Press Kit

Juan Moya — Co-Founder

After twenty years of engineering journey, Juan Moya is returning to the roots of why we play.

Juan spent over a decade at King, most recently as a Senior Director of Engineering for Candy Crush Saga. While he mastered the technical acumen required to run some of the world's most-played mobile games, he has always viewed engineering as an "art of balance" where data meets intuition. His journey has taken him from robotics and medical imaging research to global studio leadership, always looking for the fundamental value behind every technical challenge.

Now, he is channeling that artisan’s perspective into Wondervault Games, an indie studio based in Barcelona.

Juan is moving away from corporate structures to build games alongside the community. At Wondervault, he is blending his "ex-King" engineering excellence with a focus on empathy and empowerment. He believes that technical mastery and an indie heart belong together, and he is building a studio where players aren't just an audience, but part of the team.

Alex Martinez — Co-Founder

Few indie game engineers have built critical systems for government agencies, authored IETF internet standards, or held software patents. Wondervault Games co-founder Alex Martinez has done all three, and now he’s channeling that deep architectural expertise back into game development.

His path began in the 1990s Linux and demoscene communities, where he spent his early years writing low-level code, building graphics libraries, and crafting tools directly from the metal up. That technical foundation led him into the upper echelons of Big Tech, where he spent years solving complex distributed systems and building large-scale cloud infrastructure.

Having tackled scale at the highest levels, Alex co-founded Wondervault to focus his technical rigor on indie games, combining enterprise-grade engineering with the creative, hands-on spirit of his early demoscene days to build robust technology designed entirely around the player.