Rick Salter

Creative Director, Hojo Studio

Rick Salter is the Co-founder and Creative Director of Hojo Studio - indie game developers from Sydney Australia.

Rick is also responsible for Hojo’s coding, music, sound design and animation.

Rick is a seasoned, multi award-winning digital creative with over 20 years’ experience in digital design, product design, animation, sound & music production and game development.

From beginnings in computer-based training and advertising, he expanded to the music and games industry, as well as leading product design for the NSW Department of Education.

He co-founded Hojo Studio in 2008 with Jola Szymanska which has self-published four games- Puffington, Nippy Cats, Inflatality and The Godfeather: A Mafia Pigeon Saga which has featured at multiple gaming events, including the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco.

Rick has also been a popular guest speaker at a wide range of digital creative and gaming events, including GCAP, PAX and SXSW Sydney. He has also released two albums as The People Downstairs and The Whiskey Stone.