Shaun Southern
aka:
S. Southern
Moby ID: 2641
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Shaun started writing games in 1983 and went on to write some memorable games for both the 8- and 16- bit eras. Stand out titles include Kikstart: Off-Road Simulator, P.O.D.: Proof of Destruction, Trailblazer, Cosmic Causeway: Trailblazer II, Super Cars and the Lotus series of games amongst many others.
As part of Magnetic Fields he went on to write the titles Network Q RAC Rally Championship, International Rally Championship and Rally Championship. For these titles he was responsible for all the game play, 3D engine and track editors.
Shaun joined Warthog Plc in 2003 and worked on Looney Tunes: Back in Action for the PS2 and GameCube and also Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt for the PS2, GameCube and Xbox.
Following the acquirement of the studio by Gizmondo, Shaun wrote an all-new version of his C64 classic Trailblazer which was released as a launch title for the unit. This was followed up by POD: Point of Destruction. Shaun was also working on two further titles for the Gizmondo unit due for release before the end of 2005.
In 2008 he is with Team 3 Games Limited.
Shaun is proficient in C/C++, Windows / DirectX / Direct3d / OpenGL coding, Assembly languages (6502 680x0 80x86) and the following packages amongst others - Visual Studio / Embedded Visual C / Photoshop / Premiere / Alienbrain / SourceSafe / Word / Excel.
Credited on 44 games
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| Puzzler World 2013 (2012, Nintendo 3DS) | Programming |
| Top Trumps: NBA All Stars (2012, Nintendo 3DS) | Programming |
| Puzzler Mind Gym 3D (2011, Nintendo 3DS) | Programming |
| OK! Puzzle Stars (2010, Nintendo DS) | Programming |
| Puzzler World (2009, Windows) | Programming |
| Top Trumps: Doctor Who (2008, Windows) | Programming |
| Diary Girl: Organize, Chat, Play Everyday (2008, Nintendo DS) | Programming |
| Sticky Balls (2005, Gizmondo) | Additional Programming |
| Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt (2005, PlayStation 2) | Programming |
| Chromadrome (2004, Windows) | Additional thanks to |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003, PlayStation 2) | Programmers |
| Mobil 1 Rally Championship (1999, Windows) | Programming Director |
| International Rally Championship (1997, Windows) | Programming |
| Supercars International (1996, DOS) | Design |
| Rally Championship: International Off-Road Racing (1996, DOS) | Programming |
| Kid Chaos (1994, Amiga) | Program |
| Lotus: The Ultimate Challenge (1992, Amiga) | A Game by |
| Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (1991, Amiga) | Programming by |
| Super Cars II (1991, Amiga) | By |
| Super Cars (1990, Atari ST) | Programming |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 18 games with Andrew Morris
- 8 games with Gareth Jones
- 8 games with Tom Seymour
- 8 games with Steven Millership
- 8 games with Kelvin Cannon-Brown
- 7 games with Peter Liggett
- 5 games with Doug Braisby
- 5 games with Darren Melbourne
- 5 games with Simon Withenshaw
- 5 games with Paul Gouge
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Companies
- 32 games with Magnetic Fields (Software...
- 11 games with Mastertronic Ltd.
- 9 games with Infogrames Studios Limited
- 5 games with Playdemic Development Ltd
- 4 games with GBH Gold
- 4 games with Ubisoft Entertainment SA
- 4 games with Team 3 Games Limited
- 3 games with Camel Advertising and...
- 3 games with Europress Software Ltd.
- 3 games with Words & Pictures Limited
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