Glenn Corpes

Prior to joining Bullfrog, Corpes had been a computer operator, and then a Telex machine OS programmer.[3] He joined Bullfrog after being made redundant from the Telex job,[3] as chief graphics artist.[4] He was a co-designer of Populous,[5] and also designed its graphics.[4][6] Corpes also created the 3D landscape, which Peter Molyneux and Les Edgar were intrigued by.[6] He also wrote functions enabling CGA, EGA, and VGA support,[7] and programmed the Atari ST version.[4]

In 1991, Corpes came up with the idea for Magic Carpet, and created its circular map.[8] He also refined its engine many times, and developed editors and landscape generators to facilitate its use.[9] Corpes wrote the engine of Dungeon Keeper (which was taken from Magic Carpet),[10][1] which became an inspiration for Minecraft.[1] Corpes has held various positions at Bullfrog,[5][11] including head of technology,[12] and head of research and development.[11]

In 1999, Corpes left Bullfrog and founded Lost Toys with Jeremy Longley and Darren Thomas.[13][14][1] The company developed two titles: Moho (also known as Ball Breaker) and Battle Engine Aquila before closing in October 2003.[1][15] Lost Toys had been developing a third title, Stunt Car Racer Pro.[16] Corpes stated that Battle Engine Aquila is "the best thing I ever worked on".[1] Corpes afterwards formed Weirdwood, which focused on online-distributed games.[7] At some point, he worked for Kuju Entertainment and Electronic Arts.[1][17] He also worked with 22cans for a year and did "a bit of work" on Curiosity – What's Inside the Cube?.[1] In May 2001, Edge described Corpes as "one of the most gifted coders working in the game industry".[18]

Corpes developed Ground Effect, a racing game featuring "ground effect vehicles (a cross between hovercraft and aeroplanes) released for iOS in 2009.[1][11] He collaborated with Crescent Moon to develop Topia World Builder, a world simulation game.[19][20] It was released on iOS in October 2012,[20] and its also available on Android.[1] Corpes is developing Fat Owl With A Jetpack, a "Lunar Lander-style game" for iOS.[19] Corpes has said "it's taken way too long!".[1] Corpes self-published powARdup, developed with his son, Jack Corpes and released in October 2017.[2] It is an augmented reality "futuristic collect-and-avoid arcade game".[2] Corpes has been working on the team of 3D design software Vector Suite since 2019 heading up R&D activities for surface generation technology for both AR/VR and non-VR creation.[21]