Dan Potter is an American video game developer. He started Cryptic Allusion around 1995 for the purposes of web design consulting. Since that area of the business world began to take off on its own and become crowded, the purpose of the group has been redefined several times over the years, but it has found its calling as an independent game development group. Along with long-time collaborator Roddy Toomim, he officially registered Cryptic Allusion in the state of Texas as Cryptic Allusion, LLC.