Roger Keating | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Video game designer |
Known for | Wargames |
Roger Keating is an Australian computer game designer.[1] Along with Ian Trout, Keating co-founded of the video game company Strategic Studies Group,[2][3] which is known for its strategic war and fantasy games with artificial intelligence.[4] Keating and Trout worked together on the majority of SSG titles.
Keating was born in New Zealand. He moved to Australia in 1978 and worked as a mathematics and physics teacher.[5]
Keating created his first game, Conflict, in 1979. It was published by American software house Strategic Simulations.[5] Keating left his teaching job to program full-time, and published seven games while working with SSI during 1981 and 1982. Keating later worked as a school teacher in New Zealand.[6]
In 1983 Keating, along with Ian Trout formed Strategic Studies Group. Gregor Whiley joined the company in 1986 for the development of BattleFront.[7] The company created many strategy games over the following 25 years. After his business partner Ian Trout's death, both Keating and Whiley worked part-time at The Northern Sydney Institute for four years between 2011 and 2014 while developing their games part-time.[citation needed] They both moved to work for the Academy of Interactive Entertainment in 2015, where Keating taught programming.[citation needed]