Nathan Stapley is an American artist. He was the lead artist on

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'' and has worked on ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Nathan Stapley started his career at

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as an artist on ''

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'' and '' Star Wars Episode I: Racer''. He left LucasArts to work at LucasArts-alumnus

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's studio,

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, as an artist. He created a comic while at Double Fine called '' My Comic About Me''. This comic spawned a free

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called '' My Game About Me: Olympic Challenge'', which was developed by Klint Honeychurch with art by Stapley. He was working on ''Broken Age'' in the role of lead artist and has also been an artist on ''Psychonauts'' and ''Psychonauts 2''. A poster created by Stapley was included as one of the reward tiers in the ''Broken Age''

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campaign.

Recognition

''My Game About Me: Olympic Challenge'' received more attention than usual for a free online flash game. The ''Broken Age'' (working title ''Double Fine Adventure'') Kickstarter campaign was the most successful Kickstarter project at the time, having attracted more backers than any prior effort in the site's history.

Games

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'', artist (LucasArts) *1999 '' Star Wars Episode I: Racer'', artist (LucasArts) *2000 ''

Escape from Monkey Island ''Escape from Monkey Island'' is an adventure game developed and released by LucasArts in 2000. It is the fourth game in the ''Monkey Island'' series, and the sequel to the 1997 videogame ''The Curse of Monkey Island''. It is the first game in ...

'', artist (LucasArts) *2002 '' Star Wars: Bounty Hunter'', artist (LucasArts) *2005 ''

'', artist (Double Fine) *2008 '' My Game About Me: Olympic Challenge'', lead artist (Double Fine) *2009 ''

Brütal Legend ''Brütal Legend'' is an action-adventure video game with real-time strategy game elements created by Double Fine and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was released during October 2009 in North America, ...

'', artist (Double Fine) *2010 '' Costume Quest'', artist (Double Fine) *2013 ''

'', lead artist (Double Fine) *2021 ''

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References

External links

*
My Comic About Me
at the Double Fine web site
My Game About Me: Olympic Challenge
at the Double Fine web site {{DEFAULTSORT:Stapley, Nathan Year of birth missing (living people) American artists Living people Lucasfilm people Double Fine people