Ken Demarest
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Kenneth Llewellyn Demarest III is a computer game programmer, artist, and business person.
Career
Demarest worked on Wing Commander and developed 3D, texture-mapped characters for BioForge.[citation needed] As Director of Technology at Origin Systems, Demarest developed the technical prototype for Ultima Online using Ultima VI as its code base.[1] His later work resulted in the persistent-world real-time strategy game NetStorm: Islands At War,[2] which, as of March 2016 , was being re-made in 3D as Disciples of the Storm, funded through KickStarter.
In social gaming, Demarest was part of the early work blending 3D multiplayer online games and social game play both stand-alone and on networks such as Facebook and MySpace.[3]
Demarest was a founder of Appsoma, a platform as a service for scientific analysis.[citation needed]
As an artist for Shadow Garden he wrote 'Sand',[4] the most popular and frequently sold work on the platform developed by Zack Simpson. Sand is in the permanent collections of numerous museums worldwide including the Discovery Science Center and the Sony Wonder Technology Lab. Demarest's later work supported technology that benefits humanity, including MorSand, a 2006 Tech Award Laureate,[5] and CellBazaar, a 2007 Laureate.[6]
Demarest was appointed director of product development for Twitch's developer success team in a new office in Austin, Texas.[7][8]
References
- ↑ "Netstorm Postmortem", Experimental Game Play, July 2006, archived from the original on 2007-10-12
- ↑ "Interview with Ken Demarest", Coming Soon Magazine], July 1997
- ↑ "Arcadia Management", Arcadia Entertainment, July 2009, archived from the original on 2009-11-30
- ↑ "Explore the Museum", Sony Wonder Lab, July 2008
- ↑ "Technology Benefiting Humanity", The Tech Awards, September 2006
- ↑ "Technology Benefiting Humanity", The Tech Awards, September 2007
- ↑ https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2016/07/11/online-streaming-service-twitch-opens-office-south.html
- ↑ https://www.gamesindustry.biz/twitch-opens-new-austin-office
External links
- Mine-Control Home Page
- Ken Demarest profile on MobyGames
- Sand Exhibit at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, CA
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