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”’Matthew “Leth” Griffin”’ is an American [video game designer], [[marketer]], and [[teacher]]. He is best known for co-founding the indie studio Team Wanderlust/Yeti Trunk, his work on the 2013 title ”[[Risk of Rain]]”, and for serving as the marketing and publishing director for [[indie game|indie games]] such as Team Cherry’s ”Hollow Knight” series. |
”’Matthew “Leth” Griffin”’ is an American [video game designer], [[marketer]], and [[teacher]]. He is best known for co-founding the indie studio Team Wanderlust/Yeti Trunk, his work on the 2013 title ”[[Risk of Rain]]”, and for serving as the marketing and publishing director for [[indie game|indie games]] such as Team Cherry’s ”Hollow Knight” series. |
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Griffin has a Bachelor’s Degree in [[philosophy]], a Minor in [[mathematics]], and an Associate’s Degree in [[programming]].<ref name=”interview”>{{cite web |last=Love |first=Jason |title=Indie-Ana Co-Op and the Team Wanderlust Interview |website=Co-Optimus |date=2 February 2012 |url=https://www.co-optimus.com/editorial/981/page/1/indie-ana-co-op-and-the-team-wanderlust-interview.html |access-date=October 2, 2025 }}</ref> |
Griffin has a Bachelor’s Degree in [[philosophy]], a Minor in [[mathematics]], and an Associate’s Degree in [[programming]].<ref name=”interview”>{{cite web |last=Love |first=Jason |title=Indie-Ana Co-Op and the Team Wanderlust Interview |website=Co-Optimus |date=2 February 2012 |url=https://www.co-optimus.com/editorial/981/page/1/indie-ana-co-op-and-the-team-wanderlust-interview.html |access-date=October 2, 2025 }}</ref> |
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American game designer and marketer
Matthew “Leth” Griffin is an American video game designer, marketer, and teacher. He is best known for co-founding the indie studio Team Wanderlust/Yeti Trunk, his work on the 2013 title Risk of Rain, and for serving as the marketing and publishing director for indie games such as Team Cherry’s Hollow Knight series.
Personal life and education
Griffin has a Bachelor’s Degree in philosophy, a Minor in mathematics, and an Associate’s Degree in programming.[1]
He currently lives in Texas, United States.[2]
Career
Teaching
As of February 2012, Griffin was a full-time teacher and tutor.[1]
Game design
Griffin created games using Game Maker in the 2000s, but struggled to find artists. Griffin formed Team Wanderlust alongside pixel artist Jason Gordy, a fan of his.[3][1] The team was later renamed to Yeti Trunk.[3] In 2004, they began working on Wanderlust: The Online Adventure, which was cancelled two years later.[3][1] The team moved on to work on a new game titled, Wanderlust: Rebirth, a game set to “closer resemble their vision”; Wanderlust: Rebirth released on June 14, 2011.[3][1] Griffin and Gordy released three more games over the next few years: Gubs (2012),[3] Puck Bang (2013),[3] and Wanderlust Adventures (2015).[4] The company Chucklefish published Yeti Trunk’s Wanderlust Adventures,[4] and Griffin later helped work on games they partnered with, such as Risk of Rain (2013)[5] and Witchmarsh (TBA).[4] For Risk of Rain, Griffin worked on improving the game’s multiplayer code.[5]
Marketing and publishing
In June 2015, Chucklefish brought on Griffin as a publishing manager.[4] At Chucklefish, Griffin published, marketed, and handled PR for games such as Interstellia (2015) and Stardew Valley (2016).[6] In 2016, Australian indie developer Team Cherry brought on Griffin to manage marketing and PR for their then-upcoming title, Hollow Knight.[6] Griffin continued his partnership with Team Cherry for their next game, Hollow Knight: Silksong.[7] For Hollow Knight: Silksong, Griffin posted riddles on Discord in June and July of 2020 that revealed new characters,[8][9] helped playtest the game,[10] and gave updates on the game’s development over the years,[7][11][12] as Team Cherry themselves stayed mostly silent while working on the game.[13][14] In 2021, Canadian indie developer Mongoose Rodeo hired Griffin to market their upcoming Kickstarter-backed game Crowsworn.[15]
List of known games
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Wanderlust: Rebirth |
| 2012 | Gubs |
| 2013 | Puck Bang |
| Risk of Rain | |
| 2015 | Wanderlust Adventures |
| TBA | Witchmarsh |
References
- ^ a b c d e Love, Jason (2 February 2012). “Indie-Ana Co-Op and the Team Wanderlust Interview”. Co-Optimus. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ “Hollow Knight: Silksong Info Sheet”. Google Docs. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f “About YetiTrunk”. YetiTrunk. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d Chucklefish (June 26, 2015). “Say hello to Matt!”. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ a b Hopoo Games (July 13, 2013). “Risk of Rain: Online Co-op!”. Hopoo Games. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
- ^ a b Team Cherry (July 5, 2016). “NEW ADDITION TO THE TEAM, AND RELEASE UPDATE”. teamcherry.com.au. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ a b Howard, Jessica (10 May 2023). “Hollow Knight: Silksong Has Been Delayed”. GameSpot. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ Watts, Rachel (8 July 2020). “Hollow Knight: Silksong riddles reveal 4 new NPCs”. PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ Cryer, Hirun (June 16, 2020). “A New Hollow Knight: Silksong Character Was Revealed Through a Discord Riddle — “Huntress.”“. VG247. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ BlueSR (August 19, 2023). “Interviewing Leth from Team Cherry”. YouTube. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ Cryer, Hirun (14 February 2024). “Five years after it was announced, Hollow Knight: Silksong devs assure rabid fans they are “still hard at work on the game”“. GamesRadar+. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Nightingale, Ed (20 January 2025). “Hollow Knight: Silksong is ‘real, progressing and will release’, says Team Cherry”. Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 5 February 2025. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ Randall, Harvey (21 August 2025). “Why did Team Cherry’s devs stay so quiet about Hollow Knight: Silksong? ‘All we could really say is, we’re still working on it’, so they stopped doing that”. PC Gamer. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ Schreier, Jason (August 21, 2025). “Why ‘Silksong’ Took Seven Years to Make”. Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ meakaya (2022-07-31). “Crowsworn : entre Hollow Knight et Bloodborne, la prochaine pépite des jeux indés ?”. Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Retrieved October 2, 2025.
