What We Is

Untold Entertainment Inc. strives to create fantastically fun experiences for all audiences.
We stand on these principles:

• uncompromising honesty
• constant communication
• the sanctity of childhood
• non-violence in gaming (barring the presence of zombies)
• the use of entertainment to improve, rather than degrade, the human condition

Who We Is

Ryan Henson Creighton – President

Ryan has been working in the online entertainment industry since early 2000. As Senior Game Developer for Corus Entertainment, he created a large stable of over fifty games and applications for kids, primarily on YTV.com, and was the recipient of the inaugural peer-nominated Corus Creative Spark Award.

Ryan founded Untold Entertainment Inc. in 2007, where he has continued his life’s work creating fantastically fun,
unforgettable gaming experiences that reach, teach and delight players of all ages. Ryan and Untold made international headlines in 2011 when he and his 5-year-old daughter Cassandra co-created the worldwide hit viral game Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure.

Ryan is the author of the Unity 3D Game Development by Example Beginner’s Guide from Packt Publishing. He has taught creative technology to students from junior kindergarten through to college. Ryan is the Vice President of the International Game Developers Association Toronto Chapter.

What We Does

Speaking Engagements

Ryan has been a presenter, panelist or moderator at the following conferences and events:

• Bento Miso – Speaker – “Reclaiming Crapware” (M.C. Kids)
• Engaging Culture Weekend @ Redeemer University College – Speaker – “Video Game Violence and Technology Education”
• TEDx Toronto 2012 – Speaker – “One Button to Rule them All”
• Toronto Skillswap – Panelist – “Staying Afloat, Staying Alive – A Panel Discussion”
• TAAFI Toronto Animation Arts Festival International – Panelist – “Press ‘A’ to Jump”
• Flash Gaming Summit at Casual Connect Seattle 2012 – Speaker – “Flash to iOS in 157 Easy Steps”
• NXNEi (North by Northeast Interactive) 2012 – Speaker – “Project Overboard”
• Game Developers Conference 2012 – Speaker -”Ponycorns: Catching Lightning in a Jar”
• Flash Gaming Summit 2012 – Speaker – “Ponycorns and the Price of Popularity”
• FITC Screens Festival 2011 – Speaker – “Ponycorns: Catching Lightning in a Jar”
• FlashInTO 100th Meeting Celebration – Speaker – “Ponycorns: Ride the Lightning”
• Toronto Digifest 2011 – Panelist – “Games Marketing V2″
• DIG London Digital Interactive Gaming – Panelist – “Games: A Hit-Driven Business”
• Gamercamp Level 3 – Panelist – “Sticking The Landing—Strategies On Shepherding The Next Big Project”
• Game Developers Conference 2011 – Guest Ranter – “Games Are Worth Money”
• Flash Gaming Summit 2011 – Moderator – “Getting Your Games Sponsored”
• the Toronto Indie Showcase – Speaker – “Advantages of Developing Games in Unity 3D”
• Gamercamp Lvl 2 – Speaker – “SCUMM-Sucking : Adventures in Educational Gaming”
• Fan Expo Canada – Panelist – “State of the Toronto Game Industry”
• IGDA Independent Game Developers Association, Toronto chapter
• Jalloo Festival of Animation and Gaming – Speaker – “i Know Kung Fu”
• Hand Eye Society – Speaker – “Kahoots”
• Gamer Camp at the University of Toronto – Speaker
• ICE 08 Interactive Content Exchange – Panelist

Untold Entertainment in Schools

Untold Entertainment is committed to aiding academia and improving game development and computer and media literacy for students of all ages. Here is a summary of our company president’s involvement in education:

Program Advisor/Consultant

• Sheridan College – Game Programming
• Durham College – Animation – Digital Arts – Digital Production
• George Brown College – Game Development Program
• Humber College – Game Programming

Instructor

• George Webster Elementary School – Scratch Instructor (Grade 3)
• TIFF Media Literacies Day – Scratch Instructor (Adult class)
• Rosedale Junior Public School – Scratch Instructor (Grade 3)
• Recording Arts Canada – Programming II (Unity 3D)
• George Brown College – 2D Game Prototyping II (Adobe Flash)
• Southwood Park Public School – TVOntario Classroom Computer Tutor
• Durham Board of Education Summer Technology Camp – Game Development
• E.A. Fairman Public School – Computer Animation, Multimedia and Computer Literacy

Guest Lecturer

• University of Toronto – Video Game Design
• Durham College – Animation – Digital Arts – Digital Production
• Humber College – Multimedia Design and Production
• Centennial College – Children’s Entertainment: Writing, Production and Management

Adjudicator

• University of Ontario Institute of Technology – Game Development & Entrepreneurship

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