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Christopher Howard Wolf
BornMt. Kisco, New York, US
OccupationComic book creator. video game developer
Known forCreating the DragonSpires browser games

Christopher Howard Wolf is an American independent game developer and writer. He is the founder of independent game company WRONG Games, for which he works as a game designer. He is known for work on the games DragonSpires, I'm O.K - A Murder Simulator, Hell Rising, and Scroll Wars. He also authored a graphic novel retelling the story of Nosferatu, and has appeared on Dawson's Creek and in the English dubbing of You're Under Arrest!. He currently runs a horror story website called "Slimebeast", which has released several Creepypastas including Funnymouth, Whimsywood, Lost Episodes, its sequel Sid's Video, Abandoned by Disney, its sequels Room Zero and Corruptus, and prequel A Few Suggestions.

Games

In 1997, then 17-year-old Wolf and Adam Maloy took over production on DragonSpires, a community-driven multiplayer game initiated by Dragon's Eye Productions. Wolf served as creative administrator of the game, in charge of producing a storyline and pixel art, among other duties, until 2002. Wolf also assisted, albeit in a smaller capacity, independent game maker Derek Yu with games such as Mean Cuisine and I'm O.K - A Murder Simulator, which was an ultra-violent game based on Jack Thompson's "A Modest Proposal".

DragonSpires later served as the inspiration for Wolf's browser-based multiplayer game, Scroll Wars, which was opened to the public in 2006. One year later in 2007, Wolf also opened Hell Rising, a zombie vs. vampire vs. survivor browser-based game inspired by and building upon its predecessor, Urban Dead.

Christopher maintains a YouTube gaming channel under the name Tormental, and has worked on creative material for LordMinion777.

Comics

In 2008, Wolf authored a well-received installment in Josh Howard presents: Sasquatch published by Viper Comics. He also authored a graphic novel retelling the 1922 film Nosferatu for a modern audience and a creator-owned series titled Love Monster.

Additionally, he wrote, illustrated, and created the webcomic Escapeman for ten years and wrote reviews for Pop Thought. His fan page for The Atomics by Mike Allred also appeared in Wizard Magazine.

Wolf was named Marketing Director of Viper Comics in late 2010. His duties for Viper have included creating a viral marketing website for Inspector Gadget.

Acting

Wolf was a voice actor for the English dub of the Anime series You're Under Arrest!.

References

  1. Wired Magazine, March 1995.
  2. "New Game Designed Around Jack Thompson's 'Modest Proposal'" Archived December 23, 2009, at the Portuguese Web Archive, Gamepolitics, February 5, 2006.
  3. IGN: Sasquatch OGN Review.
  4. "Local comics buff authored graphic novel with a new spin on Dracula", Star News, December 26, 2010.
  5. "Review: Love Monster" Archived September 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, ComixTribe.com, November 15, 2012.
  6. "Beyond the Spandex – Wilmington's Aspiring Comic Artists" Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, PublicBroadcasting.net, April 16, 2006.
  7. "Welcome to Pop Thought", PopThought.com.
  8. "About Viper Comics", ViperComics.com, Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  9. "Chris Wolf". CrystalAcids.com. Retrieved April 22, 2009.

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