About Jack
Based in Connecticut, Jack is an economics student at the University of Connecticut minoring in computer science and political science. He is currently in pursuit of his bachelor's degree but plans to earn master’s degrees in both economics and political science. His passions include economics, politics, immersive game design, software development, and artificial intelligence.
He first developed an interest in programming at the age of twelve. He was fascinated with the potential Minecraft had as well as the mods the community was creating. This led to his discovery of the Roblox platform. He swiftly got to work understanding the site’s programming language and began making his first creations.
Jack has spent countless hours meticulously creating his online worlds and weaving life into virtual environments. His passion for accessibility reaches beyond his digital creations and into the communities he creates under the Sky Studios brand. He is passionate not only about the final product but the communities made along the way. Each project he works on is intended to create long-lasting bonds between people and memories for them to share.
While developing his projects, Jack discovered his love for economics and politics. In Star Wars Universe Online he worked on implementing a full-scale economy with various currencies and values based on in-game and in-universe politics. The economy featured various exchange rates, values of currency based on the amount in circulation, and banking for factions in order to fund in-game war efforts and supplies. Additionally, in-game politics were decided by members of the community with in-game democracy simulations uplifting and electing other members to make decisions that affect the rest of the community. Jack loved programming this whole project and creating the economic and political systems as much as much as the detail he put into it.
Jack first founded the Sky Studios brand in 2014 and deemed it the business name that his creations would be under. Today, it is a representation of his love for detail, community, and games.
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About Sky Studios
Founded in 2014 as “Sky Productions,” Sky Studios is a game design studio dedicated to making quality open-world experiences for players of all ages.
Our first real and full-scale project began in 2018 with the creation of The New Order. This was the prequel to Star Wars Universe Online. It featured simple technology, however, it was considered advanced for its time on the Roblox platform. While this game was being developed, The Marvel Universe was booming in popularity amassing player counts of over 600 per day. We attribute these original games as our initial successes which gave us the drive to create more worlds.
In late 2019 we realised that The New Order was not what we had hoped it would be. We decided to scrap it, shut it down, and remake it under a new project name. Star Wars Universe Online was created. To date, this is our largest, most expansive, and most immersive project. Featuring multiple full-scale planets, combat systems, game modes, customization, and cutting-edge modern gameplay we consider this project our greatest success and our favorite project to work on. Jack spent thousands of hours writing the code for this project and then continuing to rewrite it to improve the original. We are eternally thankful to the development team, community staff, and fans who made this project possible with their undying and everlasting support.
Our greatest statistical success comes from The Marvel Universe. This project has reached unprecedented popularity that we did not anticipate. As of August 2024, the project has over 63 million visits. This is our largest success as a game studio. This project allowed us to collaborate with fantastic teams and developers from other studios and gave us a path to form meaningful and strong relationships with them. Together, we later went on to create various other small projects such as Nations at War, The DC Universe, and Wands N Wizards. While these projects may still be developed in the future, we are focused on creating and producing Empire’s Reign and The Marvel Universe.
We hope you will join us for our development.