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==History==
==History==
===Formation and early years===
===Formation and early years===
Data Design Systems was founded in 1983
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===Work with LEGO and creation of Artworld===
===Work with LEGO and creation of Artworld===
[[Image:Artworld logo.gif|thumb|Artworld logo c. 2001]][[File:Hover Scout and Rock Monster.jpg|250px|thumb|Artworld created proprietary plug-ins for LightWave that helped match the color scheme of real LEGO bricks]]
[[Image:Artworld logo.gif|thumb|Artworld logo c. 2001]][[File:Hover Scout and Rock Monster.jpg|250px|thumb|Artworld created proprietary plug-ins for LightWave that helped match the color scheme of real LEGO bricks]]
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 (Windows game)|''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; [[Krisalis Software]] worked on the actual game.<ref name="Chess" /> For ''LEGO Rock Raiders'', art director Robert Dorney set up sister company '''Artworld UK''' to work on both pre-rendered FMV sequences and in-game models and animations. Twelve artists worked on ''LEGO Rock Raiders'', using [[Wikipedia:NewTek|NewTek]]'s [[Wikipedia:LightWave 3D|LightWave 3D]] to create models and animations, and [[Wikipedia:Adobe Photoshop|Adobe Photoshop]] and [[Wikipedia:Kai's Power Tools|Kai's Power Tools]] to create textures that kept true to the look and feel of real LEGO bricks.<ref name="Legos" />  
After the release of Conquest Earth in 1997, the newly-formed [[LEGO Media International]] approached Data Design Interactive to work on ''[[LEGO Chess]]'' and [[LEGO Rock Raiders (Windows game)|''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; [[Krisalis Software]] worked on the actual game.<ref name="Chess" /> For ''LEGO Rock Raiders'', art director Robert Dorney set up sister company '''Artworld UK''' to work on both pre-rendered FMV sequences and in-game models and animations. Twelve artists worked on ''LEGO Rock Raiders'', using [[Wikipedia:NewTek|NewTek]]'s [[Wikipedia:LightWave 3D|LightWave 3D]] to create models and animations, and [[Wikipedia:Adobe Photoshop|Adobe Photoshop]] and [[Wikipedia:Kai's Power Tools|Kai's Power Tools]] to create textures that kept true to the look and feel of real LEGO bricks.<ref name="Legos" />  


Artworld was incorporated as a limited company on March 8, 2000, as '''The Artworld Design Group UK Ltd''', and later became known as '''Artworld Studios'''. Artworld went on to create FMV animations for ''[[LEGO Racers]]'', ''LEGOLAND'', ''LEGO Alpha Team'', ''LEGO Creator: Knight's Kingdom'', [http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Rocket_Racers Rocket Racers], ''LEGO Creator: Harry Potter'', ''[[LEGO Racers 2]]'', and ''Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''.<ref name="Artworld" />{{ref|a}}<!--Island 2 and Stunt Rally FMVs by Martin Lanzinger--> Artworld also continued to work with LEGO to create animations for commercials, renders for the ''LEGO Adventures!'' magazine, the "LEGO Jack Stone" video, and designs for some LEGO sets.
Artworld was incorporated as a limited company on March 8, 2000, as '''The Artworld Design Group UK Ltd''', and later became known as '''Artworld Studios'''. Artworld went on to create FMV animations for ''[[LEGO Racers]]'', ''LEGOLAND'', ''LEGO Alpha Team'', ''LEGO Creator: Knights' Kingdom'', ''LEGO Creator: Harry Potter'', ''[[LEGO Racers 2]]'', and ''Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''.<ref name="Artworld" />{{#tag:ref|Games not named in citation are from checking their credits for Artworld's involvement.|group = n}}<!--Island 2 and Stunt Rally FMVs by Martin Lanzinger--> Artworld also continued to work with LEGO to create animations for commercials, renders for the ''LEGO Adventures!'' magazine, videos for LEGOLAND Resort attractions such as [http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Rocket_Racers Rocket Racers], the "LEGO Jack Stone" video, and designs for some LEGO sets.


