Tim Stellmach
Moby ID: 4981
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(Exerpted from Interview with Tim Stellmach on Breaking In)
I started out as a playtester for Blue Sky Productions on Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss. I'd gone to school with Doug Church and Jon Maiara, a couple of the programmers on the project at the time, and I expressed an interest in what they were doing. The job involved a lot of playing the game, often repeatedly playing the same scenario trying to isolate the specific circumstances that caused a bug, which takes a lot of perseverance. As the developer's playtest group expanded I ended up coordinating the process, building and managing a database of trouble reports.
After Ultima Underworld, I had my foot in the door when they started hiring designers for Ultima Underworld II. Back in those days the job description of full-time game designer was still fairly new, so I was able to jump straight to the position of lead designer (in a group of three). I was then a designer on the games System Shock and Terra Nova, and then started being a lead designer again, only this time on original projects like Thief: The Dark Project (as opposed to my post on Underworld II, a sequel). All of this constituted eight years or so at the same company, Looking Glass Studios, which only ended when they went out of business. I did some consulting while searching for a new job, looking to do something a bit different, and finally settled on my current position at Vicarious Visions.
Credited on 49 games
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| System Shock (2023, Windows) | Designers |
| Underworld Ascendant (2018, Windows) | Lead Designer |
| Underworld Overlord (2018, Android) | Wizard |
| System Shock: Enhanced Edition (2015, Windows) | Designers |
| Transformers: War for Cybertron - Decepticons (2010, Nintendo DS) | VV Special Thanks |
| Transformers: War for Cybertron - Autobots (2010, Nintendo DS) | VV Special Thanks |
| Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009, Xbox 360) | Level Design |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Decepticons (2009, Nintendo DS) | VV Special Thanks |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Autobots (2009, Nintendo DS) | VV Special Thanks |
| Guitar Hero: On Tour (2008, Nintendo DS) | VV Special Thanks |
| Kung Fu Panda (2008, Nintendo DS) | Special Thanks |
| Bee Movie Game (2007, Nintendo DS) | VV Special Thanks |
| Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (2007, Nintendo DS) | Design Director |
| Shrek the Third (2007, Game Boy Advance) | VV Special Thanks |
| Shrek the Third (2007, Nintendo DS) | QA Special Thanks |
| Spider-Man 3 (2007, Wii) | Lead Designers |
| Spider-Man 3 (2007, Game Boy Advance) | VV Special Thanks |
| Marvel Ultimate Alliance (2006, PSP) | Special Thanks |
| Over the Hedge: Hammy Goes Nuts! (2006, Game Boy Advance) | VV Special Thanks |
| Over the Hedge (2006, Nintendo DS) | Special Thanks |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 35 games with Karthik Bala
- 29 games with Steve Derrick
- 27 games with Ida Thornburg
- 26 games with Dianna Davies
- 26 games with Guha Bala
- 24 games with Indra Yee
- 24 games with Gary Bolduc
- 24 games with Michael Hill
- 24 games with Robert Trevellyan
- 24 games with Nehme Frangie
Companies
- 35 games with Blizzard Albany
- 26 games with Activision Publishing, Inc.
- 11 games with ATVI France SARL
- 7 games with Looking Glass Studios, Inc.
- 7 games with Ignited
- 6 games with Shin'en Multimedia GmbH
- 6 games with Valve Corporation
- 5 games with Square Enix Limited
- 5 games with Eidos, Inc.
- 5 games with Activision Deutschland GmbH
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