Dick Abanto Lou was born in Trujillo, Perú and is currently the CEO of Gamitz Mobile Studios and Dekoders In Vitro Studios, both being independent videogame-related startups located in Venezuela.
Videogames are his passion and daily bread, that's why he decided not to only play them but also to create them. So, he founded Gamitz Mobile Studios. His first game went directly to the iOS platforms called "El Gocho" and had a decent success within the Venezuelan App store, reaching the top 5 in all free apps in just a week.
His knowledge enabled him to make "El Gocho" a board game, similar to peg solitaire, which was a challenging task as GameSalad doesn't provide any reference in how to make board games.
"El Gocho" had gained the attention of many locals, but the most important fact of the game is to give hope to all the people who want to make videogames, as this is something really hard to accomplish due to the circumstances in Venezuela.
Besides his work as a videogame developer and CEO at Gamitz Mobile Studios, he founded a company called Dekoders In Vitro Studios that will encourage, help, and teach people in Latin America to make videogames with a very wide range of available tools, from open source projects to elite high cost platforms, and also publish them.
Craig Pearson (aka single sparq) has been an independent Game Developer for 3 years but has played games for more than 35 years. As an avid Apple fan, Craig previously ran two Apple-centric websites and since then has focused more on being an iOS developer in his spare time.
Without formal training, Craig has accumulated experience in all media areas such as video (editing, directing, and writing), Web development (CSS, HTML, and PHP), art direction (Photoshop, Illustrator, and Quark/InDesign) and music (Keyboard, Logic Pro, and Garageband).
Before finding the ultimate outlet of utilizing these skills in game development, Craig wrote and produced the album TwoPointZero, under the moniker of Monospark, currently available in iTunes.
Games produced with GameSalad include Space Tech Defender, Orbitz Jump Adventure, Barnyard Stackem, and Suburban Grand Prix.
When not making games, or enjoying life with his wife and daughter, Craig is the Manager of web development for a Canadian magazine publisher, managing over 40 Joomla-based websites.