Steve Mayles | |
|---|---|
| Born | Steve Gerard Mayles 9 February 1974 |
| Occupation | Game artist |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Title | Co-founder of Playtonic Games |
Steve Mayles (born 9 February 1974 in Coalville, Leicestershire, England),[1] is a British video game artist currently working for video game company Playtonic Games as Character Art Director. He first started his career working at Rare from 1992–2014[2][3] and has worked on numerous Rare titles, such as the Battletoads series, Donkey Kong Country series and Banjo-Kazooie series. He is currently working on the upcoming game Yooka-Laylee.[4]
Career[]
Mayles is known as the ‘father’ for a wide array of characters which he has designed throughout his career, specifically featuring googly eyes – the entire Kong Family, except Donkey Kong himself, the Kremlings, most notably King K. Rool – for Donkey Kong Country, and later given the moniker “Kaptain” K. Rool for Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Banjo and Kazooie, as well as every other character, featured in both Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. He will also be designing most of the characters, including the protagonists for Yooka-Laylee.[5]
Trivia[]
His older brother is video game designer Gregg Mayles, who works as Creative Director at Rare, and has worked for the company since 1989.
List of video games[]
| Title | Year | System | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battletoads & Double Dragon | 1993 | NES, SNES | |
| Battletoads | 1994 | Arcade | With Kevin Bayliss[6] |
| Donkey Kong Country | SNES | With Kevin Bayliss and Mark Stevenson[7] | |
| Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest | 1995 | With Mark Stevenson and Steven Hurst[8] | |
| Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! | 1996 | Special thanks[9] | |
| Project Dream | Cancelled | SNES, N64 | Revamped into Banjo-Kazooie |
| Banjo-Kazooie | 1998 | N64 | With Ed Bryan and Steven Hurst[10] |
| Donkey Kong 64 | 1999 | Support team[11] | |
| Banjo-Tooie | 2000 | With Ed Bryan and Steven Hurst[12] | |
| Grabbed by the Ghoulies | 2003 | Xbox | Additional voices[13] |
| Viva Piñata | 2006 | Xbox 360 | With Ed Bryan and Steven Hurst[14] |
| Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise | 2008 | Alumni[15] | |
| Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts | With Ed Bryan and Steven Hurst[16][17] | ||
| Kinect Sports | 2010 | ||
| Kinect Sports: Season Two | 2011 | With Steven Hurst | |
| Kinect Sports Rivals | 2014 | Xbox One | |
| Yooka-Laylee | 2017 | Windows, OS X, Linux, PS4, Wii U, Xbox One | With Kevin Bayliss, Mark Stevenson and Steven Hurst |
References[]
- ↑ "Steve Mayles on Findmypast".<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Career Spotlight: Steve Mayles (Playtonic Games)". Kill The Music. 21 March 2016.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Grant Kirkhope on Twitter". 30 September 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Yooka-Laylee interview: 'A game like this can't be planned in a board room'". WOW247. 23 June 2016.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Yooka-Laylee - Playtonic Games".<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Battletoads (1994) Arcade credits". MobyGames.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Donkey Kong Country (1994) SNES credits". MobyGames.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) SNES credits". MobyGames.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996) SNES credits". MobyGames.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Banjo-Kazooie (1998) N64 credits". MobyGames.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Donkey Kong 64 (1999) N64 credits". MobyGames.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Banjo-Tooie (2000) N64 credits". MobyGames.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Grabbed by the Ghoulies (2003) Xbox credits". MobyGames.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Viva Piñata (2006) Xbox 360 credits". MobyGames.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise (2008) Xbox 360 credits". MobyGames.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (2008) Xbox 360 credits". MobyGames.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Kinect Sports (2010) Xbox 360 credits". MobyGames.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>