Ben Throop
Founder at Frame Interactive
Burlington, Vermont, United States
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Top SchoolBen Throop is a veteran game designer and founder with 8+ years leading independent studios and two decades of commercial game development, best known for creating Headmaster, a critically acclaimed launch title for PlayStation VR. He founded Frame Interactive in 2014, has shipped VR and console hits including Dead Secret, and led cross‑functional teams distributed across time zones through production, funding pitches, and major events like E3 and GDC. Earlier roles at Vicarious Visions/Activision and Sony span game direction, technical art, and the invention-era of Toys-to-Life, contributing to high-profile franchises and a published patent. Based in Burlington, Vermont, he also teaches game design and builds practical VR training simulations, blending creative design with systems-level technical problem solving. An uncommon strength is his end-to-end experience—from prototyping and tooling to PR and publisher negotiations—making him equally fluent in creative vision and delivery mechanics.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BFA Art/Computer Science, BFA Art/Computer Science at State University of New York at Oswego
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Github Skills (80)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
benthroop/benthroop.github.io
Jul 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:80 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
benthroop/frameinteractive.com
Oct 2020 - Jul 2023
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
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