Kenneth Llewellyn Demarest III is a computer game programmer, artist, and business person.

Early life and education

Career

Demarest worked on ''

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'' and developed 3D,

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characters in '' BioForge''. As a Director of Technology at

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, Demarest developed the technical prototype for ''

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'' using ''

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'' as a

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. His later work resulted in the persistent-world

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game '' NetStorm: Islands At War'', which as of March 2016 is being re-made in 3D as

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, funded through

KickStarter Kickstarter, PBC is an American Benefit corporation, public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York City, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative project ...

. In social gaming, Demarest was part of the early work blending 3D multiplayer online games and social game play both stand-alone and on networks such as

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and

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. Demarest was a founder of Appsoma, a

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for

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. As an artist for Shadow Garden he wrote 'Sand', the most popular and frequently sold work on the platform developed by Zack Simpson. Sand is in the permanent collections of numerous museums worldwide including the Discovery Science Center and Sony Wonder Technology Lab. Demarest's later work supported technology that benefits humanity including MorSand, a 2006 Tech Award Laureate, and CellBazaar, a 2007

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References

External links

Mine-Control Home Page''Ken Demarest''
profile on

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Sand Exhibit
at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, CA Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Origin Systems people Video game artists Video game programmers {{videogame-bio-stub