ROCKETON

ROCKETON is a venture-funded startup that is developing a new type of massively multiplayer entertainment experience.

We are located in foggy South San Francisco. We're always looking for creative minds to join the ROCKETON community and our team. If you have ideas and want to contribute, that would be great. We believe in group collaboration and are looking for new ways to harness the creative energy of artists, programmers and designers all over the world.

Captain Hoff (CEO):
Captain Hoff is the CEO of ROCKETON. He is also a founding member of the Academy of Television's Interactive Media Group and Vice Chairman of the San Francisco Chapter of the Producers Guild of America. Prior to starting ROCKETON, he was the COO of Zannel, the first large-scale mobile instant media messaging platform. Before that, he was the North American Studio Head for Infospace, where he ran the U.S. mobile games publishing & development group. From 1998 - 2002, he was the Chairman & CEO of Spiderdance, Hollywood's leading interactive television studio, whose customers included NBC, Viacom, Time Warner, TBS, GSN and A&E. He also consulted for R/GA Interactive, designing projects for Kodak, Disney, Intel, AdAge, and Children's Television Workshop. From 1994 - 1998, he ran LavaMind, a developer & publisher of computer games and entertainment websites. While in Japan, he worked for Sega, generating new concepts for games and amusement rides. Prior to Sega, he was a Hollywood development executive at Fries Entertainment, where he managed TV development. He graduated from the University of California with a BS in Electrical Computer Engineering and went on to earn a Masters in Film & Television from USC. He is also the co-author of "Game Design Workshop" published by CMP in 2004.