Chris Sawyer
Scottish video game designer and programmer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christopher Sawyer is a Scottish video game designer and programmer. He is best known for creating Transport Tycoon, which has been considered "one of the most important simulation games ever made", and the best-selling RollerCoaster Tycoon series.[2]
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Born | (1967-10-27) 27 October 1967 (age 56)[1] |
Nationality | Scottish |
Education | University of Strathclyde |
Occupation | Video game designer |
Years active | 1983–2005 2010–2017 |
Known for | |
Website | www |
Sawyer began his career in the early 1980s producing small games for Memotech and developing DOS ports of many Amiga games. From 1994 to 2004 he produced a series of Tycoon games, which became hallmarks of the simulation genre. After a period away from the gaming industry in the late 2000s, Sawyer founded the mobile game studio 31X which has handled modern ports of his work.[3] Wired has described Sawyer as "one of gaming's greatest enigmas" given his legendary contributions to the genre while maintaining little presence online, and rarely agreeing to give interviews.[4]