J. Guy Davidson
aka:
Guy Davidson
Moby ID: 174868
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J. Guy Davidson, more generally known as Guy Davidson, is the Head of Engineering Practice at Creative Assembly. He first started game development in 1980 on an Acorn Atom, before moving onto Sinclair Machines, the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum, then the Atari ST and finally PC development. His first published title was Prince Naseem Boxing for Codemasters, before joining Creative Assembly in 1999. After working on their Rugby World Cup title, he moved to the Total War series, which he has worked on ever since.
Guy is a member of the C++ Standard Committee as well as the chair of the BSI IST/5 panel. He cofounded the #include diversity and inclusion group for C++ engineers and is a frequent speaker at C++ conferences around the world. He is a co-author of Beautiful C++, published by Pearson in 2021.
He lives in Brighton And Hove, UK, where he also sings for the Brighton Festival Chorus and teaches Tai Chi.
Credited on 17 games
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| Total War: Pharaoh (2023, Macintosh) | Head of Engineering Practice |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms (2022, Windows Apps) | Principal Coding Manager |
| Total War: Warhammer III (2022, Windows) | Head of Engineering Practice |
| Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia (2018, Windows) | Additional Programming |
| Total War: Warhammer II (2017, Windows) | Coding Manager |
| Total War: Warhammer (2016, Linux) | Coding Manager |
| Total War Battles: Kingdom (2016, iPhone) | Additional Support |
| Total War: Attila (2015, Windows) | Programming Area Leads |
| Total War: Rome II (2013, Windows) | Programming Area Leads |
| Viking: Battle for Asgard (2012, Windows) | Additional Code |
| Total War: Shogun 2 (2011, Windows) | Programming Area Leads |
| Napoleon: Total War (2010, Windows) | Programming Leads |
| Empire: Total War (2009, Windows) | Programming |
| Rome: Total War - Alexander (2006, Windows) | Programming |
| Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion (2005, Windows) | Programming |
| Rome: Total War (2004, Windows) | Programming |
| Rugby (2001, PlayStation 2) | Programming |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 17 games with Graham Axford
- 15 games with Mike Simpson
- 15 games with Peter Brophy
- 14 games with Scott Pitkethly
- 14 games with Kevin McDowell
- 13 games with Joss Adley
- 13 games with Richard Beddow
- 13 games with Jon Raftery
- 13 games with Lee Cowen
- 13 games with James Maxwell
Companies
- 15 games with Creative Assembly Ltd., The
- 12 games with SEGA Europe Ltd.
- 11 games with Valve Corporation
- 8 games with SoftClub
- 7 games with Computer Games Distribution, s.r.o.
- 5 games with SEGA of America, Inc.
- 5 games with SEGA Corporation
- 5 games with Wordarch Translations Ltd.
- 5 games with Effective Media GmbH
- 5 games with Audiokinetic Inc.
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