Tim Schafer
aka:
Tim Shafer,
Tim Schäfer
Moby ID: 1365
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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.
Credited on 86 games
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| Animal Well (2024, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Thirsty Suitors (2023, Windows) | Early Playtesters |
| Mineko's Night Market (2023, Windows Apps) | Special Thanks |
| Magenta Horizon (2023, Windows) | Shoutouts To |
| Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration (2022, Windows) | Starring |
| The Good Life (2021, Windows) | Heart Warming Message Performers |
| JETT: The Far Shore (2021, Windows) | Playtesters |
| Psychonauts 2 (2021, Windows) | Written by |
| Bugsnax (2020, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Dreams (2020, PlayStation 4) | Special Thanks |
| The Land of Crows (2019, Windows) | Thanks and greetings |
| Afterparty (2019, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Knights and Bikes (2019, Windows) | Double Fine Presents |
| RAD (2019, Windows) | President, Studio Creative Director |
| Riverbond (2019, Windows Apps) | Special Thanks |
| Kids (2019, Windows) | President and CEO |
| Pool Panic (2018, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| GNOG (2017, iPhone) | President and CEO |
| RiME (2017, Xbox One) | Special Thanks |
| Everything (2017, Windows) | Thanks to |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 43 games with Greg Rice
- 25 games with Peter McConnell
- 25 games with Khris Brown
- 20 games with Peter Chan
- 19 games with Ron Gilbert
- 19 games with Denise Gollaher
- 19 games with Raymond Crook
- 19 games with Tony Lo
- 19 games with Malena Annable
- 17 games with James Spafford
Companies
- 49 games with Valve Corporation
- 27 games with Double Fine Productions, Inc.
- 22 games with Unity Technologies ApS
- 18 games with Firelight Technologies Pty. Ltd.
- 15 games with Lucasfilm Games
- 13 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 10 games with GOG Limited
- 8 games with Softgold Computerspiele GmbH
- 7 games with CTO S.p.A.
- 6 games with Home Software Benelux B.V.
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