Sam's biggest inspirations are: Lena Raine, Gooseworx, Lifeformed, Janice Kwan.

Sam's favourite games are: Tunic, Night in the Woods, GRIS, CrossCode, OneShot.

Sam joined the Room 322 Games team in early 2024 after meeting Anna at a game developers' panel at NAIT in Edmonton. Currently, Sam's pursuing a degree in Electroacoustic Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.

Sam has been developing intricate compositions and fan music for the past decade and designs sound effects using combinations of unique timbres found in the real world and never-before-heard sonic qualities that are only possible in a digital medium.

Fueled by a passion to create the games he wants to play as they aren't being made as much anymore.
His favourite games growing up were the whole Zelda franchise especially Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess, Pokémon, and Dark Souls.

This ignited a long running passion of playing video games through the years. When he went to high school he joined a class that taught programming igniting a further passion to develop video games after which he then went to NAIT to study video game programming.

"That expanded into creating puzzles and full levels once I started with the others in Room 322.
My favorite games growing up were mostly RPGs, and I want to be able to create my own that have in depth mechanics and a compelling story that people will want to play many times over."

"Getting accepted to the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology for game programming was the first step. Through the lessons there I discovered my enjoyment of creating puzzles and algorithms through code-"

"During the two-year program, I met many of my current collaborators at Room 322 Games and discovered profound satisfaction that came from writing functional code—a passion that continues to drive me today."

"Relying on guesswork and the low-quality tutorials that were available online in 2010, I created simple game modifications for personal use. Unsure of what to do after high school but driven by my passion for coding and game design, I enrolled in a game programming course at NAIT.-"

After graduating, I found Room 322 and got added to the team, focusing on Quality Assurance and light programming. Now I spend my time tinkering around with Linux and building fun bots with Discords API while I finish school."

I began by trying to find beginner friendly tutorials that were manageable to break down and start following along. I had no idea what engines, languages, or systems to use so I decided to head to school to learn more-"

Some of my favorite games include: Monster Hunter, Legend of Zelda OOT, Pokemon, Dungeons & Dragons, and Paladins!"

Some of my biggest inspirations and what made me want to learn 3D are Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time and Monster Hunter! The art direction in OOT was beautiful and the models very much inspired me to want to make similar works.

Since then, I’ve poured hundreds of hours into improving my skills and pushing my creative boundaries. Eventually this led me to join the development team at Room 322 Games, where I hope to continue to grow and improve!

Some of Angelo's game development inspirations are Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, SC2's custom game "Lottery Defence", and the 2013 short game "no-one has to die."

Now this cat dad of three is wrangling programmers and playtesters to help out with 322's biggest game yet!

Angelo's favourite games include Towerfall, Teamfight Tactics, and Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.