Tony Rowe

Tony Rowe has a diverse and extensive work experience in the field of game design and production. Tony started their career at WayForward Technologies in 1997 as a Programmer. Tony then joined DreamWorks Interactive LLC in 1998 as a Game Designer, where they worked on projects like Medal of Honor: Underground and Medal of Honor PC.

In 2000, Tony Rowe joined Electronic Arts Los Angeles as a Game Designer, specializing in AI character and game object scripting, vehicle AI, and historical research. Tony contributed to games like Medal of Honor: Frontline and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Spearhead, and designed the entire multiplayer component of Frontline.

Tony Rowe then moved to Spark Unlimited in 2002 as a Game Designer and one of the studio founders. Tony worked on games like Call of Duty: Finest Hour and Legendary, focusing on physics prototyping and turning real-world locations into game levels.

In 2005, Tony Rowe joined LucasArts as a Senior Game Designer. Tony managed different teams of level designers and specialized in dialogue and story writing, character design, visual design, linguistics, historical research, and physics prototyping. Tony contributed to games like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings.

From 2013 to 2014, Tony Rowe worked as a Senior Game Designer at HappyGiant, and then joined Game-U in 2014 as a Game Design Director. At Game-U, they instructed classes in video game, card game, and board game design, and developed a school-wide curriculum in design theory and good design practices.

Since 2015, Tony Rowe has been associated with Drexel University as an Adjunct Professor of Game Design and Production, and later as an Assistant Teaching Professor of Game Design and Production.

Additionally, Tony Rowe has also worked as a Freelance Writer, contributing to publications like Star Wars Insider magazine and starwars.com.

Tony Rowe has a diverse education history. From 2018 to 2020, they attended Drexel University, where they pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in General Studies. Prior to that, from 1994 to 1995, they studied at the Institute of Computer Technology, specializing in Computer Science and earning an Associate of Arts degree. In the early 1990s, specifically from 1990 to 1992, Tony attended the California Institute of the Arts, focusing on Character Animation, although no specific degree information is provided for this period.