About Ryan

Ryan Chavis is a video game industry professional with 6 years of experience defining content strategy on the Roblox platform and developing his own indie titles.

Ryan graduated from Duke University in 2016 with a B.Sc. in Economics and spent 2 years as an investment banking analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In 2018, he decided to pursue his passion for technology and video games by joining Roblox Corporation where he served as a Business Operations Analyst and Data Scientist. Ryan used his knowledge of business strategy and data analysis to help the Roblox executive team grow the developer community and advised top Roblox games on how to improve KPIs with data-driven game design.

In February 2022, Ryan founded Balanced Games and began developing his own indie titles on the Roblox platform. Ryan led a team of 6 developers to create Pixel Miners, which released in July 2023 and achieved a peak concurrent user count of 2,500 players.

Ryan is a proud member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and an active part of the indigenous community in Los Angeles. He enjoys volunteering as a land steward to support local habitat restoration efforts at the Chief Y’anna Learning Village in Monterey Hills.

Favorite Video Games:

• Hearthstone (Top 5k Legend, North America)

• MapleStory

• Starcraft II

• Little Big Planet

• Katamari Damacy

Currently Playing:

• MapleStory

• Elder Scrolls Online

• Brawl Stars

Hobbies & Interests:

• Video Games

• Skateboarding

• Anime

• Ecological Restoration