Chris Bell

Cofounder, CCO, Creative Director, Co-Design Lead & Chairman at Gardens Interactive. 🌳
Growing the future of deeply social online roleplay.

Previously helped create Journey, Sky: Children of the Light, and What Remains of Edith Finch, each a recipient of Game of the Year.

15+ Years experience leading and growing teams while directing, designing, producing, writing, fundraising, & BizDeving for critically-acclaimed games, MMORPGs, & interactive stories across PC, console, and mobile.

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🧗🏻‍♂️ EXPERIENCE:

Director, Unannounced Online Game
(www.gardens.dev)

Lead Game Designer, Sky: Children of the Light
(www.thatskygame.com)
- 270M+ Downloads
-7.5M+ DAU

Lead Game Designer & Writer, What Remains of Edith Finch
(www.EdithFinch.com)

Designer & Producer, Journey
(http://thatgamecompany.com/journey/)

Designer, Way
(www.makeourway.com)

Intern Designer at Will Wright's Stupid Fun Club (Director of The Sims, SimCity, Spore etc.)

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🧠 EXPERTISE:

- Game Design & Creative Direction
- Company Leadership
- Social & Multiplayer Design
- MMO Design
- Games as Live Service
- Game Production
- Narrative Design
- Writing
- World & Level Design
- Mentorship, Motivation, & Company Culture
- Networking & Hiring
- Entrepreneurship & BizDev


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🏆 ACCOLADES:

- Game of the Year 2019, Sky (Apple Awards), #1 Ranked iOS Game
- Game of the Year 2017, What Remains of Edith Finch (BAFTA)
- Game of the Year 2012, Journey (D.I.C.E, GDC)
- Game of the Year 2011, Way (Games for Change)
- 30 Under 30 in Entertainment 2012 (Forbes)
- Tornado Award 2011 (Carnegie Mellon University) "for going up against the status quo of the industry & making an impact"
- Alumni Award 2024 (Carnegie Mellon University)