Shaun Leach
Moby ID: 9906
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Shaun has been making games professionally since 1997, but his passion for the craft started at the tender age of 12, when he discovered that it was even an option to make games when he grew up. From making a Defender clone on his TS-1000 with its whopping 16k of memory to the consoles of today, he has been obsessed with making digital worlds come alive. While in college he studied physics, astronomy, and mathematics, but his desire to make games convinced him to drop out of physics grad school to fulfill his childhood dream.
Throughout his career Shaun has worked on numerous big-name titles and plenty of not so big-name titles. He’s worked at small indie developers, and at Sony and Microsoft. He’s worked on massive multiplayer shooters, 3D action adventure games, MMOs, creature battlers, RTSs and simulators. He has helped build multiple engines from the ground up for new consoles as well as written code for every other aspect of game development.
These days, as of July 2020, he is on a mission to improve the process of how games are made. He’s passionate about building diverse, strong, and amazing engineering teams to empower content producers to build the best games possible.
Credited on 11 games
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| State of Decay 2 (2018, Windows Apps) | Senior Programmer |
| State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition (2015, Windows) | Programming |
| State of Decay: Lifeline (2014, Windows) | Programming |
| State of Decay (2013, Xbox 360) | Programming |
| Guild Wars 2 (2012, Windows) | Programming Leads |
| SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs - Fireteam Bravo (2005, PSP) | Additional Programming |
| SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs (2005, PlayStation 2) | Additional Programming |
| The Suffering (2004, PlayStation 2) | Senior Engine Programmers |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002, Windows) | Programmers |
| Drakan: The Ancients' Gates (2002, PlayStation 2) | Senior Engine Architects |
| Drakan: Order of the Flame (1999, Windows) | Programming |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 7 games with Boyd Post
- 6 games with Richard Foge
- 5 games with Jeff Strain
- 5 games with Richard Rouse III
- 5 games with Doug Williams
- 5 games with Scott Albaugh
- 5 games with Kristofor Mellroth
- 5 games with Lewis Mohr
- 5 games with Mark Young
- 5 games with Tyler Gillingham
Companies
- 4 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 4 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 3 games with Surreal Software, Inc.
- 3 games with Sony Interactive...
- 3 games with Sony Interactive...
- 3 games with Valve Corporation
- 3 games with Experis
- 3 games with Undead Labs LLC
- 2 games with Zipper Interactive, Inc.
- 2 games with FXVille, LLC
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