The 2024 CHANEL Next Prize winner Sam Eng (born and based in New York) is an independent game developer working at the intersection of visual art and game design.
Eng is currently working on SKATE STORY, a game about a demon made of glass who skateboards through the underworld.
In 2018, he independently launched his debut game, titled Zarvot, on the Nintendo Switch. It won recognition at the PAX Prime gaming festival and IndieCade East, an international festival for independent games.
Eng has collaborated with the digital artist Ian Cheng on his celebrated installation works Emissaries and B.O.B. (Bag of Beliefs). He is a founding member of GUMBO NYC, a Brooklyn non-profit development collective for independent game makers. The video game publisher Devolver Digital is due to release SKATE STORY in 2024.
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