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Zach Gage
Gage at the 2018 Game Developers Conference
Born1985 (age 38–39)[1][2]
OccupationVideo game developer
Known forSpellTower
Ridiculous Fishing

Zach Gage is an independent video game programmer and designer based in New York City. He is known for his iOS games, including SpellTower.

Gage learned to code throughout his youth and studied art at

board games, including Really Bad Chess
(2016).

Early life

Zach Gage was raised in Westchester, New York. His mother allowed few game purchases in their house, and coming from a family of artists, encouraged Gage to make his own games. He would retain this

Cocoa visual programming language for children. In his time with Cocoa, Gage collaborated with another teen developer, created a demo for the company that purchased Cocoa from Apple, and contributed to a book on the language. He advanced to C++ and Java programming languages in high school,[4] where he also developed an interest in photography. He attended Skidmore College and upon finding its computer science program lackluster, graduated with a degree in art in 2007. His new media thesis project was an interactive installation involving viewer tracking and video projection.[3]

Career

Video trailer and screenshot of
SpellTower gameplay

Gage returned to New York City after college and worked with

Symantec classified the game as malware.[3]

Outside of his art work, Gage began programming for Apple's

port of Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.[14]

A collaboration with

NYU Game Center's No Quarter exhibition.[17] He is based in New York, as of 2012.[3]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ Twitter message [dead link]
  2. ^ a b Hall, Charlie (March 21, 2016). "GDC's game design challenge gets emotional over 30-year games". Polygon. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Kohler, Chris (December 17, 2012). "Game Designer Stands at Rowdy Intersection of Entertainment and Art". Wired. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  4. ^ Moss, Richard (May 22, 2017). "Veteran game developers reveal their childhood creations". Polygon. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  5. ^ W., Tim (December 14, 2009). "The Weblog Interview: Zach Gage Caught in a Lose/Lose Situation". IndieGames.com. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  6. Gamasutra. Archived
    from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  7. ^ Dotson, Carter (April 17, 2015). "'Skiing Yeti Mountain' Preview - The Alternate Universe Version of 'Dudeski'". TouchArcade. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  8. ^ Pitts, Russ (April 24, 2013). "Cloned at Birth: The Story of Ridiculous Fishing". Polygon. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  9. ^ Ellison, Cara (March 28, 2015). "Cara Ellison on: #Fortune". Eurogamer. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  10. ^ Dotson, Carter (February 3, 2015). "Prepare for Wisdom or Weirdness with Zach Gage's #Fortune, Out This Week". TouchArcade. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  11. ^ Webster, Andrew (August 27, 2015). "Solitaire gets a much-needed makeover in this new mobile game". The Verge. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  12. ^ Matulef, Jeffrey (October 3, 2016). "Sage Solitaire and SpellTower dev is making a game called Really Bad Chess". Eurogamer. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  13. ^ Lazarides, Tasos (November 9, 2017). "Zach Gage's 'Flipflop Solitaire' Is Available Now, It's a Sequel of Sorts to 'Sage Solitaire'". TouchArcade. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  14. ^ Nelson, Jared (December 6, 2017). "'QWOP' Developer's New Game 'Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy' Arrives on iOS thanks in Part to Zach Gage". TouchArcade. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  15. ^ Dotson, Carter (June 6, 2014). "Gaijin Games Rebrands to Choice Provisions, Announces 'Tharsis' with Zach Gage". TouchArcade. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  16. Gamasutra
    . Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  17. ^ Frank, Allegra (January 5, 2016). "No Quarter dares you to look at games as sociological artifacts". Polygon. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  18. ^ McWhertor, Michael (August 4, 2011). "In Bit Pilot, You Actually Are Going In To an Asteroid Field". Kotaku. G/O Media. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  19. ^ "Good Sudoku by Zach Gage". App Store. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  20. ^ "Knotwords". App Store. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  21. ^ Alessandro Fillari (October 19, 2023). "Acclaimed puzzle designer known for weird games gives Wordle some competition: "I have been working on this project, in secret, for almost 2 years"". gamesradar. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

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