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Sentinel Studios is all about improving the quality of the gaming experience in everything we do. Our co-founders left the Marine Corps, where Dylan to pursue their passion: good storytelling. They want to bring people and communities together around kick-ass products that help people communicate and share their own stories! Gaming across all mediums is an experience, and we’re going to elevate that experience. Come showtime, we hope you have as much fun playing our games and we do designing them!

Sentinel Studios

Our Team

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Dylan Damboise

Founder & President

Dylan left the Marine Corps, where he served as a Network Operator, to found Sentinel Studios.

Dylan left the Marine Corps, where he served as a Network Operator, to found Sentinel Studios. He wanted to create products that he didn’t see the industry produce previously. Dylan has been a long-time fan of tabletop RPGs, video games, and comics. He is a veteran storyteller (no pun intended), Dungeon Master, and all-around history and mythology nerd. Dylan hopes that the games Sentinel Studios creates will be able to facilitate a better experience, and higher appreciation of good storytelling as well.

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Melanie

Melanie Gonzalez

Co-Founder & Vice President

Melanie co-founded Sentinel Studios with her best friend & husband

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Melanie co-founded Sentinel Studios with her best friend & husband, Dylan, after she left the Marine Corps, where she served as an Arabic Linguist. Melanie is an avid reader and writer, and has a soft spot for dark comedies and detective stories. She hopes Sentinel Studios’ products will strengthen friendships and build fond memories for its users. If you want tips and tricks on storytelling and writing, follow Melanie’s

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John

John Bowden
(Foolish Frost)

Project Lead & Programmer

John Bowden is a Brain in a Jar.  His skills have been used by dozens of companies over the last decade in the game industry. 

John Bowden is a Brain in a Jar.  His skills have been used by dozens of companies over the last decade in the game industry.  He has created AIs to simulate the spread of fire, tools to smooth the development of assets across a team, 3d greetings card apps, animations for VR ghosts, complex animation controllers ranging from facial animation to virtual animatronics, and even made a few games.  He is a skilled animator and C# coder, and has a background in game design ranging from tabletop to digital platforms. John Bowden lives in Kentucky, with his wife, two kids, three cats, and two dogs. 

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Sophie

Company Mascot

Sophie is Sentinel Studios’ incorrigible mascot.

Sophie is Sentinel Studios’ incorrigible mascot. She specializes in workplace morale-boosting, quality controlling paperwork, and warming employee seats. She also likes catnip-filled pickle toys, lounging on keyboards that are currently in use, and shrilly interrupting conference calls for second lunch.

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