The Sandbox.Space Weekly Podcast by GDEX

Abdallah "Smash" Elayan is a renowned Nintendo Ambassador and family-friendly content creator on YouTube, offering a diverse range of engaging gaming content for viewers of all ages. With a passion for Nintendo games, he is the go-to destination for families and gamers looking for high-quality, entertaining, and informative content. As the #1 destination for family-friendly gaming, Abdallah brings an exciting mix of gameplay, reviews, tutorials, and community engagement to his channel. You can also find him as @AbdallahNation on Twitter/Instagram.

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The final boss of GDEX and The Sandbox.Space! Executive Director and Founder of GDEX and Multivarious Games. He has been helping to grow the games industry in the Midwest for over a decade and has worked in the indie and AAA space to develop games. You can check out many of his personal works at volpecreates.com

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Ua Chamberlain is the Owner, Creative Director, and Educator of UA Creative Studios, a company specializing in photography, videography, event coverage, and training.

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Tom Jenkins is the founder of Cleveland Gaming Classic, another amazing gaming convention in Ohio.

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Tom Caprel is a marketer for games, tech enthusiast, and trained opera singer. In 2015, Tom started a dedicated marketing company, Hyperion Marketing, to help indie game/software developers create fantastic, community-driven marketing. He has been on the board of IGDA Chicago, and was the Communications/Expo Director at the Video Game Art (VGA) Gallery, and has worked directly for AAA studios like NCSOFT. In total, Tom has been in marketing for 15+ years, and regularly works with game devs all over the world.

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Tom Allenbaugh is the technical lead of Multivarious, GDEX and the Sandbox.Space. He also teaches a game development capstone as an adjunct at Columbus State Community College. You can find him around many corners of the internet as Argembarger.

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Chris Totten is an Ohio-based 3D artist and indie dev with a studio called Pie for Breakfast. He has been in the industry for over 17 years. He is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of the Animation Game Design program at Kent State University and has authored several books on game design, including Game Character Creation in Blender and Unity and An Architectural Approach to Level Design.

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Garrett Davis is a game developer, serial entrepreneur, and startup accelerator director with a deep passion for building and scaling gaming companies, consulting firms, and startup ecosystems. He is the Managing Director of the ShawneeXP Gaming Accelerator, where he leads efforts to support early-stage game studios through funding, mentorship, and industry connections. His work focuses on strategic partnerships, fundraising, curriculum development, and community engagement.

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Katie Hamill serves as the Art & Design lead at Multivarious, GDEX and The Sandbox.Space, with expertise in asset creation, branding, concept art, UI design and asset creation.

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Ben Kvalo from Wisconsin is the Founder and CEO of Midwest Games and the President of the Wisconsin Games Alliance. He is an experienced manager and marketer with experience at Netflix, Blizzard, and 2K.

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