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Balor Knight

Submitted by Dan Dooré on Wed, 2006-02-01 14:14.

Balor Knight, one half of Digital Reality, made his name in the Sam world by writing Astroball, a platform game which was picked up by Revelation and Dyzonium for FRED Publishing.

Astroball was also written for the Spectrum, as was a sequel “Turbulence” which appeared on a Your Sinclair cover tape.


Now a successful next-gen console programmer with a string of big-budget PC, PS2 and XBOX titles to his name - often in the multi-player genre of extreme racing simulation.

Has been the lead programmer on several high-end PC racing-game titles: “Re-Volt”, developed whilst Balor was at Acclaim Studios, London; and The Italian Job, developed at Climax Studios, Brighton - to name but two.

Recently (2004) seen as the lead programmer on the PS2 racing-game title “Crash ‘n’ Burn” - developed by Climax Studios, Brighton.

Have no contact information, but indications suggest he’s still programming high-end titles at Climax Studios, Brighton.

Trivia

Howard Price named his band The Balor Knights


Astroball, Dyzonium, Pro-Dos
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Turbulence

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2006-02-01 16:08.

Was the name of the Speccy sequel to Astroball.

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Where he works now...

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2009-04-13 16:48.

Balor now works as a next-gen programmer for Blackrock Studios in Brighton. According to his Bio entry at MobyGames his latest work (2008) was as one of the lead programmers on the game Pure - which is a Quad-Bike racing simulator.

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Latest Work...

Submitted by Lost Soul on Sun, 2010-06-06 11:08.

Balor is still at Black Rock Studio in Brighton. He has recently (2010) been credited as one of the Lead Programmers on Disney Interactive’s arcade racing game Split/Second: Velocity - and this link will take you to the MobyGames entry for this game.

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Balor Knight's other work...

Submitted by Lost Soul on Sun, 2011-09-04 15:13.

Recently, Balor and two other engine programmers from Black Rock Studio, documented the method of Screen-Space Classification for Efficient Deferred Shading used in the 3D engine they developed for the game Split/Second: Velocity.

The article appears in the book Game Engine Gems 2 and an excerpt was published over a two month period in the online magazine “Develop”.

The first part appears in the June 2011 issue, starting on Page 56 - and that issue can be read HERE. The second part appears in the July 2011 issue, starting on page 70 - and that issue can be read HERE.

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Balor Knight no longer at Black Rock Studios.

Submitted by Lost Soul on Wed, 2012-02-01 11:43.

Balor is now a member of Gobo Games in Brighton - a small start-up games company comprising a core of industry veterans, many of whom came from the ashes of Black Rock Studios. I assume Balor is employed at Gobo Games as a programmer. They are currently developing a “Triple A” title - the title of which has not been revealed.

Gobo Games have a facebook page - which you can view HERE - and Balor is pictured in the “team” photo. He is the fourth person from the left.

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