Christopher Taylor (game designer)
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Christopher "Chris" Taylor is a computer, board
and card game
developer originally from Southern California. Taylor is most famous for designing the original Fallout
title for Interplay Entertainment
, along with Tim Cain
, Leonard Boyarsky
and Jason Anderson
. While at Interplay, Taylor contributed to the design of Star Trek: Starfleet Command
, Stonekeep
and Fallout 2
. Chris also served as producer for The Lord of the Rings: Middle-Earth Online.
In 2005, Taylor and two other Fallout designers - Tom Decker and Scott Everts - founded Zero Radius Games, a board game and non-collective card game development company.
On September 22, 2008, it was announced on Interplay's website that Taylor had rejoined the company and would be working on "Project V13", later revealed to be Fallout Online
.
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
and card game
Card game
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games...
developer originally from Southern California. Taylor is most famous for designing the original Fallout
Fallout (computer game)
Fallout is a computer role-playing game produced by Tim Cain, developed and published by Interplay in 1997. The game has a post-apocalyptic and retro-futuristic setting in the mid-22nd century, featuring an alternate history which deviates some time after World War II, where technology, politics...
title for Interplay Entertainment
Interplay Entertainment
Interplay Entertainment Corporation is an American video game developer and publisher, founded in 1983 as Interplay Productions by Brian Fargo. The company had been a quality developer until they started publishing their own games in 1988, like Neuromancer and Battle Chess. The company was renamed...
, along with Tim Cain
Tim Cain
Tim Cain may refer to:* Timothy Cain, major computer game developer for Interplay and Troika Games* Tim Cain, major recording artist for children and one of the founders of the Sons of Champlin* Tim Kaine, Governor of Virginia...
, Leonard Boyarsky
Leonard Boyarsky
Leonard Boyarsky is an American computer game designer and visual artist best known for being one of the key designers of the video games Fallout and Diablo III.-Early life:...
and Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson (artist)
Jason D. Anderson, often credited as merely Jason Anderson, started out as a contract artist for Interplay on the USCF Chess project. He was later hired to design the engine, game world and interface for Fallout. After working on the prototype design for Fallout 2, Anderson left with fellow...
. While at Interplay, Taylor contributed to the design of Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Star Trek: Starfleet Command is a computer game based on the table-top wargame Star Fleet Battles. It simulates starship operations, and ship-to-ship combat and fleet warfare in the Star Trek universe....
, Stonekeep
Stonekeep
Stonekeep is a 1995 computer role-playing game for DOS by Interplay Entertainment. It is a first-person dungeon adventure with pre-rendered environments and live-action cinematic sequences. Five years in production, Stonekeep was ranked #6 in Gamespot's top ten vaporware hall of shame...
and Fallout 2
Fallout 2
Fallout 2 is a computer role-playing game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay in 1998. The game's story takes place in 2241, 80 years after the events of Fallout...
. Chris also served as producer for The Lord of the Rings: Middle-Earth Online.
In 2005, Taylor and two other Fallout designers - Tom Decker and Scott Everts - founded Zero Radius Games, a board game and non-collective card game development company.
On September 22, 2008, it was announced on Interplay's website that Taylor had rejoined the company and would be working on "Project V13", later revealed to be Fallout Online
Fallout Online
Fallout Online is an upcoming massively multiplayer online video game set in the Fallout world that is being developed by Masthead Studios and being published by Interplay, with members of the Interplay team providing creative control and design...
.