Kian Bashiri Explained

Kian Bashiri
Birth Date:1987
Education:Stockholm University
Occupation:Video game developer
Notable Works:You Have to Burn the Rope

Kian Bashiri (born in 1987[1]) is a Swedish video game developer and programmer, best known for the IGF Innovation Award-nominated metagame You Have To Burn The Rope released in 2008. He started making Flash games in 1999 and continued to play around with the software for many years before deciding he wanted to be a professional games developer. Bashiri attended Stockholm University and the School of Future Entertainment where he studied computer game development.[2] [3] Beyond You Have To Burn The Rope, he developed and released other games independently, such as Metro: Rules of Conduct (2008)[4] [5] and Swarm (2008), the latter which won him a Swedish Game Award for Best Mobile Game. After graduating, however, he joined the small Stockholm studio Might and Delight as Lead Game Programmer for the game Pid.[6] [7] [8] [9] As of 2021, he was working as the Lead Animation Programmer at Ubisoft Stockholm.[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Caoili . Eric . Road To The IGF: Mazapan's You Have To Burn The Rope . Gamasutra . en.
  2. Web site: Kian Bashiri (Might & Delight) . Gotland Game Conference . 25 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Interview: You Have To Burn The Rope's Kian Bashiri . GameSetWatch . 25 July 2021.
  4. News: Gillen . Kieron . Going Underground: Metro Rules Of Conduct . 25 July 2021 . Rock Paper Shotgun . 1 December 2008 . en.
  5. Web site: FLASH GAME CHALLENGE: Metro Rules of Conduct . Tech Digest . 1 December 2008.
  6. News: Vass debut med kluven identitet . 25 July 2021 . Aftonbladet . sv.
  7. Web site: Pid-intervju . GameReactor . 25 July 2021 . no.
  8. Web site: Cordeiro . Fernando . In defense of old values: talking with Pid's Kian Bashiri . Nightmare Mode . 25 July 2021 . 28 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131228120638/http://nightmaremode.net/2012/11/kian-bashiri-pid-22928/ . 2013-12-28 .
  9. Web site: Rose . Mike . Pid 's dilemma - how do you make a 2D platformer that stands out? . Gamasutra . en.
  10. Web site: Kian Bashiri . LinkedIn . 25 July 2021.
  11. News: Radio . Sveriges . DOKUMENTÄR: En historisk räddningsaktion - P3 Spel . 25 July 2021 . sverigesradio.se . sv.