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David Crane

Creator of Pitfall! and co-founder of Activision

Company Activision ↗

u/PitfallCreator ↗AMA only

How we know it's theirs

His 2012 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 1 post and 16 comments from u/PitfallCreator, all from 2012, most often in r/IAmA.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “IAM David Crane, creator of Pitfall! and co-founder of Activision.”

I'm 34, and Pitfall! was one of the most memorable games from my childhood. Thanks for the memories, even if buggy detection robbed me of a few swings I KNOW I made. Seriously, you got me grounded at least once for the tantrum that inevitably ensued. Question: How many explorer…

u/PitfallCreator replied

I don't know the numbers of patches given, but at one point Pitfall was receiving 14,000 submissions per week with photos of their screens. We had a department of 10 people answering letters.

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “IAM David Crane, creator of Pitfall! and co-founder of Activision.”

Pitfall! How many developers were on that game? Was it just you? How about graphics and music? The rope swinging sound effect is definitely memorable! Great game. I look forward to seeing your new project!

u/PitfallCreator replied

In those days a game was made by one person. I did every pixel of graphics, every sound effect, and wrote every line of code. But that was then. Now, game artists can draw much better than I can. Music…

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In those days a game was made by one person. I did every pixel of graphics, every sound effect, and wrote every line of code. But that was then.

Now, game artists can draw much better than I can. Music composers can make better music. SFX specialists, etc. To make a game today requires a dozen specialists.

But because I have done it all, I can keep those professionals dancing to my tune - making the game I envision. That is the way the development process has evolved, and I evolved with it.

u/PitfallCreator posted in r/IAmA

IAM David Crane, creator of Pitfall! and co-founder of Activision.

To all who posted questions, thank you. I have been back numerous times to fill in more, and I am closing out the thread as of 11:30 PM Sunday August 26. I hope I was able to answer your most pressing questions. You can follow me on Twitter at @PitfallCreator. My team and I also…

u/PitfallCreator replied

How many times have I played Pitfall? Thousands. The way to make a game fun is to play it over and over, tweaking the smallest game play element until it is perfect.