Kim Swift
Moby ID: 228051
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Kim Swift entered the game industry through her education at DigiPen (USA) Corp. Together with other students from her class, she created the game Narbacular Drop in 2005, about a princess with no knees who is unable to jump and uses portals to move around. At an exposition they met someone from Valve Corporation and that contact got them an invite to demonstrate the game at the studio.
After the presentation Gabe Newell offered to hire them to re-create the game with the Source engine and that project became the acclaimed title Portal (2007). The basic technology of portals was kept, but everything else was altered to make it a part of the Half-Life universe. Swift had the team lead role on the game and also held key roles on both Left 4 Dead games afterwards (2008-2009).
In December 2009 it was announced Swift left Valve to work with Airtight Games on Dark Void.
Credited on 21 games
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| Ara: History Untold (2024, Windows) | Head of Creative |
| Submerged: Hidden Depths (2022, Windows) | Design Director |
| Wavetale (2021, Stadia) | Design Director |
| PixelJunk Raiders (2021, Stadia) | Design Director |
| Outcasters (2020, Stadia) | Design Director |
| Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017, Xbox One) | Level Design Director |
| RiME (2017, Xbox One) | Special Thanks |
| Deadlight: Director's Cut (2016, Windows) | The team would like to thank the following people |
| Soul Fjord (2014, Ouya) | Creative Director |
| Deadlight (2012, Windows) | The team would like to thank the following people |
| Quantum Conundrum (2012, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Left 4 Dead 2 (2009, Xbox 360) | Valve |
| Fat Princess (2009, PlayStation 3) | Special Thanks |
| Left 4 Dead (2008, Windows) | Development Team |
| Portal: Still Alive (2008, Xbox 360) | Personnel |
| The Orange Box (2007, PlayStation 3) | Valve |
| Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007, Windows) | Valve |
| Portal (2007, Windows) | Valve Corporation |
| Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006, Windows) | Valve |
| Rumble Box (2005, Windows) | Focus Testers |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 9 games with Jeep Barnett
- 9 games with Garret Rickey
- 8 games with Robin Walker
- 8 games with Paul Graham
- 8 games with David Kircher
- 8 games with Realm Lovejoy
- 7 games with Dario Casali
- 7 games with David Speyrer
- 7 games with Aaron Seeler
- 7 games with Matthew Scott
Companies
- 12 games with Valve Corporation
- 7 games with Havok
- 7 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 4 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 4 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 4 games with Keywords Studios Plc
- 4 games with Electronic Arts Czech...
- 4 games with Electronic Arts Ltd.
- 4 games with Electronic Arts GmbH
- 3 games with House of Moves, Inc.
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