Jason Rohrer

Jason Rohrer
Rohrer in 2012
Born (1977-11-14) November 14, 1977 (age 47)
Occupation(s)Computer programmer, game designer, writer, musician
North Country Notes, a local currency proposed by Jason Rohrer (2005)
Jason Rohrer at the 2011 Game Developers Conference
"Diamond Trust of London" a crowdfunded Nintendo DS game by Jason Rohrer (2012)

Jason Rohrer (born November 14, 1977) is an American computer programmer, writer, musician, and game designer. He publishes most of his software into the public domain (public-domain software) and charges for versions of his games distributed on commercial platforms like the iPhone appstore or Steam.[1][2][3] He is a graduate of Cornell University.[4][5] From 2004 until 2011 he practiced simple living, stating in 2009 that his family of four had an annual budget of less than $14,500.[6] They have since relocated from Las Cruces, New Mexico to Davis, California.[7] In 2005 Jason Rohrer worked on a local currency, called North Country Notes (NCN), for Potsdam, New York.[8][9][10] In 2016 Rohrer became the first videogame artist to have a solo retrospective in an art museum. His exhibition, The Game Worlds of Jason Rohrer, was on view at The Davis Museum at Wellesley College until June 2016.[11]

  1. ^ "Jason Rohrer Releases iPhone Puzzler Primrose". Fingergaming.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  2. ^ "Passage in App Store, $0.99". Fingergaming.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2008. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  3. ^ The Castle Doctrine on steampowered.com
  4. ^ "Jason Rohrer named one of Esquire Magazine's Best and Brightest". Cornell University. May 18, 2009. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  5. ^ "RESUME: Jason Rohrer". Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  6. ^ "A life well wasted, podcast episode 3". Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  7. ^ "Voluntary Simplicity". Hcsoftware.sourceforge.net. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
  8. ^ "Interchangeable parts: Jason Rohrer's worklog".
  9. ^ North Country Notes Release Approaching on northcountrynotes.org
  10. ^ New Ideas in Currency Systems: Z Dollars on northcountrynotes.org
  11. ^ The Davis Museum at Wellesley College. "The Game Worlds of Jason Rohrer". The Davis Museum at Wellesley College. Retrieved February 12, 2016.