Arjan Brussee
Encyclopedia
Arjan Brussee is a Dutch
computer game programmer
. He's notable for being the main coder behind both Jazz Jackrabbit games. His latest work was Killzone 2 at Guerrilla Games
as a development director
. He is often credited with being the first successful Dutch game developer, sometimes mentioned as "the godfather of Dutch game development". http://developer.creative.com/articles/article.asp?cat=1&sbcat=31&top=38&aid=95
Arjan used to be a demoscene
coder. As a member of the group Ultra Force, he coded the first demo ever to use 3D
imagery on the PC
, called Vectordemo.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
computer game programmer
Game programmer
A game programmer is a software engineer, programmer, or computer scientist who primarily develops codebase for video games or related software, such as game development tools. Game programming has many specialized disciplines all of which fall under the umbrella term of "game programmer"...
. He's notable for being the main coder behind both Jazz Jackrabbit games. His latest work was Killzone 2 at Guerrilla Games
Guerrilla Games
Guerrilla Games is a first party video game developer and wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment. The company is based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, currently employs approximately 150 individuals, and is headed by managing director Hermen Hulst and development director Arjan...
as a development director
Game producer
A video game producer is the person in charge of overseeing development of a video game.The earliest documented use of the term producer in games was by Trip Hawkins, who established the position when he founded Electronic Arts in 1982...
. He is often credited with being the first successful Dutch game developer, sometimes mentioned as "the godfather of Dutch game development". http://developer.creative.com/articles/article.asp?cat=1&sbcat=31&top=38&aid=95
Arjan used to be a demoscene
Demoscene
The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations that run in real-time on a computer...
coder. As a member of the group Ultra Force, he coded the first demo ever to use 3D
3D computer graphics
3D computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images...
imagery on the PC
IBM PC compatible
IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. Such computers used to be referred to as PC clones, or IBM clones since they almost exactly duplicated all the significant features of the PC architecture, facilitated by various manufacturers' ability to...
, called Vectordemo.
External links
- Arjan Brussee on MobyGamesMobyGames-Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...
- Vectordemo on Pouet
- UltraWOW on Pouet