Jared Sorensen

Developer BIO

Jared started off his career in the game industry in 1997 as a software tester on the Petz series of games from PF Magic. Since then, he's worked for companies such as Mattel Interactive, Evite.com, EQuill Inc., LucasArts Entertainment, Atari, Tilted Mill Entertainment and Turbine, Inc.

Jared Sorensen now works at Hidden City Games as senior game designer (along with Luke Crane, author of the Burning Wheel series of games).

In his spare time, Jared develops "pen and paper" roleplaying games and leads seminars on game design and development. He runs the RPG studio Memento Mori Theatricks and co-founded Wicked Dead Brewing Company with John Wick.

As of 2009 he is working on the roleplaying games FreeMarket and Darkpages, as well as a video game project for Propaganda Studios.

Websites

• Memento Mori Theatricks -- Jared Sorensen's personal website, blog and game design studio

Games Credited

The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (2007), Midway Games, Inc.
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach (2006), Atari, Inc.
Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile (2004), Myelin Media, LLC
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark (2003), Atari, Inc.
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide (2003), Atari, Inc.
Pajama Sam: Life is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff (2003), Atari, Inc.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests (2003), Atari, Inc.
Unreal II: The Awakening (2003), Infogrames, Inc.
Blue's Clues Preschool (2002), Infogrames Interactive, Inc.
Moonbase Commander (2002), Infogrames, Inc.
Neverwinter Nights (2002), Infogrames, Inc.
Star Wars: Obi-Wan (2001), LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
Babyz: Your Virtual Bundle of Joy (1999), Learning Company, The
Catz II: Your Virtual Petz (1997), Mindscape, Inc.
Dogz 2: Your Virtual Petz (1997), PF Magic