Austin graduated from Ohio University’s Scripps College of Communication with a bachelor’s degree in the same, majoring in Games and Animation and minoring in Marketing. Austin focuses on creating games with his company NewFutureKids. Outside of game development, Austin spends most of his time hanging out with his wife and friends, reading manga, and watching anime.

Austin also has a golden retriever named Jeff, who is, in Austin’s own words, “the goodest boy” imaginable.