Paper Crown Interactive was founded in 2017 by students at the University of California: Santa Cruz. Our first game is a VR title, Bookend, where players explore the world of a pop-up book. Bookend was our senior capstone project was awarded funding by the UCSC GameGo program to continue production until December 2018. Production on the VR and PC concluded in March 2019.
(Team members who worked under GameGo have an asterisk (*) next to their name.)
An independent game team founded in Santa Cruz, California
The Team!
Edmond Le*
Lead Designer, Producer
Enrique Molina*
Lead Developer
Yuqiao Jiang
Developer
Linda Nguyen*
Art Director, Artist Coordinator, Artist
Mallory Strout
Artist, Video Editor
Keenan Hampton
Animator
Clive Lithgow
Design and Writing Assistant
Nicole Maines*
Lead Designer, Producer, Community Manager
Jonathan Alcantara*
Developer
Kiefer Nemeth*
Musician
Kevin Saenz*
Art Director, Artist, Writing Assistant
Siena Mayford
Artist, 3D Modeler
Alexandra Winters
Artist, 3D Modeler
Jay Patel
Artist, Writing Assistant
Jared Ono
Lead Designer, Lead Tester
Justin Tran*
Developer
Jacob Darby
Musician
Ran Tao
Lead Animator, 3D Modeler
Liam Dugard
Artist 3D Modeler
Lyn Kline
Artist
Eliza Convis
Voice of Narrator