I am Chris DeLeon.
What I Do
Remote videogame development mentorship at GameDevLessons.com, in part through free monthly text lessons.
Made Topple for iPhone (my friend John Nesky provided help with physics, Objective-C, and early artwork) which has more than 3 million downloads, the experimental iPhone toy Burnit (145,000 downloads), as well as iZombie Death March, Games That Blow, and (most recently) Alice in Bomberland.
Developed an Experimental Interactive Web Art/Game every day for 7 months.
Created or served a lead role in creating approx. 45 downloadable freeware videogames over the past decade. Try out the Best Downloadable PC Games or browse a longer list of the Older Downloadable PC Games.
Co-architected and served on a small team building PlayCrafter.com - mostly the game building section, plus many of the pieces - then helped grow the community from 0 to 10,000 user-made games. My username on the site is Warmech.
Helped to establish the Game Creation Society @ Carnegie Mellon University, overseeing its first 18 completed projects while operating it for two consecutive years.
Designed and built Solar SFUN, a coupongaming project to help a solar panel company.
Founded and maintain the Morrowind artistic fan community The Morrowind Photography Guild, which has been hosted on the GameSpy Network the past 5 years but recently relocated to my personal webspace.
(Check out this other About/Bio for other details.)
Where I Am
I am personal on Facebook.
I am philosophical on Twitter.
I am professional on LinkedIn.
I go on long walks alone on mountains to hang out with my favorite tree and to explore abandoned military ruins.
I am physically based in San Francisco, CA.
How I Think
Who I Am
I think of myself as the things that I make, and the change that I'm able to create.
I have been vegan for seven years. Partly for ethics, partly for resource efficiency, and partly for health.
My sense of day-to-day decision making has been influenced primarily by Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, and Kohlberg. I am thoroughly non-religious, instead centering my life around the straightforward ideals of integrity, diligence, and honesty.
I do not drink or smoke. Although these things do not have a place in my own life, I have no issue with others finding enjoyment or relief in them.
E-mail me via chris@deleonic.com.