In the real world, Stress Level Zero is an American game studio located in Los Angeles, California with a focus on virtual reality. They are responsible for several prominent VR titles, most notably BONEWORKS.
History[]
Stress Level Zero was founded in 2014 as an indie studio by Brandon Laatsch and Alex Knoll, both from a background of film and VFX. Laatsch, a successful YouTuber who co-ran the Node channel for a few years, had grown bored with the medium of traditional storytelling and saw VR as an exciting new area of
New Offices[]
The new offices of Stress Level Zero
Nearing the end of 2015, Stress Level Zero moved to a new office in 2458 Hunter Street, Los Angeles. The 2000 square-foot site underwent extensive renovation until mid 2016, which was documented in a series of videos uploaded to Laatsch's YouTube channel BrandonJLA. The new office building was over a hundred years old[1], and many strange relics were found in the walls, such as a floppy disk of Adobe Premiere, half-drunk Tequila, and incense burners. Partway through renovation, SLZ acquired the cojoining studio, which added another 4000 square feet of space. Renovation was completed in May 2016.
Staff[]
| Name | Hover Junkers | Duck Season | BONEWORKS | BONELAB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Laatsch | Director | Creative Lead | Director | Director |
| Alex Knoll | Producer | Director | Creative Director | Creative Director |
| Cameron Bowen | Special Thanks | Programmer | Programmer
Lead Designer for 1.5 |
Gameplay Engineer |
| Jeremy Crapsey | Programmer | Lead Software Engineer | Lead Engineer | |
| Kevin Comerford | Visual Effects | Lighting & VFX | Technical Director | Technical Director |
| Chris Sherwood | Video Production | Cutscene Design | Content Designer | Level Designer |
| Chapman Lee | Game Programmer | Technical Design | ||
| Katvani Bouzai | Lead Programmer | |||
| Joseph Cooper | Programmer | |||
| Cliff Lloret | Editor
Level Designer | |||
| Steve Gagne | Producer | |||
| Kevin Weeks | Senior Engineer | |||
| Paul O'Hern | A.I. Engineer | |||
| Andy Toulouse | Senior Engineer | |||
| Kelsey Griffin | Creative Designer | |||
| Eric Carlson | Junior Graphics Engineer | |||
| Cameron Morrison | Community Manager | |||
| Steve Huff | Tools Engineer | |||
| Spencer Skoglund | Quality Assurance | Quality Assurance | Technical Generalist | Technical Engineer |
| Nate Sawyer | Technical Artist | Technical Artist | ||
| Andrew Allen | Writer | |||
| Nate Ebbing | Lead Artist | Character Artist | Lead Artist | Lead Artist |
| Spencer Anderson | Concept Art | Concept Art | Graphic Artist | Digital Artist |
| Tiffany Chu | Environment Art | Additional Art | ||
| Cathleen McAllister | Concept Art | |||
| Tyler Nishikawa | Animation Cleanup | |||
| Kevin Senzaki | Sound Design | Sound Design | Sound Designer | |
| Eric Hanks | Sound Design | |||
| Thomas Perkins | Concept Art | Concept Art | ||
| Heldine Aguiluz | Accounting | Accounting | Administrator
Alora B. Actor |
Administrator |
| Jake Watson | Legal Team | Legal Team | Legal Team | |
| Michael Wyckoff | Composer | Composer | Composer | Composer |
| Johnathan LaMarche | Composer | Vocal Performance | Vocal Performance | Muscian |
| Bandit | Dog | Dog | Dog |
