Richard Rouse III
aka: Richard Rouse
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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 30 games
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| The Church in the Darkness (2019 on Windows) | Trailers |
| Sunset Overdrive (2018 on Windows Apps) | Systems Designer |
| State of Decay 2 (2018 on Windows Apps) | Additional Design |
| Quantum Break (2016 on Windows) | Senior Designer |
| Quantum Break (2016 on Xbox One) | Senior Designer |
| Dead Secret (2016 on Windows) | Special Thanks |
| ADR1FT (2016 on Windows) | Thank You |
| State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition (2015 on Windows) | Design Team |
| Roundabout (2015 on Xbox One) | Special thanks for your support and/or harassment |
| Sunset Overdrive (2014 on Xbox One) | Systems Designer |
| State of Decay: Lifeline (2014 on Windows) | Design Team |
| CastleStorm (2013 on Xbox 360) | Design Team |
| Waking Mars (2012 on Windows) | Tiger Style Loves Our Playtesters |
| Vessel (2012 on Windows) | Playtesters |
| Homefront (2011 on Windows) | Additional Thanks |
| Wheelman (2009 on Xbox 360) | Designer |
| BlackSite: Area 51 (2007 on PlayStation 3) | Additional Writing |
| Stranglehold (2007 on PlayStation 3) | Special Thanks |
| Sam & Max: Episode 6 - Bright Side of the Moon (2007 on Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Sam & Max: Episode 5 - Reality 2.0 (2007 on Windows) | Special Thanks |
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Frequent Collaborators
- 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 Michael Burke
- 6 games with Cory Halpern
- 6 games with Robert Gustafson
- 6 games with John Scrapper
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