Effective Fears by the Fearfully Effective

We are a small multinational team composed of hard-working individuals who share a passion for game development. Our goal is to create games that reflect our love of art, storytelling, world-building, and compelling gameplay.

FearFX Squared is made up of friends and colleagues from around the globe. The company was founded in 2020, but most of us have been working together for longer than that on our first game: Nightwell Manor. This game and project has become a huge part of everyone’s lives here at FearFX.

Corey Schiffer

FOUNDER and CEO
Corey has always been interested in game development, and went back to school while leading his own construction company to earn his BA in Computer Science with a concentration is software engineering.
He currently works as a 3D Artist and Level Designer for Pearson. While there he spearheaded a huge VR project. In doing so the demo he worked to build garnered a few million in funding, as well as grants from some big industry partners.
Dave J

TECHNICAL LEAD
Programmer, gamer, and friend of squirrels. He has been modding games for 17 years, and programming them for 7.
Hannah Fortune

2D ART LEAD
Hannah is an illustrator, graphic designer, and concept artist from Ohio. With a BFA in Graphic Design, she is passionate about creation. She is currently working at Snack Creative as a Compositing Artist.
@hannahfortuneart
Peter D Hopkins

WRITING LEAD
Professional idiot, thinks the best animals are ferrets and foxes, current crowning achievement is the length of his hair (about 3 ft. long when straightened).
He earned a degree in Computer Games Enterprise, specializing in Design & Psychology, ready and rearing to bring more stories to you.

Worked as a Lead Writer and Narrative designer for Pearson.
Edwin Dizer

AUDIO LEAD
Edwin is a composer and sound designer based in London.
He has been writing music for over 20 years and has built up a long list of games credits as both a composer and sound designer. His work explores how sound can tell stories and help deliver powerful messages.
@DizerEdwin
Jamie Moffat

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
Based in Scotland, Jamie is a huge lover of all things horror and survival games and has been gaming since he was 7 years old.
Jamie has a real passion for all things social media and has been working with companies for the last 2 years helping them to deliver fresh and exciting content to help their business grow.
Nicholas Hogan

TECHNICAL ANIMATOR
Nick is from Ontario Canada in the small town of Belleville I grew up watching my father as a professional graphic designer and followed his footsteps for many years before I branched out into the 3D realm. He has been an animator for 5 years and continues to learn everyday and pursue new directions. “I'm looking forward to the future with FearFX and the experience of bringing the best possible animations I can to the game.”
Caro McSorley Melendez

2D ARTIST
Caro (they/he) is a queer Colombian-American artist currently studying game design in Maine. They have skills in concept art, environment and prop design, animation, and video editing. In their free time, they like to make 3D sculptures and mechanisms, as well as some costumes. They regularly stream on Twitch, and hope to become an independent game developer post graduation.
@_silenttree_
Carlos Rosaly

3D ARTIST
A 38 yr old Army Veteran, passionate for games comics and collecting. Games have been a part of my life for my entire life (literally my mom played Colecovision with me in the womb). I have a passion for this industry and refuse to fail.