Mobile Developer Reactive Studios Hires LucasArts, Telltale Vet - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 18 November 2014 / 4,636 Views
Mobile Developer Reactive Studios has hired Telltale Games and LucasArts veteran as Dave Grossman as chief creative officer, according to GamesIndustry. At LucasArts he worked on The Secret of Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle and at Telltale Games he was the director of design and writing.
"I'm looking forward to exploring the uncharted waters of interactive audio and establishing principles for a new storytelling medium," said Grossman. "The narrative design challenges are unique and intriguing, and there's a lot of fun to be had here, for me and the audience both."
"Over the past year we have developed a new system for the rapid creation and episodic distribution of interactive audio stories," said CEO of Reactive Studios Jonathon Myers. "Dave is both an interactive narrative design veteran and a pioneer of episodic story release cycles in the video game industry. He's the perfect person to embrace our technology and take charge of the creative and content aspects of our pipeline."
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