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'''Bill Darrah''' is a professional puzzle designer who is best known in the CC community for designing approximately 1/3 of the original [[Chip's Challenge]] levels, as well as 7 levels that were included in [[Chip's Challenge 2]]. | '''Bill Darrah''' is a professional puzzle designer who is best known in the CC community for designing approximately 1/3 of the original [[Chip's Challenge]] levels, as well as 7 levels that were included in [[Chip's Challenge 2]]. | ||
In the words of Chuck, | |||
''"I hired [Bill] as a contractor to design levels for CC1. He was the only contributor who wasn't a full time Epyx employee. I knew him, because we were already friends and he had a passion for designing puzzles, and had written for 2 text adventures."'' | |||
Bill's level design style is often distinctly recognizable for its homogeneity, mathematical precision, and emphasis on sprawling mazes. His levels in many cases are known for being equal parts beautiful, tedious, and difficult. | Bill's level design style is often distinctly recognizable for its homogeneity, mathematical precision, and emphasis on sprawling mazes. His levels in many cases are known for being equal parts beautiful, tedious, and difficult (for example [[Doublemaze]], [[Rink]], and [[Force Field]]). | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
Bill has an online shop called [https://www.shapeways.com/shops/yorkhouse Yorkhouse Puzzles and Surprises] where he designs and sells mechanical puzzles. The logo bears an obvious resemblance to the castles in the [[Chip's Challenge 1|CC1]] levels [[Yorkhouse]] and [[Castle Moat]]. | |||
According to [[Joshua Bone]], there is a word-of-mouth story from [[Chuck Sommerville]] about the level [[Castle Moat]]. Bill Darrah reportedly designed the level, and then Chuck inserted the now-famous flippers without telling him. | |||
== [[:Category:Levels designed by Bill Darrah|Levels in official packs]] == | == [[:Category:Levels designed by Bill Darrah|Levels in official packs]] == | ||
=== [[Chip's Challenge 1]] === | === [[Chip's Challenge 1|CC1]] === | ||
It is not known exactly which levels in CC1 Bill Darrah designed | It is not known exactly which levels in CC1 Bill Darrah designed; however due to his distinct design style it is possible to make educated guesses. According to [[Joshua Bone]], these are the CC1 levels that were most likely designed by Bill. | ||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
! # !! Name | ! # !! Name | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 16 || [[Cellblocked]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 18 || [[Castle Moat]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 22 || [[Forced Entry]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 23 || [[Blobnet]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 25 || [[Blink]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 30 || [[Mishmesh]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 32 || [[Scavenger Hunt]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 37 || [[Seeing Stars]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 50 || [[Digdirt]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 51 || [[I Slide]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 53 || [[Traffic Cop]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 61 || [[Rink]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 64 || [[Spooks]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 65 || [[Amsterdam]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 67 || [[Chipmine]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 72 || [[Reverse Alley]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 73 || [[Morton]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 75 || [[Steam]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 80 || [[Vanishing Act]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 81 || [[Writers Block]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 85 || [[Telenet]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 88 || [[Spirals]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 94 || [[Now You See It]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 98 || [[Shrinking]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 100 || [[Colony]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 101 || [[Apartment]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 103 || [[Memory]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 105 || [[Short Circuit]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 115 || [[Oversea Delivery]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 130 || [[Ice Cube]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 136 || [[Doublemaze]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 138 || [[Partial Post]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 139 || [[Yorkhouse]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 142 || [[Pentagram]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 143 || [[Stripes?]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 144 || [[Fireflies]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 147 || [[Force Field]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 148 || [[Mind Block]] | ||
|} | |} |