Every week, we ask some of the best game development minds five questions in a feature we are calling Develop:Five. This week, Chris Parsons of Revelation Games answers our five question blog feature.
1. What’s your earliest memory of playing video games?
My earlier
memory is starting up my TRS-80 before breakfast, inserting the Donkey Kong
cassette tape, having breakfast, getting dressed for school, and coming back to
the computer when it had just finished loading. At that point I usually had 5
minutes to play before I had to leave for school! It was about 1983 I think.
2. What are you most excited or annoyed about in the
games industry today?
The barrier
to entry has never been lower, which is both a good and a bad thing. Whilst I’m
delighted that the rise of the “free" engine has made it easy for people
to make good games, it’s just as hard as ever to make a great game, and great
games get missed amongst the sea of good ones, which is a shame.
3. Tell us about a life-changing or special moment
you've had at Develop:Brighton in the past?
I’ve only
been once, but really valued the camaraderie and humility of the UK indie dev
scene - some great conversations and mutual support.
4. What are you most looking forward to at
Develop:Brighton 2017?
Meeting
more developers like myself and sharing tips and stories!
5. Which game developer would you most like to meet
and why?
Shigeru
Miyamoto - a legend of design. I’d love to pick his brains about the essence of
great game design and thank him for writing the first game I remember playing!
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| Chris Parsons makes deep, characterful and procedural games with friends. After beginning his career in AAA games 20 years ago, he built a software development company from scratch, before coming back to games in 2011. He released Sol Trader in 2016 and is the early stages of his next game: Ealdorlight. |
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