Mike Perry (game developer)

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Mike Perry
Game designer, producer
Employer(s)Maxis
Electronic Arts
Zynga

Mike Perry (born 1969) was creative director at Maxis and Electronic Arts, where he worked on many of the Sim games. He produced and designed the award-winning title SimFarm, and both produced and programmed Yoot Saito's award-winning title SimTower. As of 2011, he is an executive producer at Zynga, managing the FarmVille

game.

Biography

Perry's first game was an

U.S. Navy. Perry was a C64 enthusiast in high school, using it to teach himself how to program games and BBS applications. His stepfather later took a job as medical professor at the University of South Alabama
, which school Perry attended as well, studying music. However, he dropped out before graduating, to explore a musical career and move to California.

For the next two years he worked part-time at the videogame booth in a

Bay Area, and finally obtaining a job as a "Game Counselor" (telephone support) at Hudson Soft. Over the next two years his duties expanded within the company, including work on such games as Bomberman 2 and Super Adventure Island
.

In 1992, Perry was hired by

Software Publishers Association as "Best Secondary Education Program." The following year, Perry produced Yoot Saito's SimTower, which won the CODiE for Best Simulation Program.[2][3] He was one of the employees who stayed with the company when it was acquired by Electronic Arts in 1997.[4]

He has given talks at the Game Developers Conference, and in 2003, published a series of "Designer Diaries", documenting the development of the console version of The Sims.[5]

In 2011, Perry left Maxis/EA, and as of July 2011 is working at Zynga, where he is executive producer of FarmVille.[6]

Works

Year Title Role Ref.
Maxis
1993 SimFarm Producer and designer
1994 SimTower Producer
1994 SimHealth Producer
1994
Klik & Play
 Producer with Europress
1995
SimCity Classic
 Producer and programmer
1996
SimCity 2000 Network Edition
 Producer and designer
1996 SimCopter Programmer
1997 Streets of SimCity Designer
Electronic Arts
2000 The Sims Designer
2000 SimCity 3000 Unlimited Programmer
2002 The Sims Online Programmer
2003
The Sims: Bustin' Out
 Designer
2003 SimCity 4: Rush Hour Tester
2004 The Urbz: Sims in the City Designer
2006
The Godfather: The Game
 Creative director [7]
2009 The Godfather II Creative director
2011 Darkspore Executive producer
Zynga
2011 FarmVille Executive producer

References

  1. ^ "5 things you don't know about me". mikeyp.com. January 11, 2007. Archived from the original on September 23, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "1995 CODiE award winners". Software and Information Industry Association. Archived from the original on October 15, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
  3. ^ "SimTower credits". mobygames.com. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
  4. Gamasutra
    . Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  5. ^ "Designer Diary #1 The Sims Bustin Out". GameSpot. August 28, 2003. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
  6. ^ "Mike Perry bio". LinkedIn. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  7. ^ Brudvig, Erik (August 16, 2006). "The Godfather's Living World: Michael Perry dishes out the details on 360 improvements". IGN. Retrieved January 9, 2010.

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