Randy Smith (born June 14, 1974) is an American
video game designer
Video game design is the process of designing the content and rules of video games in the pre-production stage and designing the gameplay, environment, storyline and characters in the production stage. Some common video game design subdiscipline ...
. He co-owns and is the creative director of
Tiger Style. He has worked extensively on the
''Thief'' series with both
Looking Glass Studios
Looking Glass Studios, Inc. (formerly Blue Sky Productions and LookingGlass Technologies, Inc.) was an American video game developer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was founded by Paul Neurath with Ned Lerner as Blue Sky Product ...
and
Ion Storm.
Smith started Tiger Style in 2009 and shipped the award-winning game ''
Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor'' on iOS, followed by ''
Waking Mars'' and ''
Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon''. He spent time on the
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Spi ...
collaboration code-named
LMNO at
EA Los Angeles studio, which was eventually canceled. Smith has lectured on game design at
GDC, and additionally, Smith has participated in the
Indie Game Jam.
Between 2007 and 2013, Smith wrote a monthly column called "The Possibility Space" for
''Edge'' in the UK.
Games credited
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Thief: The Dark Project'' (1998)
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Thief II: The Metal Age'' (2000)
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Thief: Deadly Shadows'' (2004)
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Dark Messiah of Might and Magic'' (2006)
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LMNO'' (Cancelled)
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Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor'' (2009)
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Waking Mars'' (2012)
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Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon'' (2015)
*''Project C'' (TBA)
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Jett: The Far Shore'' (2021)
References
External links
Randy Smith's Rap Sheet on MobyGamesRandy Smith's column "The Possibility Space" in Edge magazine
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1974 births
American video game designers
Living people