The team

Two people,
one stubborn vision.

Fyrebite Gaming was founded in 2022 with a simple goal: make games we actually want to play. Today we're focused on building smaller, stronger games with ideas we genuinely believe in.

Josh Kifer
Founder & Creative Director

Josh Kifer

Joshua Kifer is an indie game developer and founder of Fyrebite Gaming. Since entering the games industry in 2021, Josh has professionally shipped five games and built a career working in VR development. He founded Fyrebite in 2022 while creating The Secrets of Hope and now brings that experience back to independent development — building smaller games and chasing interesting ideas.

Nick Carney
Co-founder

Nick Carney

Nick Carney brings a background in fine arts, production, and a lifelong love of games to Fyrebite Gaming. Since entering the industry professionally, he has shipped two titles and served as Project Manager on one of the largest VR shooters on the Meta Quest platform. His creative background and professional production experience make him particularly good at the important part: helping turn ambitious ideas into games we can actually ship.

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