William Tiller is an American computer game designer, writer, and artist. At LucasArts, he was the lead artist and art director for The Dig, the lead background artist for The Curse of Monkey Island, and the lead artist for Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine. He created the games A Vampyre Story and Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island for Autumn Moon Entertainment, a studio he co-founded with Mike Kirchoff in 2002. He worked as a game designer on the iOS title Perils of Man.
Career
In 1992, Collette Michaud hired Bill Tiller as an animator for Brian Moriarty's version of The Dig at LucasArts adventure games. He worked on the project through all its versions and eventually became the lead artist and art director for the final game. He was also the lead background artist for The Curse of Monkey Island and the lead artist for Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine. In 2001, he left LucasArts to work at ArenaNet.
In 2002, Bill Tiller co-founded Autumn Moon Entertainment to create his own adventure games. The company released A Vampyre Story in 2008 and Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island in 2009. Financial problems with the publisher, Crimson Cow, led Tiller to work independently in the industry. Money from his work on Snuggle Truck allowed him to continue developing his own games. Before Snuggle Truck became successful, Tiller was the art director for MunkyFun, a studio started by former LucasArts developers.
In 2013, Tiller began a crowdfunding campaign for an episodic, independent prequel to A Vampyre Story called A Vampyre Story: Year One. The Kickstarter campaign did not reach its goal, but the game is still being developed. That same year, he worked with IF Games in Switzerland as a game designer for the 3D adventure Perils of Man, which was released in 2014. In August 2014, Bill Tiller launched a Kickstarter campaign for a spin-off of Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island titled Duke Grabowski: Mighty Swashbuckler!.
Games
In 1993, the artist worked on Star Wars: Rebel Assault for LucasArts. In 1994, the artist contributed to Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures for LucasArts. In 1995, the artist was involved in Full Throttle and The Dig, where they served as lead artist and art director for LucasArts. In 1997, the artist worked on Outlaws and The Curse of Monkey Island, taking on the role of lead background artist for LucasArts. In 1999, the lead artist worked on Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine for Stormfront Studios. In 2002, the concept artist worked on The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for Stormfront Studios. In 2008, the individual served as project leader, artist, and writer for A Vampyre Story at Autumn Moon Entertainment. In 2009, the same roles were held for Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island at Autumn Moon Entertainment. In 2011, the art director worked on Bounty Bots for Munky Fun, and the artist contributed to Snuggle Truck at Owlchemy Labs. In 2013, the artist worked on Jack Lumber for Owlchemy Labs. In 2014, the game designer worked on Perils of Man for IF Games. In 2015, the senior concept artist worked on Skylanders: Imaginators for Activision. In 2016, the project leader, artist, and writer worked on Duke Grabowski: Mighty Swashbuckler! for Venture Moon Industries.