Nathan Stapley is an American artist. He was the lead artist on Double Fine's

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'' Broken Age'' and has worked on ''

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'' and '' Psychonauts 2''.

Career

Nathan Stapley started his career at

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as an artist on '' Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine'' and '' Star Wars Episode I: Racer''. He left LucasArts to work at LucasArts-alumnus Tim Schafer's studio, Double Fine Productions, as an artist. He created a comic while at Double Fine called '' My Comic About Me''. This comic spawned a free Flash

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called '' My Game About Me: Olympic Challenge'', which was developed by Klint Honeychurch with art by Stapley. He was working on ''Broken Age'' in the role of lead artist and has also been an artist on ''Psychonauts'' and ''Psychonauts 2''. A poster created by Stapley was included as one of the reward tiers in the ''Broken Age''

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campaign.

Recognition

''My Game About Me: Olympic Challenge'' received more attention than usual for a free online flash game. The ''Broken Age'' (working title ''Double Fine Adventure'') Kickstarter campaign was the most successful Kickstarter project at the time, having attracted more backers than any prior effort in the site's history.

Games

References

External links

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My Comic About Me
at the Double Fine web site
My Game About Me: Olympic Challenge
at the Double Fine web site {{DEFAULTSORT:Stapley, Nathan Year of birth missing (living people) American artists Living people Lucasfilm people Double Fine people