Ken Demarest
Kenneth Llewellyn Demarest III is a computer game programmer, artist, and business person.
Early life and education
Career
Demarest worked on Wing Commander and developed 3D, texture-mapped characters in BioForge.[citation needed] As a Director of Technology at Origin Systems, Demarest developed the technical prototype for Ultima Online using Ultima VI as a 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 is 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 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]
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
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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- I: The First Age of Darkness
- II: The Revenge of the Enchantress
- III: Exodus
- IV: Quest of the Avatar
- V: Warriors of Destiny
- VI: The False Prophet
- VII: The Black Gate
- VII Part Two: Serpent Isle
- VIII: Pagan
- IX: Ascension
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- Wing Commander
- II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
- III: Heart of the Tiger
- IV: The Price of Freedom
- Prophecy
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- Moebius: The Orb of Celestial Harmony
- Windwalker
- No Remorse
- No Regret
- Autoduel
- Ogre
- 2400 A.D.
- Times of Lore
- Knights of Legend
- Omega
- Space Rogue
- Tangled Tales
- Bad Blood
- Strike Commander
- Pacific Strike
- Metal Morph
- Wings of Glory
- BioForge
- CyberMage
- ShadowCaster
- System Shock
- Abuse
- Richard Garriott
- Robert Garriott
- Denis Loubet
- Chuck Bueche
- Paul Neurath
- John Romero
- Chris Roberts
- David R. Watson
- Martin Galway
- Warren Spector
- David Ladyman
- Ken Demarest
- Ellen Beeman
- Mike McShaffry
- Raymond Benson
- Sheri Graner Ray
- Paul Steed
- Harvey Smith
- Britt Daniel
- David W. Bradley
- Starr Long
- Andrew Sega
- Raph Koster
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