Randy Smith (born June 14, 1974) is an American

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. He co-owns and is the creative director of

Tiger Style Tiger Style is an American independent video game studio. The studio was founded by industry veterans Randy Smith and David Kalina in 2008. Their first title '' Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor'', was released in August 2009, followed by ''Wak ...

. He has worked extensively on the ''Thief'' series with both

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and

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. Smith started Tiger Style in 2009 and shipped the award-winning game '' Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor'' on iOS, followed by ''

Waking Mars ''Waking Mars'' is a 2012 platform-adventure game developed and published by Tiger Style. Players jetpack through underground Mars caves and encounter a host of alien lifeforms that operate as an ecosystem. Players must master the behaviors of ...

'' and '' Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon''. He spent time on the

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collaboration code-named LMNO at

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studio, which was eventually canceled. Smith has lectured on game design at GDC, and additionally, Smith has participated in the

Indie Game Jam The Indie Game Jam (IGJ) was an effort to rapidly prototype video game designs and inject new ideas into the game industry. Started in 2002 by a group of game designer-programmers, the event featured a shared game engine technology and worked on by ...

. Between 2007 and 2013, Smith wrote a monthly column called "The Possibility Space" for ''Edge'' in the UK.

Games credited

*'' Thief: The Dark Project'' (1998) *'' Thief II: The Metal Age'' (2000) *'' Thief: Deadly Shadows'' (2004) *''

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic ''Dark Messiah of Might and Magic'' (labeled as ''Dark Messiah: Might and Magic''; additionally subtitled ''Elements'' on Xbox 360) is a first-person action role-playing game developed by Arkane Studios. The player controls Sareth, the apprentice ...

'' (2006) *'' LMNO'' (Cancelled) *'' Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor'' (2009) *''

'' (2012) *'' Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon'' (2015) *''Project C'' (TBA) *'' Jett: The Far Shore'' (2021)

References

External links

Randy Smith's Rap Sheet on MobyGamesRandy Smith's column "The Possibility Space" in Edge magazine
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