User:Tcmg2/Tom Greenaway (game developer)

Tom Greenaway is an Australian product manager and video game developer. He is the co-founder of the Australian video game studio Kumobius and created several award-winning video games including Duet, Time Surfer and Basket Fall. His games have been downloaded by more than 20 million people around the world and are known for their minimalist game design.

He currently works at Google as a product manager in the developer relations organisation and is based in Paris, France. He was previously the web gaming lead for the Chrome & Web Developer Relations team at Google.

Video Games
Duet and Time Surfer both appeared in Humble Indie Bundles. The New Yorker noted Duet for its elegant game mechanics and highlighted the nature of controlling two characters at the same time as "a clever premise".

Video Game Technologies
During the first confinement of the COVID19 Pandemic he prototyped a metaverse-style virtual conference technology which powered several Google virtual events including Chrome Developer Summit 2020, Google I/O 2021 and the Google Play Indie Games Festival. The original prototype took less than two weeks to complete.

He is a co-chair of the W3C Games Community Group.

Notable Works

 * Time Surfer (2013)
 * Duet (2013)
 * Basket Fall (2015)
 * Adventure Virtual Conference Technology (2020)

Awards & Accolades

 * The New Yorker's list of Best, Most Elegant iPhone Games of the year (2013)
 * Kotaku Mobile Game of the Year (2013)
 * PAX Australia Indie Showcase (2013)
 * PAX 10 Indie Showcase (2014)
 * PAX East Indie Showcase (2014)
 * Australian Game Developer Awards: Best Game Design, Best Audio (2014)
 * Indie Games Festival China: Best Game Design (2014)
 * Intel Level Up: Grand Prize, Best Action, Best Audio (2014)