Dev
I am a father of two and a lifelong passionate technologist currently working at Google. I started building Crush Depth: U-Boat Simulator (formerly U-Boat Sim) as a passion project in 2016 and have been fascinated by U-Boats and the maritime technology of WWII since playing Aces of the Deep in the 90s. I hope to bring the most realistic and engrossing U-Boat simulator ever conceived of into the hands of all U-Boat fans!
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Admins
Part-time mathematics teacher and proud father of two, living in The Hague, the Netherlands. Joined the project in June 2020. I’ll be mostly concerning myself with things that have to be done outside of the actual building of the game (such as longer-term development, historical research, community management, marketing, etc.) Do not hesitate one second at all to contact me with any questions or suggestions you might have.
Jonathan - Darkstar
Working on a Master’s in real estate development and construction management. Blueprint finder, Revit and SolidWorks modeling. I love engineering, construction, and history. My long-time passion has been finding and preserving blueprints and digitizing them into CAD models. I think that civilization is defined by the tools and machines that we can dream and make real. My goal is to keep the history and stories alive, and the ability to rebuild things from the past a possibility. I’m partial to U-Boats in particular because of the men, the technology, and the struggle for the Atlantic. Everyone deserves to be remembered.
Asset Contributors
Matt Hamacher - 𝔖𝔱𝔬ß𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔭𝔭
Former Marine, now a CPA, lives outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I have a wife and three kids. Became interested in U-boats with the release of Aces of the Deep in the early 90s, and have enjoyed researching them ever since.
Kevin N. Skillebæk - Kevski
Norwegian truck driver, in the process of getting a commercial pilot license. Doing some basic 3D modeling, and composing some music. Been hooked on uboats since Silent Hunter III, and Das Boot director’s cut.
TheEngineerGuy
Plan Archivist and Historian for Ships Construction of the Development Team of the Game Titanic: Honor&Glory since 2019. I have been studying Steel and Iron Plans for over 15 years and are very Interested in the Steel structure of Naval vessels all along. Have study the Steel construction of the RMS Titanic for over 10 years. I was always interested in Submarines and their Physical working.
Neven Jereb - Jappita
Naval engineer, living with wife and daughter in city of Rijeka. Working in small Naval technical department, mainly providing technical documentation for Norwegian shipyards. From early days passionate reader of naval and air warfare books. In free time I am occupied with historical anti ship weaponry, ship behavior when damaged, sinking simulation based on realistic physics, modeling, with emphasize on naval mines. My biggest passion is submarine technology.
Richard - RMAX
By day RMAX (aka Richard) works for an investment bank implementing large complex technical change programmes. At night he has been centre to a number of different initiatives including: earth observations satellites, cashless payments systems and implementing an educational virtual machine and has also written a couple of screenplays. 3D modelling is a recent interest and appeals to the physics/mathematical side and the artistic streak and gives him a good excuse to do historical research. Having played numerous high-fidelity simulators, he is looking forward to there being (finally!) a high-fidelity U-Boat simulator and being part of the team to bring it to life. He lives in the UK with his wife, 2 children (and recently) two cats.
Dominic Musgrove-Wethey - Muzz
Served 7 years as an infantryman in the UK Army Reserve and served in Afghanistan. Working as a consultant electronic hardware design engineer for the defence industry. I have a strong passion for engineering and hope to help show off some of the intricate design of the U-boats to the world.
Arne - Xanthin
Xanthin studied biochemistry and molecular biology and worked for many years as a scientist in structural biology. He and his scientific team founded a company in 2012 producing particle size detection equipment based on light scattering techniques. He has a strong passion for scientific research projects but also for creative projects. He currently works on short movie- and PC game projects and also some artwork. As a result, he's experienced in 2D and 3D electronic art work that he likes to share with the U-Boat Sim developers team. Substantial knowledge about the battle of the Atlantic may also be of some help for the U-Boat Sim project. He currently lives in Hamburg, Germany with his family.
Prophet
Developer, joined the team in June of 2020. Long fascinated with the technology and history.
Testers
Shauhin Shafii - Shaw
I am actively striving forward to be more involved into VR game development as a hobby and a serious job. I also love working with older equipment dating before the mid 80s as a side project.
Juplika
From the United Kingdom, was married at 19 years old, and loves to ride motorcycles, I'm a bigtime gamer! Been around computer games since I were a very young age and I'm sure I'll be around them for much longer yet. I'm also a writer and hoping to publish soon.