Nikita Mikros

Nikita Mikros is a game designer/developer living in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He is the founder and CEO of SMASHWORX and Tiny Mantis Entertainment, two independent game studios located in New York City. Mr. Mikros's most current project is "Propaganda Lander" available on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Before his current positions Mr. Mikros wa cofounder of Black Hammer Game. Mr. Mikros was the lead designer of "The Egg Files" which was a 2002 Independent Games Festival finalist and is published by Manifesto Games. In addition, he was lead designer of Supremacy: Four Paths To Power which was also an Independent Games Festival finalist in 2005 and is published by Matrix Games.

In addition to electronic games, Mr. Mikros has collaborated with Joshua Debonis in designing games for the Come Out and Play Festival in New York City. In 2008 they designed "Pigeon Pinata Pummel", and in 2009 they designed "Pitfall! Live at the Tank", which won "Best Spectacle".^[1][2][3]

He has been interviewed by GameSpy, and his work has been reviewed in GameDev, MacAddict, PC Gamer, AppSpy,and The Portable Gamer. Writing credits include "Using Software Prototypes In Game Design" an article that appeared in the book Game Design Workshop by Tracy Fullerton and Chris Swain. He has taught various multimedia and game design classes at The School of Visual Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, and Seton Hall University. Mr. Mikros received his B.A. in Painting/Studio Art from Queens College and an M.F.A. in Computer Art from the School of Visual Arts.

Titles

• Propaganda Lander
• Thugs!
• The Mosquito Project
• The Egg Files
• Supremacy:Four Paths to Power
• I Spy Challenger
• Alien Attack
• Chic-Tac-Toe
• Gorilla Warfare
• Pigeon Pinata Pummel
• Pitfall! Live at the Tank

References

1. ^ http://www.tinymantis.com/ Company site
2. ^ http://www.tinymantis.com/tag/nikita-mikros/ Bio
3. ^ http://ctfilmfest.bside.com/2009/films/thelifeofanindiegamedeveloper_ctfilmfest2009;jsessionid=A1A7990D91424E781DEE164336638BF0 Connecticut Fil Mestival

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