Third Helix LLC

Factsheet

Developer:
Third Helix LLC
Based in Salt Lake City, Utah

Founding date:
March 2013

Website:
third-helix.com

Press / Business Contact:
josh@third-helix.com

Social:
@invicticide
@elderstargame

Releases:
Legacy Of The Elder Star
Fail-deadly

Address:

Phone:

Description

Third Helix is an indie game developer and design consultancy owned and operated by ex-AAA devloper Josh Sutphin, who is best-known as the lead designer of award-winning PS3 shooter "Starhawk", and as the creator of the RTS/tower-defense hybrid "Fail-Deadly". His current project is "Legacy of the Elder Star", a fast-paced arcade shooter with a unique slashing mechanic.

History

About Josh

Josh started his professional game dev career in 2004 at Utah-based studio Sensory Sweep as a hybrid designer/programmer. In 2006 he joined the "Warhawk" team at Incognito Entertainment as a designer, and took that project and its three expansions through to completion. In 2009 Incognito split up and Josh joined the founding team of Austin, Texas-based LightBox Interactive as the lead designer of its debut title and "Warhawk" spiritual successor, "Starhawk". During this period he learned a ton about the higher-level process and business of game devlopment, and in 2013 he took that knowledge and experience and struck out on his own, founding design consultancy Third Helix and beginning work on his new indie project, "Legacy of the Elder Star".

About Third Helix

Third Helix is both indie game developer and design consultancy. When not engaged in the creation of original titles, Third Helix works with other independent parties to create new games on commission, provide design insight and advice, and create custom tools and workflows for developers. The company is also closely involved with growing the Utah indie game dev scene through initiatives like the Utah Games Guild (of which Josh is a co-founder and organizer) and Raptor Circus.

Projects

• Legacy Of The Elder Star
• Fail-deadly