Nick Fortugno
aka:
Nicholas Fortugno
Moby ID: 230446
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Nicholas Fortugno (born May 13, 1975) is an American game designer and educator. Fortugno is perhaps best known for designing Diner Dash, a top-selling casual game developed by Gamelab, and the award-winning Ayiti: The Cost of Life. In addition to his large body of digital work, Fortugno has been involved in the design of numerous non-digital projects, including board games, collectable trading card games, large-scale social games, and live-action role-playing (LARP).
Since 2002, Fortugno has taught the Game Design and Interactive Narrative program at Parsons The New School for Design, and has contributed to the development of the school’s game design curriculum.
Fortugno is CCO of Rebel Monkey, a New York City-based game company focusing on casual games and co-founded with Margaret Wallace.
Credited on 14 games
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| Going Under (2020, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Diner Dash 5: BOOM! (2010, Windows) | Level Design Consultant |
| Max & the Magic Marker (2010, Windows) | We would like to thank |
| Arcadia Remix (2007, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Diner Dash: Sizzle & Serve (2007, PSP) | Special Thanks |
| Downbeat (2007, Windows) | Lead Game Design |
| LEGO Fever (2006, Windows) | Game Design |
| SpongeBob SquarePants: Diner Dash (2006, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Plantasia (2006, Windows) | Lead Game Designer |
| Ayiti: The Cost of Life (2006, Browser) | Game Design |
| Diner Dash (2005, Macintosh) | Lead Game Design |
| LEGO Stack-It (2002, Browser) | Game Design |
| Junkbot Undercover (2002, Browser) | Game Design |
| Junkbot (2001, Browser) | Game Design |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 11 games with Peter Lee
- 7 games with Michael Sweet
- 5 games with Eric Zimmerman
- 5 games with Kenny Shea Dinkin
- 5 games with Khoeun Tep
- 4 games with Nicholas Stern
- 4 games with Brad Edelman
- 4 games with Seok Min Oh
- 4 games with Ranjit Bhatnagar
- 4 games with Alona Umansky
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Companies
- 9 games with gameLab
- 5 games with PlayFirst, Inc.
- 4 games with LEGO System A/S
- 3 games with AudioBrain
- 3 games with Big Fish Games, Inc
- 2 games with VH1 Games
- 2 games with Shockwave
- 2 games with Russobit-M
- 2 games with MacGameStore, LLP
- 2 games with Game Factory Interactive Ltd.
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