Mark Healey is a British video game developer from Ipswich, Suffolk. Healey started his career making games for the Commodore 64 home computer – his first published game was KGB Super Spy for Codemasters, which led to developing the educational Fun School series of games for Europress Software.
Career
Healey joined Bullfrog Productions to work with Peter Molyneux on titles such as Magic Carpet and Dungeon Keeper. When Molyneux left Bullfrog to form Lionhead Studios, Healey joined him, and worked as a senior artist on Black & White and Fable. Whilst still at Lionhead, he developed Rag Doll Kung Fu independently in his spare time, which was the first third party game to be distributed over Steam - Valve's online distribution system.[1]
In 2006, He co-founded Media Molecule with Kareem Ettouney, David Smith, and Alex Evans.[2] Evans served as creative director of LittleBigPlanet, LittleBigPlanet 2 and Dreams.[3]
In April 2023, Healey announced he would be leaving Media Molecule.[4]
References
- ^ zapiy (2018-03-01). "RVG Interviews: Mark Healey". RVG. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "Media Molecule co-founder Mark Healey leaves Dreams studio after 17 years". Eurogamer.net. 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "Media Molecule co-founder and creative director Mark Healey has departed the studio". www.gamedeveloper.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ Allen, Joseph (2023-04-17). "Media Molecule Co-Founder Mark Healey Leaves Studio After 17 Years". TechRaptor. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
External links
- Mark Healey on X
- Mark Healey at mediamolecule.com
- Mark Healey at MobyGames
- Mark Healey (video game person) at Giant Bomb
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