Corey Cole

Developer BIO

Corey started out on chess and other board games as a child, then found Dungeons & Dragons in the mid-70’s. He met his wife, Lori Ann Cole, while running one of his D&D games (The Tower of Indomitable Circumstance, published by Judges Guild) at a convention in San Francisco.

A science fiction fan friend introduced them to Ken Williams in 1988. Corey's first task at Sierra On-Line was to convert their SCI game engine to the Atari ST. The following year, the Coles began developing the Hero’s Quest series. Due to trademark issues, the name was changed to Quest for Glory for the second game released in 1990 and the rest of the series.

Corey is a programmer and technical game designer. He also wrote some of the descriptions (notably many bad puns) for the Quest for Glory games. He was the main game designer for Castle of Dr. Brain with just a little help from Lori.

After Sierra closed its Yosemite Entertainment office in 1999, Corey moved into online gaming. His online games include: Passport2Bridge (1996), Explorati (2001), and JetSetPoker.com (2003).

He is currently (Fall 2008) working with Lori on www.TheSchoolForHeroes.com, an online “school” with fantasy elements. They also plan to release The School for Heroes as an interactive fiction adventure in Fall 2009.

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Games Credited

Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire (2008),
Police Quest: SWAT 2 (1998), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire (1998), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Shannara (1995), Legend Entertainment Company
Space Quest (Collector's Edition) (1994), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Hoyle Classic Card Games (1993), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness (1993), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Quest for Glory III: Wages of War (1992), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero (1992), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Roberta Williams' Mixed-Up Mother Goose (1992), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Castle of Dr. Brain (1991), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood (1991), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus (1991), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Jones in the Fast Lane (1991), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (1991), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Mixed-Up Fairy Tales (1991), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Mixed-Up Mother Goose (1991), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Police Quest 3: The Kindred (1991), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers (1991), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail (1990), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Hoyle Official Book of Games: Volume 2 (1990), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire (1990), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Roberta Williams' King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown (1990), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero (1989), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon (1989), Sierra On-Line, Inc.