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Michael Betar IV

Who am I?

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From the Crossroads of America, Indiana, I am an innovative storyteller who focuses on creating interactive media. My first venture in sharing my work with others came from selling self-drawn and printed comic books I made with my friends on the playground while I was in 1st grade for $0.25 a copy. Despite making great sales, I had to return the money I made as my teachers had not liked how I was charging money for comics in Elementary School.

Since then I have ventured out into video editing, game development, writing, photography, and much much more. My focus in innovation is to be a part of the community that creates new technologies to use to tell stories. I am the Co-Founder of a Midwest-based Game Development Studio, Cozy Crow Studios, where I'm produced the 3D horror game Desecration and am currently producing our next project Crow Heist. 

I also work in freelance games journalism with my articles being shared on uGames.tv and Game Developer. I'm always out to find new ways to interactively share stories with the world. 

Recently Published Work!

Indie Game

Desecration

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Desecration (2025) was my Senior capstone project for my Bachelors of Science in Game Design from Indiana University. I worked in various roles on the project with me leading a team of over 20 people as the Producer. The game follows Gareth Zeal in a narrative horror experience where he suffers from the sins he's committed in an attempt to save a family member from a gruesome fate.​

Indie Game Teaser

Crow Heist

For my studios upcoming 2027 "comedy stealth" game I helped our team create a short teaser to introduce our game's main character, Crowley. I helped with the production, audio direction, and the video editing of the teaser.

Ongoing Projects

Computer Game

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Desecration is a Survival Horror game that I am currently developing with a small team for our Senior Capstone Project for the Game Design BS at Indiana University. I lead the team of over 20 people as the game's Producer as well as wearing many other hats!. For more information about our game and my role on the team please click the game's logo below!

Desecration

Computer Game

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Crow Heist is a 2D game where you play as a Crow causing havoc in the homes belonging to the HOA who destroyed his home. I'm the Audio Director of the game and I also assist with the distribution and management of the game as a Co-Producer.

Crow Heist

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If you would like to see my social media accounts, please check out the links below! The links listed below are the only Socials I have.

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