John Wesley WatsonDeveloper BIO
On 13th February 2012 John Watson announced to have co-founded the development studio
Stoic. The team is currently working on its first game
The Banner Saga, where Watson is responsible for the programming. Previously he was with
BioWare where he worked as Lead Combat Programmer on
Star Wars: The Old Republic.
John entered the game industry in 2000 as a Programmer for
Sony Online Entertainment, in the early development stages of
Star Wars Galaxies. He continued as a Senior Programmer on
Star Wars Galaxies: Jump To Lightspeed. He served as Lead Programmer on the next two expansions
Rage of the Wookiees, and
Trials of Obi-Wan. John also served as Lead Client Programmer on DC Universe Online.
Prior to working with Sony Online Entertainment, he worked as a Senior Systems Software Engineer at Space Telescope Science Institute, the scientific organization which operates the Hubble Space Telescope.
John majored in both Physics and Mathematics at Mississippi State University, and spent his 'free' time operating TempusMUD, playing games, and developing software such as the Linux based
Quake level editor Ice with
Charles Beyer.
He got his start programming games in the early 1980s on his Apple IIe, modifying games such as
EAMON and
Wizardry.
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- LinkedIn -- John Wesley Watson Network and Bio
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