Twitchy Thumbs Entertainment Inc.

Jim Buck

Twitchy Thumbs Entertainment, a California-registered S-Corporation, was started by industry veteran Jim Buck. Jim started in the industry at Sony Interactive Studios/989 Studios/SCEA in 1996, co-founded PC game developer DepthQ, Inc. in 2000, went back to SCEA in 2003, and founded Twitchy Thumbs Entertainment in 2005. His prior credits are listed on the right, and his resume is here.

Rally Cross PS1
CART World Series PS1
3Xtreme PS1
Twisted Metal III and Twisted Metal 4 PS1 (lead)
NFL Gameday/NCAA GameBreaker 2004 PS2
NBA '05/NBA '06/NBA '07/NBA '08/NBA '09 The Inside PSP

We are competent in all aspects of game development. Core specialties include:

programming and porting for:

PlayStation platforms: PSP, PSP Go, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 2
PC (Win32): OpenGL and DirectX
iPhone (porting from)
Xbox 360
Gamebryo
RenderWare (porting from)

graphics and physics programming
developing Maya plugins, especially exporters and importers
localization for German, Polish, and outsource management for other languages

Client list:

• Sony Online Entertainment

... Leathernecks PC

• Surrogate Interactive

... Brutal ragdoll physics R&D PC

• SCEA

... NeoSport Racing League PSP

• Insomniac Games

... Rally Cross physics presentation

• Rockstar New England

... Bully: Scholarship Edition Xbox 360

• Narcissistic Studios

... unannounced game

• Four Door Lemon

... Clever Kids: Pirates, Farmyard Fun, Pet Store, and Creepy Crawlies DS, Wii, PC

• Empty Clip Studios

... Chocolatier DS

• SCEA

... unnamed PlayStation 3 project PS3

• Insomniac Games

... unnamed production tool PC

• Subatomic Studios

... Fieldrunners PSP

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