About the team

Alexander Sosin: Alexander has spent 1.5 years at Black Lab Games as both console programmer and generalist game programmer and has worked alongside Josiah on titles including Battlestar Galactica Deadlock and Warhammer 40k Battlesector. In 2020, Alexander finished a Bachelor’s of Biomedical Science majoring in Neuroscience and Computer Science. He then graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science Honours degree in Neuroscience with a first class honours the subsequent year. Alexander has also taken his passion for game development to the academic sphere where he used the Unity 3D game engine and VR technologies in a 2019 publication published at the IEEE ISMAR conference whilst on academic exchange in Japan.

Josiah Ward: Josiah has spent the last 4 years at Black Lab Games as 3D artist and animator, including as a substantial contributor to 2021 AGDA Studio of the Year award. This included work on all 3D art for Battlestar Galactica season 2 DLCs under the art direction of Anthony Carriero. Josiah also worked on Warhammer 40k Battlesdector as the only 3D Artist under Anthony Carriero, from pre-production till the present day, having just shipped its third DLC. Josiah has experience managing the scope of the art department within a strict time budget while working in a fast-paced environment. Additionally, Josiah gives talks at local universities to game design students about 3D art & after Space Orcs Brawl is released, talks on managing video game production from start to finish.

Max Howett: Max is our most knowledgeable game designer, with a solid understanding of game design, balancing theory and how they can be used effectively to make gameplay engaging. The team meets weekly to pitch ideas and suggestions to Max to get his feedback on how it would suit the audience & aesthetic of the game.

Achievement! Upgrade from an Australian Partnership to an Australian Company!

BIG BENCH GAMES PTY LTD Is the realisation of a 5 year long cooperation between Josiah Ward and Alexander Sosin into a formal company to create video games together, formally registered in Perth at 200 Churchill Ave, Subiaco WA 6008.

At BIG BENCH GAMES PTY LTD we value the social & family experience for games. We seek to create accessible games to bring families together, to create a space where kids can enjoy a party game with their parents, uncles and aunts. Where friends can duke it out and have a laugh in the evening.

This company as a legal entity is relatively new, however as mentioned earlier, the founders Josiah and Alexander have been developing video games together since 2013.