Artist

Chris has 11 years career experience as a game artist and developer. His specialties include concept art, visual design, and content creation. He has a dog named Fergie who is super cool.

Engineer

Colin brings 5 years of software development experience and a lifelong passion for games to Polyarc. A Whidbey Island native, he enjoys baking, blacksmithing and exploring the outdoors with his lovely wife.

CEO & Engineer

Tam is a lifelong game developer with 12 years of professional experience. His background is in game systems, artificial intelligence and character animation engineering, but his passion is for the creative process as a whole.

Finance & Operations

Peter has more than 10 years of finance, investment, and business intelligence experience. He brings strategic thinking, a love of games, and a passion for single origin coffee that we couldn't live without. 

Engineer & Designer

Chris has been in the games industry for over 10 years, bouncing between programming and design, always with the focus on gameplay and tuning. He is also a fighting game enthusiast and e-sports fan.

Engineer & Designer

Danny has been developing games professionally for over 10 years. His design specialties include game flow, feel, and depth. He is an avid music lover and competitive multiplayer enthusiast.

Designer

Doug has been developing games for more than a decade and loves tackling creative problem-solving. When he's not creating game worlds he enjoys board games, escape rooms, and trivia nights.

ARTIST

Coolie has worked as an environment artist since 2011, where he helped Bungie with the Destiny franchise. Coolie enjoys multiplayer shooters and action RTS games. When not thinking about, working on, or playing games, Coolie enjoys the PNW and being a homebody with his cat P-Nut.

Publishing & Communications

Throughout Lincoln's career, he has helped shape and amplify the stories, innovations and major news announcements that have and will continue to define the gaming industry as we know it today.

Audio

Stephen has been recording and transforming sounds since he was a boy. He tries to create experiences with audio that are unexpected, full of emotion, and that players love.

Project Manager

Argus has 9 years of production experience in the games industry. As a lifelong gamer, he is passionate about developing strategies that ensure teams can achieve their creative goals. Outside of work, he enjoys hiking, craft beer, and pancakes.

Artist

Mike broke into the game industry with Bungie, and has 5 years of experience. He specializes in character art and design, but also likes to branch out and fill new shoes.

Animator

Rick has 20 years career experience as a professional animator primarily focused on games. His specialty in crafting fluid feeling combat gameplay with realistic body mechanics has netted two Annie nominations.

Character

She’s always dreamed of greatness and now it’s finally time for her to embark on an epic journey. If Quill’s capabilities are doubted by anyone, it’s certainly not her. She may be small, but Argus taught her well.

Audio

Kristen has over a decade of experience in the games industry. Building immersive audio experiences that ground characters and help inform gameplay has been a focus of her career. Kristen is an avid pinball player and enjoys participating in events that promote and support the game audio community.

Artist

Corinne began working in the games industry in 2008. Previously she helped create iconic Destiny characters such as Eris Morn, Amanda Holiday and Suraya Hawthorne while at Bungie. At Polyarc she spends her time honing her craft, expanding her expertise in all aspects of game development and spoiling all the studio dogs.

Animator

From the Midwest, Jarrod began his animation career in 1997. Besides shipping more than 15 titles, he also developed and teaches the games curriculum for AnimSchool. He enjoys spending time with his family and cultivating creativity where anything is possible.

HR/Writer

With a decade of game studio HR experience, Shauna provides full-service HR to our dynamic workplace. She’s also pursuing her passions by helping with writing and story. On Fridays, her vintage Seahawks apparel game is unrivaled.

Engineer & Designer

Josh has been a professional designer for nearly a decade. His passion for fun and love of memorable experiences has guided his approach to game development. He is a fan of hockey and board games.

Engineer

Brendan has a 13 year career in the game industry as an engineer. During that time he's worked on AI systems for console games, back-end MMO server architecture, and smaller indie titles. In his spare time he enjoys filling his home office with half finished hardware projects.

Technical Artist

Tyler has been working on games and real-time entertainment for 10 years. During that time, he has grown to love the open-ended creativity of technical art, including all of the challenges involved with creating beautifully rendered worlds.

Designer

Jon is a 20+ year games industry curmudgeon with a fragile lumbar region. Most recently he led the weapons team on Destiny and Destiny 2 at Bungie. He brings a passion for fluid action gameplay, metal bands with hard-to-read logos, pitted fruits, and has an irrational fear of marine life.

Artist

With 10 years career experience, James started in feature films and worked his way towards the games industry. His strengths include character art, level design and tool creation. He also likes to branch out and learn new skills outside of his trade.