Over the course of four years, a group of college friends worked on multiple school projects together, none of which had made it much further than the classroom.  During a semester in the group's final school year, however, everything changed.  The guys took their projects past what was expected of them in the hopes they could one day publish their own game together.

​After an overwhelmingly positive response from their peers and instructors, the guys created their own company and are pursuing that dream they all share:  to create great games with great people.

Their first two titles are currently in production.

Now meet the team behind HiDDEN...

Meet The Team

Sean Blayney

Founding Partner, Modeler, Producer

A lifelong gamer, Sean realized that he wanted to make games and not just play them after playing the first Assassin's Creed.  Luckily for him, the local university, East Tennessee State, housed a highly rated program for game design, an opportunity which he promptly jumped on.  As his four years progressed, Sean discovered a love for 3D modeling in particular.  When he isn't playing or making video games, he is creating props from his favorite movies and games using his 3D printer as well as other traditional methods.

Check out Sean's personal portfolio by following the link below:

Sean's Work

Patrick Bryant

Founding Partner, Programmer, Game Design

From an early age, Patrick knew he wanted to design and program games.  Throughout middle and high school, he spent his spare time learning to program and make simple apps and 2D games.  In college, he took multiple programming classes outside of his major and eventually joined East Tennessee State University's digital media program.

He has continued his early habit of investing his free time into game development despite his demanding work in management positions at various companies.  Since he graduated in December 2017, his goal remains the same as it was a decade ago - to work with great people making awesome video games.

Boomer Gurney

Founding Partner, Game Design

Ever since he could hold a controller, Boomer's life has revolved around video games.  Through the years, his passion for playing video games has evolved into a drive to make them.  He started exploring the game making process in high school by creating simple desktop games and then branched out to mobile games.  When he realized working on video games was a viable career path, Boomer started earning his degree in Digital Media at ETSU.  After graduating, he has gone on to work for Epic Games at their HQ in Cary, North Carolina and has developed a strong knowledge of their Unreal Engine.  Boomer's dream is to help make amazing games that affect players in the way his favorite games have affected him.

Check out Boomer's personal portfolio by following the link below:

Boomer's Work

Nathan Lokey

Founding Partner, Character Modeling, Sculpting

At the age of five, Nathan's parents bought him and his brother their first video game console - a Nintendo 64, and he has had a passion for the full gaming experience ever since.  He still vividly recalls himself dancing to the opening theme song of Banjo & Kazooie.  This innate passion and love for the industry flourished throughout his childhood.  Whether it is discussing video games technically or emotionally, the topic never tires for him.  During the summers of 2017 and 2018, Nathan has worked at iD Tech teaching teenagers how to design their very own games using Unreal Engine 4.

Check out Nathan's personal portfolio by following the link below: 

nathan's work

Destin Hill

Founding Partner, Animator

Destin has wanted to create games since his first play through of Banjo-Kazooie on the Nintendo 64.  It wasn't until his last year of high school that he realized he wanted to animate.  He spent his time in college doing just that.  His favorite games include everything from Civilization to Banjo-Kazooie to Dark Souls.  When he isn't animating or playing games, he enjoys reading books and comics, and particularly enjoys DC Comics.  For the past two years, his summer job has been teaching teens to animate at iD Tech.

Check out Destin's personal portfolio by following the link below:

Destin's work

Nolyn Taylor

Founding Partner, Game Design, Board Game Master

Nolyn, like the rest of the crew at HiDDEN, has had a love of video games for as long as he can remember.  He is the resident board game expert on the team and is responsible for making and testing many of our game mechanics.  When he isn't watching cartoons or designing gameplay, Nolyn enjoys being Dungeon Master for various Dungeons & Dragons and Shadowrun campaigns with his friends.