In this interview, featured as part of the ‘Game Masters’ exhibition, Rob Murray speaks about his career as a game designer. Starting out as a solo developer for hire to becoming CEO of Firemint, Murray is one of the most successful indie game developers in existence.
Firemint’s success is due to Murray’s vision to create games such as ‘Flight Control’(2009) and’ Real Racing’ (2009), which are both easy to play and elegant and addictive in equal measure. In addition, his prescient reading of the drive towards personalised gaming, led by the ubiquity of social networking on mobile platforms, has kept his games on trend – ‘Flight Control’, for example, allows players to choose music from their personal libraries to accompany the game.
Rob talks about the rise of mobile based gaming and the development of ‘Flight Control’ and ‘Real Racing’ .
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22 April 2019
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ACMI Identifier
B2002639
Language
English
Audience classification
Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Designers
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Interviews
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and technology
Crafts & Visual Arts → Designers
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Games
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Internet games
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Art and technology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Internet games
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technological innovations
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technological innovations - Australia
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Sound
Colour
Colour
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DVCAM; Master
DVD [PAL]; Copy
DVD [PAL]; Back-up
MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
DVCAM; Sub-master
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI External Digital Access Copy