Nicky Case (born on September 11, 1994) is a game developer. They make games designed to explain complex issues. They have created games like We Become What We Behold, Coming Out Simulator, Evolution of Trust, Parable of the Polygons, A Better Ballot, and Fireflies.

Nicky Case was born in Singapore. When they were young, they and their family moved to Vancouver, Canada. While there, they came out as queer.

They eventually moved out of their parents' home and went to the San Francisco, dropping out of the University of British Columbia in the process.

In early 2014, Nicky Case aspired to be an independent game developer. Influenced by chaos theory, Case believed that they could create large outputs in the gaming community with little input.

In mid-2014, they created the Coming Out Simulator 2014, which was a semi-fictionalized account of Case coming out as bisexual to their Asian parents. Their goal was to convey the anxieties of coming out as queer to the player, by highlighting huge life-changing decisions made throughout the process.

In addition to all the big changes made in between the story, they created small-to-medium choices the player would have to make within the story so that the player would not be able to know in advance what decisions were big and small.

The game got 500,000 plays and was nominated for 'Excellence in Narrative' at the Independent Games Festival in 2015.

In 2015, Case's Coming Out Simulator 2014 was nominated for 'Excellence in Narrative' at the Independent Games Festival in 2015.

In November 2017, Case was recognized in the Forbes 30 Under 30 for 2018; they were mentioned in the 'Games' category. ^[1]