William Tiller is an American

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, writer, and artist. At

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, he was the lead artist and art director of ''

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'', the lead background artist on ''

The Curse of Monkey Island ''The Curse of Monkey Island'' is an adventure PC game developed and published by LucasArts in 1997. A sequel to 1991's '' Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge,'' it is the third game in the ''Monkey Island'' series. It follows protagonist Guyb ...

'', and the lead artist on ''

Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine ''Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine'' is a 1999 action-adventure video game developed and published by LucasArts. The first 3D installment in the series, its gameplay focuses on solving puzzles, fighting enemies, and completing various platf ...

''. He created the games '' A Vampyre Story'' and ''

Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island ''Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island'' is an adventure game developed by Autumn Moon Entertainment and released in 2009. The concept and design were created by William 'Bill' Tiller, who was also responsible for the visual look of '' The Curse of Mon ...

'' for Autumn Moon Entertainment, a studio he co-founded with Mike Kirchoff in 2002. He worked as a game designer on the iOS title ''

Perils of Man ''Perils of Man'' is a 2014 computer adventure game designed by Gene Mocsy and Bill Tiller and developed and published by IF Games. It follows protagonist Ana Eberling as she attempts to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance. As the pl ...

''.

Career

Tiller was hired by

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by Collette Michaud in 1992 as an animator for

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's version of ''

''. He stayed with the project through all of its incarnations, and was ultimately the lead artist and

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on the final version of the game. He was the lead

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of ''

'', and the lead artist of ''

''. In 2001, he left LucasArts to work at

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. In 2002, co-founded Autumn Moon Entertainment to develop his own adventure games. Their first release was '' A Vampyre Story'' in 2008, followed by ''

'' in 2009. Due to financial issues with the publisher of the Autumn Moon games, Crimson Cow, Tiller has maintained a freelance career in the industry. His royalty checks from his work on ''

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'' has allowed Tiller to keep working on his own adventure games. Before the success of ''Snuggle Truck'', Tiller served as the art director for MunkyFun, which is itself a studio founded by a number of ex-LucasArts developers. In 2013, Tiller started a

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effort for an episodic, independent prequel to the A Vampyre Story saga called '' A Vampyre Story: Year One''. The

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campaign was unsuccessful, however, the game remains in development. In 2013, Tiller collaborated with IF Games in Switzerland as one of the game designers for the 3D adventure ''

'', which saw release in 2014. In August 2014, Bill Tiller began a Kickstarter campaign for a spin-off of ''

'' titled '' Duke Grabowski: Mighty Swashbuckler!.

Games

*1993: '' Star Wars: Rebel Assault'', artist (LucasArts) *1994: '' Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi'', artist (LucasArts) *1994: ''

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'', artist (LucasArts) *1995: '' Full Throttle'', artist (LucasArts) *1995: ''

'', lead artist, art director (LucasArts) *1997: ''

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'', artist (LucasArts) *1997: ''

'', lead background artist (LucasArts) *1999: ''

'', lead artist (LucasArts) *2002: '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'', concept artist (Stormfront Studios) *2008: '' A Vampyre Story'', project leader, artist, writer (Autumn Moon Entertainment) *2009: ''

'', project leader, artist, writer (Autumn Moon Entertainment) *2011: ''

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'', art director (Munky Fun) *2011: ''

'', artist (

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) *2013: '' Jack Lumber'', artist (Owlchemy Labs) *2014: ''

'', game designer (IF Games) *2015: '' Skylanders: Imaginators'', senior concept artist (

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) *2016: '' Duke Grabowski: Mighty Swashbuckler!'', project leader, artist, writer (Venture Moon Industries)

References

External links

Official website
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Career

Games

References

Further reading

External links