[[File:LRR texture artist.jpg|250px|thumb|Texture design at LEGO Futura. Note the early Granite Grinder design and unused flying transport truck.]]
[[File:LRR texture artist.jpg|250px|thumb|Texture design at LEGO Futura. Note the early Granite Grinder design and unused flying transport truck.]]
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At some point prior to 2014, the United States office moved to [[Wikipedia:Osprey, Florida|Osprey, Florida]].
At some point prior to 2014, the United States office moved to [[Wikipedia:Osprey, Florida|Osprey, Florida]].
==List of works==
===Data Design Systems games===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Year !! Title !! scope="col" style="width: 145px;" | Platform(s) !! Publisher
|-
| 1985
| ''Luna Rover''{{#tag:ref|Also known as ''Luna-Rover'' and ''Luna Buggy''.|group = n}}
| ZX Spectrum 48K
| Data Design Systems
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1986
| ''Alien''{{#tag:ref|Title screen gives the name ''Aliens''.|group = n}}
| ZX Spectrum 48K
| ''[[Wikipedia:Your Sinclair|Your Sinclair]]''
|-
| ''Annals of Rome''
| ZX Spectrum 48K
| Personal Software Services Ltd
|-
| ''Astrocade'' (compilation)
# ''Luna Rover''
# ''Alien''
# ''Zombie Island''
# ''Caverns d'Or''
# ''Simeon''
# ''Bomber''
| ZX Spectrum 48K
| Personal Software Services Ltd
|-
| ''Death Duel''
| ZX Spectrum 48K
| [[Wikipedia:Sinclair User|Sinclair User]]
|-
| ''Invadas + Bomber''
| ZX Spectrum 48K
| Data Design Systems
|-
| ''Space Fright''
| ZX Spectrum 48K
| Data Design Systems
|-
| 1987
| ''Tobruk''{{#tag:ref|Also known as ''Tobruk: The Clash of Armour'' and ''Tobruk 1942''.|group = n}}
| ZX Spectrum 48K
| Personal Software Services Ltd
|-
| 1988
| ''Pegasus Bridge''
| ZX Spectrum 48K
| Personal Software Services Ltd
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989
| ''D.N.A Warrior''
| ZX Spectrum 48K, ZX Spectrum 128
| Cascade Games Ltd
|-
| ''Pogotron''
| ZX Spectrum 48K
| Gamebusters
|-
| 1990
| ''Invasion Force''
| ZX Spectrum 48K
| Cases Computer Simulations Ltd
|-
| 1991
| ''Loopz''
| ZX Spectrum 48K
| Audiogenic Software Ltd
|}
===Data Design Interactive games===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Year !! Title !! scope="col" style="width: 145px;" | Platform(s) !! Publisher
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| ''Jeopardy!''
| Game Boy
| GameTek, Inc.
|-
| ''Xenon 2: Megablast''
| SEGA Master System
| Virgin Games
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1994
| ''Pinkie''
| Amiga
| Millennium Interactive Ltd
|-
| ''X-It''
| Amiga, MS-DOS
| Millennium Interactive Ltd
|-
| rowspan="3" | ''Rise of the Robots''
| Game Gear
| Time Warner Interactive
|-
| Super NES
| Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| Mega Drive, Mega-CD (cancelled)
| Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
|-
| ''Waterworld''
| Mega Drive (cancelled)
| Ocean Software Ltd
|-
| 1997
| ''Conquest Earth''
| MS-DOS, Windows
| Eidos Interactive, Inc.
|-
| 1999
| rowspan="2" | ''LEGO Rock Raiders''
| Windows, PlayStation (EU)
| rowspan="2" | LEGO Media International Ltd
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| PlayStation (NA)
|-
| ''Tonka Space Station''
| Windows, PlayStation
| Hasbro Interactive, Inc.
|-
| 2001
| ''Tonka Monster Trucks''
| Windows
| Infogrames, Inc.
|-
| 2002
| ''Nickelodeon Party Blast''
| GameCube, Windows, Xbox
| Infogrames Interactive, Inc.
|-
|}
===Artworld animation===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Year !! Title !! scope="col" style="width: 145px;" | Platform(s) !! Developer
|-
| 1998
| ''LEGO Chess''
| Windows
| Krisalis Software Ltd
|-
| 1999
| ''LEGO Racers''
| Windows, PlayStation
| High Voltage Software, Inc.
|-
| 1999
| rowspan="2" | ''LEGO Rock Raiders''
| Windows, PlayStation (EU)
| rowspan="2" | Data Design Interactive Ltd
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2000
| PlayStation (NA)
|-
| ''LEGOLAND''
| Windows
| Krisalis Software Ltd
|-
| ''LEGO Alpha Team''
| Windows
| Digital Domain
|-
| ''LEGO Creator: Knights' Kingdom''
| Windows
| Superscape
|-
| ''Tonka Space Station''
| Windows, PlayStation
| Data Design Interactive Ltd
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| ''LEGO Creator: Harry Potter''
| Windows
| Superscape
|-
| ''LEGO Racers 2''
| Windows, PlayStation 2
| Attention to Detail Ltd
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''
| Windows
| Qube Software
|-
| ''Nickelodeon Party Blast''
| GameCube, Windows, Xbox
| Data Design Interactive Ltd
|}


==Notes==
==Notes==
:1.{{note|a}}Games not named in citation are from checking their credits for Artworld's involvement.
{{Reflist|group=n}}


