Tom O'Brien

Tom O'Brien is a Lead Technical Artist at Playground Games and a co-founder of Itsfine Games, where they recently launched their first title, Split. They are currently in their third year of a Bachelor of Software Engineering (Game Programming) at Media Design School in Auckland, New Zealand. Tom's previous experience includes roles as a Game Designer and Game Programmer at Aurora44, as well as Programmer and Designer at Dinosaur Polo Club. Additionally, they served as Project Lead at RiffRaff Games, where they directed the development of an unreleased title and managed various aspects of project production. Tom is proficient in programming with C++ and C#, and has a strong background in design and technical artistry.