Christopher "Chris" Taylor, also known as ChrisT, was the lead designer of Fallout and a producer of Fallout Tactics. He was also the lead systems designer of both versions of Project V13. With Timothy Cain, he created the famous SPECIAL character system and much of the Fallout world.
Career
After Fallout, he stayed at Interplay for a while, serving as producer on Fallout Tactics as well as designer of Star Trek; Starfleet Command, until he left to join Vivendi Universal Games, where he worked as a producer of Lord of the Rings Online. In 2008, he rejoined Interplay to work with Jason Anderson on Project V13, as the Lead Systems Designer. Together with Scott Everts and Tom Decker, he also founded Zero Radius Games, a board game company. In 2012, he appeared in the Mayan Apocolypse fundraiser video for the second Project V13.
Notes
He is often confused with Chris Taylor from Gas Powered Games, the creator of Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander, and formerly of Cavedog Studios, the creator of Total Annihilation.
Employment history
| From | To | Company | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2002 | Interplay Entertainment | |
| 2002 | 2008 | Vivendi Universal Games. | |
| 2008 | present | Interplay Entertainment |
Credits
Fallout series
| Year | Title | Credited as/for |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Fallout | Lead Designer |
| 1998 | Fallout 2 | System Design |
| 2001 | Fallout Tactics | Producer and manual |
Other work
| Year | Title | Credited as/for |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Star Trek: Starfleet Command | Senior Designer |
| — | Project V13 | Lead Systems Designer |
| — | Armageddon Rag | Writer |
Gallery
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