Mentors
These are our mentors
These Mentors are part of the Dutch Game Mentors network. They contribute their valuable time to help the ecosystem forward. Please do not contact them for mentorship directly. Use the application form.
Alex Galan
Studio Director at Silver Monkey Studio with expertise in 3D art, animation and VFX.
Alex Kentie
Founder and former creative director of Gamistry, Indie developer & Senior hybrid lecturer at Mediacollege Amsterdam.
Alex Rietveld
Product Manager & Game Designer at Miniclip Nederland with 10+ years of experience.
Ard Bonewald
Co-founder and former CEO of Tingly Games, Designer/Producer/Head of Studio.
Artem Pozhilenkov
Expert Release Manager for tinyBuild GAMES with 9+ years of experience in the games industry.
Austin Yuen
15+ years of experience in game design, live services and monetization
Bart Delissen
Game audio professional, working in Indie games, casual & mobile games for over 15 years.
Benjamin Villhauer
Chief Innovation Officer at MY.GAMES with 15+ years of experience in global publishing, business and product.
Bertine van Hövell tot Westerflier
Senior Game Writer and Designer with 10+ years of experience.
Bowie Derwort
Chief Operations Officer and Co-Owner of applied game studio Game Tailors.
Collin van Ginkel
Co-founder of Two Tribes. Incubation manager for Dutch Game Garden. 20+ years of experience.
Deloryan Hommers
CEO & Founder of Studio Deloryan, developer of Horse Reality.
Derk de Geus
Co-founder and former CEO of Paladin Studios, for nearly two decades.
Emily Jacometti
Co-founder and co-CEO of HackShield Future Cyber Heroes and Flavour.
Espen Sogn
18 years experience at Guerilla Games. Founder, Studio Head and Designer at Jotun Games.
Geert Nellen
Game designer for 15 years, working as a freelance designer on international indie hit games.
Geoff van den Ouden
Executive Producer & Studio Lead. Former Executive Producer for the We Were Here series.
Jasper Koning
Co-founder, game designer and former creative director at Ronimo games.
Jeroen Derwort
Co-founder and former CEO of Gamebasics, the company behind OSM.
Jim Hendriks
AAA Game Producer with nearly 8 years of experience at Ubisoft Massive Entertainment.
Joost van Dongen
Founder and CEO of Galaxy Grove and previously co-founder and TD of Ronimo Games.
Jori Kamp
Senior Game Designer with 10+ years experience at Behaviour Rotterdam.
Jurriaan van Teunenbroek
Founder of YoudaGames, Chief Publishing Officer at Azerion.
Käy Vriend
Freelance consultant/artist at Adobe and Royal Dutch Navy Simulation Centre (VR)
Koen Deetman
Founder, CEO, Game Director and Business Developer of KeokeN Interactive.
Laurens Rutten
Founder and CEO of CoolGames. Pioneer and evangelist for HTML5 games ecosystem.
Marc Regeur
Seasoned entertainment industry executive with over 15 years of experience.
Martijn van Zwieten
Business coach that worked with over 70 videogame CEO's, founders and leaders.
Martine Spaans
Founder Talamaki publishing, General Manager of DGA, board member of EGDF.
Niels Monshouwer
Co-founder of WeirdBeard Games. Producer with 15+ years of experience in Indie and AAA.
Peter de Jong
Co-founder and former CEO of Codeglue. General Manager of Behaviour Interactive NL.
Rami Ismail
Industry ambassador and independent games developer. Co-founder of Vlambeer.
René Otto
Founder of Deviant Legal. Leading video game lawyer in The Netherlands.
Sander van Zanten
Composer and audio director with 8+ years of industry experience.
Sly Emenike
Game Producer working at CoolGames and Game Developer with 8+ years of experience.
Sonja van Vuure
Founder of VUURIG, freelance 2D Game Artist with 12+ years of experience.
TamTu Bui
TamTu Bui is an expert community manager with experience at e.g. Vertigo and Dutch Game Garden.
Teun Aalbers
Co-founder and former business developer of applied games studio GainPlay Studio.
Tomas Sala
Solo indie game developer. Creator of The Falconeer and Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles.