Brian Lopez

My interest in video games started when I was in kindergarten. There was a racing event for the Boy Scouts which had prizes for the winners of the race. The best prize in the pool was a brand-new Gameboy Advanced. Little did I know I would be infatuated with video games from that day on. 
 
My interest in video games became obsessive and so I started learning what it took to create video games using engines like Game Maker, Game Maker Studio 2, Byond, and world editing programs for modifying games. I never thought I would be capable of turning this into a career growing up because I never had faith in my ability to do so. I figured what I was dabbling with what would just be a hobby of mine. 
 
Over 10 years have passed since I first started my lifelong hobby, and now I am using professional grade software with a bachelor's degree to make worlds that others may be able to enjoy just as much as I had once done. 
 
My goal is to help use the gaming industry to better educate the children of tomorrow. Whether it be a game focused on learning, games created to pull empathy out of the user, or quite simply, a game that gives a healthy escape and safe place. Video games are a tool underused in modern day education in many aspects and it is my passion to expand how we utilize games with learning.