Michael J. Stemmle (born 1967) is a computer game writer, designer, and director who cocreated some of LucasArts' adventure games in the 1990s[1] and early 2000s.[2]

Michael Stemmle
Stemmle at the 2008 Comic-Con International
Photo courtesy of Mike Haley
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Alma materStanford University
Occupation(s)Game designer, game writer, game director

He joined LucasArts after graduating from Stanford University, where he honed his comedy skills writing halftime shows for the Stanford Band and skits for the annual stage musical Big Game Gaieties. After 14 years at LucasArts, he left following the 2004 collapse of Sam & Max Freelance Police and after a period of freelancing, joined Perpetual Entertainment, working as Story Lead for Star Trek Online. In February 2008, he joined a number of other ex-LucasArts employees at Telltale Games. He had worked on the first version of The Wolf Among Us before it was redesigned, and contributed to Tales from the Borderlands before he left Telltale Games in May 2014.[3]

Game credits

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Year Title Role Developer Notes
1990 The Secret of Monkey Island Designer Lucasfilm Games 256 colors version
1992 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Lead scripter, assistant designer, programmer LucasArts
1993 Sam & Max Hit the Road Co-director, co-designer
1996 Afterlife Director, designer
2000 Escape from Monkey Island Co-director, co-designer
2002 Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Script writer Raven Software
2004 Sam & Max Freelance Police Director, designer LucasArts Unreleased
2005 Star Wars: Battlefront II Script writer Pandemic Studios
2007 Star Trek Online Story lead Perpetual Entertainment Unreleased version, before transfer to Cryptic Studios
2008 Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Designer, script writer Telltale Games
2009 Tales of Monkey Island Designer, script writer
2010 Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Designer, script writer
2011 Back to the Future: The Game Designer, script writer
2013 Poker Night 2 Script writer, programmer
2014 The Wolf Among Us Designer, script writer First version before redesign
Tales from the Borderlands Designer
2021 Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual Designer, script writer

References

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  1. ^ "Revisiting Sam & Max Hit the Road". IGN. July 17, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  2. ^ "GDC Award nominees announced". GameSpot. February 22, 2001. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "More LucasArts Veterans Leave Telltale". The International House of Mojo. August 13, 2014. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
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