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Jonathan Ackley
American video game designer, writer, and programmer

Jonathan Ackley

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American video game designer, writer, and programmer
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Jonathan Ackley is an American computer game designer, writer, and programmer. He is best known for being the co-project leader on The Curse of Monkey Island, alongside Larry Ahern.

Career

Jonathan Ackley began his career as a programmer at LucasArts on Day of the Tentacle in 1993. He was co-project leader on The Curse of Monkey Island in 1997.

He worked as an associate game designer for Rocket Science Games on Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm in 1994.While there, he was also a voice actor in their game Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine, in the role of Scorpion.

After leaving LucasArts, he has been working for Walt Disney Imagineering creating interactive entertainment for their amusement parks.In this function, he co-designed Walt Disney World's Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom with his former Curse of Monkey Island co-lead, Larry Ahern, in 2012.

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  • 1993 Day of the Tentacle, programmer (LucasArts)
  • 1993 Sam & Max Hit the Road, programmer (LucasArts)
  • 1994 Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm, associate game designer (Rocket Science Games)
  • 1994 Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine, voice actor, Scorpion (Rocket Science Games)
  • 1995 Full Throttle, programmer (LucasArts)
  • 1995 The Dig, programmer (LucasArts)
  • 1997 The Curse of Monkey Island, co-project leader (LucasArts)
  • 2012 Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom, co-designer (The Walt Disney Company)
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