A Story of June Page and Daniel Voth's Sad Attempt at Destroying My Career
"When you're Indigenous and outspoken, some people don't just dislike you — they see you as a threat that must be silenced. This is the story of how a handful of professionals in Winnipeg's game industry tried to erase me, and how their actions turned into a cautionary tale for the entire tech ecosystem."
📍 Who I Am, and What I Was Building
My name is Tyler Johnston-Kent. I'm an Indigenous game developer, musician, systems architect, and the founder of Formant. I've built my own custom website framework from the ground up, launched multiple games, and was working toward receiving major grant funding to support Indigenous-led community development in tech and media.
This post isn’t about bitterness. It’s about accountability.
I was applying for high-scale funding to create resources for underrepresented creators. I was transparent, bold, and determined to build public-good systems. But that visibility came with a cost.
🎯 How It Started: Academic Sabotage and Silent Collusion
June Page, then associated with Red River College, began interfering with my trajectory. Despite my qualifications and work, I was barred from the Game Development - Programming program without just cause. June’s influence — both within RRC and her private social circle — created a hostile environment where I was ostracized and excluded without explanation.
What I later uncovered was that this wasn’t an isolated decision. It was part of a whisper campaign. People within Complex Games, particularly June Page and her circle, quietly worked to defame me within Winnipeg’s insular game dev scene.
This entire situation traces directly back to the RRC selection process and exposes a wider pattern of nepotism and gatekeeping within the program itself. A team of insecure individuals, leveraging what little institutional power they had, used it not to lift others — but to suppress and sabotage someone whose only goal was to build opportunity for others.
👁️🗨️ The Pattern Becomes Clear
After I began blocking them and cutting off all personal contact, their behavior escalated. I began receiving repeated LinkedIn profile views. People I had never spoken to — including a lead programmer at Complex — had preemptively blocked me.
At the same time, Reddit troll accounts began referencing my identity and work with veiled or mocking commentary. This wasn’t paranoia. It was coordination.
Their goal? Destroy my credibility, block my funding, and erase my voice.
📩 The Letter That Changed the Tone
I’ve since sent a formal, professional letter to Frontier Developments, the parent company of Complex Games. In it, I described:
- Academic sabotage
- Coordinated defamation via social media and Reddit
- Harassment through private channels and LinkedIn
- The interference in my ability to secure Indigenous-focused funding
I also contacted New Media Manitoba, who regularly promotes Complex Games through internships and public events. They were informed of the reputational risk of endorsing a studio that tolerates this behavior from both interns and programmers.
These were not emotional emails — they were fact-driven, timestamped, and delivered with legal precision.
⚖️ Why This Matters
This is no longer just a case of unprofessional conduct. This is a racially motivated campaign to silence an Indigenous creator who threatened a gatekept narrative.
By interfering with my access to education and funding, they didn't just harm me — they harmed the potential benefit to entire communities. This was sabotage with systemic impact.
Their mistake? They assumed I would stay quiet.
Instead, I made it public.
📉 When the Gatekeepers Show Their Hands
Now that this is out in the open, their actions implicate them — even if they try to walk it back. LinkedIn blocks from people I never contacted. Evidence trails from Reddit. Silence from those confronted. It all paints a picture.
They cut their own cord. In trying to destroy me, they burned their own credibility.
Complex Games is no longer a private player in Winnipeg’s scene. They are now the subject of legal filings, HR reports, and public discourse.
🧭 What I’m Building Anyway
Despite the sabotage, I’m still building:
- Games that reflect real animals, stories, and Indigenous pride
- A tech stack built on transparency, security, and ethics
- A community space that uplifts others who’ve been pushed aside
This is not just about Complex or June Page or Daniel Voth. It’s about ending the quiet patterns that shut down Indigenous creators behind the scenes.
🗣️ Final Word
To those watching from the sidelines: silence is complicity.
To those who’ve experienced the same thing: you're not alone.
To June and Daniel: you failed.
I’m still here.
And now, everyone’s watching.
🚨 The Individuals Who Couldn't Leave It Alone
These are the people whose involvement, direct or passive, spilled this entire situation into the public eye. Whether by coordination, ego, or cowardice — their actions are now part of a documented pattern of sabotage and defamation:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/juniper-page-5a1814236/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-crescenzi-8318a0170/
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/isabella-merkel-a013b8269
They had every chance to walk away. Instead, they doubled down — and now their names are tied to a very public story of retaliation and racism.
#SmallTechWorld #Accountability #IndigenousRights #GameDevEthics
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