Team
Car Car Team
Brian “Zclipse” Michael
Director, Writer, Lead Programmer
Recently graduated, Brian decided to take the plunge into creating an indie game studio. Game development is a huge outlet in his life, to the point where he can’t remember the last time he played a game that wasn’t for research. Brian wants to show the world that games don’t have to always follow the same formula to be “successful.”
“You want to grab lunch? Sure! Let me just check my calendar real quick- what? Yes, I know it’s a Saturday.”
Jack “GumboDev” Hiorns
Character and Cutscene Artist
Currently studying game development, Jack has a passion for art. Having worked on several projects before, he has a diverse toolkit he wants to show the world, one beautifully silly piece at a time.
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. I’ve been lost for a while now, send help.”
Ian Cooper (CGFrog)
Voices Car Car
Fresh off the college block, Ian is ready to dive into just about anything he can get his webbed fingers on. From voice acting the titular vehicle to writing a killer track to programming his own game engine to 3D-modeling the next Mona Lisa- you get the idea. Although Ian’s path branches more than any data structure, we can be sure that Ian is here to stay.
“I’ve always wanted a pet with an even number in the name! Now your modulus of two is zero!”
Gavin Anderson
Devlog Editor
Visionary, innovator, friend. When not panhandling under the Brooklyn Bridge, Gavin Anderson, street name: ojman654, likes to wind back with a good book and a word based board game. #1 hater of pears.
“I think this firework is actually a stick of dyna-*BOOM!*”
Kiana Kong
Lead Composer
Kiana is a singer-songwriter and composer making music for films and games. A few of the titles she has worked on include films such as Wuxing Warriors: An Asian American Epic (dir. Daniel Zhang), Wind Walker (dir. Daniel Zhang), and the game Ghoulong Tea, developed by Cetus Studios. She has a lifelong love for the Professor Layton game series, and is currently battling her addiction to League of Legends.
“Discount prices on Asian pears.”
Cameron Schrader
Art Lead, Environmental Artist
Cameron builds atmosphere through pixel art, leaning on light, color, and subtle environmental storytelling to make spaces feel real. He’s drawn to the small stuff; texture, silhouette, and those blink-and-you-miss-it details that make a scene click and invite a closer look.
“Love creating art…I move one pixel. Everything improved. Everything broke.”
Joel Hoo
Composer
Joel Y. Hoo (符永敬) is a composer, improviser, producer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist whose work spans orchestral and electronic music for online media, theater, and film, balancing post-minimalism with new complexities. His music explores themes of nature, time, and the human journey, aiming to evoke deep emotional resonance, and has been performed across the United States by ensembles including One Found Sound and the Midwest Chamber Orchestra. A recipient of multiple awards, including the 2025 Midwest Film Festival Award for Best Original Music, he is currently pursuing an M.M. in Contemporary Media & Film Composition at the Eastman School of Music.
“I add feelings to pictures.”
Jonah Larsen
Sound Designer
Jonah is a sound designer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer originally from mid-Missouri. Jonah loves a varied work schedule, and has recently occupied his time doing field recording, audio for collegiate sports broadcasting (networks include ESPN, ABC, & SEC Network), and playing in pits for professional theatre (Lyceum Theatre, Tesseract Theatre). Outside of work, Jonah is an avid runner and outdoorsman, and also loves rooting for his alma matter, University of Illinois, every chance he gets.
“There is not a second that goes by where I haven’t already planned when I’m eating next.”
Ethan Schneider (Atlas)
Programmer
Ethan likes to play all sorts of games. He went to school to learn how to make them. Ethan found out making them was a lot harder than playing them, but he was too deep in to go back.
“When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!” -Cave Johnson
Mr. Anderson
Community Manager
A software engineer by trade and a caffeinated organism by necessity. Mr. Anderson was originally recruited by Brian under the promise that game development was “fun and relaxing,” a claim he is now investigating for legal purposes…
“I plan my adventures based entirely on where I can find the best coffee within a 100-mile radius.”
Ian
Music Producer
Since he was younger Ian was always fascinated by music. Ever since winning a state wide remix competition, his music connected to other people in ways he could never imagine. Graduating from Western Michigan University, Ian now works with artists across the state on their music, and now recently, started to write music for video games.
“You can tell a lot about a person based on their views on art. Creativity is the window into the soul.”
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