Meet the Team
We Weird Kids are a small team of passionate Developers and we wanted to highlight some of our core contributors though the number of people( fans, other developers, team friends) who have influenced and already helped us begin to improve this project is more than just those we list here.
Jonathan Jennings is a Co-founder of Weird Kids studios , CTO ,& Lead Software engineer , He’s been working in the games industry for 9 years 4.5 years on mobiles games with noteworthy titles being Flavor Monsters, and Thunder Jack’s Log Runner and 4.5 years he has worked in the VR / AR space. He’s shipped 23 projects including the original GBF project demo and has loved seeing the project come to fruition and the support it gets from fans.
Travis Vanessen is a Co-founder of Weird Kid Studios and Lead Designer behind the upcoming updates of GBF where his skills are already transforming and evolving the project.
Travis has over 10 years in the Videogame and Slotgaming industries. He began his career in testing before transitioning to Game design. After working in videogames for 4 years he was given the opportunity to expand his gaming knowledge and join an industry-leading company in the slots games industry.
Travis’s skills go beyond design he has also worked in the , social media, marketing, and some of the award winning games he has worked on include Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands, and NBA 2K series.
He’s not only worked on large titles but also enjoys smaller game jams and indie projects such as the award-winning Lenzo’s Halloween Adventure which took top honors in the 2013 Octgamerfest game jam !
Victor Villalobos is a Co-founder of Weird Kid Studios and the Lead 3D artist for Galactic Bar Fight , He has 10+ years of experience in game art and design, worked on multiple unreleased and currently in production mobile games as well as 3D modeling for clients like Toyota, Kia, Google, Ebay and Amazon.
He was also the Lead 3D artist for Toyota Collaborator on Google+ and Senior 3D Artist in collaboration with Amazon Vehicle Marketplace.
