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Mike McShaffry

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Michael Lawrence McShaffry
Born(1966-03-26)26 March 1966
Alma materUniversity of Houston
SpouseRobin Chenowith McShaffry

Mike McShaffry is a video game programmer,[1] entrepreneur and author. He is known as the director of Ultima VIII: Pagan. He graduated from the University of Houston and began his video game industry career working for Origin Systems in 1990. He worked on titles such as Martian Dreams, Ultima VII: The Black Gate, Ultima VIII: Pagan, Ultima IX: Ascension and Ultima Online. In 1997 he formed his own company Tornado Alley. He has since worked at Glass Eye Entertainment, producing Microsoft Casino.

Bibliography

  • McShaffry, Mike (2003). Game Coding Complete. Paraglyph Press. ISBN 978-1-93211-175-0. (600 pages)
  • McShaffry, Mike (2005). Game Coding Complete, 2nd Edition. Paraglyph Press. ISBN 978-1-93211-191-0. (850 pages)
  • McShaffry, Mike (2009). Game Coding Complete, 3rd Edition. Charles River Media. ISBN 978-1-58450-680-5. (908 pages)
  • McShaffry, Mike (2012). Game Coding Complete, 4th Edition. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1-13377-657-4. (960 pages) co-authored with David "Rez" Graham

References

  1. ^ Michael, David R.; Chen, Sande (2006). Serious games: games that educate, train and inform. Thomson Course Technology. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-59200-622-9. Retrieved 18 May 2011.