Gareth-Michael Skarka
| Gareth-Michael Skarka | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Game designer |
Gareth-Michael Skarka is a game designer and e-book publisher[1] who has worked primarily on role-playing games.[2] Skarka is also a book author and aspiring transmedia game designer.
Career
Gareth-Michael Skarka's cinematic Hong Kong Action Theatre! (1996) was first published by the small-press RPG company Event Horizon Productions.[3]:336 Skarka co-authored the swashbuckling Skull & Bones (2003) campaign background for Green Ronin Publishing's Mythic Vistas series.[3]:372 Based in Lawrence, Kansas, Skarka started his company Adamant Entertainment in 2003, publishing material almost entirely for the electronic market, and with a focus on role-playing games.[3]:430[1] Skarka later supported Skull & Bones by his own Adamant Entertainment.[3]:372 When regular Cubicle 7 editor Dominic McDowall-Thomas was busy with a consultancy contract, Skarka stepped in to edit Starblazer Adventures (2008).[3]:428
His game designs include Doctor Who, Star Trek, and original designs. Gareth and Arron Rosenberg have collaborated on projects.
In 2011, Skarka ran a Kickstarter campaign which attracted $49,324 in funding for development and publication of Far West, a transmedia project including a fiction collection (Tales of the Far West, published in e-book format 30 January 2012) and a role-playing game (Far West Adventure Game, intended for release in December 2011 and still unreleased).[4]
References
- 1 2 Svensson, Peter (December 4, 2007). "Slow-Starting E-Books Find Niche Markets". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ↑ Delneo, Catherine (spring 2005). "Gaming For Tech-Savvy Teens", Young Adult Library Services 3 (3): 34–38.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702- 58-7.
- ↑ Skarka, Gareth-Michael (2011). "Far West: Western/Wuxia Mashup adventure game". Kickstarter.com. Kickstarter PBC. Retrieved 2016-03-21.