• Source: Gregory Avery-Weir

      • Gregory Avery-Weir is an American game designer and writer, best known for the 2009 browser game The Majesty of Colors. Avery-Weir lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.


      Early life and education


      Avery-Weir received little formal art training, other than occasional art and cartooning classes while growing up. At college they produced a weekly comic in their college newspaper called “The Absolute Sum of All Evil”.


      Career


      Up until 2008, Avery-Weir worked as a web developer for RealEstate.com. Prior to their fully released games, Avery-Weir developed hobby game projects in Logowriter, Hypercard, DOS batch scripts, Megazeux, and Inform 6 and 7.
      Avery-Weir wrote most of their games in the language ActionScript 3 for the Flash platform. Avery-Weir takes responsibility for the graphics, the programming, and the design of the games. They funded their work through a bid-based model, where casual gaming portals such as Kongregate or Armor Games bid to sponsor Flash projects in exchange for privileges such as their logo appearing in the final game, site exclusivity, or other benefits. Avery-Weir's games are developed start to finish, and then offered up for sponsorship as a complete product. Says Avery-Weir, "That means that I get to maintain creative freedom, although it does introduce uncertainty. I’m never quite sure if a game is going to get sponsors interested at all."


      Influences


      Among the games that Avery-Weir has suggested influence their work is Shadow of the Colossus, Planescape: Torment and Knytt. They have also mentioned H. P. Lovecraft as an influence.


      Writing


      During 2008 and 2009, Avery-Weir undertook paid work writing for game website GameSetWatch. They also maintain a blog on games called Ludus Novus.


      Games


      Necropolis
      The Majesty of Colors
      Babies Dream of Dead Worlds
      Bars of Black and White
      Exploit
      Sugarcore
      How to Raise a Dragon
      Silent Conversation
      The Mold Fairy
      The Bryant Collection
      Backup
      Looming
      The Day
      A Ride Home
      Beneath the Waves
      Passing the Ball
      The Whispering Thing
      FutureProof


      See also


      Anna Anthropy


      References




      External links


      Ludus Novus, Avery-Weir's blog, with playable versions of many of Avery-Weir's games
      Gregory Avery-Weir at MobyGames
      Gregory Avery-Weir on Mastadon
      Gregory Avery-Weir on Twitter

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