Nicky Robinson (game programmer)

Nicky Robinson is an American computer game programmer and software developer.[1] Her career spanned over thirty years, extending back to titles such as Star Control and Mail Order Monsters, which she worked on with Evan Robinson and game designer Paul Reiche III.[2] Robinson later worked at 3DO as a game programmer and on the Android software as a release manager on the Skype team at Microsoft.[3]

Nicky Robinson
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California Santa Cruz
Pomona College
Occupationcomputer game programmer
Years active1985-2018
Known forStar Control, Mail Order Monsters

Robinson is credited as helping start the Game Developers Conference as an offshoot of the Journal of Computer Game Design.[4] She later served in the board of the conference at the invitation of Chris Crawford.

Robinson's work has been published by Electronic Arts, Activision, Accolade, 3DO and Atari.

Robinson had been active in the organization and leadership of Women in Games International, a group dedicated to involving more women in professional game development and to advancing their careers.[5]

Titles
gollark: Especially since this is entertainment for people, so they are generally not going to do boring work much.
gollark: It might make sense to contract someone to write software for you, and I think this occasionally happens, but employees just don't really work.
gollark: Indeed.
gollark: Most people don't want to deal with things like accounting or employment contracts and such, so they're basically partnerships which share resources of some kind.
gollark: Companies and shared bases are basically the same thing here.

References
  1. O'Connor, Rory J. (1991-03-18). "COMPUTER GAME VIOLENCE SPARKS DESIGN DEBATE". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  2. Hutchinson, Lee (2016-10-18). "A first look at Star Control: Origins gameplay—prequel due for release in 2H17 [Updated]". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  3. "Nicky Robinson | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  4. "The Computer Game Developers' Conference | Interactive Storytelling Tools for Writers | Chris Crawford". www.erasmatazz.com. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  5. "Women in Games International Conference in San Francisco Game Industry Leaders Discuss Hot Career Topics". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
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