Kim Swift

Kim Swift

Kim Swift at the Game Developers Conference in 2010

Kim Swift
Born 1983 (age 31–32)[1]
Nationality American
Occupation Video game designer

Kim Swift (born 1983) is an American video game designer best known for her work at Valve with games such as Portal and Left 4 Dead.

A graduate of DigiPen, Kim Swift and a group of her fellow graduates developed Narbacular Drop, a portal-based game that was later presented to Valve, which led to Gabe Newell personally offering to hire them so that they could create the critically acclaimed game Portal.[2] Kim Swift was both the leader of the Portal team as well as a level designer. Besides Portal, Swift has been involved in other Valve projects, most notably Left 4 Dead and its sequel, Left 4 Dead 2, where she also played a leading role in development.[3]

In December 2009, Swift left Valve to join Airtight Games. There, in cooperation with Square Enix, she led the team that developed Quantum Conundrum.

On the announcement of the Amazon Fire TV microconsole, Amazon also reported that they have brought Swift in to help build games in their internal studio.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ Dodson, Joe (2007-10-13). "By Design - Half-Life 2: Orange Box". Gamespot. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  2. ↑ "Kim Swift". MobyGames. 2009-12-20. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  3. ↑ "Left 4 Dead 2 Interview with Kim Swift" Left 4 Dead 2 Website Nov. 13, 2009. Ret Mar. 2014 http://left4dead2.org/left-4-dead-2-interview-with-valves-kim-swift
  4. ↑ Shrieier, Chris (2014-04-02). "Amazon Hires Portal's Kim Swift, Far Cry 2's Clint Hocking". Kotaku. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  5. ↑ "PIXLD". Airtight Mobile. 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  6. ↑ "Soul Fjord". Airtight Mobile. Retrieved 2014-01-28.