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PROFILE

Jeff Rose

"I’ve been obsessing over a brilliant chemistry game called SpaceChem. It has really engrossing puzzle gameplay and really nails the essence of what it is to solve chemistry and process engineering problems. Try it out. Don’t blame me if you [...]" · View

  • Name

    Jeff Rose
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    Location:

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Personal URL:

    http://www.jeffreys-black-soul.com
    Affiliation (company, school, group, e.g.):

    Axon Digital Arts
    "If my life story were a game, it would be a cross between (a game from before 2000) and (a game from 2000 or later)...

    Full Throttle and Dungeons and Dragons 3.5e

    Full Throttle because I feel like a cynical, disgruntled biker who seems to have incredible problem solving skills.

    Ever since I met Dungeons and Dragons, it has been a huge source of drive to develop game design skills through custom rules to improve player behaviour and enjoyment. It makes the list because it is probably my single greatest source of inspiration.
    "Most people know me as a (check all that apply):

    Game Developer, Game Designer, Writer, Entrepreneur, Startup Founder, Student, Inventor, Lifelong Gamer
    When it comes to my game-making career, I'm:

    up-and-coming (1-2 games on my resume)
    Kinds of games I’m best known for making (or want to be known for making someday!): (check all that apply)

    Alternate reality games, Simulations, PC Games – single player, PC Games – multiplayer, Console Games, Educational games
    Will Collaborate For:

    Experience and Mentorship, School Credit, Money, Big Money, A Chance at a Nobel Prize
    Games I’ve worked on:

    Lightbenders

    A tower defense game about a spaceship full of kittens, a crash on an alien world, and strange blobs with devious plans to teach the principles of light and optics, using real-time ray physics.
    Skills and Superpowers: (What abilities would you bring to a collaboration?)

    Physics, Game mechanics, Game design, ActionScript 3.0, Box2DFlash, Learning any programming language I need in a week
    3 games I’ve played that changed my life:

    The Incredible Machine, Deus Ex, Civilization

    The Incredible Machine gave me a great understanding of the mechanics of motion and force using only simple puzzles that anyone would enjoy solving. I didn’t know it at the time, but it was teaching me about physics, causality, and the idea that the world is made of materials; the basic tenets of science.

    Deus Ex was like high literature in my teenage years. Such a brilliant plot with myriad options in how to equip and augment yourself but also in how missions could be completed left me in a trance. I look back on it as the best gaming experience I’ve ever had.

    Civilization fostered a strong interest in governance, politics, and history within me and conveyed the grand concepts of how cities, cultures, economies and nations rise and fall.