Tim Schafer
Also Known As
- Tim Schäfer
- Tim Shafer
Game Credits
Business | ||||
| Psychonauts 2 (2021) | (Studio Head) | |||
| Kids (2019) | (President and CEO) | |||
| Knights and Bikes (2019) | (Double Fine Presents) | |||
| Full Throttle: Remastered (2017) | (President and CEO) | |||
| GNOG (2017) | (President and CEO) | |||
| Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin (2017) | (President and CEO) | |||
| Day of the Tentacle: Remastered (2016) | (President and CEO) | |||
| Headlander (2016) | (President and CEO) | |||
| Massive Chalice (2015) | (President and CEO) | |||
| Broken Age (2014) | (President and CEO) | |||
| Costume Quest 2 (2014) | (President and CEO) | |||
| The Cave (2013) | (President) | |||
| Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster (2011) | (President and CEO) | |||
Production | ||||
| Psychonauts 2 (2021) | (Project Leads) | |||
| Day of the Tentacle: Remastered (2016) | (Produced and directed by) | |||
| Grim Fandango: Remastered (2015) | (Project Leader) | |||
| Brütal Legend (2009) | (Director) | |||
| Grim Fandango (1998) | (Project Leader) | |||
| Full Throttle (1995) | (Project Leader) | |||
| Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (1993) | (Producer) | |||
Design | ||||
| RAD (2019) | (President, Studio Creative Director) | |||
| Day of the Tentacle: Remastered (2016) | (Designed by) | |||
| Broken Age (2014) | (Director) | |||
| Brütal Legend: Limited Edition (2014) | (Creative Director) | |||
| The Cave (2013) | (Studio Creative Director) | |||
| Iron Brigade (2011) | (Studio Creative Director) | |||
| Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster (2011) | (Studio Creative Director) | |||
| Stacking (2011) | (Studio Creative Director) | |||
| Costume Quest (2010) | (Studio Creative Director) | |||
| Psychonauts (2005) | (Creative Director) | |||
| The Curse of Monkey Island (1997) | (Additional Design) | |||
| Full Throttle (1995) | (Designer) | |||
| Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (1993) | (Created and Designed by) | |||
Programming/Engineering | ||||
| Day of the Tentacle: Remastered (2016) | (Programmers) | |||
| Grim Fandango: Remastered (2015) | (Programmers) | |||
| Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special ... (2010) | (Programmed by) | |||
| The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (2009) | (Programmed by) | |||
| Full Throttle (1995) | (Programming) | |||
| Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (1993) | (Programming) | |||
| Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992) | (SCUMM Advice Offered By) | |||
| Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991) | (Programmed by) | |||
| The Secret of Monkey Island (Demo Version) (1990) | (Programmed by) | |||
| The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) | (Written and Programmed by) | |||
Writers | ||||
| Psychonauts 2 (2021) | (Written by) | |||
| Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin (2017) | (Writer) | |||
| Day of the Tentacle: Remastered (2016) | (Written by) | |||
| Grim Fandango: Remastered (2015) | (Writer) | |||
| Broken Age (2014) | (Writer) | |||
| Iron Brigade (2011) | (Writer) | |||
| Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster (2011) | (Written by) | |||
| Costume Quest (2010) | (Writers) | |||
| Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special ... (2010) | (Written by) | |||
| Brütal Legend (2009) | (Writer) | |||
| Host Master and the Conquest of Humor (2009) | (Dialogue) | |||
| The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (2009) | (Written by) | |||
| Psychonauts (2005) | (Story and Dialog) | |||
| Full Throttle (1995) | (Writer) | |||
| Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (1993) | (Writing / Dialogue / Story) | |||
| The Secret of Monkey Island (Demo Version) (1990) | (Written by) | |||
| The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) | (Written by) | |||
Video/Cinematics | ||||
| The Good Life (2021) | (Heart Warming Message Performers) | |||
| Massive Chalice (2015) | (Himself) | |||
| Brütal Legend (2009) | (Director) | |||
Audio | ||||
| Psychonauts 2 (2021) | (Lyrics by) | |||
| Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin (2017) | (Rhombus of Ruin Theme Song) | |||
Quality Assurance | ||||
| JETT: The Far Shore (2021) | (Playtesters) | |||
Administration | ||||
