Zach Gage (born 1985) is an independent video game programmer and designer based in New York City.

Gage learned to code throughout his youth and studied art at Skidmore College and Parsons School of Design, where he created installation and interactive works.

He attended Skidmore College and upon finding its computer science program lackluster, graduated with a degree in art in 2007.

He was later hired to program an installation piece similar to his thesis for an exhibition at the Venice Biennale, which encouraged him to attempt new projects headlong.

Back in New York, he completed a Master of Fine Arts degree at the Parsons School of Design, with a thesis show of multiple works on the relationship between data and the Internet.

His next app, the word game SpellTower, was commercially successful and led to multiple venture capital offers that Gage declined in favor of staying independent.

During the peak of development, the game's artist Greg Wohlwend moved in with Gage to work 14-hour days.