Schell Games is constantly experimenting with the latest technology. There were also a few off-limits areas that Shawn couldn’t show us - that’s where they’re currently developing some secret experiential projects for theme parks. We encountered secret doors leading to hidden rooms, giant gumball dispensers, closets packed with hundreds of board games, player pianos, a giant gong, antique arcade games and lots and lots of VR headsets. It was clear from the beginning of the tour that this is no standard workplace.

He’s now a principal designer at the company and met us in the lobby to give us a special tour of their unique, colorful and occasionally labyrinth-like office. Shawn Patton was one of those first hires and has worked with Jesse for 19 of those 20 years. Today there are more than 100 employees at the Schell Games offices in Station Square.

Within a year, he hired a few folks to help out with some bigger projects - and then he kept on hiring engineers, designers, AI specialists and storytellers. In this episode of Yinzer Backstage Pass, we visit the Pittsburgh headquarters of Schell Games.Ībout 20 years ago, Jesse Schell, a former Disney Imagineer, started doing video game and theme park consulting here in Pittsburgh. Shawn Patton shows Boaz Frankel around the offices at Schell Games.

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