Derek Paxton

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Derek Paxton, sometimes known as "Kael", [1] is a professional game designer and producer with Stardock, having previously been successful with his mod Fall from Heaven for Civilization 4 .

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Fall from Heaven

Paxton was the lead designer of the popular mods Fall from Heaven and Fall from Heaven II for Civilization 4 , with the latter becoming the most successful of its kind, amassing over 500,000 downloads. [2] The original was released in December 2005, [2] and, over the next five years, the mod expanded and attracted a large fanbase. As of June 2011, over a quarter of a million posts have been made in its dedicated forum on CivFanatics. [3] In 2010, the final version of Fall from Heaven 2 was released.

Paxton announced in 2010 that he was leading a new version of Fall from Heaven as a stand-alone game, [4] but later that year he revealed that funding for this project had fallen through, and it was abandoned, although he has expressed an interest in coming back to it at a later date. [5]

Stardock and Elemental

In 2010, following Stardock's unsuccessful launch of Elemental: War of Magic , [6] Paxton was approached by Stardock's Brad Wardell, and in October that year, it was announced that he would be joining the development team for Elemental: War of Magic. [1] In October 2012 the game Elemental: Fallen Enchantress was released, crediting Derek Paxton as lead designer. [7]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Derek "Kael" Paxton joins Stardock
  2. 1 2 A History of Fall from Heaven (Part I)
  3. ↑ Fall from Heaven development forum - CivFanatics
  4. ↑ Fall From Heaven Climbs To Heaven
  5. ↑ Fall From Heaven Standalone Falls - RockPaperShotgun
  6. ↑ Stardock CEO calls Elemental launch 'disastrous'
  7. ↑ "FE_manual.pdf" (PDF).

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