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<ref name="US Office">Jenkins, David (27 May 2008). [http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/109723/Data_Design_Interactive_Opens_US_Office.php "Data Design Interactive Opens U.S. Office"].
<ref name="US Office">Jenkins, David (27 May 2008). [http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/109723/Data_Design_Interactive_Opens_US_Office.php "Data Design Interactive Opens U.S. Office"].
[[Wikipedia:Gamasutra|''Gamasutra'']]. [[Wikipedia:UBM TechWeb|UBM TechWeb]]. Retrieved 21 October 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120512012634/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/109723/Data_Design_Interactive_Opens_US_Office.php Archive] from 12 May 2012.</ref>
[[Wikipedia:Gamasutra|''Gamasutra'']]. [[Wikipedia:UBM TechWeb|UBM TechWeb]]. Retrieved 21 October 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120512012634/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/109723/Data_Design_Interactive_Opens_US_Office.php Archive] from 12 May 2012.</ref>
<ref name="Insolvency">
[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03817591/insolvency Insolvency for DATA DESIGN INTERACTIVE LIMITED (03817591)]. [[Wikipedia:Companies House|Companies House]]. Retrieved 21 October 2017.</ref>
<ref name="Legos">Moltenbrey, Karen (March 2000).
<ref name="Legos">Moltenbrey, Karen (March 2000).
[http://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2000/Volume-23-Issue-3-March-2000-/Legos-Come-to-Life.aspx#.UOT64Xfhc1E "Legos Come to Life"]. ''Computer Graphics World''. Volume 23. Issue 3. Retrieved 21 October 2017.</ref>
[http://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2000/Volume-23-Issue-3-March-2000-/Legos-Come-to-Life.aspx#.UOT64Xfhc1E "Legos Come to Life"]. ''Computer Graphics World''. Volume 23. Issue 3. Retrieved 21 October 2017.</ref>
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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">Kidd, Graeme. [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 "This Little Proggy Went To Market..."].
[[Wikipedia:Crash (magazine)|''Crash'']]. Issue No. 28, May 1986. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
[[Wikipedia:Crash (magazine)|''Crash'']] Issue No. 28, May 1986. p.76. [[Wikipedia:Newsfield Publications Ltd|Newsfield Publications Ltd]]. 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 Trainer">My Personal Trainer Limited.
Company records below
[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03942954/filing-history/MzAzNDIwOTYzN2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Company name changed the artworld design group uk LIMITED]. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
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<ref name="Trainer Dissolved">My Personal Trainer Limited. [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03942954/filing-history/MzA1NDgxODcyOGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Final Gazette dissolved via voluntary strike-off]. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
<ref name="Insolvency">Data Design Interactive Limited:
<ref name="Artworld Incorporation">Artworld Studios Limited. [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04405511/filing-history/MDA5MzA1MTY1NmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Incorporation]. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03817591/insolvency Insolvency for DATA DESIGN INTERACTIVE LIMITED (03817591)]. [[Wikipedia:Companies House|Companies House]]. Retrieved 21 October 2017.</ref>
<ref name="Artworld Dormant 2003">Artworld Studios Limited. [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04405511/filing-history/MDEyMDIyOTMyMmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Accounts for a dormant company made up to 31 March 2003]. 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]. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
<ref name="Artworld Dissolved">Artworld Studios Limited. [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04405511/filing-history/MzA1NDgxOTU3NmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Final Gazette dissolved via voluntary strike-off]. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
<ref name="Artworld Trainer">My Personal Trainer Limited: [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03942954/filing-history/MzAzNDIwOTYzN2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Company name changed the artworld design group uk LIMITED]. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
<ref name="Trainer Dissolved">My Personal Trainer Limited: [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03942954/filing-history/MzA1NDgxODcyOGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Final Gazette dissolved via voluntary strike-off]. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
<ref name="Artworld Incorporation">Artworld Studios Limited: [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04405511/filing-history/MDA5MzA1MTY1NmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Incorporation]. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
<ref name="Artworld Dormant 2003">Artworld Studios Limited: [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04405511/filing-history/MDEyMDIyOTMyMmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Accounts for a dormant company made up to 31 March 2003]. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
<ref name="Artworld Dissolved">Artworld Studios Limited: [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04405511/filing-history/MzA1NDgxOTU3NmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Final Gazette dissolved via voluntary strike-off]. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
[[Image:DDI logo.png|250px|thumb|Logo 1998-2006]]
[[Image:DDI logo.png|250px|thumb|Logo 1998-2006]]
* [http://www.ddi-games.com/ DDI Games], currently under construction
* [http://www.ddi-games.com/ Official website], currently under construction
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140902015957/http://ddi-games.com:80/ Homepage] archive from 2 September 2014
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140902015957/http://ddi-games.com:80/ Homepage] archive from 2 September 2014
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Revision as of 02:52, 23 October 2017

We are looking forward to the future, it looks very bright!
—Stewart Green, CEO, c. 2014[1]
Logo since 2006

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

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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, a "LEGO Jack Stone" video, and designs for some LEGO sets.

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
Mega-Mazing (compilation) ZX Spectrum 48K
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
Death Duel ZX Spectrum 48K Sinclair User
Invadas ZX Spectrum 48K Your Sinclair
Invadas + Bomber ZX Spectrum 48K Data Design Systems
Space Fright ZX Spectrum 48K
1987 Tobruk[n 4] ZX Spectrum 48K Personal Software Services Ltd
1988 Pegasus Bridge ZX Spectrum 48K
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
Super League Manager ZX Spectrum 48K (cancelled)

ZX Spectrum utilities:

Year Title Type
1986 BASIC+ BASIC programmer
1987 Elite Editor Game Editor
64 Column Display Fonts & UDGs
Printer Visual/Screen
Sprite Designer Visual/Screen

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
Rise of the Robots Game Gear Time Warner Interactive
Super NES Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
1995 Mega Drive, Mega-CD (cancelled)
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
Tonka Monster Trucks Windows Infogrames, Inc.
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. ↑ Data Design Interactive Limited: Insolvency for DATA DESIGN INTERACTIVE LIMITED (03817591). Companies House. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Kidd, Graeme. "This Little Proggy Went To Market...". Crash Issue No. 28, May 1986. p.76. Newsfield Publications Ltd. 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. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  12. ↑ My Personal Trainer Limited: Company name changed the artworld design group uk LIMITED. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  13. ↑ Artworld Studios Limited: Incorporation. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  14. ↑ Artworld Studios Limited: Accounts for a dormant company made up to 31 March 2003. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  15. ↑ My Personal Trainer Limited: Final Gazette dissolved via voluntary strike-off. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  16. ↑ Artworld Studios Limited: Final Gazette dissolved via voluntary strike-off. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

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