Meet the Team
Administration / Department Heads
Sophia Tran // East Coast, Canada
CEO, Head of Business and Finance Department, Director of Programming Department "I can't be bothered to write this, sooo.... I code. lol"
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Natalie Anderson // Utah, USA
Director of Sound Department Natalie is an elementary school teacher with a passion for arts and gaming! She grew up playing the Nancy Drew games and they became an integral part of her life. Natalie was one of the founding members of Airtight Alibi Productions. She has worked in many areas of the company, but is currently the vocal director.
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Emily Downey // San Diego, California
Director of Art and Writing Departments Emily joined the project at its inception as a miscellaneous artist and one of the main writers. She's now in charge of guiding our amazing art team and facilitating final tweaks to the script.
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Huw Miller // British Columbia, Canada
Website Designer/Manager, Admin Huw joined the Airtight Alibi art team in 2018 and became the sound team lead in 2022. He's a massive Nancy Drew fan and runs the Nancy Drew Walkthroughs YouTube channel. He's very excited about the game and can't wait for it to release to the world!
In his personal life, Huw's favorite free-time hobbies include building LEGO, playing video games, and watching movies. |
Sarah Elkins // California, USA
Social Media Manager "Hi! I’m Sarah (she/they). I’m a California-based creative who loves all things related to the arts. I dabble in graphic design, social media marketing, photography, cosplay and more! My hobbies include playing puzzle games, watching lots of YouTube and cuddling my dog Blackjack."
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Alicia Mello // Rhode Island, USA
Executive Assistant Alicia has always been a fan of the Nancy Drew Games since they first came out. She has been involved with Amelia Darnell since the very beginning and can't wait for it to come out.
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Writing Department
Jillian Pearson
Script Writer Jillian is very excited to be on the Amelia Darnell team and is looking forward to when everyone can play the game!
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Laryssa Brooks // Ontario, Canada
Script Editor Laryssa Brooks is a writer and editor based in Ontario, Canada, who is editing the game's script and written content as part of the Writing Team. She's a recipient of the Alistair MacLeod Masterful Short Story Award. Pieces she's edited have won the Literary Titan Gold Book Award and the LA Sci-Fi Europa Festival Silver Award and have been nominated for the RED Movie Awards and the Acorn-Plantos Award for People's Poetry. Her writing has appeared in Generation, offSIDE, the Windsor ReView, the Windsor Local, (parenthetical), When Women Waken, and more. Text she's edited has been been published by Black Moss Press, Sterling Lake Books, Netflix, UBC Press, U of T Press, and more. She's been an avid fan of mystery games for over 20 years and is excited to be using her skills and passion to help bring Amelia Darnell to life.
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Katherine Bacher // Washington, USA
Script Editor Katherine is an award winning, Amazon Kindle #1 Best Selling Author, and Editor, living in the PNW. Having loved the Nancy Drew PC games since their beginning, she jumped at the chance to be a Script Editor for Airtight Alibi. She's a proud graduate of Central Washington University’s print journalism program, and was a copy editor for CWU's The Observer. Go Wildcats! She spends her so-called "free time" with her husband, kid, and pup, while cheering for the greatest sport ever: hockey. Go Tips! Go Kraken! You can read more at her website at www.katherinebacher.com
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Art Department
Julia Holdnack // East Coast, USA
3D Environment Artist Julia is the 3D environment artist for Amelia Darnell: Secrets of Silvercrest Village. She has been using Blender 3D for 8 years and is excited to be able to create intricate explorable areas for the game.
By day, she is a freelance multimedia artist and mom to a baby boy. She hopes to one day be able to launch her own aspiring indie game dev studio, Default Cube Games. She is also known for the Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower Unreal Engine remaster. In her free time - when she's not working on game dev projects - she enjoys hanging out with her husband, son, two cats, and lizard. |
Joshua Anderson
Prop and Texture Artist, Programmer Joshua is very excited to be on the Amelia Darnell team and is looking forward to when everyone can play the game!
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Cassie Oveson // Utah, USA
2D Artist Cassie serves as a Graphic/UI Designer for Airtight Alibi Productions. As a lifelong lover of mystery games and stories working on this game has been a fun passion project for her. She says, "Video games have a unique way of telling stories and it has been so much fun seeing my art come to life in this way." Her work can be found glittered throughout the environments, puzzles and menus of our game. When she is away from her desk she can be found painting in her home studio in Salt Lake City, Utah or playing video games with her son.
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Anne Allan // Los Angeles, California
Lead Character Artist Anne is the Lead Character Designer at Airtight Alibi. When she's not drawing emoji's of Wilman as a cowboy, she works at Cartoon Network as a Color Designer in Los Angeles with her two terrible cats. Outside of art, she loves puzzles, mysteries, video games, D&D, finely aged memes, sushi, and roller skating.
