Ian Bell (game developer)

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Ian Bell (* 1962 in Hatfield (Hertfordshire) ) is a British game developer . He studied mathematics at the University of Cambridge and graduated in 1985. In 1986 he graduated with a degree in computer science. Bell was the author of the computer game Elite , alongside David Braben . He also co-wrote the sequels to the game, Elite Plus (1991) and Frontier: Elite 2 (1993).

Before Elite wrote Bell Free Fall , a game which, in a Coriolis - Space Station will take place, Bell half-seriously as the first fighting game described. The BBC Micro game Free Fall was published by Acornsoft in 1983 . Bell later published its Free Fall and Elite games with the source code as freeware on its website.

He now works as a senior software engineer for Autodesk . Bell was a spokesperson at the 2009 GameCity Video Game Festival.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Francis Spufford: Masters of Their Universe . The Guardian. October 18, 2003. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Adam LaMosca: Lost in the Void . The Escapist . July 18, 2006. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ Ian Bell: Free Fall . Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  4. ^ Ian Bell: Elite Archives . Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ An interview with Ian Bell . October 9, 2013.
  6. ↑ Keith Stuart: GameCity: the interview . In: guardian.co.uk , Guardian News and Media, October 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2010. 
  7. ↑ Marko Susimetsä: My life with elite event in Nottingham, UK . October 20, 2009. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 9, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hookedgamers.com
personal data
SURNAME Bell, Ian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English computer game developer
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Hatfield (Hertfordshire)