What is Petricore?
Petricore is an independent game studio based in Worcester, MA, building for emerging platforms since 2015. We’ve shipped hundreds of products and worked with partners like Meta, Snap, and Google, while continuing to develop our own games.
The name comes from petrichor, the smell after rain. It reflects the kind of experiences we aim to create, work that’s approachable, widely enjoyable, and built by a team that takes pride in doing things well.
RYAN CANUEL
CEO
As CEO Ryan handles day to day business operations, as well as our external collaborations with our clients and partners. Ryan enjoys traveling, and also taught XR Game Design at Becker College.
JAMES SPAVOLD
CTO
Known by most as just “Spav,” as CTO he leads our software development team. Spav has been programming for over a decade and contributed to numerous projects.
CHRISTINA ANDRIANO
Art Director & Project Manager
Our multi-talented lead artist capable of creating any 2D or 3D assets we could possibly need. Christina works tirelessly to create and guide a vivid and beautiful art style for all our games and client projects.
OLIVER AWAT
Lead Designer & Senior Software Developer
The creative genius, Oliver guides the creative vision for our games helping bring them from tiny prototypes to big bursts of fun. He’s also a talented senior software developer, quickly conveying design ideas into code.
JOEL MACFADYEN
Senior Software Developer
Joel helps bring our clients AR/XR visions to technical reality. Joel currently lives in Columbus, Ohio and when he isn’t working can be found dancing, which he’s been doing for over 12 years.
KARINA SINHA
Software Developer
A Software Developer at Petricore, Karina works on a variety of projects internally and with our clients. Karina graduated from Northeastern University with a Masters in Game Design. When she isn’t working Karina enjoys singing karaoke and baking.
SEBASTIAN SCHINDLER
Software Developer
Sebastian is an innovative software developer with experience on a variety of projects and technologies. He helps contribute to both our original titles and our work for clients.
EMMA LOWRY
3D Artist
When Emma isn’t working as our character artist, she enjoys painting miniature figurines, and playing Dungeon & Dragons. She’s also a Dungeon Master!
JOHN D’AMICO
Producer
John is our producer and helps keep all our projects running on schedule, ensure clients are happy, and most importantly make sure the team is well supported.
