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Leonard Boyarsky is one of the original masterminds behind the Fallout world and the first Fallout game.
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Biography
After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Art Center College of Design, Boyarsky began work as a freelance artist in 1992. Some time later he was hired as a cleanup artist at Interplay, later becaming the lead artist on Stonekeep. This eventually lead to his becaming the lead artist/art director on the GURPS project that later became Fallout. Aside from guiding the art on the project, together with Jason Anderson, Tim Cain, Scott Campbell and Chris Taylor, he oversaw the direction and feel of the game. He left Interplay after helping to complete the initial design for Fallout 2 and, together with Cain and Anderson, was a founder of Troika Games.
After Troika's demise Leon Boyarsky worked at Blizzard Entertainment on Diablo III as a Lead World Designer.
Employment history
| From | To | Company | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Present | Blizzard Entertainment | Senior World Designer |
| 1998 | 2005 | Troika Games | CEO / Project Leader / Art Director / Designer / Writer |
| 1992 | 1998 | Interplay | Art Director / Lead Artist / Designer / Writer |
Credits
Fallout series
| Year | Title | Credited as/for |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Fallout | Lead Artist, Art Director, Original Game Design, Additional Design |
| 1998 | Fallout 2 | Original Game Design |
Other work (excerpt)
| Year | Title | Credited as/for |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Castles II: Siege and Conquest | Artwork |
| 1993 | Unnatural Selection | Additional Art |
| 1995 | Stonekeep | 2D Graphic Artist / 3D Rendering Artist / Video Processor |
| 2001 | Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura | Project Leader / Lead Programming / Voice Directing & Casting |
| 2004 | Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines | Project Lead / Concept Artist / Texture Artist / Design, Dialog and Story / Additional Support |
| 2012 | Diablo III | World Design & Writing |
Quotes
- I did approach Bethesda about us working with them on Fallout, but they were uninterested. Instead of flaming them for this however, think about it from their point of view: who among us would want to pay a huge amount of money for a license and then turn it over to someone else? I'm assuming they paid the cash because they wanted to make a Fallout game, end of story. - RPG Codex forum
Behind the scenes
- Leonard was the person responsible for Fallout's famous ending involving the Vault Dweller's exile into the desert.
- He came up with the alternate flag of the United States with 14 stars and the initial idea for 13 super-states, but the idea was further developed only by J. E. Sawyer during the development of Van Buren.
- A character mentioned in Fallout 2 is named after him. He is mentioned by Lynette and his grave can be found in Golgotha.
Gallery
Fallout concept art: Leather armor
Fallout concept art: Doc Morbid
Fallout concept art: Morpheus
Fallout concept art: Overseer
Fallout concept art: Ambulance
Fallout concept art: Interface
Fallout concept art: Interface
Fallout concept art: Pip Boy
Videos
- Leonard Boyarsky on Fallout
