Michael Chang Gummelt

Developer BIO

Michael Chang Gummelt always thought he'd be a writer or cartoonist. As a programmer, he was a late bloomer, not owning a computer until 1986 when he got a Commodore 128. He wrote about a hundred games of various depths and complexities then dropped programming altogether once he got his Amiga 500. On the Amiga he played Raven's first game, Black Crypt, and was so impressed that he made sure to remember the name of the developer. Other favorite game developers at the time were Cinemaware and Psygnosis. He went on to be a filmmaker at NYU and MSU where he wrote several scripts and made several no-budget short films (seeing as how he was dirt-poor). When he got his first PC in 1995, he did Doom/Quake mods while skipping classes (including Aliens Doom 3: Aliens vs. Predator, Marines Doom 2, Insane Weapons Doom, and Ultimate Quake). After submitting Ultimate Quake to Raven in March of 97, he was hired to work on Hexen II as a programmer. He was married July 19, 1998 to Lynn, his girlfriend of almost ten years. Aside from Hexen II, he has worked on the Hexen II Mission Pack: Portal of Praevus, HexenWorld, Siege, Heretic II and Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force (for which he also had the pleasure of writing the screenplay). His next project is so highly classified it could cease to exist were anyone to attempt to observe it.

Source: Selected articles from Raven Software Official Website - Company - Programming

http://www.ravensoft.com/programming.html

Also Known As

• Mike Gummelt

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Games Credited

Wolfenstein (2009), Activision Publishing, Inc.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Uncaged Edition) (2009), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Quake 4 (2005), Activision Publishing, Inc.
X-Men: Legends II - Rise of Apocalypse (2005), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2003), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy (2003), Activision (UK) Limited
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast (2002), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force Expansion Pack (2001), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force (2000), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Heretic II (1998), Activision, Inc.
Hexen II: Mission Pack: Portal of Praevus (1998), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Hexen II (1997), id Software, Inc.