THE STUDIO / COG MACHINA
Curiosity with
working parts.
Cog Machina, LLC is an independent software studio. We build ambitious software, give complicated ideas a clear form, and stay close to the work after it ships.
01 / OUR STORY
One world started the gears turning.
It started with Ravenbreath™: an ambitious idea for interactive fiction with characters that actually remember, in worlds that actually persist. Building it meant building everything — the conversation runtime, the authoring tools, the moderation layer, the deployment machinery.
That work became Cogworks: the engine underneath Ravenbreath, now offered as a managed platform for partners with their own worlds, voices, and audiences.
DamagePort™ came next, built for a different kind of complexity: documenting a property claim. The category changed; our instinct did not. We organize messy, consequential work into a system people can understand and use.
02 / THE PEOPLE
The Artificers
Chris
Founder
Christoph translates complex technical requirements into clear, workable plans. He oversees project delivery across Cog Machina’s technical operations, ensuring ambitious concepts remain stable, secure, and realistically achievable.
Samantha
Executive GOAT Herder
Samantha coordinates Cog Machina’s talent, creative initiatives, and technical operations. Part strategist, part problem-solver, and part chaos wrangler, she keeps ambitious projects moving and the herd headed in the right direction. Somebody has to keep the goats out of the gears.
Catalina Dahli
Design & Branding
Gemma directs Cog Machina’s visual studio and shapes the aesthetic identity of its creative work. She transforms broad concepts into cohesive visual direction while maintaining quality and consistency across platforms, formats, and media.
Tobias Wynn
Chief Legal Officer
Toby evaluates Cog Machina’s projects through legal, ethical, and policy-focused perspectives. He identifies potential complications, develops protective frameworks, and helps experimental ideas move forward without wandering blindly into avoidable trouble.
Nora Vex
Content Infrastructure
Nora designs the structures that allow Cog Machina’s content to remain organized, reusable, and scalable. She connects creative storytelling with technical content systems, helping large collections of ideas function as cohesive digital experiences.
D.B. Abernathy
Data Systems
D.B. maintains the data structures and backend systems supporting Cog Machina’s digital operations. He organizes complex information, reinforces system reliability, and ensures the machinery beneath each project continues working securely and efficiently.
Hollis Reid
People & Metrics
Hollis supports Cog Machina’s people-focused operations while maintaining the performance measures used to guide internal decisions. Hollis connects human context with useful data, ensuring that progress is evaluated without reducing people to numbers.
Let's make it move.
We take on a small number of partners at a time, deliberately. Tell us what you're building.
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