Ember Lab
Tyler Kirk is an accomplished game programmer with extensive experience in the gaming industry, currently working at Ember Lab since October 2017, contributing to the development of "Kena: Bridge of Spirits." Prior to this role, Tyler held positions as a graphics engineer at Blind Squirrel Games and as a programmer at Twistory Entertainment Studios, where responsibilities included bug fixing, gameplay prototyping, project development, optimization, and shaders for mobile devices. Tyler's career began at Bad Moon Industries as a Unity Developer, focusing on tools and physics programming, and included earlier roles at MEDL Mobile as a software engineer and at Ember Lab as a Unity Developer. Tyler holds a Bachelor of Science in Visual and Game Programming from the Art Institute of Orange County, obtained in 2013.
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Ember Lab
Founded in 2009 by brothers Josh and Mike Grier as an animation and digital content creator, Ember Lab’s vision is to create immersive and evocative stories with characters that resonate and worlds that inspire. Ember Lab originally specialized in character development for advertising. The studio’s commercial work includes ad campaigns and animated shorts developed from concept to completion for The Coca-Cola Company, Hisense, and Major League Baseball. The company’s culture is based on a highly collaborative environment that melds the creative and production processes. In the studio, the lines between technical and artistic development tend to disappear as teams focus on delivering fantastic and innovative experiences. Ember Lab produced the award-winning short film, Dust, and the acclaimed Majora’s Mask fan film, Terrible Fate. The success of their commercial and independent projects led them to develop their passion project and first game, Kena: Bridge of Spirits. Releasing August 24 on PS4, PS5, and the Epic Games Store, Kena: Bridge of Spirits is now available for preorder.