Alex McDonald
Managing Member
Tampa, FL
Founder + Managing Member. Product, business, and the part of game design that nobody else wants to write down.
[ STUDIO BRIEF ]
Built in Tampa. For the player.
First Signal Games is a Tampa-based independent game studio founded in 2026 by Alex McDonald and Geoff Taylor. We build mobile games that respect the player — auto-battlers with depth, characters with weight, and economies that reward time rather than wallets. Our first title is Neon Arcana, a cyberpunk auto-battler set in the city of Arcadia.
First Signal Games LLC · NAICS 511210 · Mobile video game development and publishing
[ THE FOUNDERS ]
Two people. One signal.
Geoff Taylor
Member
Newburgh, IN
Co-founder. Worldbuilding, lore, and the long tail of every system that needs to feel like it matters.
[ WHY AUTO-BATTLERS ]
Because the second before the fight is the best second of the fight.
The genre has been stuck between two stools — too random to feel earned, too premium to feel fair. We’re building toward the middle: deep enough to reward expertise, simple enough that you can pick it up in line for coffee.
No predatory monetization. No infinite-grind anxiety. No timers on the seconds you own. Just a tactical sandbox you can return to without bracing for impact.
[ STUDIO IMAGE — TBD ]First Signal Games · Tampa, FL