The Motley Crew

Ivy Swiderski

Music & Art

Ivy is in middle school and loves making video games, music, and art. She has an affinity for birds and keeps several chickens, and she crafts paper dragon puppets.

Lyra Swiderski

Game Designer

Lyra loves listening to music and making stickers, and has a soft spot for retro characters like Sparko the robot dog from the 1940s and Felix the Cat. She's wild about bugs and dinosaurs, and is busy making her own games and shows.

Bryan Vestey

CTO & Lead Engineer

Bryan joined Mean Hamster in October 2008 after graduating from DeVry University with a B.S. in Game and Simulation Programming. He led programming on Everything Nice within his first seven months, supported and led many titles after, and rose to Lead Programmer in 2010 and CTO in 2011.

Ben Amos

Engineer

A 2004 graduate of Eastern Washington University, Ben was lead developer on Pet Shop Hop — his first paying project — and lent his skills to Ye Olde Sandwich Shoppe and Passport to Perfume, plus Flash translations of several casual games. "There’s no better feeling in the world than when the code you write comes to life and does just what you intended."