Jennifer Sward
aka:
Jenny Sward,
Jen Sward
Moby ID: 15728
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Jen Sward trained to be an Electrical Engineer at the University of California, Davis. Her career kicked off as a programmer and project manager specializing in fiber optics and satellite communications for the Navy. That experience quickly paled and Jen left to work for the next 15 years in the video game industry as a manager, project leader, producer and designer at companies such as LucasArts Entertainment and Westwood Studios. She is currently the chair of the Game Software Design and Production department at DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, Washington, where she instructs in the Bachelor of Science for Real-Time Interactive Simulation program.
Jen’s resume also includes designer of educational toys for children, murals and faux finish painter, helicopter landing pad painter, phone Tarot Card reader, tourist photographer and catering assistant. Her favorite summer job was working in the trail stables in Yosemite Valley.
Credited on 19 games
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Salvage Youth (2012, Windows) | Faculty Advisors |
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition (2010, Windows) | "So, what's for dinner?" |
Dreamside Maroon (2009, Windows) | Matt Anderson thanks |
Defense Grid: The Awakening (2008, Windows) | Thanks to Digipen Institute of Technology |
Strangeways (2008, Windows) | Executive Producers |
Oasis Ostinato (2008, Windows) | Executive Producers |
Rumble Box (2005, Windows) | Focus Testers |
The Dame Was Loaded (1996, DOS) | Project Manager (US) |
Total Control Football (1996, DOS) | Project Manager |
Gearheads (1996, Windows) | Project Manager |
Nickelodeon: Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1995, Genesis) | Producer for Realtime Associates |
Fables & Fiends: The Legend of Kyrandia - Book One (1993, Macintosh) | Produced by |
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos (1993, DOS) | Editing and Sampling by |
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992, DOS) | SCUMM Advice Offered By |
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1991, FM Towns) | Script Conversion by |
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991, DOS) | "So, what's for dinner?" |
The Secret of Monkey Island (1991, Atari ST) | Atari ST Management by |
Loom (1990, DOS) | Project Leader |
Maniac Mansion (1988, NES) | Help from |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 7 games with Ron Gilbert
- 7 games with Aric Wilmunder
- 6 games with Bret Barrett
- 6 games with Jon Van
- 6 games with Howard Harrison
- 6 games with Gary Winnick
- 6 games with James Alexander Dollar
- 5 games with Meredith Cahill
- 5 games with Doug Glen
- 5 games with Andrea Siegel
Companies
- 7 games with Lucasfilm Games
- 5 games with DigiPen (USA) Corp.
- 3 games with Softgold Computerspiele GmbH
- 3 games with Philips Interactive Media, Inc.
- 3 games with U.S. Gold Ltd.
- 3 games with Realtime Associates, Inc.
- 3 games with Kixx XL
- 3 games with CTO S.p.A.
- 3 games with Valve Corporation
- 3 games with GOG Limited
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