Valve Software
“Announcing Half-Life: Alyx was a careful balancing act; Derek’s work was critical to helping us achieve our goals. In many ways we were more nervous about building our trailer than we were about shipping the game.
Although we knew the product was solid, we were worried that gamers wouldn’t put their faith in VR as a vehicle for Half-Life. Derek worked both at a conceptual level with us to frame goals for our diverse audience, and also as a strong editor, crafting the final trailer.
We ended up very happy with the results and we were thrilled that Half-Life fans seemed to agree.”
"Derek is very professional! The trailer is WAY WAY better than what we could have done without him, and we're excited to work with him again."
Derek Yu - Mossmouth
“Derek is obviously very passionate about this work, and aside from delivering a great trailer in a timely and professional manner, he broke me out of what I realized was a very formulaic way of thinking about them.”
“I always feel confident choosing Derek to work on our trailers. He’s professional, creative, and easy to work with.
He knows his stuff.”
“You rock Derek, we loved working with you!”
“Derek's expertise is appreciated but his passion is what made the project a huge success!”
“[Derek] is such a professional and went the extra mile for us to get it done on a tight schdule…”
“Derek does amazing work and is great to work with!
We'd hire him again in a heartbeat.”
“Easy to work with. Driven and dependable. Quickly able to get to the heart of your game and figure out its selling points.”
George Fan - All Yes Good
"Derek was very easy to work with, he added so many little touches that took the trailer over the top."