Developers
Indigenous people work on a range of games from commercial titles to indie hits in various roles. While some developers have contributed to games with an Indigenous focus, it’s also important to also acknowledge that Indigenous people have contributed to games of all kinds!
Some of the many Indigenous developers include:
Bri Alexander
Co-Founder of BLOOM
Designer and Writer:
BLOOM
Weshoyot Alvitre
Gar "Sahoni" Atkins
Designer and Artist:
Exceptionals
Santo Aveiro-Ojeda
Designer, Artist, and Programmer:
DON’T WAKE THE NIGHT
1870 — CYBERPUNK FOREVER
I’ll Take Care of It
Darrick Glen Baxter
Founder of Ogoki Learning Systems
Programmer and Designer:
Alien Bug Attack
Babaamosedaa Let’s Go for a Walk
Brokenhead Bingo
Elfs Defence
Rez Bomb
Spike Flyer
Spring Shoes Jump Better
Ashlee Bird
Designer:
One Small Step
Full of Birds
Lisa Blakie
Co-Founder, Atawhai Interactive
Narrative Designer and Writer:
Toroa
Flutter Away
Old Friends Dog Game
Furistas Cat Cafe
Jeanette M. Bushnell
Co-Founder of The N.D.N. Players Research Group
Meagan Byrne
Owner of Achimostawinan Games
Kyle Charles
Animator:
Curved Space
Ashley Courchene
Programmer:
Wylde Flowers
Dosh Doctor
Artist and Programmer
Miranda Due
Producer:
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War
Expo Dubai Xplorer
Emoji Charades
Joseph Erb
Marisa Erven
Creative Director, Artist, and Writer:
Expedition Titan
Wonderfall: Tale of Two Realms
Cthulhu Confidential: Even Death Can Die
Night’s Black Agents: Solo Ops
FantaSea Art Book
The Persephone Extraction
Cthulhu City
Big Barn World
Curious George Train Adventures
Windborne
Defense Grid 2
Age of Empires II: HD Edition
Chroma
Guild Wars 2
Sadekaronhes Esquivel
Artistic Lead/Character Concept Artist:
Hill Agency: PURITY&decay
Artist:
Blacklight: Retribution
Blacklight: Tango Down
SAW
SAW II: Flesh & Blood, Rogue Warrior
Naphtali Faulkner
Director, ORIGAME DIGITAL
Designer, Programmer, Artist:
Umurangi Generation
[Unannounced Title 1]
[Unannounced Title 2]
Eleanore Falck
Environment Artist:
Growing Up Ojibwe: The Game
Wayfinder
Chaska Hexe Fey
Designer, Writer, Artist:
Dirt Farmer
Cursed Task
Space Brothel
Curruo
Carey J. Flack
Associate Producer:
BLOOM
Dallas Flett-Wapash
Designer and Programmer:
Waskwetin Pahkwesihkan/Bannock Bounce
Elaine Gómez
Co-Founder of Latinx In Gaming
Designer:
Maria, the Friendly Ghost Finder
The Endless Mission
Beyond Blue
Writer:
When Rivers Were Trails
Red Haircrow
Christy Hanson
Community Manager, 7 Generation Games
Growing Math
Jesse Holt
Audio Designer and Composer
formerly in-house at DoubleDown Interactive
GameHouse
Absolute Hero Games
Presence Labs
and more
Ishmael Hope
Writer:
Never Alone
Josh Hughes
Designer
President of Add-A-Tudez Entertainment Company
Shattered Soul [forthcoming]
Burst! [forthcoming]
Trevor Hughes
Artist
Vice President of Add-A-Tudez Entertainment Company
Shattered Soul [forthcoming]
Burst! [forthcoming]
Cyndi Hughes
Production, Add-A-Tudez Entertainment Company
Shattered Soul [forthcoming]
Burst! [forthcoming]
Darian J
Developer
Sleep Guardian
Ove Kåven
Co-Owner and Developer
Miksapix Interactive
Julia Keren-Detar
Designer
Mushroom 11
Desmand King
Designer, BlackSky Design Studio
The Hunt for the Fallen, Redline
GGG
Kris Knigge
Writer
When Rivers Were Trails
Localization
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Guilty Gear -Strive-
Devil May Cry 5
Yo-Kai Watch
Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel I-IV
and more
Voice Director
Adios
E. M. Knowles
Writer
Eight Souls of the Four Holds
Tau Station
When Rivers Were Trails
Casey Koyczan
Tonia Laird
Writer/Narrative Designer
Dragon Age 2
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Everlove: Rose
Poster Girl
Outi Laiti
Designer
Pedar Jalvi,
Lost Memories
Elizabeth LaPensée
Designer, Artist, and Writer
When Rivers Were Trails
Thunderbird Strike
Mikan
Honour Water
Designer and Writer
Coyote Quest
Invaders
Caeleigh Lightning
Artist
Mikiwam
Keara Lightning
Writer and Designer
Mikiwam
Maize Longboat
Designer
Terra Nova
Darren Machalek
Owner of Metawe; Creative Director, Designer, Writer, and Developer
Daniel Kauwila Mahi
Designer and Programmer
Kawalakii
Arekatera Maihi
Cultural Advisor and Artist
Civilization VI
Manuel Marcano
Designer and Programmer
Treachery in Beatdown City
Programmer
BioShock
The Darkness
Max Payne 3
Jess Rowan Marcotte
Co-Founder of Soft Chaos Cooperative
Designer and Writer
Cadences: The Story of a Distance and Its Pair
Strangers on the ‘Net
Unlock. Unpack.
