Tim Schafer
aka: Tim Shafer, Tim Schäfer
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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 77 games
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| Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration (2022 on Windows) | Starring |
| The Good Life (2021 on Windows) | Heart Warming Message Performers |
| JETT: The Far Shore (2021 on Windows) | Playtesters |
| Psychonauts 2 (2021 on Windows) | Lyrics by |
| Bugsnax (2020 on Windows) | Special Thanks |
| The Land of Crows (2019 on Windows) | Thanks and greetings |
| Afterparty (2019 on Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Knights and Bikes (2019 on Windows) | Double Fine Presents |
| RAD (2019 on Windows) | President, Studio Creative Director |
| Riverbond (2019 on Windows Apps) | Special Thanks |
| Kids (2019 on Windows) | President and CEO |
| Pool Panic (2018 on Windows) | Special Thanks |
| GNOG (2017 on iPhone) | President and CEO |
| RiME (2017 on Xbox One) | Special Thanks |
| Everything (2017 on Windows) | Thanks to |
| Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017 on Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Full Throttle: Remastered (2017 on Windows) | President and CEO |
| Night in the Woods (2017 on Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin (2017 on PlayStation 4) | Rhombus of Ruin Theme Song |
| Candle (2016 on Windows) | Teku Studios |
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2010 - G4's interview at the IndieCade Awards.
Frequent Collaborators
- 37 games with Greg Rice
- 25 games with Peter McConnell
- 25 games with Khris Brown
- 21 games with Peter Chan
- 19 games with Ron Gilbert
- 18 games with Denise Gollaher
- 18 games with Malena Annable
- 17 games with Raymond Crook
- 17 games with David Grossman
- 16 games with Tony Lo
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