==References==
==References==
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[http://dupchurch.com/?portfolio=lego-chess-pc "LEGO Chess (PC)"]. Retrieved 21 October 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170823202724/http://dupchurch.com/?portfolio=lego-chess-pc Archive] from 23 August 2017.</ref>
[http://dupchurch.com/?portfolio=lego-chess-pc "LEGO Chess (PC)"]. Retrieved 21 October 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170823202724/http://dupchurch.com/?portfolio=lego-chess-pc Archive] from 23 August 2017.</ref>
<ref name="Ultimate">"The Design Concept". ''The Ultimate LEGO Book''. [[Wikipedia:Dorling Kindersley|Dorling Kindersley]], 1999, p. 30-33.</ref>
<ref name="Ultimate">"The Design Concept". ''The Ultimate LEGO Book''. [[Wikipedia:Dorling Kindersley|Dorling Kindersley]], 1999, p. 30-33.</ref>
<ref name="Crash">[http://www.crashonline.org.uk/28/dds.htm "Down at Data Design Systems"].
<ref name="Crash">Kidd, Graeme. [http://www.crashonline.org.uk/28/dds.htm "Down at Data Design Systems"].
[[Wikipedia:Crash (magazine)|''Crash'']]. Issue No. 28, May 1986. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
[[Wikipedia:Crash (magazine)|''Crash'']]. Issue No. 28, May 1986. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
<ref name="Artworld Dormant 2001">The Artworld Design Group UK Limited. [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03942954/filing-history/MDA2MTE4NzgzNmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Accounts for a dormant company made up to 31 March 2001]. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
<ref name="Artworld Dormant 2001">The Artworld Design Group UK Limited. [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03942954/filing-history/MDA2MTE4NzgzNmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Accounts for a dormant company made up to 31 March 2001]. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>

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We are looking forward to the future, it looks very bright!
—Stewart Green, CEO, c. 2014[1]
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Data Design Interactive Ltd was a British video game developer and publisher. 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.[2][3] Due to insolvency, the original United Kingdom office ceased trading in 2009 and was eventually dissolved on August 24, 2012.[4]

History

Formation and early years

Data Design Systems was founded in 1983

Ref[5]

Work with LEGO and creation of Artworld

Artworld logo c. 2001
Artworld created proprietary plug-ins for LightWave that helped match the color scheme of real LEGO bricks

After the release of Conquest Earth in 1997, the newly-formed LEGO Media International approached Data Design Interactive 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; Krisalis Software worked on the actual game.[6] For LEGO Rock Raiders, art director Robert Dorney set up sister company Artworld UK to work on both pre-rendered FMV sequences and in-game models and animations. Twelve artists worked on LEGO Rock Raiders, using NewTek's LightWave 3D to create models and animations, and Adobe Photoshop and Kai's Power Tools to create textures that kept true to the look and feel of real LEGO bricks.[7]

Artworld was incorporated as a limited company on March 8, 2000, as The Artworld Design Group UK Ltd, and later became known as Artworld Studios. Artworld went on to create FMV animations for LEGO Racers, LEGOLAND, LEGO Alpha Team, LEGO Creator: Knights' Kingdom, LEGO Creator: Harry Potter, LEGO Racers 2, and Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.[8][n 1] Artworld also continued to work with LEGO to create animations for commercials, renders for the LEGO Adventures! magazine, videos for LEGOLAND Resort attractions such as Rocket Racers, the "LEGO Jack Stone" video, and designs for some LEGO sets.

Texture design at LEGO Futura. Note the early Granite Grinder design and unused flying transport truck.

Data Design Interactive worked closely with the LEGO Futura office in Billund, Denmark to design LEGO Rock Raiders sets alongside development of the video game,[9] making this the first LEGO video game not based on already-existing themes or completely original concepts. Design of the sets took eight months to complete.[10]

Later years

On April 9, 2001, the original Artworld company was filed as having been dormant through the financial year ending March 31, 2001.[11] It remained dormant until its name was changed to My Personal Trainer Ltd on March 22, 2011.[12] A new Artworld company, Artworld Studios Ltd, was incorperated on March 27, 2002,[13] but was filed as having been dormant through and since the financial year ending March 31, 2003.[14] Both companies were dissolved on April 3, 2012.[15][16]

At some point prior to 2014, the United States office moved to Osprey, Florida.

