Nick Bruty

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Nicholas Anthony Bruty (born 1969), known as Nick Bruty, is a

MDK
.

Biography

Early career

Bruty was born in 1969, in

Livingston, Scotland.[2]
He made his first step into video games when he was 15, working for company SoftStone with his friend David Quinn, completing some projects before SoftStone went bust in 1984.

In 1987, Bruty joined

.

Shiny Entertainment

In 1993, David Perry formed Shiny Entertainment in California, and Bruty, along with some other members of Virgin Games, followed having completed The Jungle Book. While at Shiny, Bruty led the art direction on cult platformers Earthworm Jim and its sequel. In the Special Edition of Earthworm Jim, the level "Big Bruty" was named after him.

Shiny produced the hit shooter

MDK in 1997. Bruty was responsible for the idea of the game itself, the characters, and its humorous style.[4][5]

Planet Moon Studios

After MDK, Bruty left Shiny

Bigpoint Games
.

Rogue Rocket Games

In March 2011 Bruty and ex-Planet Moon Studios lead programmer Richard Sun formed a new game company: Rogue Rocket Games. In March 2014, Bruty and Rogue Rocket Games announced First Wonder, a spiritual sequel to Giants: Citizen Kabuto. They started a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for it on September 25, 2015;[7] however the campaign did not meet its funding target and the project was canceled.[8]

References

  1. ^ Report on Nick Bruty at Intelius.com
  2. ^ "Interview with Nick Bruty by Armchair Empire, May 7, 2001". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  3. ^ Nick Bruty gives an interview to ZXSpectrum Games.com, 13 September, 2010.
  4. ^ Nowgamer's interview with David Perry about making of MDK.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ MDK's credits on MobyGames.
  6. Imagine Media
    . September 1997. p. 57.
  7. ^ Kickstarter page for First Wonder
  8. ^ Update 8: The Future of First Wonder

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