Derek Smart

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Derek K. Smart is an American video game designer. He is the president and lead developer of 3000AD, Inc., an indie game development company based in Aventura, Florida. In addition he is the president of and investor in the video game development company Quest Online. [1] Smart is an independent video game designer and software developer, and the creator of several video game series.

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In 1996, Take 2 Interactive released his first game, Battlecruiser 3000AD . Prior to the release Smart and Take 2 were involved in a dispute over the premature release of the game. The matter was later settled out of court. [2]

Through his 3000AD company, Smart has developed a total of nineteen games to date, [3] across his various franchise properties; most of which are derivative works. Through his Quest Online company, he also worked on the completion of the MMO Alganon as well as that game's expansion pack, Rise of the Ourobani. [4]

Smart also signed a deal with DC Comics in which several comics have been created for his Line of Defense games. [5] A comic for Alganon was also released. [6]

Smart is a lifetime International Game Developers Association (IGDA) member, and was also a board member of the Miami chapter of IGDA. [7]

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Online activities

Computer Games Magazine wrote that "over time, his reputation as an online defender of his games and unabashed pistol-whipper of his enemies overshadows the games themselves". [8] A 2012 in-depth article regarding the disconnect between his real life and his online alter-ego was written by media veteran Russ Pitts and published by Polygon. [9]

In 2015, during the height of the Gamergate harassment campaign, Smart appeared on a Society of Professional Journalists live broadcast panel [10] alongside Milo Yiannopoulos, then-editor of Breitbart News, Christina Hoff Sommers of American Enterprise Institute, Lynn Walsh of the Society of Professional Journalists, Asche Schow of the Washington Examiner, and others. In that panel, he decried the actions of media who were branding Gamergate members as a hate group.

Since July 2015, Smart has been embroiled in heated controversy surrounding the Star Citizen crowd-funded game which he claimed [11] in July 2015 could never be developed due to its scope and promises. [12] With widespread media coverage surrounding the project, [13] he has since gone on to write various blogs about the project. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Quest Online Corporate information" . Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "1997 3000AD and Take 2 settle differences". 23 December 1998.
  3. ↑ "Games". 3000ad.com. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Alganon – Rise of the Ourobani". Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Line Of Defense Comic Issues 1–3, Lodmmo.com
  6. ↑ "Alganon – Fall of the Ourobani comic". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "IGDA Miami – Chapter Meeting: June 2002". Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
  8. ↑ Julian Murdoch, Computer Games Magazine , The People vs. Derek Smart, Issue 196.
  9. ↑ "The Redemption of Derek Smart". Polygon . 20 March 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  10. ↑ dsmart (16 August 2015). "SPJAirPlay GamerGate Debate". Smart Speak. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  11. ↑ dsmart (6 July 2015). "Star Citizen – Interstellar Citizens". Smart Speak. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  12. ↑ Younger, Paul (5 July 2015). "Star Citizen will "never get made" as it's been pitched says Derek Smart". PC Invasion. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "inside-star-citizen". Kotaku UK. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  14. ↑ dsmart (6 July 2015). "All Star Citizen Blogs". Smart Speak. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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