Developer Pop Quiz is a weekly interview series in which we ask developers from around the industry the same 10 questions and post their responses.
Tim Swope, the man behind the environments of "Torchlight" and "Torchlight 2" is the subject of this week's Developer Pop Quiz. While his predictions of gaming's future may be a bit lofty (and smelly), his insights into the industry come from his experience working on multiple different current-gen platforms, and his ability to multitask game while eating his lunch and watching TV.
Name: Tim Swope
Title: Environment Artist
Company: Runic Games
Job Description: I make the places. "Torchlight 2" uses a tile based system for its environments which requires lots of little pieces that all snap together. That means the little pieces I make can't just look pretty they also have to work together in a seamless, flexible system. It requires an irritating amount of thinking.
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Tim Swope, the man behind the environments of "Torchlight" and "Torchlight 2" is the subject of this week's Developer Pop Quiz. While his predictions of gaming's future may be a bit lofty (and smelly), his insights into the industry come from his experience working on multiple different current-gen platforms, and his ability to multitask game while eating his lunch and watching TV.
Name: Tim Swope
Title: Environment Artist
Company: Runic Games
Job Description: I make the places. "Torchlight 2" uses a tile based system for its environments which requires lots of little pieces that all snap together. That means the little pieces I make can't just look pretty they also have to work together in a seamless, flexible system. It requires an irritating amount of thinking.
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- 3/11/2011
- by Jason Cipriano
- MTV Multiplayer
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