Michael Brough (game designer)

Michael Brough
Michael Brough at Berlin Indie Game Jam in 2011
Born (1985-05-20) 20 May 1985 (age 39)
Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationGame designer
Websitewww.smestorp.com

Michael Brough (born 20 May 1985) is a New Zealand-born[1] indie video game developer known for his eclectic roguelike games. His games are often tightly-focused explorations of a single mechanical aspect of the roguelike genre, set on unusually small grids.[2] This style of game, perhaps best exemplified by 868-HACK,[3] has become widely known as the "Broughlike".[4]

Wired Magazine called Brough's games "corrupted" and "brilliant",[5] while The Guardian wrote that his work is "strange" and "elegant".[6]

Michael Brough graduated from The University of Auckland with a MS Degree in Mathematics under the supervision of Bakhadyr Khoussainov.

  1. ^ "NZ Game Development Industry". New Zealand Game Developers Association.
  2. ^ Couture, Joel (15 January 2018). "Freedom through constraints: The design of Michael Brough's Imbroglio". Gamasutra. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ^ Nowak, Mike (30 August 2013). "Review: 868-HACK". Pocket Tactics. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ "broughlike". Warp Door. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. ^ Rigney, Ryan (26 February 2013). "The Ugly, Corrupted, Brilliant Games of Michael Brough". WIRED. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  6. ^ Stuart, Keith (5 July 2013). "Outsider art: Michael Brough on creating strange elegant games alone". the Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2018.