Colin Suess

Colin Suess is the founder of Split Horizon Games, where he has shipped eight titles in the past two years, including Last Kids on Earth: Hit the Deck. He also works at Hourglass Escapes, where he’s created many award-winning titles, including Mystery at Innsmouth, a physical escape room in Seattle.

He has previously held various roles in the game industry, such as production at Fire Opal Media, live services support for Xbox, entertainment research and development at Microsoft and game testing at Bungie. Suess holds B.A.’s in religious studies and German from Pacific Lutheran University. He is a graduate of and former TA for the UW Certificate in Game Design.

Education

• University of Washington - Certificate in Game Design, Game and Interactive Media Design 2019 - 2020
• Cascadia College - Additional coursework, Computer Science 2019 - 2019
• edX - Additional coursework, Computer Science 2016 - 2017
• Bellevue College Continuing Education - Additional coursework, Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing 2008 - 2015
• Pacific Lutheran University - Bachelor's Degree, BA Religion 2004 and BA German 2005 2000 - 2005
• Bellevue College