Gary Carr

Gary Carr (born February 1966 ) is an English video game developer. His career began at Palace Software, where he worked on titles such as Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior and Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax. In 1989, he joined Bullfrog Productions and worked as lead artist on Powermonger and Populous II. He also worked on Theme Park, but, after a disagreement with Peter Molyneux, he left the company to work for The Bitmap Brothers, where he worked on The Chaos Engine 2. He returned to Bullfrog in 1995 hoping to work on Dungeon Keeper, but worked on Theme Hospital instead. He left Bullfrog again in 1998 to join Mucky Foot Productions.

In 2003, he joined Lionhead Studios, and later became a Creative Director, as well as an Executive Producer at Microsoft Game Studios. He left Lionhead in 2015. The following year, he set up a new company, Two Point Studios. In 2017, the company signed a publishing deal with Sega for a new game.

Career Early career In 1986, Carr attended art college, and originally wanted to be a film maker.

Bullfrog Productions (1989–1998) In 1989, Carr joined Bullfrog Productions, where he worked as lead artist on Powermonger and Populous II. He was Bullfrog's sixth employee. Palace were losing money due to an increase in its films' costs, and a colleague showed him screenshots of Populous, which Carr thought "amazing". "I just didn't get it. I thought it was a dreadful idea", he stated. wanted colourful graphics to appeal to a Japanese market, but Carr thought he had "lost the plot". Carr was initially disappointed at this: "Great! A sequel to the game I left the company for in the first place!" he said. The surgeon ordered them out, who considered him "one of the most talented and experienced artists in the computer games industry". Carr stated that Mucky Foot's Startopia is his favourite game that he had worked on, due to its humour and simulation. and became the executive producer of The Movies. By September 2012, Carr had become Lionhead's chief creative officer, and was the creative director of Fable: The Journey. He was also an Executive Producer at Microsoft Game Studios. On 30 May 2017, Two Point Studios signed a publishing deal with Sega.

Awards In 2011, Molyneux felt Carr deserved a Lifetime Achievement honour from the Game Developers Choice Awards.