Keep your creatives creating. I can help with that.

Too much of a designer’s day goes to placing props and wiring nodes. I build AI workflows that take that work off their plate, so your team stays in the Design Flow and the craft stays theirs.

Bring me to your team See how it works

I’m John Comes. I’ve spent 25+ years making games, from Command & Conquer to Monday Night Combat, and running the teams and companies behind them.

Built an AI workflow that keeps designers designing.
The Design Loop, plus agents for Unreal Engine 5
Wrote the AI you played against.
Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour, The Battle for Middle-earth, and Supreme Commander
Designed the first commercial MOBA, before League of Legends.
Demigod. Too early, as it turned out.
Helped invent the shooter–MOBA hybrid.
Monday Night Combat
Took a free-to-play shooter past 3 million players.
Super Monday Night Combat
Shipped 35+ games on almost every platform.
PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, VR, and mobile

I design. AI builds.

My ever-improving AI gets rooms built faster and better, while I tell it what I want and give it feedback. Drag the slider: same crypt, first try on the left, round seven on the right.

The crypt after round 7: candlelit burial niches, stone piers and a red runner leading to the tomb

The crypt on the first try: a plain vaulted room

It doesn’t forget. Every room starts smarter than the last one.

See how the loop works More of my AI work

Games I’ve shipped

I’ve been too early to market three times: Demigod, Monday Night Combat, and Raivo, where players trained fighting robots with machine learning. Here are eight of the games, in the order they came out.

Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour

Senior Designer
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth

Senior Designer
Supreme Commander

Lead Designer
Demigod

Lead Designer
Monday Night Combat

Creative Director
Super Monday Night Combat

Game Director
Planetary Annihilation

Studio Design Director
Hello Neighbor

Porting studio lead (publisher)

All the games, and what I did on each

Want your team in the Design Flow?

Most creative teams don’t need an AI strategy deck. They need someone who’s shipped games to sit with them, find the busywork, and get it off their plate.

Pipeline review

I watch where your designers’ and artists’ time actually goes, and point at the jobs AI can take over. I’ll also tell you where it would just make a mess.

Build the loop

I set up the agents, checks and review loops around your team’s real work. Your people still make every call. They just stop doing the chores.

Work with me