SPARK ID
# 4
Co-founder & Head of Technology
Andrei Shires
I’m Drei – I’m the guy you talk to when the ones and the zeros aren’t working right! I’m a dad, a husband, a gamer and motorsports fan… in that order!
_favourite Game
UFO Enemy Unknown
_favourite BOOK
Pyramids (Terry Pratchett)
_Currently learning
OpenSCAD for 3d printing ninjaness
Questions & Answers
Questions & Answers
Questions & Answers
Questions & Answers
Questions & Answers
Questions & Answers
Questions & Answers
Questions & Answers
Questions & Answers
Questions & Answers
Q
Earliest gaming memory?
Answer
Playing an Arkanoid rip off on the BBC Micro Computer at home with my Dad.
Q
What was the game that triggered you looking at games as a career?
Answer
Quake 1 – making mods blew my mind.
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What did you study at School or Uni that you feel was valuable for a career in games?
Answer
At school I did a whole bunch of different mods for Quake 1 and Duke Nukem 3d with some of my friends. We also made machinima and did some pre-rendered cutscenes. I also did Physics A level.
At uni I did a BSc(Hons) in Software Engineering but used game engines in my dissertation and smaller games for lots of projects.
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Game that has inspired you the most?
Answer
Quake 1 – learning to code in it changed my life.
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What is the first game you worked on?
Answer
Commercially - Burnout Paradise but my first games were Quake 1 mods.
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Games you’re the proudest to have worked on?
Answer
Burnout Paradise, NFS Hot Pursuit and Battlefront 2
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If you weren’t making games?
Answer
I’d be very sad… making software of some sort and games in my spare time.
Q
Top 3 games of all time?
Answer
#1 - UFO Enemy Unknown
#2 - Assassins Creed 2
#3 - Burnout 3
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Hardest Game Boss?
Answer
The yeti in ski free – screw that guy!