Devhouse // Lead profile
Jim Welch
Founder / Creative Director
Leads studio strategy, creative direction, and long-term partnerships with AAA game studios.
- Experience
- 20+ Years
- Oversees
- Creative
Senior people.
Shared ownership.
Devhouse is a senior game-development studio. We work alongside your team to solve real production problems and make interactive experiences people want to spend time with.Studio leadership
Meet the leadership
Our leaders are experienced makers who stay in the room. They bring practical expertise, clear communication, and a useful amount of stubbornness to every project.
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Eric Peterson
Operations Manager
Oversees studio operations, finance, and the systems that keep delivery running efficiently.
- Experience
- 10+ Years
- Oversees
- Operations
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Lyn Cua
Lead Software Engineer
Leads engineering teams and delivers scalable gameplay and Unreal Engine solutions.
- Experience
- 6+ Years
- Oversees
- Engineering
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Brock Starkweather
Head of Business Development
Drives client partnerships, new business opportunities, and long-term account growth.
- Experience
- 18+ Years
- Oversees
- Partnerships
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Zoey Hoggatt
Head of Production
Leads production planning, team coordination, and successful project delivery.
- Experience
- 12+ Years
- Oversees
- Production
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Ian Bailon
Art Director
Leads visual direction, art quality, and creative execution across client projects.
- Experience
- 20+ Years
- Oversees
- Art
Meet Devhouse
Behind the games.
Meet the people behind Devhouse and see how we help partners make and ship better games.
This is our passion
We love games—the odd systems, the small details, the moment a player finally gets it. We’re proud to work on recognizable IP, but we care just as much about the craft that makes a licensed world worth playing in.
The company
Dallas roots.
Global perspective.
Built around experienced people who still love making things.
Devhouse grew from a small Dallas game-development team into a multidisciplinary studio trusted by leading game companies and entertainment brands. The studio has evolved, but the premise has stayed simple: keep talented people close to the work and give them meaningful ownership.
Mission
Make ambitious interactive work with people who care about it.
We join your production with a clear job to do, learn how your team works, and stay close enough to make good calls. The work is shared. The conversations are direct.
Partnership
Join the production and learn its rhythm.
We work in your tools, take part in your reviews, and respect the release rhythm already in motion. That way, we add momentum without losing the context or creative direction that make the game yours.
How we work
Bring the right people into the work at the right time.
We can join at the prototype stage, take on a defined piece of production, or stay involved after launch. Wherever we come in, the job is the same: understand the work, make progress, and leave your team in a stronger place.
How we show up.
Culture shows up when the work gets difficult. These principles guide how we work with each other and with every partner.
- 01Stay close to the craft
Leaders remain makers, and expertise stays connected to execution.
- 02Communicate directly
Share context early, speak honestly, and solve problems with the right people in the room.
- 03Own the outcome
Take responsibility beyond the task and protect the quality of the complete experience.
- 04Make room for people
Build teams where different disciplines and perspectives can do their best work.
Life at Devhouse
In the studio.
Out in the world.
Good work starts with good people.