Mark Lorenzen
Mark Lorenzen (born 1966) is a video game designer and former entrepreneur. He is best known for his work with Doug TenNapel.
Biography
Lorenzen was born in Huntington Beach, California. He got primary education from Huntington Beach High School, and later attended Point Loma Nazarene University,[1] finishing it in 1988 on art specialty. Here he studied along with Doug TenNapel.[2]
Career
Lorenzen first entered the video game industry by joining Blue Sky Software in the early 90s. While there, he served as design director on such games as Jurassic Park, Vectorman and Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy's Invention, working alongside TenNapel. After leaving Blue Sky in 1995 Lorenzen joined Shiny Entertainment, working on Earthworm Jim 2. The level "Lorenzen's Soil" was named in his honour. In 1996 Doug TenNapel formed The Neverhood, Inc. (further history could be read here), with Lorenzen and number of people from Shiny joining in. He worked on game with his brother Tim, who worked at 7th Level. Lorenzen and TenNapel created the history of the game, which spans 38 screens and could be read in Neverhood's "Hall of Records". Lorenzen later led art design on The Neverhood, Inc.-made Skullmonkeys and BoomBots.
In 1999 The Neverhood, Inc. went bust, and Lorenzen with its former workers formed the game company Monkeytropolis, based in Rancho Santa Margarita, California[3] Company was active for 3 years and then went bust. Its only project was "an extreme sports title for Activision".[4] Company was active for 3 years and then went bust.
In April 2002 Lorenzen joined Electronic Arts.
In January 2014, Pencil Test Studios announced that Lorenzen was working as the lead programmer on their upcoming Armikrog game.[5]
Game credits
- The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II (2006), Electronic Arts, Inc.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth (2004), Electronic Arts, Inc.
- Command & Conquer: Generals (2003), Electronic Arts, Inc.
- Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour (2003), Electronic Arts Ltda.
- Boombots (1999), SouthPeak Interactive, LLC
- Skullmonkeys (1998), Electronic Arts, Inc.
- Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can 'O Worms (1996), Funsoft
- The Neverhood (1996), DreamWorks Interactive L.L.C., Microsoft Corporation
- Desert Demolition Starring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote (1995), SEGA of America, Inc.
- Earthworm Jim 2 (1995), Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
- Gragoyles (1995), Buena Vista Interactive
- Vectorman (1995), SEGA of America, Inc.
- World Series Baseball '95 (1995), SEGA of America, Inc.
- Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition (1994), SEGA of America, Inc.
- Jurassic Park (1993), SEGA of America, Inc.
- The Ren & Stimpy Show: Stimpy's Invention (1993), SEGA of America, Inc.
Personal life
Lorenzen is married to his wife Angela, and has two children: son Christian and daughter Caroline. He is based at Sandy, Utah.
References
- ↑ "Monkeytropolis Team Profiles".
- ↑ The Team of The Neverhood.
- ↑ "Cortera Business Directory".
- ↑ "Monkeytropolis". Replay.waybackmachine.org. 2001-02-21. Archived from the original on February 21, 2001. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
- ↑ "GoNintendo: Armikrog update". gonintendo.com. 2014-01-08.