Richard Rouse III
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Richard Rouse
Moby ID: 11910
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During his time in game development Richard Rouse III has served as Lead Designer and Writer on a wide variety of games, including the Macintosh RPG Odyssey: The Legend of Nemesis, the action/strategy hybrid Damage Incorporated, the classic arcade game remake Centipede 3D, and the action/horror title The Suffering. He also contributed to the action/RPG Drakan: The Ancients' Gates, and served as Creative Director on The Suffering: Ties That Bind.
Rouse has written extensively on game design for publications including Game Developer, SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics, Develop, Gamasutra, and Inside Mac Games. Rouse's popular and sizable book about game design and development titled Game Design: Theory & Practice was released in 2001 and was followed by an expanded second edition in 2004. Rouse is currently a Creative Director at Midway Games.
Credited on 31 games
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The Church in the Darkness (2019, Windows) | Director / Designer |
Sunset Overdrive (2018, Windows Apps) | Systems Designer |
State of Decay 2 (2018, Windows Apps) | Additional Design |
Quantum Break (2016, Windows) | Senior Designer |
Quantum Break (2016, Xbox One) | Senior Designer |
Dead Secret (2016, Windows) | Special Thanks |
ADR1FT (2016, Windows) | Thank You |
State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition (2015, Windows) | Design Team |
Roundabout (2015, Xbox One) | Priest |
Sunset Overdrive (2014, Xbox One) | Systems Designer |
State of Decay: Lifeline (2014, Windows) | Design Team |
The Novelist (2013, Windows) | Playtesters |
CastleStorm (2013, Xbox 360) | Design Team |
Waking Mars (2012, Windows) | Tiger Style Loves Our Playtesters |
Vessel (2012, Windows) | Playtesters |
Homefront (2011, Xbox 360) | Additional Thanks |
Wheelman (2009, Xbox 360) | Designer |
Stranglehold (2007, PlayStation 3) | Special Thanks |
Sam & Max: Episode 6 - Bright Side of the Moon (2007, Windows) | Special Thanks |
Sam & Max: Episode 5 - Reality 2.0 (2007, Windows) | Special Thanks |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 9 games with Boyd Post
- 8 games with Kristofor Mellroth
- 7 games with John Dongelmans
- 7 games with Matthew V. Booty
- 7 games with Michael W. Weilbacher
- 7 games with Paul Amer
- 6 games with Robert Gustafson
- 6 games with John Scrapper
- 6 games with Gavin Kennedy
- 6 games with Deborah Hendersen
Companies
- 14 games with Valve Corporation
- 8 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 8 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 7 games with Experis
- 6 games with Midway Home Entertainment, Inc.
- 4 games with Surreal Software, Inc.
- 4 games with Tradewest Games Ltd.
- 4 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 4 games with Telltale, Inc.
- 4 games with Unity Technologies ApS
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