Jonathan Blow

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jonathan Blow
Occupation	Game Designer
Date Of Birth	Nov 3, 1971(1971-11-03)
Age	53
Birthplace	California
Country	United States
Horoscope	Scorpio

Jonathan Blow Biography

Jonathan Blow is one of the most popular and richest Game Designer who was born on November 3, 1971 in California, United States. A video game creator and programmers famous for his Indie game Braid The Witness and The Witness. He also founded the investment firm Indie Fund, which focuses on video games that are independent.

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Jonathan David Blow (born (1971-11-03 ) November 3, 1971) is an American video game designer and programmer, who is best known as the creator of the independent video games Braid (2008) and The Witness (2016), both of which were released to critical acclaim.

Blow grew up in Rancho Peñasquitos, San Diego, and went to Mt. Carmel High School. He then studied computer science and creative writing at the University of California, Berkeley and was president of the Computer Science Undergraduate Association for a semester. He left the university in 1994, a semester before he would have graduated.

He was raised in a religiously fervent household and had an elder sister that was snubbed because she was an openly gay woman.

Jonathan Blow Net Worth

Jonathan Blow is one of the richest Game Designer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jonathan Blow 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at Berkley, California. University of California, Berkley however he left before completing his degree. He later created the design company Bolt-Action and later closed in the year 2000.

He was included in Indie Game: The Movie. He also wrote in Game Developer Magazine.

Blow was born in 1971. His mother was a devout ex-nun who constantly reminded her scientifically inclined young son about the imminent return of Jesus. (When Blow’s older sister came out as a lesbian in the mid-1980s, their mother disowned her.) Blow’s father, an aerospace engineer manager, worked all day for the defense contractor TRW, then came home and spent every possible moment alone in his den, where the children were not welcome. Blow would say in an interview with The Atlantic, “Early on, I detected that there weren’t good examples at home, so I kind of had to figure things out on my own … I had to adopt a paradigm of self-sufficiency.”

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He continued work on the game mostly focusing on art and music while polishing some of the design until its release in 2008 on Xbox Live Arcade. By then, Blow was $40,000 in debt and had invested $200,000 into the game’s development.

Facts & Trivia

Jonathan Ranked on the list of most popular Game Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jonathan Blow celebrates birthday on November 3 of every year.

In March 2010, Blow, along with several independent game developers including Ron Carmel and Kellee Santiago, became a founding member of the Indie Fund, an angel investor fund for independent game projects.

Top Facts about Jonathan Blow

1. Jonathan Blow is an American game designer and programmer.
2. He is best known for creating the puzzle game Braid.
3. Blow has also worked on The Witness and Jai programming language.
4. He studied computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.
5. Blow founded his own independent game development studio, Number None Inc.
6. His games have won numerous awards and critical acclaim.
7. Blow has been a vocal critic of the video game industry’s business practices.
8. He is known for his philosophical approach to game design.
9. Blow has given several talks on game design and programming at conferences worldwide.
10. He is considered one of the most influential figures in indie gaming culture.

What is Jonathan Blow working on?

Today, I’m talking to Jonathan Blow, a video game designer best known for creating Braid and The Witness. He’s also working on a new programming language called Jai , which is aimed at building high-performance video games. Jonathan’s games are very different from most video games.

How old is Jonathan Blow?

50 years (November 3, 1971)

What language does Jonathan Blow use?

English

What is Jai written in?

Jai is a high-level programming language developed by Jonathan Blow, creator of indie games Braid and, most recently, The Witness. It is an imperative static/strongly typed C-style language , but with a variety of modern language features that C lacks. Blow began work on Jai in late September 2014.

Who made braid game?

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