Mega Crit is an independent game studio based in Seattle, WA and founded by Anthony Giovannetti and Casey Yano.
The Mega Crit Team
Anthony Giovannetti (@stimhacked)
Favorite Games: Planescape Torment, Netrunner, Half-Life 2
Anthony grew up in the Seattle area, where he has been a lifetime
card game player. Becoming obsessed with Android: Netrunner when
it was released in 2012, Anthony created and now maintains the
largest Netrunner fansite and forum, www.stimhack.com.
Anthony conceptualized Slay the Spire, leads the design effort,
and handles all the boring business stuff.
Casey Yano (@caseyyano)
Favorite Games: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Shadow of the Colossus, Rocket League, The Binding of Isaac, Spelunky: I beat Yama
Casey was born in San Francisco, CA but has been in Washington for
like 20+ years, he prefers to call that his hometown. He grew up
sketching and doodling but pursued computer science at the
University of Washington where he met Anthony. During college, he
developed some small games with Anthony while juggling a game
tester job and comp-sci classes.
Casey made the Slay the Spire prototype and now works on the game
programming, user design, and art direction.
He is a Captain Falcon main and will gladly show you his moves.
Danielle Jenkins
Favorite Games: SpaceStation 13, Rimworld, Portal, Secondlife
Danielle was raised in Eastern Washington and later moved to
Seattle to study Computer Science at the University of Washington.
It was there she met Anthony, and through him, Casey.
In her free time, Danielle has worn many hats for Mega Crit
including acting as the release manager, an individual
contributor, site admin, and internal tooling developer.
Collaborators
Jake Rabinowitz
Favorite Games: Breath of the Wild, Rocket League, Overcooked, Factorio, Dark Souls
Jake grew up in Los Angeles, and has lived all up and down the
west coast, from San Diego to Seattle. He spent a lot of his
childhood messing around with computers and video games,
eventually getting a Computer Science and Engineering degree from
UC San Diego. He met Casey while working in Seattle and they
bonded over playing (and gambling over) Super Smash Bros.
Jake still has a day job, but in his spare time he works on
playtesting, metrics, bots, and a bug fix here and there (and
other stuff Casey and Anthony don't have time for). He has been a
long time playtester for Slay the Spire, with an estimated 1,000+
hours played before Early Access.
Anailis Dorta
Favorite Games: Beyond Good and Evil, Okage: Shadow King, Kya: Dark Lineage, Sly Cooper series.
Anailis grew up in Guines, Cuba and moved to Miami, Florida a few
years later where she began failing half her classes for playing
video games instead of studying until she attended an art high
school and began putting her time into making art. Afterwards,
Anailis headed east to SoCal California to graduate college with a
BFA in Game Art.
Anailis is the card illustrator for Mega Crit’s Slay the Spire and
the proud aunt of a VERY fat cat. Her hobbies include reading,
catching up on celebrity gossip, and long luxurious bubble baths.
Bruce Brenneise
Favorite Games: Quest for Glory (series), Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, Ultima Underworld I & II, Fallout (series), Elder Scrolls (series).
Bruce Brenneise grew up in the icy grip of Michigan. Graduating
with a BFA in Scientific Illustration from the University of
Michigan, he then spent years abroad in China where he met his
wife and many other wonderful adventures. They now reside in
Seattle with their deceased cats and carnivorous plants; Bruce
spends most days painting fantasy landscapes for various clients.
Bruce illustrates backgrounds and promotional materials for
Mega Crit’s Slay the Spire. His interests include travel,
geopolitics, sci-fi/fantasy/horror literature, and maps.
Clark Aboud
Favorite Games: Shadow Of The Colossus, Journey, Uncharted 2 & Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
Due to a childhood of learning piano, trumpet, guitar, playing
video games and pretending to be a jedi to John Williams’ Star
Wars soundtracks, Clark really had no choice but to write music.
Born in New Zealand and living in Australia and England, Clark
writes music for video games, films and himself.
Clark is the composer and sound designer for Mega Crit’s Slay the
Spire, an avid lover of all music from Aaron Copland to Tame
Impala, and probably the future owner of a really large and
expensive synthesizer collection.
Jon Sandler
Favorite Games: Jon enjoys too many games to list – from card and board games to console, desktop, and VR.
Jon is a Seattle native and a renaissance man with one too many
interests. His biggest passions include games, UX design, and
animation. He graduated with a degree in design from the
University of Washington in 2013, where he completed several game
prototypes with multidisciplinary teams.
Jon combined his love of games and design by earning a certificate
in game design from the UW in 2016. He spends every spare moment
pursuing one of his many interests.
Jon makes the character drawings of Casey Yano come to life in
Mega Crit’s Slay the Spire.