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Matthew “Reapazor” Davey

I am a father, a loving partner, and a co-founder of Greathorn Games. You might also know me better by the alias, Reapazor. I live in the beautiful city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, and work as a video game developer / CTO.

My obsession with programming started in the mid-90s, which sparked my first successful games industry startup, GameDaemons, in 2002. I continue to work in and around the video game industry on many popular titles, with over 135 shipped projects. I’ve held positions on many educational institutes’ advisory boards, dabbled in education, and enjoy giving back to the community wherever possible.

April 2024 – Present

I co-founded Greathorn Games, a video game studio with Ian Dundore and Karl Kent.

Greathorn Games is a game development company dedicated to creating memorable coopetitive gaming experiences for gamers. With a focus on innovation and player engagement, we aim to deliver high-quality and immersive gaming experiences.

June 2006 – September 2020

I started dotBunny, a co-dev studio, with a single guiding directive. To create a company where clients could turn to industry veterans to solve their most complex problems with simple yet elegant solutions. This principle guided the company ever since and had allowed it to focus on word-of-mouth referrals to grow.

In 2020, dotBunny went to sleep on the commercial front as it ceased seeking new co-development opportunities. The company continues to exist to protect the open-source projects under its wing, and some of its private developments.

JuLY 2016 – MARCH 2020

I started the PTBO Game Jam, my philanthropic giveback to Peterborough and the surrounding community. It was a bi-annual not-for-profit event intending to foster and support the local video game development industry. In other not-so-convoluted words, I was trying to create some tech industry hype in Peterborough. The event has not run since March 12, 2020 when we had to cancel the planned event due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Hopefully, someday, with enough interest it will run again.

Reapazor?

Matthew Davey aka Reapazor, Indie Game Developer in Peterborough, Ontario

The “Reapazor” name that confuses many people has a simple origin. Many years ago, when the internet had a smaller reach, I used the alias “Reaper”. As the landscape of the internet changed, so did its density of users. Eventually, I was running into other Reapers, to no fault of their own. I was working at one of the GameDaemons offices in Dallas one summer and was discussing the problem with a colleague. His recommendation, given he was experiencing a similar issue, was that we turn our aliases into dinosaurs.

It has a nice ring to it, and I have yet to find anyone else that has a remotely similar name. It also makes getting usernames on different social media platforms a lot easier. Let’s not even start the conversation about domain trolls, that’s a thing of the past for this Reapazor.

Rea ● pa ● zor – Matthew Davey, a video game developer based in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada