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Nerd Ninjas

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2016
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51-200
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About Nerd Ninjas

Nerd Ninjas is an independent game development and co-development studio focused on extended-reality, mobile, PC, and console experiences. Founded in 2016 by designer Nate Chatellier, the company combines original game creation with engineering, design, art, and live-service support for partners working across games and interactive entertainment.

Its work spans augmented, virtual, and mixed reality; geospatial and location-based play; digital tabletop adaptations; and cross-platform development. The studio’s capabilities include game design and prototyping, real-time multiplayer architecture, 2D and 3D art, rigging, animation, LiveOps, economy balancing, localization, platform porting, publishing support, and crowdfunding execution.

XR, AR, and Connected Play

Nerd Ninjas has collaborated on location-based and immersive projects with companies including Niantic, Meta, and Snap. Its contributions include game design, engineering, art, and ongoing support for projects such as Catan – World Explorers, NBA All-World, PGA Junior League, Pokémon GO, and Peridot Beyond. The studio also develops experiences for Meta Horizon Worlds, including Sky Pets and Board Gamelandia.

Tabletop and Original Games

The company brings tabletop properties into digital formats through work including Telestrations Digital and Board Gamelandia, which incorporates games such as Tapple and Hues and Cues. In 2026, it partnered with the Dice Throne franchise on Dice Throne Digital, a cross-platform adaptation for mobile, Steam, and Meta Quest mixed reality.

Nerd Ninjas also publishes original work. Rogue Piñatas: VRmageddon is its comedic cooperative VR roguelite for Meta Quest and SteamVR. Alongside original development, the studio provides co-development for games such as Battle Train and supports projects through post-launch content, monetization strategy, testing, and technical production.

Operating as a remote-first organization, Nerd Ninjas brings together a distributed team working primarily in the Pacific Time zone while maintaining its corporate headquarters in Spokane, Washington.

More about Nerd Ninjas

Leadership and operating model

  • Nate Chatellier is the founder and CEO. Austin Abrams is identified as a game designer, and Cara Jones as associate art director.
  • The company describes its remote-first culture through its B.E.F.A.S.T. values: Bold, Excellent, Fun, Agile, Selfless, and Trustworthy. Its distributed team works primarily in the Pacific Time zone and gathers for bi-annual in-person retreats in the Pacific Northwest.

Recognition

Peridot Beyond, co-led with Niantic and Snap for Snap Spectacles, received two 2025 Lovies Awards: Best Immersive Experience and Best Partnership & Collaboration.

Notable credits

11 credits
  • Dice Throne Digital
  • Rogue Piñatas: VRmageddon
  • Peridot Beyond
  • Pokémon GO
  • Board Gamelandia
  • Sky Pets
  • Battle Train
  • NBA All-World
  • PGA Junior League
  • Catan – World Explorers
  • Telestrations Digital

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Where Nerd Ninjas is based

1 location

  • Nerd Ninjas Headquarters

    Headquarters
    1607 N River Vista St, Spokane, WA 99224, United StatesSpokane, Washington, United States

    Active corporate headquarters and administrative hub for the remote-first studio.

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