Steve Ince is an award-nominated Writer-Designer with twelve years of game development experience. Starting out as a background artist and sprite animator, he swiftly moved up to the role of producer and finally settled as a writer and designer. He has played a key role in the success of a number of critically acclaimed games, including the Broken Sword trilogy, In Cold Blood and Beneath a Steel Sky. His nomination for Excellence in Writing at the Game Developers Choice Awards 2004, followed on from the three BAFTA nominations that were received for Broken Sword - The Sleeping Dragon: Best Game Design, Best PC Game and Best Adventure. He has recently been working with a number of different studios, using his experience to refine and enhance the story, characters and dialogue on a number of titles ranging from FPS to console action to children’s games.