Scott Miller
Moby ID: 2152
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Scott Miller is the founder of Apogee, a developer and publisher of shareware games. He first developed and sold full games as shareware, but only started to make money when he offered a portion of the game as shareware, and asked to pay to receive the rest of the game. At the time, games were still mainly distributed through BBS.
Impressed with Pyramids of Egypt, a game by John Romero, part of the then soon-to-be id Software, he contacted John Romero while he worked at Softdisk's Gamer's Edge, and asked him to develop a shareware version of Pyramids of Egypt. Instead, John revealed John Carmack's scrolling technology, which was then revolutionary for PC games, and proposed developing a brand-new game. This game, Commander Keen, a trilogy of three episodes, meant the breakthrough for Miller's Apogee.
On November 15, 2003, Scott Miller started his own blog Game Matters to give people "a true insiders look at a variety of topics, from company branding, royalties rates for star developers, game design principles, book and game reviews, rating game advertisements, the importance of story and emotion in games, to you-name-it.".
Credited on 101 games
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| Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition (2023, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Turbo Overkill (2022, Windows) | Producers |
| Graven (2021, Windows) | Graven Early Access team |
| Crystal Caves HD (2020, Linux) | Game Design |
| Ghostrunner (2020, Windows) | Chief Creative Officer |
| Devil's Hunt (2019, Windows) | Slipgate Ironworks |
| Ion Fury (2018, Linux) | Founder & Creative Director |
| Rad Rodgers (2018, Windows) | Advisor and Industry Legend® |
| Surfatron (2018, Android) | Team |
| Rad Rodgers: World One (2016, Windows) | Advisor and Industry Legend® |
| Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour (2016, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Bombshell (2016, Windows) | 3D Realms |
| Serious Sam Classics: Revolution (2014, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Shadow Warrior (2013, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Rise of the Triad (2013, Windows) | Key Members |
| Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition (2013, Windows) | Special Thanks To |
| Shadow Warrior (2012, iPad) | Special Thanks |
| Rochard (2011, Windows) | Recoil Thanks |
| Duke Nukem Forever (2011, PlayStation 3) | Chief Executive Officer |
| Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project (2010, Xbox 360) | Design Consultants |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 44 games with George Broussard
- 27 games with Joe Siegler
- 23 games with Lee Jackson
- 22 games with Allen H. Blum III
- 22 games with Stephen A. Hornback
- 21 games with Jon St. John
- 20 games with Todd Jason Replogle
- 17 games with Terry Nagy
- 17 games with Steven Blackburn
- 16 games with Robert Prince
Companies
- 44 games with 3D Realms Entertainment ApS
- 32 games with Apogee Software, Ltd.
- 31 games with Valve Corporation
- 19 games with Softdisk Publishing
- 13 games with Atari, Inc.
- 13 games with GOG Limited
- 12 games with Jordan Freeman Group, LLC
- 10 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 10 games with Slipgate Ironworks ApS
- 10 games with Digital River, Inc.
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