About

Attitude Gain is an independent video game development studio based in the California Bay Area.  With a combined thirty years of industry experience, Attitude Gain aims to combine innovative game designs with modern production techniques to bring unique entertainment experiences to both the mainstream and hardcore independent gaming markets.

Peter Young, Technical Director and Acting CEO

Peter has been programming console and PC games for over ten years, with an emphasis on shader effects programming and CPU/GPU optimizations. He has also served as a 3D graphics consultant for the likes of Blizzard Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment, NCsoft, and Relic Entertainment. When not developing games, Peter can be found either hogging the microphone in Rock Band/Singstar, or working up a sweat at the local Muay Thai boxing gym.

Marcus Montgomery, Creative Director

Like most game designers, Marcus has been involved in gaming since childhood. His interest in electronic entertainment began with the Apple IIe, persevered through the Sega Saturn and continues with the PS3 and Xbox 360. He has contributed design expertise on games from PS1 up through current generation systems. With over 11 years of game design experience, Marcus currently looks to push design in new directions and challenge players in new forms of entertainment.

Julian Liao, Art Director

Julian is an accomplished lead and senior artist with an emphasis on both lighting and effects, as well as the design, layout, and creation of 3D environments. He also brings strong project management experience to the team, with an impressive track record for meeting deadlines and budgets while working with both internal and outsourced teams.  While Julian is an artist at heart, his technical and analytical background is largely responsible for establishing and maintaining a production pipeline that is cost-effective and imposes few compromises; a core element of Attitude Gain’s development philosophy.