Chris Cook
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Christopher Cook
Moby ID: 559616
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Chris Cook started in the games industry in February 2010 as a level designer on Archasis, a mod that was originally built for Unreal Tournament 2004 but survived the ages and was ported over to UDK. He was tasked with bringing the levels into the quality associated with UDK as well as designing and producing the new levels for the game. Between August and December 2010 he also taught games design at the Hull School of art and design, primarily Flash, 3D and the Unreal Developer Kit.
Between January and August 2011 he worked at Eutechnyx on Ride to Hell as the lead level designer. He then joined Lionhead Studios in August 2011 as a level designer and gameplay creator. He helped create roughly half the levels for Fable: The Journey. He also scripted and fully fleshed out levels, filling them with art assets and lighting, taking the role of an environmental artist and a lighting artist for them levels.
Company history Hull School of Art and Design: Lecturer - Games Design (August 2010 - December 2010) * Archasis* mod: Level Designer (February 2010 - January 2011) * Eutechnyx: Lead Level Designer (January 2011 - August 2011) * Lionhead Studios: Level Designer / Gameplay Creator (August 2011 - March 2014) * Crytek: Level Designer (March 2014 - July 2014) * Lionhead Studios: Technical Level Designer (since June 2014) * Sumo Digital: Games Designer (since May 2016)
Credited on 9 games
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| Sackboy: A Big Adventure (2020, PlayStation 5) | Lead Game Design |
| Crackdown 3 (2019, Xbox One) | Design Leads |
| Snake Pass (2017, PlayStation 4) | Designers |
| Hitman: The Complete First Season (2017, Linux) | Gameplay Designer |
| Homefront: The Revolution (2016, Windows) | Additional |
| Fable: Anniversary (2014, Windows) | Creative Day 2012 Team |
| Xbox Fitness (2013, Xbox One) | Design Team |
| Ride to Hell: Retribution (2013, Windows) | Level Design Team |
| Fable: The Journey (2012, Xbox 360) | Level Design |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 4 games with Pat Phelan
- 4 games with Paul Porter
- 4 games with Carl Cavers
- 4 games with Darren Mills
- 4 games with David Chapman
- 4 games with Barry Soilleux
- 4 games with Griffin Warner
- 4 games with Simon Butters
- 4 games with Ashley Bennett
- 3 games with Lief Thompson
Companies
- 6 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 6 games with Valve Corporation
- 5 games with Sumo Digital Ltd (Sheffield)
- 4 games with Side UK Ltd.
- 4 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 4 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 4 games with PitStop Productions Ltd
- 3 games with Creatives in the Attic Ltd.
- 3 games with Audiokinetic Inc.
- 3 games with 2K Valencia
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