Gennadiy Korol

Gennadiy Korol
Education Computer Science
Alma mater Tel Aviv University
Occupation Director of Technology
Employer Moon Studios
Notable work Ori and the Blind Forest

Gennadiy Korol is a video game programmer, animator and producer. He studied at Tel Aviv University in Israel, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Korol currently serves as Director of Technology and Project Manager at Moon Studios GmbH, a company founded by him and Thomas Mahler in 2010[1]. The Studios is noted for attracting and utilizing developer talent around the world in a decentralized manner[2][3].

Korol is best known for being co-creator of the 2015 critically acclaimed and award-winning indie game title, Ori and the Blind Forest, which became profitable within weeks after release[4][5][6].

The game is considered an example of video games becoming closer to art, and it won, among others, the BAFTA Games Award for Artistic Achievement and the Game Award for Best Art Direction[7]. For example, Chris Melissinos commented that the video game audience was not used to seeing Ori and the Blind Forest's dreamlike sensitivity style of art usually reserved for high profile animated films[8]. Korol was included on the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2017[7].

He is currently developing Ori and the Will of the Wisps.[9] Korol regards virtual reality gaming the "future of entertainment", but that it would have to break the market through lower prices[10].

References

  1. ↑ "Moon Studios | Ori". Ori. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  2. ↑ m.b.H., STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft. ""Ori"-Entwickler: Für Top-Games aus Österreich fehlen Geld und Talente". derStandard.at. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  3. ↑ "A Multinational Team Bands Together To Create Ori And The Blind Forest". Game Informer. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  4. ↑ Tom (16 March 2015). "Getting to know Moon Studios". Refined Geekery. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Batchelor, James (1 December 2014). "Making Ori and the Blind Forest". Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Webber, Jordan Erica (2015-04-01). "Ori and the Blind Forest review: "a challenging and beautiful journey"". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  7. 1 2 "Gennadiy Korol". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  8. ↑ "Can video games be art?". CNN. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
  9. ↑ "Ori and the Will of the Wisps Developer Interview". TrueAchievements. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
  10. ↑ "“People will fall for it like a drug”—Game devs on the future of VR". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
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