HYPERFICTIONS.COM

About Me
My name is Andrew Thomas, i'm a 3d modeller, designer and scripter working for Frontier Developments.
These are the published games that I have been involved in over recent years.

Feel free to E-Mail me at webmaster@hyperfictions.com


 


PLANET ZOO
TYPE : Commercial
STATUS : Released
JOB POSITION : Economy, AI, and Level Designer
DEVELOPER : Frontier Developments
PUBLISHER : Microsoft
PLATFORM : PC

The spiritual successor to Zoo Tycoon, expanding on the Planet Coaster engine with enhanced graphics and gameplay.

 


PLANET COASTER
TYPE : Commercial
STATUS : In development
JOB POSITION : Designer / tools programmer
DEVELOPER : Frontier Developments
PUBLISHER : Frontier Developments
PLATFORM : PC

The spiritual successor to Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, bringing the genre up to date with greatly improved graphics, sounds, building tools, and underlying simulation.

 


SCREAMRIDE
TYPE : Commercial
STATUS : Released
JOB POSITION : Level Designer
DEVELOPER : Frontier Developments
PUBLISHER : Microsoft
PLATFORM : XBoxOne, XBox360

A full-featured, physics-based coaster game where creativity and destruction are equally welcomed.

 


ELITE DANGEROUS
TYPE : Commercial
STATUS :
Elite Dangerous : Published
Elite Dangerous: Horizons : Published (ongoing)
JOB POSITION : Designer / tools programmer
DEVELOPER : Frontier Developments
PUBLISHER : Frontier Developments
PLATFORM : PC, Mac, XBoxOne

The spectacular new multi-player installment in the seminal open world series of space games that started with Elite.

 


KINECTIMALS UNLEASHED
TYPE : Commercial
STATUS : Released
JOB POSITION : Telemetry support
DEVELOPER : Frontier Developments
PUBLISHER : Frontier Developments
PLATFORM : Windows mobile, IOS

A remake of the Kinectimals title for mobile platforms.

 


ZOO TYCOON
TYPE : Commercial
STATUS : Released
JOB POSITION : Designer
DEVELOPER : Frontier Developments
PUBLISHER : Microsoft
PLATFORM : XBoxOne (Launch Title), XBox360

A reboot of the Zoo Tycoon franchise with enhanced graphics and multiplayer functionality on the XBox One platform.

 


COASTER CRAZY
TYPE : Commercial
STATUS : Released
JOB POSITION : Designer
DEVELOPER : Frontier Developments
PUBLISHER : Frontier Developments
PLATFORM : IPad

Frontiers first entry into the free to play market, a rollercoaster-themed puzzle game.

 


KINECT DISNEYLAND ADVENTURES
TYPE : Commercial
STATUS : Released
JOB POSITION : Designer
DEVELOPER : Frontier Developments
PUBLISHER : Microsoft
PLATFORM : XBox 360 / Kinect

A recreation of the Disneyland park containing dozens of well known Disney characters to interact with and a wide selection of the park's iconic rides and locations to play through.



KINECTIMALS
TYPE : Commercial
STATUS : Released
JOB POSITION : Designer
DEVELOPER : Frontier Developments
PUBLISHER : Microsoft
PLATFORM : XBox 360 / Kinect (Launch Title)

A launch title for Microsoft's new Kinect hardware - entirely controlled through voice and motion-sensing hardware. Players can adopt a range of cubs to pet and play with though five different environments.



LOSTWINDS
TYPE : Commercial
STATUS :
Lostwinds : Published
Lostwinds : Winter of the Melodias : Published
JOB POSITION : Design and audio support / testing
DEVELOPER : Frontier Developments
PUBLISHER : Frontier Developments
PLATFORM : Wii (WiiWare), PC

Frontier's first WiiWare title - a playful platform adventure game.
"LostWinds is an enchanting adventure bursting with new gameplay ideas that embrace the innovative controller of the Wii - it puts the power of the wind in the palm of your hand."



THRILLVILLE
TYPE : Commercial
STATUS :
ThrillVille : Published
ThrillVille Off the Rails : Published
JOB POSITION : Programmer
DEVELOPER : Frontier Developments
PUBLISHER : LucasArts
PLATFORM : PS2, PSP, XBox (& Wii, 360 and PC for TV OTR)

Amusement park action for consoles - with a range of park building activities, peep interaction, and multiplayer minigames.



ROLLERCOASTER TYCOON
TYPE : Commercial
STATUS :
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 : Published
RCT3 - Soaked! : Published
RCT3 - Wild! : Published
JOB POSITION : Artist / Designer
DEVELOPER : Frontier Developments
PUBLISHER : Atari
PLATFORM : PC, iOS

Originally released late in 2004 - check out Atari's site ( www.atari.com) for more details and screenshots.



WALLACE AND GROMIT
TYPE : Commercial
STATUS :
Wallace and Gromit in Project Zoo : Published
Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Wererabbit : Published
JOB POSITION : In-house tester
DEVELOPER : Frontier Developments
PUBLISHER : BAM! / Konami
PLATFORM : Playstation 2, XBox, Gamecube, PC

Frontier worked in collaboration with Aardman as developer for it's early Wallace and Gromit titles.



DOG'S LIFE
TYPE : Commercial
STATUS : Published
JOB POSITION : In-house tester
DEVELOPER : Frontier Developments
PUBLISHER : Sony
PLATFORM : Playstation 2

Aiming for a broad audience, Dog's life is an all-new 3D action-adventure game that invites kids to experience a day in the life of a dog. Players are encouraged to wander around at their leisure, interacting with a wide variety of both animal and human non-player characters, and using the game's "Smellovision" to seek out hidden challenges and items.



INDEPENDENT GAME BETA TESTING
TYPE : Independent
My Tribe , by Grubby Games
The Amazing Brain Train!, by Grubby Games
Professor Fizzwizzle, Molten Mystery , by Grubby Games
FizzBall, Created and released by Grubby Games
Professor Fizzwizzle, Created and released by Grubby Games
Word Wars, Released at Game Thoughts by Atomic Monks
Once, Twice, Thrice, by APE Interactive
JOB POSITION : Beta tester
PLATFORM : Various

Before joining Frontier I was involved with several independent developers.