We’re a local-first, distributed-forever games studio that launched in 2023 from a bedroom in Aurora, Colorado, USA.

We aim to be human-centric always. That means putting our people first in whatever ways we can, whether they are our players or our creators.

WiLDKiND operates using a profit-share and equity distribution model open to all contributors.
We’re not currently hiring for full-time employees, but we’re always open to talking with folks that might be interested in what we’re building.

— It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye. —

Makenzie
Nordeen

UI Director & Visual Artist

Denver, Colorado, USA

Makenzie is a dog-lover and multidisciplinary artist who likes to illustrate and build UI diagrams and workflows and.. wait, this can’t be right.. make her own paper?! How do you even do that? What kind of wizardry is this?!?!

When Makenzie isn’t busy playing with her pups or sharing her art with the citizens of Denver and beyond, you can find her playing D&D or video games. (And if you want some cool stickers or Twitch emotes, she’s got you covered.)

Zachary
Snader

Co-Founder & Studio Head

Aurora, Colorado, USA

Zachary is a lifelong maker and player of games, who for whatever reason just can’t stop doing both of those things.

Doctors think it’s an undiscovered medical condition. It’s likely they will never find a cure.

Zachary also loves being a father, a husband, and a rugger. His lifelong hero is Tim Schafer, which hopefully fills in a lot of the gaps here.

And if you’re learning Japanese as well, 挨拶をしてください。

Kyo
Tagawa

Art Director

Seattle, Washington, USA

Kyo is a Colorado-native, a concept artist by trade, and a jack-of-all-arts here at WiLDKiND. He got his start by making incredible creature art (seriously, you need to check out his work) and now draws up all kind of concoctions for our little consortium of mad video games scientists.

Also, it’s quite likely that there is no bigger Destiny fan on the entire planet.

Christian
Haag-Fernandez

Co-Founder & CCO

Longmont, Colorado, USA

Environmental scientist? ✅
Self-taught programmer and designer? ✅
Crazy enough to build a games studio? ✅
Still capable of busting out a tre flip on a whim? ❓