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Ailén Báez K. // Mexico City, Mexico
Assistant Character Artist Ai is very excited to be on the Amelia Darnell team and is looking forward to when everyone can play the game!
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Shugulup // Chicago, Illinois
Assistant Character Artist Shugulup (she/her) is a 2D artist, nerd, and lifelong fan of video games, particularly of the Nancy Drew games as her special interest since game 1. Mixing her passions for art and games with the Airtight Ailibi team is an honor and an exciting new challenge.
Outside that, Shugulup enjoys habitat restoration projects, DIY, and time in nature. |
Programming Department
Elaina Cole // South Carolina, USA
Programmer Elaina is a programmer and a huge mystery fan! When she’s not playing detective investigating a bug, she’s probably running, reading, or playing tennis. Her dog Wendy loves tennis balls and wonders why Elaina tries to hit them away instead of catching them!
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Allison Lorphanpaibul // Washington, USA
Programmer Allison is working as a programmer for AD. She loves baking and drinking too much tea. Her favorite ND games are Treasure in the Royal Tower and Warnings at Waverly Academy. She currently lives in Washington state with her two cats.
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Marlee Hoagland
Programmer Marlee is very excited to be on the Amelia Darnell team and is looking forward to when everyone can play the game!
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Puzzle Department
Emma Secord // Western Canada
Puzzle Designer Emma is a Canadian educator with a passion for problem solving, promoting the development of critical thinking skills, and creating fun and engaging activities for her students. Growing up reading mystery novels and playing computer games made her a perfect candidate to join the team as a Puzzle Developer! Emma is also a creative writer and actor, performing both on stage and in front of the camera. She has a BA in Cultural Anthropology and History, and infuses her love of learning and knowledge into each puzzle she works on.
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Calina Herman // Washington State, USA
Puzzle Designer "Hello friends! Calina here, also known as Little Jackalope from my HeR Interactive days!
I've been reading mysteries and playing computer games since I was 6 years old, and they have been my life! A good story, a good puzzle, and a good game are things I adore sharing with people, and hope to share more of them with every opportunity I have. Now is my chance to level up my experience in writing codes and ciphers from my Amateur Sleuth Blog writing and turn them into interactive challenges. Who doesn't love a good challenge? Let's have some fun together!" |
Anna Saum // New York City, USA
Puzzle Designer, Researcher Anna is a life-long puzzle lover who is living her dream creating challenging riddles and clues for the Airtight Alibi team. Like her fellow teammates, Anna is a massive Nancy Drew fan. When she's not solving ciphers or picking locks, Anna collects rare books and enjoys reading about heists. Her favorite mysterious text is the still-undeciphered Voynich Manuscript.
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Sound Department
Jess Green // Rochester, New York
Composer/Musician Jess Green (he/him/his) is a composer/arranger, teacher, and performer based in Rochester, NY. Born in Medway, Massachusetts, he grew up in a family of musicians and began learning the piano at age 4. Although he continues to enjoy playing piano, his primary instrument is the trumpet, and he earned bachelors and masters degrees in trumpet performance from the Eastman School of Music as well as a bachelors degree in music education, concentrating on instrumental music. Jess has been composing and arranging music for eight years and has completed several gifted and commissioned works, including projects for the Irondequoit High School Symphonic Band and the Eastman Brass Guild, directed by James Thompson. Currently, Jess resides in Rochester where he lives with his fiancée Gwen and dog Opie, and is employed at Eastman, his alma mater.
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Elijah Ramirez // California, USA
Composer/Musician Elijah is very excited to be on the Amelia Darnell team and is looking forward to when everyone can play the game!
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Charity Johnson // Queensland, Australia
Sound Engineer, Composer/Musician Charity is a pianist, musician, and sound engineer. She is super excited to be working with Airtight Alibi on this game.
You might also know Charity as ChazVsJazz. She has completed over 100 piano transcriptions from the Nancy Drew game series and enjoys studying the past and present happenings at HeR Interactive. |
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Trevor Kubose // California, USA
Foley Artist Trevor was introduced to Nancy Drew computer games from his big sister Kamryn when he was barely tall enough to see over the computer desk. Different from other games out there, he enjoys solving puzzles and questioning suspects in the 2-D point and click style. He particularly likes to find all the ways to "fatally make an error" in the games. Trevor will be graduating with a B.M. degree in Jazz Studies and Performance.
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Kamryn Kubose // California, USA
Foley Artist Kamryn is a long-time Nancy Drew and mystery fan from Central California. She picked up her first yellow hardcover in the 4th grade and hasn't looked back. During the pandemic, she started an Etsy shop called rikakubdesigns, where she designs and sells various Nancy Drew-inspired fan merchandise including pins, keychains, and personalized ID cards. She recently received her M.S. degree in Environmental Policy and Management.
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