About Me
Welcome to my website.
I’m a game designer.
I have created dozens of games since 2002. Game design is my life passion. It's a way for me to discover the truth about life and the universe, and to share my findings and joyance with people. Games are artistically crafted playgrounds where we exercise the power of choice, the free will, and the rights of being human, where we experience, learn and grow. To me, creating such playful spaces is a deep form of exploration in humanity.
Since the age of 12, I've been a member of Hawk Studio, the largest Age of Empires II custom campaign designer group in China, and I have created 13 campaigns, including Ocean Blue, a nominee of multiple AOK Heaven Game of The Year Awards 2009. In 2014, I co-founded Echostone Games to continue developing my MFA Thesis project Gemini, a finalist of IndieCade, IGF, and SXSW, having been covered by LA Times, Polygon, and Kotaku and officially showcased at GDC, PAX Prime, and E3.
I received my Game Design MFA degree from NYU Game Center. I was awarded the Randy Pausch Scholarship by Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences for my over a decade's devotion to the craft of game design. I also hold a duel degree of BA in Design and BS in Biological Science from Tsinghua University.
Welcome to my website again and feel free to check out my games.
Have fun.
Atlas Chen
theatlaschen@gmail.com
Connect me at LinkedIn
I’m a game designer.
I have created dozens of games since 2002. Game design is my life passion. It's a way for me to discover the truth about life and the universe, and to share my findings and joyance with people. Games are artistically crafted playgrounds where we exercise the power of choice, the free will, and the rights of being human, where we experience, learn and grow. To me, creating such playful spaces is a deep form of exploration in humanity.
Since the age of 12, I've been a member of Hawk Studio, the largest Age of Empires II custom campaign designer group in China, and I have created 13 campaigns, including Ocean Blue, a nominee of multiple AOK Heaven Game of The Year Awards 2009. In 2014, I co-founded Echostone Games to continue developing my MFA Thesis project Gemini, a finalist of IndieCade, IGF, and SXSW, having been covered by LA Times, Polygon, and Kotaku and officially showcased at GDC, PAX Prime, and E3.
I received my Game Design MFA degree from NYU Game Center. I was awarded the Randy Pausch Scholarship by Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences for my over a decade's devotion to the craft of game design. I also hold a duel degree of BA in Design and BS in Biological Science from Tsinghua University.
Welcome to my website again and feel free to check out my games.
Have fun.
Atlas Chen
theatlaschen@gmail.com
Connect me at LinkedIn
