Andy Looney

Andrew J. Looney
Born November 5, 1963 (1963-11-05) (age 48)
Residence College Park, Maryland
Nationality American
Other names Andy Looney
Known for Game Designer

Andrew J. Looney (born November 5, 1963), better known as Andy Looney, is an award-winning game designer and computer programmer.

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Biography

Looney, his wife Kristin Looney, and Alison Frane together run the games company Looney Labs,[1] which has published most of his game designs, such as Fluxx, Chrononauts, and the Icehouse game system.[2]

Before Looney and his wife started Looney Labs, they had both worked at NASA, where, in 1993, some of Looney's software was launched into orbit as part of the repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope.[3] He then went on to a brief career as a game programmer at Magnet Interactive Studios, where he created that company's only entry to the market, Icebreaker.

Patents & awards

Looney holds patents on the game mechanics for Icehouse, IceTowers and Chrononauts:

Looney has won the following game design awards:

Works

References

  1. ^ West, Susan (October 2005). "The Looney Labs Experiment". GAMES magazine (Games Publications). http://www.wunderland.com/LooneyLabs/Press/200510_gamesmag.html. 
  2. ^ Salen, Katie; Zimmerman, Eric (2003). Rules of Play. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press. pp. 546. ISBN 978-0-262-24045-1. 
  3. ^ Who is Andrew Looney?
  4. ^ a b Mensa Select Past Winners
  5. ^ a b Origins Award Winners 2000
  6. ^ Origins Award Winners 2001
  7. ^ 33rd Annual Origins Award Winners
  8. ^ 34th Annual Origins Award Winners

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