I'm Jon Hare, creative director, game designer, co-founder of Sensible Software, creator of games such as Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder and Wizball. I'm also a regular Chairman of juries for BAFTA Games awards. AMA!
This AMA is part of the Big GameDev AMA Series. For more info check: https://moleman4.com/ama/jonhare/
With 30 years of experience in the games industry Jon Hare is one of Europe’s best known creative directors and game designers with over 10 international number one games to his name, including “Sensible World of Soccer” the most influential European developed game of all time according to Stanford University.Jon co-founded and managed legendary 1980s and 90s development company Sensible Software, creating games such as Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder and Wizball to great critical acclaim and commercial success.More recently he has held senior posts with two of the UKs biggest games developer/ publishers Codemasters and Jagex and worked with Developers across Europe on numerous titles, both as a consultant and via his design and publishing company Tower Studios which has had numerous hit games including Speedball 2 Evolution and this year with Sociable Soccer.Jon is also a Visiting Professor at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, a regular Chairman of juries for BAFTA Games awards and a frequent mentor for BAFTA, UKIE and NESTA, as well as being a regular speaker at Global Games industry events and universities around the World.
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If you would like to watch the GDC video game documentary Moleman 4 - Longplay, and a video extra with Jon Hare, visit: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/moleman4dev
Proof: https://twitter.com/jonhare/status/1034428481604595713
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UPDATE 01 Sep 2018: - The AMA is over for today but leave your questions here, Jon may answer those later.
