Sean Vanaman

Sean Vanaman
Born (1984-06-16) June 16, 1984
Cork, Ireland
Nationality American
Occupation Game designer, writer
Years active 2009-present
Known for Campo Santo
Notable work

Sean Vanaman[1] is an American video game designer, writer, and podcaster. He was the co-project leader and lead writer of The Walking Dead,[2] and Puzzle Agent 2.[3] He also wrote the third episode of Tales of Monkey Island, and was the designer of Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures,[4] and the writer of the third episode, Muzzled. He is one of the regular hosts of the Idle Thumbs podcast and is one of the co-founders of Campo Santo.

Career

While studying at University of Southern California, Vanaman interned at Buena Vista Games (later renamed Disney Interactive Studios) in their creative development group. This group put together the initial concept and pitch for Epic Mickey in 2003.[1] After graduation, he worked as an associate creative development producer at Disney Interactive. In 2008, Vanaman took a position at Telltale Games as a writer and game designer. He worked on Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Tales of Monkey Island, and Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent before becoming project lead on Poker Night at the Inventory and The Walking Dead.

In 18 September 2013, he and Jake Rodkin left Telltale and joined with Olly Moss and Mark of the Ninja lead designer Nels Anderson to found Campo Santo.[5]

Recognition

Tales of Monkey Island, for which Vanaman co-wrote, was nominated for "Best Artistic Design" and won for the award for "Biggest Surprise" at IGN's Best of PC E3 2009 Awards.[6] After release, it won the PC Gamer 2009 "Adventure Game of the Year",[7] was nominated for the IGN "Best Adventure Game of the Year" for PC and Wii,[8][9] won the Adventure Gamers "Best Adventure of 2009",[10] and was named the "Best Series Revival" by OC Weekly.[11]

Puzzle Agent 2 was nominated at IGN's Best of E3 2011 Awards for "Best iPhone/iPad Game".[12] The Walking Dead also won over 80 "Game of the Year" awards since release.[13]

Portfolio

Year Title Role Genre Studio
Co-developer Publisher
2009 Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Co-designer

Co-writer

 Episodic graphic adventure video game Telltale Games
Tales of Monkey Island Writer

Episode designer

2010 Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Episode design - The City that Dares Not Sleep Episodic point-and-click video game
Puzzle Agent Co-writer

Puzzle design

 Puzzle adventure video game
CSI: Fatal Conspiracy Additional design Telltale Games Ubisoft
Poker Night at the Inventory Project leader Poker video game Telltale Games
2011 Puzzle Agent 2 Co-project leader

Lead writer

 Puzzle adventure video game
2012 The Walking Dead Graphic adventure drama video game
2016 Firewatch Writer Mystery adventure video game Campo Santo Panic

References

  1. 1 2 Chris Remo, Jake Rodkin, Sean Vanaman (March 10, 2011). "The Idle Thumbs Conf Grenade 2011: GDC 2011: Games" (Podcast). Event occurs at 44:16–55:34. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ "PAX East 2011: Telltale Talks Puzzle Agent 2". Inside Gaming Daily. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Puzzle Agent 2 hands-on archived preview". Adventure Gamers. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Comedy in games is no laughing matter". GameSpot. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ "New studio formed by Walking Dead, Mark of the Ninja devs – Destructoid". Destructoid. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Best of PC E3 2009 Awards". IGN. June 11, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  7. ↑ "PC Gamer Game of the Year Awards". PC Gamer. January 2010.
  8. ↑ "Wii Best Adventure Game 2009". IGN. 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  9. ↑ "PC Best Adventure Game 2009". IGN. 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Best Adventure of 2009". Adventure Gamers. 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  11. ↑ Mai, Peter (December 22, 2009). "Best and Worst Video Games of 2009". OC Weekly. Village Voice Media. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
  12. ↑ "E3 2011: Best of E3 Awards". IGN. June 6, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  13. ↑ "The Walking Dead from Telltale Games Now Available at Retail in the UK". Just Adventure. May 10, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
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