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George Fan (born 1978) is an American video game designer who currently works as the creative director of All Yes Good. He is known for designing Plants vs. Zombies (2009) whilst working at PopCap Games, in addition to developing Insaniquarium (2001) and Octogeddon (2018). Before going into game design, Fan graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2000 with a degree in computer science. After graduating, he worked under Arcade Planet to develop games for their website, Prizegames.com. He eventually formed Flying Bear Entertainment and created Insaniquarium, which became a finalist for the 2002 Independent Games Festival. He then joined Blizzard Entertainment and worked there while simultaneously developing Insaniquarium further for PopCap Games, releasing the "Deluxe" edit
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| dbo:abstract | George Fan (born 1978) is an American video game designer who currently works as the creative director of All Yes Good. He is known for designing Plants vs. Zombies (2009) whilst working at PopCap Games, in addition to developing Insaniquarium (2001) and Octogeddon (2018). Before going into game design, Fan graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2000 with a degree in computer science. After graduating, he worked under Arcade Planet to develop games for their website, Prizegames.com. He eventually formed Flying Bear Entertainment and created Insaniquarium, which became a finalist for the 2002 Independent Games Festival. He then joined Blizzard Entertainment and worked there while simultaneously developing Insaniquarium further for PopCap Games, releasing the "Deluxe" edition in 2004. Fan left Blizzard and started developing Plants vs. Zombies. He became a full-time employee for PopCap, who supplied Fan with a team. Upon release in 2009, it became the best-selling game developed by PopCap. EA bought PopCap Games in 2011 and Fan was laid off after his studio was closed down in 2012. Fan started developing Octogeddon and submitted it to the 2012 Ludum Dare contest. Fan formed a developing company named All Yes Good with Rich Werner and Kurt Pfeffer and developed Octogeddon further before releasing it in 2018. (en) Джордж Фен (нар. 1978) — американський дизайнер відеоігор, креативний директор All Yes Good. Він відомий розробками «Plants vs. Zombies» (2009) для PopCap Games, «Insaniquarium» (2001) й «Octogeddon» (2018). Фен закінчив Каліфорнійський університет у Берклі у 2000 році зі ступенем у галузі інформатики. Після здобуття освіти він працював в Arcade Planet над розробкою ігор для вебсайту Prizegames.com. Зрештою він заснував Flying Bear Entertainment і створив «Insaniquarium», гру, яка стала призером на Фестивалі незалежних ігор 2002 року. Під час роботи у Blizzard Entertainment він водночас розробляв «Insaniquarium» для PopCap Games, випустивши «Deluxe» видання у 2004 році. Фен покинув Blizzard і приєднався до PopCap, де працював над «Plants vs. Zombies». Реліз відбувся у 2009 році, гра стала найпродаванішою серед проєктів PopCap. EA купила PopCap Games у 2011 році, Фена звільнили після закриття його студії у 2012 році. Того ж року він представив свою розробку «Octogeddon» на змаганнях «Ludum Dare». Фен разом із Річем Вернером і Куртом Пфеффером створив компанію All Yes Good, де продовжив працювати над «Octogeddon» до її релізу у 2018 році. (uk) |
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| rdfs:comment | George Fan (born 1978) is an American video game designer who currently works as the creative director of All Yes Good. He is known for designing Plants vs. Zombies (2009) whilst working at PopCap Games, in addition to developing Insaniquarium (2001) and Octogeddon (2018). Before going into game design, Fan graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2000 with a degree in computer science. After graduating, he worked under Arcade Planet to develop games for their website, Prizegames.com. He eventually formed Flying Bear Entertainment and created Insaniquarium, which became a finalist for the 2002 Independent Games Festival. He then joined Blizzard Entertainment and worked there while simultaneously developing Insaniquarium further for PopCap Games, releasing the "Deluxe" edit (en) Джордж Фен (нар. 1978) — американський дизайнер відеоігор, креативний директор All Yes Good. Він відомий розробками «Plants vs. Zombies» (2009) для PopCap Games, «Insaniquarium» (2001) й «Octogeddon» (2018). Фен закінчив Каліфорнійський університет у Берклі у 2000 році зі ступенем у галузі інформатики. Після здобуття освіти він працював в Arcade Planet над розробкою ігор для вебсайту Prizegames.com. Зрештою він заснував Flying Bear Entertainment і створив «Insaniquarium», гру, яка стала призером на Фестивалі незалежних ігор 2002 року. Під час роботи у Blizzard Entertainment він водночас розробляв «Insaniquarium» для PopCap Games, випустивши «Deluxe» видання у 2004 році. (uk) |
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