Emil Salim
Moby ID: 725694
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Emil Salim has been a prominent artist in the gaming industry since 2010. He has released multiple mobile/casual gaming titles under Disney Interactive, Booyah, Inc. and various other companies. Emil was a graduate from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco where he won the award for "Best Visual Development" in the Academy's Spring Show 2007.
The mobile gaming boom in 2010 jumpstarted Emil's career in the industry. His first breakthrough title came after he joined Booyah Inc. and released the hugely successful Nightclub City, a game that was nominated for "Social Networking Game of the Year" at the 14th Interactive Achievement Award by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. After the huge success of Nightclub City, Emil was given his first leading role in developing My Town 2, a sequel to Booyah's location-based mobile game.
After the release of My Town 2 in 2011, Emil decided to move on from Booyah Inc. and began his career in Disney Interactive where he developed and released multiple casual/ mobile titles including Disney Gnome Village, Botkin's Hidden Cove, Alice in Wonderland - A New Champion, Disney Solitaire, "Kitchen Scramble" and "Dodo Pop". Emil continues to develop multiple mobile and console titles for Disney Interactive today.
Credited on 11 games
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| WarCraft Rumble (2023, iPad) | Blizzard Development Family |
| Diablo IV (2023, Windows) | Blizzard Development Family |
| Disney Frozen Adventures (2019, iPhone) | Art & Animation |
| Dodo Pop (2015, iPhone) | Lead Artist |
| CounterSpy (2014, PlayStation 4) | Additional Concept Art |
| Disney Solitaire (2014, Windows Phone) | Lead Artist |
| Alice in Wonderland: A New Champion (2013, iPhone) | Lead Artist |
| Disney Gnome Village (2012, iPhone) | Lead Artist |
| Botkin's Hidden Cove (2012, Browser) | Lead Artist |
| MyTown 2 (2011, iPhone) | Lead Artist |
| Nightclub City (2010, Browser) | Senior Artist |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 4 games with Brooke White
- 4 games with Joanna Yu
- 3 games with John Spinale
- 3 games with Kelly Bollinger
- 3 games with Sergio Macias Jr.
- 3 games with Sean Dornan-Fish
- 3 games with Emily Luong
- 3 games with James Gauthier
- 3 games with Nahid Samsami
- 2 games with Kenneth L. Tan
Companies
- 4 games with Unity Technologies ApS
- 4 games with Disney Mobile
- 3 games with Playdom, Inc.
- 2 games with Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
- 2 games with Booyah, Inc.
- 1 game with Liquid Violet Ltd.
- 1 game with Jam City, Inc.
- 1 game with Volta Creation Inc.
- 1 game with Triones Penguin (Beijing])...
- 1 game with Trackdown Studios
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