Elliott Ridgway
Elliott Ridgway is a game developer, author, filmmaker, and artist.He grew up in Alva, Oklahoma, where he was homeschooled and began learning how to write, draw, code, and make movies. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Tulsa in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in computer science, minoring in film studies. Professionally, Elliott has been a software engineer since 2012 and has worked in the fields of healthcare and national security.His indie game studio Megalithic Mainframe has released games on PC, mobile, and consoles, and has won multiple awards for its titles MonCon and The Idiot's Tale.For fifteen years, Elliott ran the filmmaking group Ridgway Films alongside his brothers and friends. Their work consisted of the award-winning short film Creepypasta, the award-nominated feature film The Midnight Con, a seven-episode miniseries based on Earthbound (which gathered over a million views on YouTube), and "Kommander Krunchy's Good-Times Slap-Happy YouTube Channel," a collaborative experimental YouTube channel comprised of several different video styles and formats.He continues to pursue his various hobbies when he has time. Apart from those already mentioned, Elliott enjoys writing fiction, making digital art, painting, composing music, and collecting memorabilia.He lives in Tulsa with his family.