GET TO KNOW US
What’s Our Deal
So What? Studios is a 16-person team that has known each other for four years of university hazards and happiness. Culminating their knowledge in September 2016 they proceeded to pour many long hours and pop fueled evening to creating Joustaposition for unveil at the Toronto LevelUp Festival in April 2017.
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PRODUCTION
The People Who Manage our Madness
TYLER DYET
Lead Producer
Tyler served as our Lead Producer serving as the master guiding hand for Joustaposition.
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http://tylerdyet.wixsite.com/portfolio
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SHAUN HOUSDEN
Associate Producer
Shaun served as the Producer on the ground actively managing issues, and planning to eliminate as much inefficiency as possible in our workflows.
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DESIGN
Architects of Madness
Dylan loved his time spent as the Lead Game Designer for Joustaposition. His primary focus was to serve as the driving force for the creation, iteration, and development of Joustaposition`s mechanics to deliver the best possible game experience the team could deliver. He also really like cats.
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TYNAN MANUEL
Technical Designer
Tynan served as the primary Technical execution point of the design team giving functional life to the many whiteboard drawn mechanical systems. He really, really, loves cats.
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AUSTIN MANNING
Associate Designer
Austin served on the design team as the first point of UX and UI testing in the many iterations of Joustaposition.
DYLAN PINEO
Lead Designer
TECHNICAL AND PROGRAMMING
The People Who Make the Madness Make Sense
CHRISTIAN FAUGHT
Associate Programmer
Christian served on the technical team going through scripts, readjusting models, and integrating assets directly into Unity.
MATHEW MISKIMIN
Technical Lead (Self-proclaimed Game Master Coder)
Mathew thoroughly enjoyed his time on the Joustaposition team as the Technical Lead. He directed his attention and talents to developing and overseeing each of the primary mechanical systems driving Joustaposition.
MUSIC AND SOUND
The People Who Compose the Sounds of Madness
Ryan is the maestro behind the soundtrack of Joustaposition and the integration of Wwise. We all still whistle the theme song of Joustaposition over and over again. We blame Ryan for this.
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RYAN PONG
Lead Composer
MELODY KHALED
Associate Sound Designer
Melody served as a highly active and motivated member of the sound design team. Whether it was creation, refinement, acquisition, or integration Melody had her hand in making every piece better.
ZSOLT SZANATI
Lead Sound Designer
When it came to the creation and management of the multitude of sound assets found in Joustaposition, Zsolt did an incredible job at getting them up to spec and deployed on time.
ART TEAM
The People Who Paint in the shades of Madness
NICHOLE CAVEN
Art Director
Nichole served as the team's Art Director leading her team to bring what most of the team could only describe into living, breathing, assets.
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DAN MARIELLA
3D/2DÂ Artist
Dan served as one of the talented Artists of the Joustaposition with much of the 2D and 3D character design and creation being his handiwork.
SHERIF RATEB
3D/2D Artist
Sherif is always able to bring a smile to the team's faces with his humour as he is with his Modelling and Conceptual drawing skills.
JONATHAN SALVAGNA
3D Artist
Jonathan served the team as a talented and ever-eager 3D character Modeller and Rigger.
NARRATIVE TEAM
The People Who Spin the Tales of the Madness
ERIC ERICKSON
Associate Writer
Eric primarily and eloquently served as the writer that would continually come up with piece after piece of our character's dialogue.
DEVIN SAUVE
Lead of Narrative
We think our characters in Joustaposition might still be as boring as the playcubes that once stood in their place if it wasn't for the active and diligent work of Devin as the Lead of Narrative. Joustaposition has a living breathing world that he curated and and tended to every step of the way. He was responsible for the design and development of Joustaposition's varied dialogue.
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MENTORS
They Guide through the Fog of Madness
ANDREW ROTH
Mentor
When your entire game projects are maintained on a server you've never seen before, and when you realize you may of created a memory leak inside of your script, Andrew Roth is the mentor you want to have on your side to assist and guide in all your technical needs.
JUSTIN HOWE
Mentor
Having served his time in AAA and indie game development Justin Howe stood as a confident and regular source of information and support the team was able to rely on for when they found themselves in need of some direction.
JASON HAWRELIAK
Mentor
Jason Hawkreliak was the academic PhD who kept our team focused on asking the right questions to keep the experience of Joustaposition focused and meaningful. If you want to make him really happy; make sure you play and achieve glorious victory as the rocket ostrich.
