Jason Rohrer
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| Date of Birth: | ???? |
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| Nick name(s): | ???? |
| Project(s): | Cultivation, Transcend, Passage, Gravitation |
| Teams(s): | N/A |
| Used license(s): | Public domain, GPL |
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Jason Rohrer is the developer of a number of free games, as well as other free software. He currently reside in Potsdam, New York. He is best known for his work on the autobiographical game, Passage. Outside video games, he is probably most well known for is the project, Mute, an anonymous filesharing software.[1]
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[edit] Life
He lives with his spouse and his two children, a boy and a girl. With his family, he lived a simple and inexpensive lifestyle that allows his family to live under the budget of $10,000 a year.[2]
Jason Rohrer made his living by relying on recurring donations from users of his software. Thus allowing him in some capacity to continue to write softwares, such as games.[3]
He has been sued by the village for not following a law concerning mowing lawn, but he is later determined not guilty. His court case made the local news.[4]
[edit] Games
Almost all of his games are licensed under the public domain, with the exception of Transcend, which was licensed under GPL.
- Cultivation - This game explore the relationship between gardeners' conflict for lands and the damage to the environment it cause.
- Transcend - Transcend is Rohrer's first game. It is an abstract 2d shooter.
- Passage - Passage is the Rohrer's first autobiographical and the most famous game of his career.
- Gravitation - It is his second autobiographical game. It concerns itself about creativity.
[edit] References
- ↑ CNET News covering Mute and similiar software projects in February 24, 2004
- ↑ simple lifestyle page
- ↑ Support my Work Page
- ↑ Jason Rohrer's announcement of victory in his court case about being required to mow lawn
