Data Design Interactive
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We are looking forward to the future, it looks very bright!—Stewart Green, CEO, c. 2014
Data Design Interactive Ltd was a British video game developer & publisher, most well-known for developing LEGO Rock Raiders for Windows and PlayStation. The company was founded by in 1983 as Data Design Systems in Halesowen England, acquired by Stewart Green's Green Solutions in May 1990, and incorporated as limited company on 2 August 1999. The opening of a United States office in Sarasota, Florida, Data Design Interactive LLC, was announced on May 23, 2008.[1][2] Due to insolvency, the original United Kingdom office ceased trading in 2009 and was eventually dissolved on August 24, 2012.[3]
History
After the release of Conquest Earth, the newly-formed LEGO Media International approached Data Design Interactive in 1997 to work on LEGO Chess and LEGO Rock Raiders.
For LEGO Chess, the company's art team animated FMV sequences for the game's opening, and for the opening and closing of each story match, based on scripts by producer Dave Upchurch.[4]
For LEGO Rock Raiders, art director Robert Dorney set up sister company Artworld UK (later Artworld Animation) to handle modeling and animation, using NewTek's LightWave 3D for both the pre-rendered FMV sequences and the in-game models and animations.
Legos[5] Artworld[6] Adventures [7]
At some point prior to 2014, the United States office moved to Osprey, Florida.
References
- ↑ GamesIndustry International (23 May 2008). "Data Design Interactive opens US office". Eurogamer. Retrieved 21 October 2017. Archive from 26 May 2008.
- ↑ Jenkins, David (27 May 2008). "Data Design Interactive Opens U.S. Office". Gamasutra. UBM TechWeb. Retrieved 21 October 2017. Archive from 12 May 2012.
- ↑ Insolvency for DATA DESIGN INTERACTIVE LIMITED (03817591). Companies House. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ↑ Upchurch, David (March 2000). "LEGO Chess (PC)". Retrieved 21 October 2017. Archive from 23 August 2017.
- ↑ Moltenbrey, Karen (March 2000). "Legos Come to Life". Computer Graphics World. Volume 23. Issue 3. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ↑ Younghusband, Paul (1 February 2001). "A One Stop Digital Shop: Data Design Interactive and Artworld UK". Animation World Magazine. Issue 5.11, p. 19-21. Animation World Network. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ↑ "Behind the Scenes: Rock Raiders". LEGO Adventures! Issue 7, October 1999, p. 31. Egmont Fleetway Ltd, Egmont House.
External links
- DDI Games, currently under construction
