The studio

Joelin Studios is two friends who would rather build games than just play them.

Joel builds the worlds: models, environments and everything you see. Colin writes the code that makes it all work. The name is our names mashed together.

We started on Roblox with Slop Simulator and are now building Clean Getaway, our first full indie game, in Godot 4. Whatever we make, we would rather ship a little that holds up than a lot that doesn't.

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Joel

Co-founder, models and art

Builds the environments, props and characters, from the neon signs to the pawn shop's glass cases.

Colin

Co-founder, programming

Writes the staff behaviour, police dispatch, cameras, alarms and the systems that decide how a job plays out.

Finish what we start

One polished thing beats ten rough ones, so each project gets built properly before the next one starts.

Build it once

We build shared systems and tools, then reuse them instead of faking things each time.

Readable at a glance

Players should always know what just changed and what to do next.

Part of Northgate

Northgate is an independent company that gives small projects a shared home: one name, one standard of quality, and room to grow. Joelin Studios is one of them.

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We are hiring, sort of

Modelers, programmers, artists, sound designers, level designers and playtesters. We read every application ourselves.

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