Our Vision
Genome Studios was founded in 2010 on a single promise: to create work that gets to the heart of why we play, watch, and read. Sixteen years later, that promise hasn’t changed — only grown.
We are a seasoned independent studio with deep roots and a long memory, deliberate in practice and relentless in vision. A focused, fluid team, free to move, adapt, and operate how the industry actually works, here and now.
Our vision doesn’t stop at our walls. We are active builders in the communities we inhabit, always pushing ourselves and those around us to be greater than we were yesterday. Creation pulls us forward. We intend to go after it for a lifetime.
People
We believe the quality of our work begins with the quality of our lives. Well-rested, fairly compensated, genuinely supported people do their best work, consistently. That is how we have operated for sixteen years.
We grow together. Mentorship, collaboration, and the pursuit of mastery are things we share and protect here. Everyone who works with us is pushed to be greater than they were yesterday, and given the conditions to get there.
Passion
Creation is not our job, it is our pursuit. Games, comics, animation, film — across every medium we have worked in, the drive has been the same: to make work that resonates, immerses, and stays with people.
We are in this for a lifetime. That hunger is something we will never stop chasing.
Production
We are uncompromising on quality. The work deserves nothing less. Every project we undertake is approached with deliberate precision, to go all the way.
Sixteen years of production across multiple mediums has sharpened our instincts and raised our bar. We are uncompromising on quality because the work deserves our full effort, every time.
Meet The Team
Gaian Helmers
President & Project Director
A multimedia creative at the core, Gaian has spent 24 years in pursuit of work that resonates — across games, comics, animation, and film. Genome Studios is the culmination of that pursuit, and the platform from which it continues.
With 16 years of official production, Gaian brings a sharpened instinct for what makes creative work land. As a leader, that experience translates into someone who reads a room, adapts, and finds what each person needs to grow and thrive. The people around Gaian tend to leave better than they arrived.
Beyond the studio, Gaian is an active contributor and advocate in the O3DE open source community and an established presence in the Edmonton and Alberta game development ecosystem — always taking proactive positions to build and nurture the communities they are part of.
This is a lifetime pursuit. Gaian has never treated it as anything less.
Projects
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