List of works

Data Design Systems games

Year Title Platform(s) Publisher
1985 Luna Rover[n 2] ZX Spectrum 48K Data Design Systems
1986 Alien[n 3] ZX Spectrum 48K Your Sinclair
Annals of Rome ZX Spectrum 48K Personal Software Services Ltd
Astrocade (compilation)
  1. Luna Rover
  2. Alien
  3. Zombie Island
  4. Caverns d'Or
  5. Simeon
  6. Bomber
 ZX Spectrum 48K Personal Software Services Ltd
Death Duel ZX Spectrum 48K Sinclair User
Invadas + Bomber ZX Spectrum 48K Data Design Systems
Space Fright ZX Spectrum 48K Data Design Systems
1987 Tobruk[n 4] ZX Spectrum 48K Personal Software Services Ltd
1988 Pegasus Bridge ZX Spectrum 48K Personal Software Services Ltd
1989 D.N.A Warrior ZX Spectrum 48K, ZX Spectrum 128 Cascade Games Ltd
Pogotron ZX Spectrum 48K Gamebusters
1990 Invasion Force ZX Spectrum 48K Cases Computer Simulations Ltd
1991 Loopz ZX Spectrum 48K Audiogenic Software Ltd

Data Design Interactive games

Year Title Platform(s) Publisher
1991 Jeopardy! Game Boy GameTek, Inc.
Xenon 2: Megablast SEGA Master System Virgin Games
1994 Pinkie Amiga Millennium Interactive Ltd
X-It Amiga, MS-DOS Millennium Interactive Ltd
Rise of the Robots Game Gear Time Warner Interactive
Super NES Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
1995 Mega Drive, Mega-CD (cancelled) Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Waterworld Mega Drive (cancelled) Ocean Software Ltd
1997 Conquest Earth MS-DOS, Windows Eidos Interactive, Inc.
1999 LEGO Rock Raiders Windows, PlayStation (EU) LEGO Media International Ltd
2000 PlayStation (NA)
Tonka Space Station Windows, PlayStation Hasbro Interactive, Inc.
2001 Tonka Monster Trucks Windows Infogrames, Inc.
2002 Nickelodeon Party Blast GameCube, Windows, Xbox Infogrames Interactive, Inc.

Artworld animation

Year Title Platform(s) Developer
1998 LEGO Chess Windows Krisalis Software Ltd
1999 LEGO Racers Windows, PlayStation High Voltage Software, Inc.
1999 LEGO Rock Raiders Windows, PlayStation (EU) Data Design Interactive Ltd
2000 PlayStation (NA)
LEGOLAND Windows Krisalis Software Ltd
LEGO Alpha Team Windows Digital Domain
LEGO Creator: Knights' Kingdom Windows Superscape
Tonka Space Station Windows, PlayStation Data Design Interactive Ltd
2001 LEGO Creator: Harry Potter Windows Superscape
LEGO Racers 2 Windows, PlayStation 2 Attention to Detail Ltd
2002 Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Windows Qube Software
Nickelodeon Party Blast GameCube, Windows, Xbox Data Design Interactive Ltd

Notes

  1. ↑ Games not named in citation are from checking their credits for Artworld's involvement.
  2. ↑ Also known as Luna-Rover and Luna Buggy.
  3. ↑ Title screen gives the name Aliens.
  4. ↑ Also known as Tobruk: The Clash of Armour and Tobruk 1942.

References

  1. ↑ Data Design Interactive homepage. Archive from 2 September 2014.
  2. ↑ GamesIndustry International (23 May 2008). "Data Design Interactive opens US office". Eurogamer. Retrieved 21 October 2017. Archive from 26 May 2008.
  3. ↑ Jenkins, David (27 May 2008). "Data Design Interactive Opens U.S. Office". Gamasutra. UBM TechWeb. Retrieved 21 October 2017. Archive from 12 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Insolvency for DATA DESIGN INTERACTIVE LIMITED (03817591). Companies House. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Kidd, Graeme. "Down at Data Design Systems". Crash. Issue No. 28, May 1986. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Upchurch, David (March 2000). "LEGO Chess (PC)". Retrieved 21 October 2017. Archive from 23 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Moltenbrey, Karen (March 2000). "Legos Come to Life". Computer Graphics World. Volume 23. Issue 3. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Behind the Scenes: Rock Raiders". LEGO Adventures! Issue 7, October 1999, p. 30-33. Egmont Fleetway Ltd, Egmont House.
  10. ↑ "The Design Concept". The Ultimate LEGO Book. Dorling Kindersley, 1999, p. 30-33.
  11. ↑ The Artworld Design Group UK Limited. Accounts for a dormant company made up to 31 March 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  12. ↑ My Personal Trainer Limited. Company name changed the artworld design group uk LIMITED. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  13. ↑ Artworld Studios Limited. Incorporation. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  14. ↑ Artworld Studios Limited. Accounts for a dormant company made up to 31 March 2003. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  15. ↑ My Personal Trainer Limited. Final Gazette dissolved via voluntary strike-off. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  16. ↑ Artworld Studios Limited. Final Gazette dissolved via voluntary strike-off. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

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