Chris Beatrice is a
video game designer and
artist
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, th ...
noted for primary creative development of popular historical
strategy games, including ''
Lords of the Realm'' series and the ''
City Building'' series.
Beatrice worked at
Sierra Entertainment's Impressions Games
Impressions Games was a British video game developer founded by David Lester. He sold the company to Sierra On-Line in 1995, who was then bought out by Cendant and eventually, Vivendi Universal (now known as Vivendi SA).
Impressions specialized ...
studio as art and creative director, director of design and development, and general manager. In 2001 he founded
Tilted Mill Entertainment
Tilted Mill Entertainment is a video game developer located in Winchester, Massachusetts. It was founded in 2001 by former Impressions Games lead designer and general manager Chris Beatrice, business manager Peter Haffenreffer, and designer Jeff ...
as President and Director of Development.
Game development roles
* ''
Detroit'' (1994) – artist
* ''
Lords of the Realm'' (1994) – art director
* ''
Front Lines
''Front Lines'' is a 1994 computer wargame for MS-DOS developed and published by Impressions Games.
Gameplay
''Front Lines'' is a wargame with a turn-based play system, using vehicles.
Reception
In ''PC Gamer US'', William R. Trotter calle ...
'' (1994) – art director
* ''
Caesar II
''Caesar II'' is a 1995 video game of the ''Caesar'' video game series that takes place in Ancient Rome. It is the second game in the '' City Building'' series.
Gameplay
When the game begins the Roman empire extends no further than Italy. Playe ...
'' (1995) – art director
* ''
Breach 3'' (1995) – art director
* ''
Ultimate Soccer Manager'' (1995) – art director
* ''
High Seas Trader'' (1995) – art director
* ''
Casino Deluxe
''Casino Deluxe'' is a video game developed and published by Impressions for the Microsoft Windows.
Gameplay
''Casino Deluxe'' includes a variety of casino games, such as slot machines, pai gow, Caribbean stud poker, video poker, craps, rou ...
'' (1995) – art director
* ''
Robert E. Lee: Civil War General'' (1996) – art director
* ''
Space Bucks'' (1996) – art director
* ''
The Rise & Rule of Ancient Empires'' (1996) – art director
* ''
Lords of the Realm II'' (1996) – creative director, designer
** ''
Lords of the Realm II: Siege Pack'' (1997) – creative director, designer
* ''
Grant, Lee, Sherman: Civil War Generals 2'' (1997) – creative director
* ''
Lords of Magic
''Lords of Magic'' is a turn-based strategy Microsoft Windows game designed for Windows 95/98 by Sierra On-Line. The game was intended to combine elements of '' Heroes of Might and Magic II'' and ''Lords of the Realm II''. The special edition also ...
'' (1997) – creative director, lead designer
* ''
Pharaoh'' (1999) – lead designer
* ''
Zeus: Master of Olympus'' (2000) – lead designer
** ''
Poseidon: Master of Atlantis'' (2001) – director
* ''
Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile'' (2004) – lead designer
* ''
Caesar IV
''Caesar IV ''is a city-building game set in ancient Rome, developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment and published by Sierra Entertainment ( Vivendi Universal Games). The game was released on September 26, 2006 in North America. The game features a ...
'' (2006) – lead designer
* ''
SimCity Societies'' (2007) – lead designer
** ''
SimCity Societies: Destinations'' (2008) – designer
* ''
Mosby's Confederacy
The Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association (VPHA) is a nonprofit preservation and historic organization in Middleburg, Virginia. Founded in 1995 as the Mosby Heritage Area Association (MHAA), its mission is to educate about, and advocate for ...
'' (2008) – artist
Education
* Joseph P. Keefe Vocational high school (drawing, illustration, graphic design)
*
Massachusetts College of Art (sculpture)
Book illustration
Beatric
illustrated Oscar Wilde's classic fairy tale''The Selfish Giant''
(Noteworthy Books, 2011, ).
See also
* Video game developers
External links
Chris Beatrice web site
3rd party interview discussing game design
3rd party interview discussing digital art
Chris Beatrice
profile at MobyGames
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Official site of The Selfish Giant book/cd
Tutorial by Chris Beatrice to create the illustration called "Donkeyskin"
Chris Beatrice Making of about the illustration "Advice From a Caterpillar"
A 6 hours elapsed tutorial about The "Gnolls" illustration by Chris Beatrice
Year of birth missing (living people)
Creative directors
American video game designers
Living people
Massachusetts College of Art and Design alumni
Video game artists
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