Employee Spotlights


Zachary D. Coe

Senior Concept Artist

What is the weirdest job youʼve ever held?


What is your favorite all-time game?

Yikes! Do I have to pick just ONE?! Honestly, it’s gotta be a tie between Shovel Knight, Portal 2, Rayman Legends, Breath of the Wild, and Uncharted 4 . . . I’m pretty sure I forgot some favorites in there. Actually, my wife and I played and beat some of these together, which just makes the memories of playing them all the more fun. :)

What games are you playing right now?

I’m always playing a variety of games all at once - you know how it is, you start one game and then ANOTHER game you’ve been looking forward to comes out, so you jump over to that one. Before you know it, you’re in the middle of 10 different games and hoping you can finish at least one of them someday. :)

Generally, I play a lot of platformers, action-adventure games, puzzlers, etc - especially if they have a good, interwoven story as well.

What motivated you to begin working in the game industry?



What inspires you?

My wifeʼs awesome fantasy/fiction writing (check out her site if you like!), surprising artistic detail in nature (like water frozen mid-cascade on a hillside or texture on a leaf), great comic book writing like J. Michael Straczynski, and my favorite robotic comic art by Dan Norton called Black Ops, Clayton Crainʼs Ghost Rider art, art from theLord of the Rings movies, Donato Giancola, Todd Lockwood, William OʼConnor, Ray Villafaneʼs sweet pumpkin carvings (Heʼs usually on Food Networkʼs Halloween challenges), art of games like Metroid Prime . . . ahhhh so many things, so little time.

What is your proudest achievement?

Honestly, I still canʼt believe the awesomely creative wife I have (sheʼs a gamer to boot!), so getting to spend every day with her makes me pretty darn proud.

What piques your curiosity?


What is your hidden talent?

Itʼs hidden for a reason. If I told you, then it wouldnʼt be a hidden talent! :)

What is the best thing about working at Schell Games?

This is a company that truly understands the nature of how to be creative. They encourage you to try things and even if you “fail” thatʼs ok because itʼs really just another step in the process to success. Schell Games has helped me learn from experimentation and I have grown here more than any other company Iʼve worked at. They get that there is fear in being creative, but they allow you to try and try again. Constructive, positive criticism isnʼt feared because thatʼs just a normal encouraging part of the overall process to getting an amazing result.



Iʼm not that dance savvy to say the least, but I wanted to impress my best friend (later to become my wife) and decided to try swing dance once I found out she was going, too. After four agonizing hours, letʼs just say my dancing attempt wasnʼt pretty. Still I must have impressed her with my persistence!

For more about Zach, check out his website at www.zdcoe.com.