Our Team
Chris Chapman
Company founder and owner, Chris is the main voice you will read on the Company blog, as MrCranky. Generally known as a grumpy old man (without the handicap of actually being old), he claims to view the world as "something which gets in the way of making games".
Despite being told several times to 'cut his hair and get a proper job', he still thinks that games development is the best work around, and would probably keep doing it even if he were independently wealthy.
He has strong opinions on software architecture, usability and user interfaces, development processes, grammar, spelling, and the ever rising price of alcohol.
Peter Mackay
Pete is perhaps best known for his relentless habit of making games on whatever platforms he can get his hands on. If it can render a polygon, then Pete will do what he can to get Quake or Cave Story running on it. Of course, we made him stop when we got our hands on actual development kits, but whatever he managed on his own, we're sure he can do much more with proper tools.
Top on Pete's favourite games list is Phoenix Wright, but he's open to most sorts of games except sports titles.
Charlotte Moseley
New to the games industry, but not new to games, Charlotte cut her gaming teeth on the BBC Micro. More recently, her gaming tastes favour the classic point-and-click adventure titles like Grim Fandango and Monkey Island from the early nineties that have sadly fallen out of fashion. Here's hoping the resurgence of Sam & Max heralds a new age that will restore her faith.
When she's not beavering away on the C# side of our developments, she's keen on amateur dramatics and sailing.
Tim Angus
Also an experienced developer, previously with VIS, Tim went to the world of "regular" software in the form of Picsel before we tempted him back to the dark side. You could hardly doubt where his heart lay though, as he has continued to develop the popular Tremulous Quake 3 mod throughout his career.
He's not just a fan of first person shooter games though, listing Frontier and Bridge Builder up there too. Arguably he's the healthiest amongst us, since he cycles across the city every morning to work.
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