

In April of 2014, he left Microsoft Studios in order to start his latest independent game, RIVALS OF AETHER. He worked closely with Double Helix and helped design and program the Dojo Training Mode. In 2012, he was appointed the Lead Designer on the Microsoft Studios side of Killer Instinct: Season 1. He worked as a Design Consultant on Trials Evolution, Mark of the Ninja, Joe Danger 2: The Movie, Dust: An Elysian Tail and Ori and the Blind Forest. After college, he was hired by Microsoft Studios and worked as a Game Designer on their XBLA and Digital Design teams. To date, Super Smash Land has been downloaded over 500,000 times. Dan Fornace started out as an independent developer while in college, releasing Super Smash Land as a free fangame in 2011.
