2D/3D artist and musician, with a special love for characters. He loves creating art of any form, whether it be illustration, 3D modeling, storyboards, or writing music. Instead of sleeping, you can find him reading manga and watching concert videos of his favorite bands.
PRODUCTION MODELER
Vulcan
Vulcan has a demonic and fanatical passion for music horror, one might consider the hardest genre in the gaming community. He specializes in character development an design, makes it a priority to experience new things as there's much to learn and grow, both as a person and an artist.
RIGGER/ANIMATOR
Nelson Diec
Nelson (or Nell) is the tech animator on the team, with a Bachelors in Fine Arts. He is a generalist that specializes in animation using Blender and Clip Studio Paint.
COMPOSER
Matis Merilain
Estonian video game composer, living in Finland. Fan of indie game scene and its unique storytelling.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER / UI DESIGNER
GPDXP
GPDXP goes by G, and his main focus is graphic design and photography. He's skilled in illustrator, and photoshop. All hail Adobe and their firm hold on him.
ANIMATOR
Lea Stouder
Lea has a degree in Animation, with a minor in Anthropology and Art History. Character animation is their specialty. They love horror and had the privilege of being co-lead of the animation team for 2 senior films, both with horror as a core element.
WRITER
Degario Palmer
Degario is an English writer who has always enjoyed captivating narratives, world-building, and well-written characters. He believes good stories and lore can really immerse the reader in any form of media, whether it be a novel, show, cartoon, or anime. He hopes to transfer his passion into False God and give it an added push to immerse you, the player, in the wonderful world we are creating.
WRITER
Emile Lin
Technical writer by day and freelance copywriter by night, Emile is taking his first stab at grant writing by joining the False God team. On the rare evenings when he is not trying to beat a deadline, he can be found taking long walks in the city.
HISTORIAN / TRANSLATOR
SDS
SDS(aka the Owl) lurks in the background. They enjoy digging through the history and mythology of various cultures. When they are not busy with world domination, they help with False God’s related background research and translation.
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
Amanda Grzelak
Amanda has a background in art and art education and a love of art, photography, and gaming. She specializes in too much time on the internet and arting.