| Grim Fandango: Remastered (2015) | (President and CEO) | |||
| Middle Manager of Justice (2012) | (Studio Creative Director) | |||
Thanks | ||||
| Psychonauts 2 (2021) | (The team would like to thank) | |||
| Bugsnax (2020) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Afterparty (2019) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| The Land of Crows (2019) | (Thanks and greetings) | |||
| Riverbond (2019) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Pool Panic (2018) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Everything (2017) | (Thanks to) | |||
| Night in the Woods (2017) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| RiME (2017) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Candle (2016) | (Teku Studios) | |||
| Deadlight: Director's Cut (2016) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Duke Grabowski, Mighty Swashbuckler! (2016) | (Thanks) | |||
| Firewatch (2016) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Four Sided Fantasy (2016) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça ... (2016) | (Special Thanks to) | |||
| Lost Tracks (2016) | (Thank You!) | |||
| Disney Infinity: Toy Box 2.0 (2015) | (Special Thanks (Disney Interactive)) | |||
| #IDARB (2015) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| A City Sleeps (2014) | (Special Thanks to) | |||
| Disney Infinity: Edition 2.0 - Marvel Super Heroes (2014) | (Special Thanks (Disney Interactive)) | |||
| Hohokum (2014) | (Very special thanks to our close friends and peers for their valuable feedback and support) | |||
| Super Time Force (2014) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Super Time Force Ultra (2014) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Deadlight (2012) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| MacGuffin's Curse (2012) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Alice: Madness Returns (2011) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Hector: Episode 1 - We Negotiate with Terrorists (2011) | (Special Thanks to) | |||
| LittleBigPlanet 2 (2011) | (Extra Special Thanks) | |||
| Stacking (2011) | (Dragocen would like to thank) | |||
| Costume Quest (2010) | (Dracogen Strategic Investments would like to thank) | |||
| Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special ... (2010) | (Very Special Thanks) | |||
| Aquaria (2007) | (Derek's Special Thanks) | |||
| Ankh (Special Edition) (2006) | (Deck13 would like to say Thank You to:) | |||
| Ankh (2005) | (Deck13 Would Like to Thank) | |||
| Death Jr. (2005) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Death Jr. (Limited Edition) (2005) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Star Wars: Episode I - Racer (1999) | (Never Actively Tried to Sabotage the Project) | |||
| Heart of Darkness (1998) | (Special Thanks To) | |||
| The Curse of Monkey Island (1997) | (Special Thanks To) | |||
| Maniac Mansion (1988) | (Help from) | |||
Other | ||||
| Hellgate: London (2007) | (Flagship Studios & Ping0) | |||
| Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II (1997) | (LucasArts Entertainment Company) | |||
| Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (1996) | (Never Actively Tried to Sabotage the Project) | |||
| Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995) | (Motivational Guru) | |||
Developer Biography
Tim Schafer is a North American game designer best known for his work on LucasArts adventure games. He was born July 26, 1967 in Sonoma, California, and studied computer science at the UC Berkeley. His first job at LucasArts (then Lucasfilm) was playtesting Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game (1989). He was the co-writer for The Secret of Monkey Island (1990), and co-designer (with Dave Grossman) of Day of the Tentacle (1993).
Tim Schafer was the project leader, writer and designer of Full Throttle (1995) and Grim Fandango (1998).
After spending more than eight years at LucasArts, Tim Schafer left the company in January 2000 to found his own company Double Fine Productions in July 2000, and went on to direct and design Psychonauts (2005), Brütal Legend (2009), and other games.
Last updated: Oct 05, 2012
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Portrait
2010 - G4's interview at the IndieCade Awards.
Related Sites
- @TimOfLegend -- Twitter account
- A Conversation with Tim Schafer -- An interview with Tim Schafer from 2003
