Derek Yu
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Derek Yu (born July 2, 1982) is an American independent video game designer, video game artist, and blogger.[1][2] Yu has designed and co-designed several award-winning games, most famously Spelunky, Aquaria, and Eternal Daughter.[3] He is also notable as a blogger and custodian of the influential TIGSource blog/community about independent video games. He has been called an "indie superstar" and a "genuine icon" of the video game industry.[4]
Life and career
Yu's first exposure to computer games was an Atari 2600 when he was a child. Already in second grade, he and a friend started mapping out simple games on paper, later moving on to making text adventures on the PC and eventually using Klik & Play to make games. After graduating from college with a degree in computer science, Yu moved to San Francisco and worked as a freelance illustrator.[4]
In 2007, Yu created satiric run-and-gun freeware game I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator with Alec Holowka and two others, in response to Jack Thompson's "A Modest Video Game Proposal", an open letter regarding gun violence and violent video games that offered $10,000 to charity if videogame developers would dare to make a game depicting videogame developers being killed. The collaboration with Holowka later led to the formation of the company Bit Blot and the release of Aquaria in 2007, which was a big success and won the Seumas McNally award at the 2007 IGF. According to Yu, "Not only did Aquaria sell well enough that [Alec Holowka and I] could continue making games full time, but the positive feedback we received from players and critics also validated us as artists and helped to put to rest our doubts about whether we were making something worthwhile." However, Bit Blot never produced another title, and the last update to the company's website occurred in 2011. Yu and Holowka lived in separate countries,[1] and Holowka cited the long-distance nature of the collaboration as a source of tension during a 2008 interview.
In 2008, Yu released the highly popular and influential roguelike Spelunky, propelling Yu's work to the wider mainstream for the first time. A sequel, Spelunky 2, was released in 2020.
In 2014, Yu designed the card game Time Barons with Jon Perry.[5]
In 2016, Yu and Perry thought up the idea to develop 50 distinct games published under one collection, titled UFO 50. Other developers, such as Eirik Suhrke and Ojiro Fumoto, helped with development. The game released in 2024.
Ludography
| Date | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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| 1999 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Remade as one of the games included in UFO 50, titled under the name Devilition | [6] | |
| 2002 | Script error: No such module "sort". | [7] | ||
| 2002 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Artist | [8] | |
| 2003 | Script error: No such module "sort". | [3][9] | ||
| 2006 | Script error: No such module "sort". | [10] | ||
| 2007 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Winner of the 2007 IGF Seumas McNally Grand Prize. | [11][12][13][1][2] | |
| 2008 | Script error: No such module "sort". | PC Gamer UK 2013 Game of the Year. Originally released as a freeware Windows title, an enhanced remake was first released on Xbox 360 in 2012. | [14][15] | |
| 2020 | Script error: No such module "sort". | [16] | ||
| 2024 | UFO 50 | Co-director | Contains remakes of Yu's past games Diabolika and Quibble Race.[17] | [18] |
Bibliography
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Yu, Derek (March 2016). Spelunky. Los Angeles: Boss Fight Books. ISBN 978-1940535111.
References
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- ^ a b c Road To The IGF: Bit Blot's Aquaria Script error: No such module "webarchive". gamasutra.com, October 23, 2006
- ^ a b Inside Job: Interview; Aquaria Creators Derek Yu, Alec Holowka (page 2/5) Script error: No such module "webarchive". The Escapist, 18 January 2008
- ^ a b 4cr Interview - Derek Yu Script error: No such module "webarchive". 4colorrebellion.com, September 30, 2005
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bradley, Alan. "Being Derek Yu: A Chat With The Creator of 'Spelunky', 'UFO 50'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2018-02-08. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Time Barons: From Spelunky to Card Games". pastemagazine.com. October 15, 2014. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Diabolika (Windows)". My Abandonware. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.About, archived from the original on 2001-03-03, retrieved 2017-05-07
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."DRL - D**m, the Roguelike: DRL 0.9.9.8 Released, Jupiter Hell Classic Announced!". drl.chaosforge.org. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Diabolika 2: The Devil's Last Stand (Windows)". My Abandonware. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wallis, Alistair (2006-10-23). "Road To The IGF: Bit Blot's Aquaria". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
- ^ IGS: Inside The Making Of Aquaria Script error: No such module "webarchive". gamasutra.com, February 18, 2008
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Yu, Derek (2016). "1". Spelunky. Los Angeles, CA: Boss Fight Books. p. (kindle ebook location) 117.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Holowka, Alec (3 November 2011). "AQUARIA FOR IPAD RELEASED!". bit-blot.com. Bit Blot. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Game of the year 2013: Spelunky". PC Gamer UK. Future plc. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Major Nelson Xbox Live Marketplace Release Schedule". 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spelunky World". Spelunky World. Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Derek Yu". www.derekyu.com. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."UFO 50". 50games.fun. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
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