Seumas McNally
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Computer game programmer
Seumas McNally (February 10, 1979–March 21, 2000), was the founder, president and lead programmer of independent game development company, Longbow Digital Arts. Being credited for graphic design in the cult classic
computer game DX-Ball
, he was the founder of its sequel, DX-Ball 2
, and the 2000 Independent Games Festival
Grand Prize winner, Tread Marks
. McNally died of Hodgkin's lymphoma
shortly after winning the Grand Prize, which was subsequently named in his honor.
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"...
Seumas McNally (February 10, 1979–March 21, 2000), was the founder, president and lead programmer of independent game development company, Longbow Digital Arts. Being credited for graphic design in the cult classic
Cult Classic
Cult Classic is a Blue Öyster Cult studio recording released in 1994, containing remakes of many of the band's previous hits.-Track listing:# " The Reaper" - 5:05# "E.T.I...
computer game DX-Ball
DX-Ball
DX-Ball is a freeware computer game for the PC first released in 1996 by Michael P. Welch. The game, an updated version of an earlier series of Amiga games known as Megaball, is patterned after classic ball-and-paddle arcade games such as Breakout and Arkanoid. It became a massive cult classic in...
, he was the founder of its sequel, DX-Ball 2
DX-Ball 2
DX-Ball 2 is a video game for Microsoft Windows by Longbow Digital Arts as a follow up to the 1996 game DX-Ball. Like the original, it is patterned after classic ball-and-paddle arcade games such as Breakout and Arkanoid....
, and the 2000 Independent Games Festival
Independent Games Festival
The Independent Games Festival is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference, the largest annual gathering of the indie video game industry. It was founded in 1998 to assist and inspire innovation in video game development and to recognize the best independent video game developers...
Grand Prize winner, Tread Marks
Tread Marks
Tread Marks is a 3D, third-person perspective, multiplayer-focused tank combat and racing computer game developed by Longbow Digital Arts. The game won the 2000 Independent Games Festival grand prize, later renamed to the Seumas McNally award in honor of the game's lead programmer who died on 21...
. McNally died of Hodgkin's lymphoma
Hodgkin's lymphoma
Hodgkin's lymphoma, previously known as Hodgkin's disease, is a type of lymphoma, which is a cancer originating from white blood cells called lymphocytes...
shortly after winning the Grand Prize, which was subsequently named in his honor.