Randy Smith (game designer)

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Randy Smith
Smith in November 2007
Born (1974-06-14) June 14, 1974 (age 49)
United States
OccupationVideo game designer
Known forThief series

Randy Smith (born June 14, 1974) is an American video game designer. He co-owns and is the creative director of Tiger Style. He has worked extensively on the Thief series with both Looking Glass Studios and Ion Storm.

Smith started Tiger Style in 2009 and shipped the award-winning game Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor on iOS, followed by Waking Mars and Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon. He spent time on the Steven Spielberg collaboration code-named LMNO at EA Los Angeles studio, which was eventually canceled. Smith has lectured on game design at GDC,[1] and additionally, Smith has participated in the Indie Game Jam.

Between 2007 and 2013, Smith wrote a monthly column called "The Possibility Space" for Edge in the UK.[2]

Games credited[edit]

Year Title Developer
1998 Thief: The Dark Project Looking Glass Studios
2000 Thief II: The Metal Age
2004 Thief: Deadly Shadows Ion Storm
2006 Dark Messiah of Might and Magic Arkane Studios
Cancelled LMNO EA
Arkane Studios
2009 Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor Tiger Style
2012 Waking Mars
2015 Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon
2021 Jett: The Far Shore (2021)[3] Superbrothers
Pine Scented Software
TBA Project C[4] Darewise

References[edit]

  1. ^ Waugh, Eric-Jon. "GDC: Randy Smith Doesn't Save the Day". Gamasutra.
  2. ^ "Randy Smith - Edge Magazine". Edge Magazine.
  3. ^ "Randy Smith at MobyGames".
  4. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (28 March 2018). "The Return of Randy Smith and the state of the Immersive Sim". Eurogamer.

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