Dexpa

MusicianWriterGame Developer

Holden Thomas, known by his artist name Dexpa, is a game developer who specializes in music, sfx, and writing. In the Spring of 2021, he earned his Bachelors Degree in Music Recording Technology and Audio Design at San Diego State University.Throughout his studies at the SDSU, he has had the opportunity to study under professional mixing engineer Mario Gonzales, and master composer and creator of impulse library: Echo Thief, Christopher Warren.His current releases include: 5 Game Projects, 6 Albums, and 1 Digital Novel.Holden is striving to use his works in a way that will both immerse gamers in their virtual worlds and stimulate their emotions to deliver them an experience that they will never forget.

Game Projects

Geared Fate is a 2D top-down fighting game. Born with a desire to escape The Workshop, fight your way through The Great Creator's deadly machines as they block your path to freedom. Cycle through your multiple different abilities and movement skills to survive the chaotic bullet hell that awaits you.Contribution: Music, SFX, and Writing.
Team: 4 programmers, 3 artists, 1 Musician/SFX/Writer.

Shattered Rift is both a side-scrolling platformer and a top-down action RPG based in a mundane world where dangerous magic shouldn’t be able to exist. However, your sister discovers otherwise and acts on her own accord to put a stop to it by meddling in the works of a man known as “The Artificer.” And now, it’s up to you to track her down and help put a stop to the mad artificer whose plans could bring ruin to the world of the living.Contribution: Music, SFX, and Writing.
Team: 2 programmers, 2 artists, 1 Musician/SFX/Writer.

Kappi is a 2D side scroller metroidvania game. 4 Gods, 1 Betrayer God. In your search for answers, you traverse through a large map unlocking its secrets along the way. The Gods will guide you onto the path which they deem "just," giving you new powers throughout to discover new paths that will soon lead you to your answers.Contribution: Music, SFX, Writing, Sound Design Lead, and FMOD audio integration.
Team: 21 programmers, 9 level designers, 8 artists, 7 writers, and 10 sound designers.

Ruins of Artemis is a 3D puzzle fps game. Discover the mysteries held within the Ruins of Artemis using a magical bow infused with the ability to shoot different kinds of arrows needed to progress through the puzzles.Contribution: Music, SFX, and Writing.
Team: 16 programmers, 3 artists, 1 QA, and 6 sound designers.

Music

Sound Design

Writing Projects

Short novel based off the Elder Scrolls Universe (owned by Bethesda and Zenimax Studios). It expands 45,000+ words detailing an intense journey of characters desperately trying to survive and protect one another after a devastating attack on their home leaves them scattered and fearful.

Short Novel. My own universe with unique characters, realms, creatures, flora, landmasses, factions, magic, and much more.Six Divines living in their own realms combined powers to create a new world known as Graysha. Each Divine's existence is balanced by one corresponding Divine. One day, a mortal inhabitant of the new world of Graysha discovers how to kill one of the Divines, throwing the world into imbalance and chaos. The party the story follows takes action to restore that balance using their respective Sigils gifted to them by their Divines to enforce that balance through magic.Huge project still in the works. Story is currently outlined from beginning to end and now just needs to be written out fully.