Tim Mensch

Developer BIO

Working in the game industry since 1989 when he completed a contract for then Lucasfilm Games, Tim Mensch has bounced back and forth between contract work and being an employee, as the mood (and economy) suits him. At his current job in 2009 at PlayFirst, he is the lead architect of the Playground SDK, a popular casual game engine which is available for free at http://developer.playfirst.com.

In 2002 he was married, and he lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his two children. Tim commutes back to San Francisco about once a month to remind the folks at PlayFirst what he looks like, telecommuting the rest of the time.

Websites

• Tim's Blog -- A place that Tim occasionally expresses an opinion or a rant...when he's not too busy, which seems to be most of the time.

Games Credited

DinerTown Detective Agency (2009), PlayFirst, Inc.
Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child (2009), PlayFirst, Inc.
Emerald City Confidential (2009), PlayFirst, Inc.
Empire Builder: Ancient Egypt (2009), Merscom LLC
Gemini Lost (2009), PlayFirst, Inc.
Lost City of Z (2009), Merscom LLC, National Geographic Games
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (2009), Merscom LLC
Righteous Kill 2: Revenge of the Poet Killer (2009), Merscom LLC
Wandering Willows (2009), PlayFirst, Inc.
Dream Chronicles 2: The Eternal Maze (2008), PlayFirst, Inc.
Gourmania (2008), Alawar Entertainment, Inc.
Herod's Lost Tomb (2008), Big Fish Games, Inc, Merscom LLC, National Geographic Games
Nightshift Legacy: The Jaguar's Eye (2008), PlayFirst, Inc.
Chocolatier (2007), PlayFirst, Inc.
Diner Dash: Hometown Hero (2007), PlayFirst, Inc.
Mystery of Shark Island (2007), PlayFirst, Inc.
The Nightshift Code (2007), PlayFirst, Inc.
Connect Four Cities (2006), PlayFirst, Inc.
Diner Dash 2: Restaurant Rescue (2006), PlayFirst, Inc.
Diner Dash: Flo on the Go (2006), PlayFirst, Inc.
Tasty Planet (2006), Dingo Games
Chessmaster Challenge (2005), PlayFirst, Inc.
TriJinx: A Kristine Kross Mystery (2005), PlayFirst, Inc.
Tetris Worlds (2001), THQ Inc.
Arcade Party Pak (1999), Midway Games, Inc.
Jumble: That Scrambled Word Game (1998), Atari Interactive, Inc.
Sorry! (1998), Hasbro Interactive, Inc.
Boggle (1997), Hasbro Interactive, Inc.
Williams Arcade Classics (1997), Midway Home Entertainment, Inc.
Ultimate Yahtzee (1996), Hasbro Interactive, Inc.
Coaster (1993), Walt Disney Computer Software, Inc.
Andre Agassi Tennis (1992), TecMagik Entertainment Ltd.
Swamp Thing (1992), THQ Inc.