Studio Wildcard

Studio Wildcard is the development company behind the game ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Wildcard is a Seattle-based company that was founded in 2014 by Jesse Rapczak, who previously was a Technical Art Director at Microsoft Game Studios, and Jeremy Stieglitz, who was previously the creator of Dungeon Defenders.

Team

 * Jeremy Stieglitz, aka Drake, (@jeremystieglitz), Co-Founder, Lead Designer, Lead Programmer, and Co-Creative Director.
 * Jesse Rapczak, (@arkjesse), Co-Founder, Art Director, Technical Art Director and Co-Creative Director.
 * Doug Kennedy, Co-Founder, CEO.
 * Damien Bull, (@damien_bull), Environment Director and Lead Level Designer.
 * Gabriel Robbins, (@gabrielWildcard), Senior Level Designer.
 * Waylon Winn, (@WaylonWinn), Lead 3D Artist and Technical Artist.
 * Navin Supphapholsiri, aka The Right Foot, (@nayvihn), Senior Producer on ARK & ATLAS.
 * Jatheish Karunakaran, (@Jatheish), Product Manager on ARK & Community Lead on ATLAS.
 * Cedric Burkes, (@ComplexMinded), Primitive+ Creator, Sponsored Mod Program Director and Lead Community Manager,
 * Ben Burkart, (@evilmrfrank), The Center Creator and Senior Level Designer
 * Chris Gardner, (@CudaCores), Web & Video Production Lead on ARK & ATLAS.
 * Adam Graham, (@thelilpanda), Live Ops and Server Administrator.
 * Zane Ard, (@WC_Zane), QA Lead.
 * Rob, (@WC_Stark), Technical Designer and Co-QA Lead.
 * Craig Brown, (@CraigBCBrown), Senior Technical and Gameplay Designer.
 * Eli, (@WC_Eli), Forum Manager.
 * Joshua Hines, (@ZenRowe), Technical Designer and Mod Community Manager.
 * David Miller, aka Dave, (@ExcitedKangaroo), Ragnarok Creator and Senior Technical Level Designer.
 * Jackson Lawrence, (@JacksonLawr3nce), Ragnarok Creator and Level Designer.
 * Skittle, (@Skittlis), QA Team.
 * eco, (@ecoModsGames), QA Team.
 * Joslynn Gabel, (@IsoldeGaming), Crystal Isles Creator and Level Designer.
 * Dollie, (@NotDollie), Live Operations on ARK & Community Manager on ATLAS.

Alumni

 * Susan Claire Stieglitz, (@SusanCStieglitz), Co-Founder and Business Manager.
 * Joshua Mosman, Head of Customer Service & Lead Game Moderator.
 * William Tate, (@WillTate91), 3D Environment Artist.
 * Jason Zhao, aka The Left Foot, (@KageRamen), Technical Artist and VFX Artist.
 * Jennifer Stuber, (@bubblywums), Community Manager and QA Analyst.
 * Chris Willoughby, (@arkchrisw/@chris_killabi), Lead Programmer.
 * Kayd Hendricks, aka The Right Hand, (@KaydHendricks), Senior Technical and Gameplay Designer.