Shawn Woods

Shawn Woods is a creative product leader, art director, and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience building games, apps, and digital products enjoyed by millions worldwide. As co-founder of Alpha Dog Games, acquired by Bethesda and later Microsoft Xbox, Shawn helped lead products like Mighty DOOM to over 10 million downloads globally. Through Brave Bear Ventures, he helps founders and teams rapidly validate ideas, improve onboarding and retention, refine player experience, and turn concepts into products people love. Shawn specializes in creative direction, FTUE optimization, rapid prototyping, product-market fit, and helping teams move confidently from 0 to 1. Shawn was also selected as a guest participant in the Supercell AI Labs program, where he explored agentic workflows, AI-native product experiences, and rapid AI-assisted game development pipelines.