Biography Dave Marsh (game developer)

1 biography

1.1 icom simulations
1.2 viacom new media
1.3 infinite ventures
1.4 zojoi

biography
icom simulations

in mid-1980s, dave marsh started career in game development developing projects , creating graphics apple ii. met programmer terry schulenburg icom simulations after had released first macventure game: déjà vu: nightmare comes true in 1985. terry told dave kind of games working on , lent 1 of icom s macintosh 128k systems him. dave enlisted of friend karl roelofs, , 2 began working on first complete game become shadowgate.

dave officially joined icom simulations in april–may 1985, , began working artist on 2nd macventure game: uninvited , artist , producer on pc ports of first macventure game, déjà vu. karl came on board after, , 2 continued designing , developing shadowgate while working on other macventure games. 1 of issues dave , karl had deal in making shadowgate size constraints of floppy disks. of puzzles , rooms designed had cut in order there enough space fit them on disks.

in 90 s, rise in cd-rom technology, higher ups @ icom simulations decided move away adventure games in favor of side-scrollers , action games. adventure games dave , karl involved in, such beyond shadowgate , awakening, cancelled , icom secured contract nec develop turbografx-16. in addition more action oriented games, dave , karl heavily involved working on games used live actors , full motion video, such sherlock holmes: consulting detective, make use of latest technological advancements.

two major changes happened @ icom simulations while dave there. on july 5, 1991, tod zipnick, founder , principal shareholder of icom simulations, died of hodgkin s disease @ age of 35. in may 1993, icom simulations purchased viacom, inc. part of media conglomerate s expansion interactive media. icom simulations renamed viacom new media , changed focus of games dave , company develop next 4 years.

viacom new media

after icom simulations became viacom new media, dave began working on producing games based on licensed properties, of mtv , nickelodeon. of these games included rocko s modern life: spunky s dangerous day , beavis , butt-head. in 1998, viacom shut down viacom new media , sold off intellectual properties.

one of viacom new media s former employees eugene evans, formerly of mythic entertainment, had founded own company called infinite ventures. contacted dave , got in securing of icom simulation s intellectual properties, including shadowgate.

infinite ventures

with icom simulation s library of games in possession, eugene evans worked dave marsh , karl roelofs revitalize shadowgate , other macventure games.

they re-released higher quality versions of 3 volumes of sherlock holmes consulting detective video mysteries , dracula unleashed interactive dvd games played on dvd player.

in 2008, infinite ventures closed down , intellectual properties of icom simulations remained in possession of infinite venture s karla knickerbocker. in january 2012, dave marsh approached karla interest secure rights icom simulations library of games.

zojoi

on march 7, 2012, dave founded zojoi, llc fellow icom simulations , infinite ventures veteran, karl roelofs. on zojoi company website, state mission follows:

our goal bring both exciting versions of classic titles (many of defined entire genres) , new games pc s, macs , tablets!

on march 16, 2012, zojoi launched kickstarter crowd funding campaign fund development of remastered version of original 9 sherlock holmes: consulting detective mysteries. dave marsh appeared in pitch video project describe , company wanted do. had set funding goal of $55,000 campaign, , offered rewards allow backers become additional part of game, such writing important article in game copies of london times.

unfortunately, campaign ended on april 28, 2012 after raising $17,430: 31% of target goal. meant dave , zojoi not funding @ outlined in kickstarter s guidelines. despite turn of events, dave stated in update on campaign page , zojoi still work towards remastering , releasing sherlock holmes: consulting detective, though take longer raise money necessary finish work.

on september 18, 2012, first 3 sherlock holmes: consulting detective mysteries released on itunes ipad 2 , newer ipad models. windows , os x version of same 3 mysteries later released via desura on october 7, 2012.

dave s next project revitalize shadowgate, , on october 26, 2012, zojoi launched kickstarter campaign it. dave , karl both appeared in pitch video, , offering physical rewards including recreations of staff of ages used in game , shadowgate card game called quests of shadowgate designed coleman charlton of iron crown enterprises , mayfair games. target goal campaign set @ $120,000 , last 31 days.

unlike previous releases of shadowgate, version dave marsh , karl wanted make different. dave stated game re-imagining of shadowgate new puzzles cut original game added in along other brand new puzzles. puzzles , rooms removed or altered solution solving room s puzzle in new game different in previous releases.

the campaign met funding goal 2 days left before end of campaign. when ended on november 25, 2012, raised $137,232 in pledges 3,468 backers. not did campaign meet target funding goal, first stretch-goal well. campaign s success, dave began production on shadowgate @ zojoi. of december 24, 2012, zojoi still accepting pledges via paypal in case else wanted pledge , assist in reaching next stretch goal, , dave working on game s development.