Vangelis Matthaiopoulos
Vangelis Matthaiopoulos used to run major corporations. Now he runs away from them—straight into the arms of cardboard, meeples, and a to-do list that somehow got longer after leaving the C-suite. As founder and CEO of NoctiLux Games, he applies years of consumer psychology and brand wizardry to more important things—like making players argue over the correct way to pronounce “cryptid.” (It’s definitely not with a…
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soft ‘i.’) Mysterium was his gateway game, sparking an obsession with eerie mechanics and even eerier box art. He now leads the marketing and launch strategy for Kryptothera, his debut game and first attempt to turn late-night game tinkering into a career. His design philosophy? Games should speak to people. Preferably in hushed tones, while fog rolls in and something howls in the distance.
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Designed 7 games
| Cryptid Smash | 2026 | 0 | |
| Kryptothera: From the Mountains to the Sea Expansion | 2026 | 0 | |
| Kryptothera: The Threat was Never Higher Expansion | 2026 | 0 | |
| Kryptothera: The Cryptid Pursuit – The Cultural Exchange Expansion | 2026 | 0 | |
| Kryptothera: The Cryptid Pursuit – Solo & Co-op Mode | 2026 | 0 | |
| Kryptothera: Monstrous Holidays Expansion | 2026 | 0 |