Rush The Rock

San Francisco Rush - The Rock: Alcatraz Edition is an arcade racing game released by Atari Games in 1997

Core team: ~12

Time on project: ~10 months

Contributions

  • Converted consumer-built race tracks for use in the Arcade
  • Created hundreds of textures from scanned photo reference of Alcatraz island including a 360 degree panorama
  • Implemented Time Bonus algorithm based on 8 levels of difficulty
  • Helped develop and test a real-time Arcade tournament network of over 50 games in dozens of locations in California (WaveNet)

LinkedIn Recommendations

"Innovation, tenacity and exceptional detail where just the starting points that Steve brought to the San Francisco Rush racing series. His approach to the game design process was then brutally elevated by his competitive nature to settle for nothing but first place during testing. His countless hours of fine tuning helped secure SF Rush as an extreme hit. His easy going personality and willingness to work with the team made him a high level go-to collaborative focal point. I truly enjoyed working with him and highly recommend his skills and passion for the art of game design." - Kirk Young

"Stephen is a really talented designer who brings quality focus to a project. The San Francisco Rush projects remain some of my favorites from a game play standpoint (the balance was near perfect) and Stephen's paws were all over those." - Wallace Poulter