Alex Evans is a UK
based computer games
developer. Evans
previously worked at Guildford-based
Lionhead Studios who developed the video
game
Rag Doll Kung Fu
independently.
He is the co-founder of Media Molecule, a computer games studio based
in Guildford
, Surrey
, United Kingdom
. The studio is currently working on its
first project, a cooperative platformer for the
PlayStation 3 entitled
LittleBigPlanet, which has received
worldwide acclaim and won several gaming awards. Evans is
contributing to
LittleBigPlanet by creating a
games engine for it. Evans has also been the
figurehead for advertising the game to reviewers, and helping Sony
showcase the game at various expos. For example, at
E3 2008, Evans helped Sony
showcase their quarterly sales via a specially created
LittleBigPlanet level. Ever since appearing and discussing
LittleBigPlanet for the first time at the game developers'
conference 2007, Evans has been renowned in the gaming world.
Evans was active in the
Demoscene during
the 1990s and was known by the handle "Statix". Most of his work
was highly acclaimed -
303 is one of the first demos to
include an entire vocal track (compressed into a standard module by
a custom MPEG-packer) in the music, while
Tomthumb
and
Staying Pictures are one of the first
"generative" demos, the former being a winner of Most Original
Concept at the 2002
Scene.org
Awards.
References
- Alex Evans - From ones and zeroes to
heroes
- LittleBigPlanet Creators To Keynote GDC
Paris
- Media Molecule official website
- Alex Evans in PS3 Fanboy
- Alex Evans thanking the academy
- Alex Evans working at media molecule
- Media Molecule talks LittleBigPlanet
- MTV talks about littlebigplaner with Alex
Evans
- Alex Evans talking about LittleBigPlanet
- Alex Evans talks about littlebiglanet
- Alex Evans' LittleBigPlanet Sony
Conference
- Alex Evans reveals littlebigplanet at gdc
07
- Alex Evans said to be 'Renowned'
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