ABOUT PLAYABLE WORLDS

Our Story

It started with a grand vision of immersive, playable worlds where entire societies could be formed. However, until now, the technology available couldn’t support such a huge endeavor. Enter cloud-native technology, which allows us to create and support brand new kinds of gameplay and game experiences in worlds that feel more real and engaging than we could ever have imagined.

Playable Worlds was founded in 2018 by Raph Koster and Eric Goldberg and is based in beautiful San Marcos, California. Our team is a talented and creative group of game industry veterans, collectively bringing decades of experience that help provide unique and diverse perspectives to create the most alive worlds ever.

Our Dream

We dream of living worlds where there’s space for everyone to play their own way and create their own stories. Worlds where players can play with their friends no matter what their skill level, and from any device. Worlds where their time matters – whether they play in short bursts or long sessions.

Using modern cloud-native technology allows us to push the boundaries of what’s possible and make the future of online worlds a reality.

Our Values

Creative pragmatism

We like pushing boundaries, but we are also very practical about when to just go with a known solution. We like being efficient. If there’s something off the shelf that does what we need, we use it.

Professionalism, honesty, and integrity

We talk through issues honestly and directly and try to keep the air clear.

Work-life balance

This should be a fun place to work, and hours are reasonable. We’ve all suffered through crunch hours before, and while we sometimes need to work very hard, we always bear in mind the human toll.