Jason Bestimt

Moby ID: 16149

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Jason's professional exposure to the industry began when he worked as a tester for Legend Entertainment on Super Hero League of Hoboken and Death Gate. Hard working and highly talented, Jason Bestimt strikes the perfect balance as Senior Programmer for Big Huge Games.

One of those programmers with an actual Computer Engineering degree, Jason began work for Intel Corporation straight out of Virginia Tech. At Intel, he furthered his already impressive 3D programming skills while evangelizing technology to game companies around the country. He helped write the first 3D engine that maximized the new Pentium III instructions; this resulted in a demo called "Bugs" which is currently housed in the Intel Museum. Jason also worked on optimizations for Madden Football, Caligari TrueSpace and others.

Jason is both eager to learn and generous with his knowledge. Always ready to ask the right questions, he co-wrote an article for "Gamasutra" detailing his work in advanced shadow volumes titled, cleverly enough, "Real-Time Shadow Casting Using Shadow Volumes".

Jason came to Big Huge by way of Firaxis Games.

[Source: Big Huge Games web site]

Credited on 21 games

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Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (2020, Windows) Additional Programming
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning (2020, Windows) Additional Programming
Fortnite (2018, iPhone) Designed, Developed, and Published by Epic Games
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (2017, Windows Apps) Programmers
Fortnite (Standard Founder's Pack) (2017, Windows) Designed, Developed, and Published by Epic Games
Shadow Complex: Remastered (2015, Windows) Epic Games
Infinity Blade III (2013, iPad) ChAIR would like to thank
Gears of War: Judgment (2013, Xbox 360) Special Thanks
Vote: The Game (2012, iPhone) ChAIR would like to thank
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (2012, Windows) Additional Programming
Infinity Blade II (2011, iPhone) Lead Platform Systems Programmer
Gears of War 3 (2011, Xbox 360) Sr. Engine Programmers
Infinity Blade (2010, iPhone) Senior Engine Programmer
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties (2008, Macintosh) Additional Programming
Catan (2007, Xbox 360) Programming
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (2006, Windows) Graphics Programming Lead
Rise of Nations: Gold Edition (2004, Windows) Programmers
Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots (2004, Windows) Programmers
Rise of Nations (2003, Windows) Programming
Superhero League of Hoboken (1994, DOS) Testing

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