Derek Paxton, sometimes known as "Kael",
Derek "Kael" Paxton joins Stardock is a professional game designer and producer with
Stardock
Stardock Corporation is a software development company founded in 1991 and incorporated in 1993 as Stardock Systems. Stardock initially developed for the OS/2 platform, but was forced to switch to Microsoft Windows due to the collapse of the OS/ ...
, having previously been successful with his mod ''Fall from Heaven'' for ''
Civilization 4
''Civilization IV'' (also known as ''Sid Meier's Civilization IV'') is a 4X turn-based strategy computer game and the fourth installment of the ''Civilization'' series, and designed by Soren Johnson under the direction of Sid Meier and his vide ...
''.
''Fall from Heaven''
Paxton was the lead designer of the popular mods ''Fall from Heaven'' and ''Fall from Heaven II'' for ''
Civilization 4
''Civilization IV'' (also known as ''Sid Meier's Civilization IV'') is a 4X turn-based strategy computer game and the fourth installment of the ''Civilization'' series, and designed by Soren Johnson under the direction of Sid Meier and his vide ...
'', with the latter becoming the most successful of its kind, amassing over 500 000 downloads.
A History of Fall from Heaven (Part I) The original was released in December 2005,
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. 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, 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.
Stardock and ''Elemental''
In 2010, following Stardock's unsuccessful launch of ''
Elemental: War of Magic'', 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''.
In October 2012 the game ''
Elemental: Fallen Enchantress'' was released, crediting Derek Paxton as lead designer.
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