Ben Throop

Founder, Emergent Behavior LLC

Rochester, New York Area

Current
  • Founder at Emergent Behavior LLC
Past
  • Lead Technical Artist at Vicarious Visions/Activision
  • Senior Artist at Sony Computer Entertainment America
  • Artist at Inland Productions
  • Artist at Global Learning Technologies
Education
  • State University of New York at Oswego
Connections
133 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Ben Throop’s Summary

Ben is a nine year industry veteran of Sony and Activision studios, specializing in technical art, pipeline production, and getting the most out of hardware, engines, and the people that make them.

After finishing Spiderman 3 Wii/PS2 with Vicarious Visions, Ben embarked on a new venture by founding Emergent Behavior LLC, which leverages his experience designing tools for game development to build rich web applications for niche markets.

He now spends his days immersed in web technology while keeping a toe in games through consulting.

Ben Throop’s Specialties:

Modeling/Texturing/Animation
Special Effects
Pipeline development and pre-production
Advanced Maxscript
10 Years 3dsmax experience
Engineer-Speak
I Solve Problems


Ben Throop’s Experience

  • Founder

    Emergent Behavior LLC

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    May 2007Present (1 year 6 months)

    Founder.
    Creating RIAs for emerging consumer markets.
    Developing with Flex/AS 3.0, PHP, mySQL

  • Lead Technical Artist

    Vicarious Visions/Activision

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ATVI; Computer Games industry)

    June 2004May 2007 (3 years)

    - Design and implement content pipelines
    - Solve difficult technical art issues
    - Broad knowledge of console hardware
    - Mentor staff

    Titles:
    - Spiderman2 PSP
    - Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam DS
    - Over the Hedge DS
    - Spiderman3 PS2/PSP/Wii

  • Senior Artist

    Sony Computer Entertainment America

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Games industry)

    20002004 (4 years)

    Lead Character Artist
    Lead FX Artist
    Moonlighting Technical Artist

    Titles:
    - Syphon Filter 3
    - Syphon Filter: Omega Strain
    - Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror

  • Artist

    Inland Productions

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

    August 1998December 2000 (2 years 5 months)

    - Arctic Thunder (Midway - PS2/Xbox)
    - Ultimate Hunt Challenge (EA - PC)
    - WCW Thunder (THQ - PS1)

  • Artist

    Global Learning Technologies

    (Computer Games industry)

    19971997 (less than a year)


Ben Throop’s Education

  • State University of New York at Oswego

    BFA, Art/Computer Science, 19921997


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