David Whatley

President
Critical Thought Games, LLC
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President & CEO
Simutronics Corp.
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I am the author of the first chapter of GPU Gems 2: Toward Photorealism in Virtual Botany

Ad Hoc Curriculum Vitae

Besides creating iPhone games in my guise as Critical Thought Games, I am also the President & CEO of Simutronics Corp. that I co-founded over 20 years ago.

I’ve designed and developed games (mostly online) for even longer than that.  My work includes:

• GemStone ][, GemStone III, Gemstone IV
• Orbwars
• DragonRealms
• Alliance of Heros
• CyberStrike
• CyberStrike 2
• Archmage (unreleased)
• Hero’s Journey (in development)

None of which I did alone, of course.  My major role is in developing teams of talented people, developing a vision and letting creativity have its way.

Currently Simutronics has over 50 employees and work with over 300 independent contractors.

My handiwork is now represented in a large number of nextgen MMOs currently in development such as our own Hero’s Journey and EA/Bioware’s Star Wars: The Old Republic.

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