About Me

I’m Menno van der Heijden, a Dutch Game Designer born and raised in Belgium.

Ever since the age of 4 I’ve developed an interest in video games. My parents made a good effort to prevent any sort of gaming from entering our household, but at the age of 6 I did receive my first Game Boy from my Godfather. To this day, I mark this as the moment I began pursuing a career in Game Design.

Besides just playing games I’ve always enjoyed exploring how they are made and to hear the stories of the people behind the scenes.

My favorite titles include Dark Souls, Nier: Automata, Final Fantasy, Runescape, Monster Hunter and Dark Cloud 2.

The people who always inspired me are Hirohiko Araki, Yoko Taro, Hideki Kamiya and an unnamed English teacher with a bald head.

Besides video games I enjoy reading, hiking, long walks, swimming, resistance training, Dungeons & Dragons and language learning.