TRACES
Kelsey Mata
Artist & Voice Actor
Artist & Character Designer (Print)
Yéil ḵa Kudatan Kahídi
Kuhaantí
Celebration
Christian Miller
Designer, Artist, Writer
Terminus Machina
Terminus Cyberstar
Neofeud 1
Neofeud 2 [forthcoming]
MoniGarr
Designer, Artist, Programmer
iAmMohawk
TalkMohawk
Kakwitene
Elena Morillo
Producer, Blizzard
Batman: Arkham Knight
Tales From The Borderlands ep: 101-105
Game of Thrones ep: 101-106
Walking Dead Michonne ep: 101-103
Batman: The Telltale Series ep: 101-105
Minecraft: Story Mode Season 1 ep: 101-108
Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 ep: 201-204
Walking Dead: A New Frontier Season 3 ep: 301-305
Guardians of the Galaxy ep: 101-105
Batman: The Enemy Within Season 2 ep: 201-202
Walking Dead Season 1 (Xfinity Reboot)
Minecraft Season 1 ep: 101-105
Spyro the Dragon (Remaster)
Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage (Remaster)
Spyro: Year of the Dragon (Remaster)
Cheyenne Pualani Morrin
Senior Game Writer
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order
Batman Arkham Underworld
Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor
Wartide: Heroes of Atlantis
Puzzle & Glory
Renee Nejo
Artist
Ever Jane
Blood Quantum [forthcoming]
Stéphane Nepton
VFX Artist
Star Wars
Game of Thrones
Far Cry 5
Gears of War 5
dead by daylite
Co-Founder of Uhu labos nomades
Maru Nihoniho
Owner of Metia Interactive, Designer
Guardian Maia: Episode 1 and Episode 2
Maori Pa Wars: Indigenous Tower Defense
Josh Nilson
CEO, Co-Founder, East Side Games
Pot Farm
Pot Farm Grass Roots
Bud Fran Grass Roots
Dragon Up
Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money
The Goldbergs: Back to the 80s
It’s Always Sunny: Gang Goes Mobile
Assistant Producer
Relic – Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Assistant Producer
Relic – Warhammer 40K Dawn of War 2
Tara Ogaick
UI Artist, Behaviour Interactive
Whetu Paitai
Creative Director, Piki Studios
Ngā Motu – The Islands Minecraft Education Edition
Carl Petersen
Nathan Powless-Lynes
Designer
Hold My Hand
Brawlygons
Swapbox
Ashley Reeves
Senior Tester in Art & Audio
Fortnite
3D Character Artist
John Romero
Designer and Programmer
Wolfenstein 3D
DOOM
Quake
David N. Ross
Freelance TTRPG Writer, Developer, and Rules Converter
Writer
Pathfinder second edition
Fists of the Ruby Phoenix Adventure Path
Cthulhu Mythos Sagas
Starfinder
Pathfinder first edition
City of 7 Seraphs
Faerie Campaigns
Legendary Classes
Rules Developer
Spheres of Guile
Sinclair‘s Library
Planet Apocalypse for 5e
The Faerie Ring
Rules Converter
Abomination Vaults Adventure Path
Tom Cartos & Tavern Tales
Lair Magazine
Jewel of the Indigo Isles
Saatman’s Empire Adventure Path
James Sambrano
Writer for Onyx Path Publishing
Renegade Game Studios
Hunters Entertainment
Paradox Interactive
Mikkel J. Sara
Wendi Sierra
Designer
A Strong Fire
Shay Snow
Pathfinder Society Developer
Writing
Pathfinder Second Edition
Starfinder First Edition
Coyote & Crow
Backwater Southern Gothic: Tales from the Arch
Dylan Stangel
Designer
Shadowrun
Shera Starr
Artist
Lauren Stone
Writer
Clancy IP
Massive Entertainment: A Ubisoft Company
Rainbow Six: Siege
FarCry5
Eagle Flight
The Division
The Division 2
The Division 2
Warlords of New York
Watch Dogs Legion
Voice Actor
State of Decay
Kahentawaks Tiewishaw
Designer
Karihonniennihtshera Teachings
Loretta Todd
Co-Creative Director of Indigenous Matriarch 4 – IM4 Lab
Coyote Quest
Jonathan Tomhave
Co-Designer
Potlatch: A Game about Economics
Co-Founder of The N.D.N. Players Research Group
Will Thompson
Co-Owner of Absurdist Productions, Designer
Mind Your Own Budget
MACBETH
The Detective: VErona
Mission Prime
The Detective: Bavaria
Advance U: The TALENT Machine
Deadly Distribution
Paper Trail
Potions!
VERITAS: The Deception Training Game
Functions of the Machine
Get a Life
Resilience: A Game of Climate Adaptation in the Upper Snake River Region
Jamie Tucker
Designer
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Allen Turner
Designer and Programmer
Ehdrigohr
Stubbs the Zombie
Hail to the Chimp
Disney’s Guilty Party
Marvel XP
Phoebe Watson
Designer
Innchanted
Ernest Webb
Designer
Spirits of Spring
Karin West Weekes
Narrative Editor
Dragon Age: Origins
DA II
DA: Inquisition
Mass Effect 2
ME 3
ME: Andromeda
Anthem
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Waylon Wilson
Designer, Programmer, and Artist
Ekwehe:we: The Real People
Nu:ya! Nu:ya! A Tuscarora Exploratory Game
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