website |name birth_place other_names image_size article_title birth_date known_for image employer occupation
-lsb- http://www.levelord.com www.levelord.com -rsb- richard gray new haven , connecticut , united states the levelord 175px richard gray -lrb- game designer -rrb-
 15 november 1957 level '' sin '' video games design in '' duke nukem 3d '' and levelord e3 2001.jpg levelord games level designer
richard gray -lrb- game designer -rrb-

richard `` the levelord '' gray is a video game designer who is best known for designing levels for 3d video games .
his most famous works are perhaps the levels for `` duke nukem 3d '' , and `` sin '' .
during development of the expansion for `` duke nukem 3d '' , he quit his position at 3d realms to co-found the company that became ritual entertainment .
he is well known for hiding difficult to find easter eggs in his levels in the form of hidden messages .
some of these can only be found by viewing the level in an editor program or cheating in the game , with a message such as '' `` you 're not supposed to be here !
- levelord '' '' .
`` duke nukem 3d '' is known for having many such messages written on walls in some levels .
he created the very first suspended platform , aka `` void '' , deathmatch called hipdm1 or `` the edge of oblivion '' for the `` quake '' add-on pack `` scourge of armagon '' .
this `` islands in space '' design of this multiplayer map became a staple in `` quake iii arena '' and many other deathmatch games .
he also created the first player-the-size-of-a-rat deathmatch level with the release of spry or `` behind zee bookcase '' for `` sin '' .
with mumbojumbo 's recent acquisition of ritual and its transition from big-budget projects -lrb- like `` sin episodes '' -rrb- to casual gaming , he has been involved with smaller , more quickly developed and more experimental games .
he has recently released a hidden object game called `` becky brogan - the mystery of meane manor , '' using the game programming language blitzmax .
