Company

Formed in 1995, Pixelogic Ltd is a games development company owned and run by Chris Butler, an industry professional who has been programming top computer and video games since 1983.

Over the years Pixelogic Ltd has developed a wealth of technology and experience in games developement. Notable examples include:

Mission Builder. A robust and flexible mission scripting system developed over 4 years which gives game designers complete control over game objects (vehicles, characters, cameras, etc) and how they behave and interact with each other, enabling complete levels to be created without the aid of a programmer. This system was used in Crime Killer, War of the Worlds, & The Italian Job.
Driving Technology. We have developed specialist code to simulate the complex interactions of vehicle dynamics on different surfaces and gradients yet with a user friendly interface to enable a designer to easily modify a car's handling characteristics. Perform handbrake turns and lurid powerslides, complete with skidmarks, suspension, tyresmoke, brakelights, etc.
Physics engine. Extensive physics code was developed for The Italian Job, incorporating rigid body dynamics, accurate collision detection & response, etc.
3D engines. Low level polygon technology was used in The Italian Job, War of the Worlds, & Crime Killer on PSOne, which ran at 60 fps. Includes character animation, dynamic lighting, joints hierarchy, and particle systems.
Automatic CD spooling. This ingenius mechanism enables huge city model to be stored on CD and loads scenery data on the fly as a background process when the player moves anywhere around the city. It enables huge non-tiling polygon environments to be experienced on consoles with a limited amount of memory. Put to great effect in The Italian Job.

With such an extensive reputation and technology base we were the obvious choice for publishers such as SCi, GT / Infogrames & Interplay when they were looking for a talented and reliable developer. We successfully completed projects for them on time and on budget and to a very high standard as the reviews have testified. As a proven safe pair of hands we were entrusted with the development of valuable licenced properties such the The Italian Job and The War of the Worlds.

In August 2001, Chris took a break from running a company and licenced the Pixelogic name and technology to one of the company's employees, who set up Pixelogic Games Ltd and ported The Italian Job to PC. All enhancements made to the Pixelogic technology under this licence, such as ports to other platforms, remain the property of Pixelogic Ltd. In December 2002, this licence was terminated, and Chris returned to the helm to run Pixelogic Ltd and retains the sole rights to Pixelogic's intellectual property. No other company or individual has the right to use the Pixelogic technology, code base, name or reputation.