The crew

The team

We're a small crew of Mexican developers with every discipline in the room: code, design, art, sound, and the people who keep it all moving. This is who's building Mindaro.

Octavio Díaz — PR & PM · Legal, Finance & Tax

Octavio Díaz

PR & PM · Legal, Finance & Tax

Keeps the team on track and the outside world in the loop — press, partners, community — and runs the studio’s legal, tax and finance side.

Enrique Díaz — Game Director

Enrique "Henry" Díaz

Game Director

Holds the vision for Mindaro and makes the calls that keep every discipline pointed at the same descent.

Paul A. Solis — PR, PM & Programmer

Paul A. Solis

PR, PM & Programmer

Writes code, keeps the schedule honest and tells the world what we're building.

Venecia Paz — Art Lead

Venecia Paz

Art Lead

Leads the look of Mindaro, from the pioneers' silhouettes to the light in each layer.

José Miguel Ruiz Mata — Level & Game Design

José Miguel Ruiz Mata

Level & Game Design

Designs the layers you descend through and the rules that make each trip a gamble.

David Mendieta — Rigger & Animator

David Mendieta

Rigger & Animator

Gives the creatures their bones and their movement — the part that makes you run.

Roberto Martínez — SFX & Soundtrack

Roberto Martínez

SFX & Soundtrack

Composes the soundtrack and designs the sounds you'll hear a second before you see anything.

Santiago Vaca Fernández — Programmer · Gameplay

Santiago Vaca Fernández

Programmer · Gameplay

Turns the design docs into something you can actually play — and something that can actually kill you.

Sofía López Vázquez — 2D & 3D Art

Sofía López Vázquez

2D & 3D Art

Moves between the sketchbook and the model view: designs it flat, then builds it solid.

Santiago Pérez Ochoa — 3D Art

Santiago Pérez Ochoa

3D Art

Models the ruins and the things living in them, one layer deeper than you'd like.

Juan Pablo Martínez Becerra — 3D Art

Juan Pablo Martínez Becerra

3D Art

Gives the world its shape and its surface: props, creatures and the texture of every wrong turn.

Keith Warner — Mentor

Keith Warner

Mentor

Industry mentor to the team: perspective, hard questions and the occasional reality check.