PlanetQuest Team
Jon McCoy - Art Director
Jon has been a concept artist and designer for the entertainment industry since the early 2000s and has been a part of over 20 Hollywood feature films and a few video games. You might spot his name in the credits of Star Wars: Rogue One, Blade Runner 2049, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Battlefield 2042, just to name a few. Jon brings a tremendous amount of experience and artistic skill to the table, which makes him the perfect creative lead for PlanetQuest.
Over the last few months, Jon has been playing a vital role in all creative aspects of PlanetQuest. From our logo, to our landing page and the visual elements of our Genesis Engine, Jon has created beautiful pieces of art and has guided our artists and developers in creating something that could be worthy of the big screen. But there is more, Jon has also played a significant part in shaping the story of our universe. As we’re building PlanetQuest from the ground up, Jon has been our main driving force in creating the cinematic look and feel of our universe. He even stated: “While PlanetQuest is a game that will be played in the browser, it’s going to be built on a lot of the principles of real Hollywood filmmaking. Which is what I’m trying to facilitate and push for at every angle.”
According to Jon, the things we have achieved so far are already at highly sophisticated levels, and we’re only going to keep raising the bar. The Genesis Engine is a prime example of that and Jon is looking forward to seeing this particular technology continuously being refined and pushed further and further.
Read more about Jon: Medium | Jon Website | Jon Instagram
Josué Nanín (aka @Argnot)— Web Lead
Josue has extensive experience in all kinds of tech fields from frontend and backend solutions, all the way to automation, electronics and has even designed a Formula car!
He’s been largely involved as a developer, though not in relation to the game engine itself. His involvement has largely been in the development of the website and Discord Bots, support for the community and everything else in between — all of which are necessary to ensure a smooth introduction of our game to our community!
For the less technically savvy, this is what sits behind our website. The ‘front end’ would be the look and feel of a website, whilst the ‘back end’ involves data, analytics and maintenance. Check out the PlanetQuest.io website to see what he’s been up to!
The last couple of months have been incredibly busy for Josue. For example, the first two days after coming out of stealth, we transitioned from just our team to having a vibrant community of well over 100,000 community members on Discord. It’s been a fun ride.
Read more about Josue: Medium Article
Paulo Caperig(aka @Dincy) - Senior Community Manager
He leads our community initiatives at PlanetQuest. He was previously a financial consultant, but am now striving to get my Masters in Divinity. His superpowers include smooth-talking and always being positive.
He played X-COM when growing up, which left a mark on his love for interplanetary escapades. So for him, PlanetQuest brings in the sci-fi elements of X-COM like exploring different worlds, combined with the fun kick ass element of battling against aliens and other factions, while journeying to obtain rare resources as well.
The common theme throughout his career is working with people and building things with them — whether that be in law, ministry, or gaming communities. So that’s how Paulo landed on PlanetQuest.
He works alongside our fantastic moderators and ambassadors, including our content creators, and community translators. He check in with them, ensuring the committees are running smoothly, keeping our language channels tidy, and implementing new ways to engage our community. Ultimately, he want every community member to feel comfortable and informed.
Read more about Paulo: Medium Article
Roghan (aka @Sheercold) - Lore Master
Roghan is intergalactic Lore Master behind PlanetQuest’s decentralized storyline. His background is in literature, philosophy and external game design. His given nickname is ‘Fairy King’ and Discord alias is @Sheercold
He started off studying literature in college as he really enjoy stories. Not just looking at them but also being able to create his own. Game design for him was a way to explore that. As Roghan did it, he became interested in Dungeon and Dragons where he’s been a Dungeon Master for 4–5 years now. The last 2–3 years of these he was also a professional, writing table-top RPG stories whilst working part time.
Roghan plays an integral role in building PlanetQuest, creating an immersive yet diverse multiverse where anything is possible. His unique experiences have equipped him with the creative tools to push the limits of traditional storytelling and bring the readers along this imaginative journey. Look forward to engrossing yourself as the story develops with more characters, complications and discoveries.
Read more about Roghan: Medium Article