Duncan Botwood
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Duncan Lewis Botwood is a British
video game designer and voice actor. He worked for British game developer Rare Ltd. from 1995
to 2008. He was Senior Designer at the company. Bootwood's first work was GoldenEye 007. He was one of first members of the team and worked closely with Martin Hollis
and David Doak
. Botwood constructed the levels and did most motion capture
with head model designer, Beatrix. He next worked on Perfect Dark
and also was the core member of development team. Botwood was the level designer, wrote the story of game and designed the way weapons would work. After that Botwood worked on Perfect Dark Zero
, designing the multiplayer. His other works included designing Star Fox Adventures
, Kameo: Elements of Power
, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Jetpac Refuelled
and, most recently, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts.
Botwood also provided voice talent to projects he worked on, notably voicing Andross in Star Fox Adventures
. Botwood also was the candidate to voice Daniel Carrington in Perfect Dark, but he horribly tried to impersonate the Scottish
accent. He also had a cameo
in GoldenEye 007 as "Naval Officer".
Botwood left Rare in 2008 and since worked for Ubisoft Montpellier and Codemasters
, although currently he works for latter.
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video game designer and voice actor. He worked for British game developer Rare Ltd. from 1995
1995 in video gaming
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to 2008. He was Senior Designer at the company. Bootwood's first work was GoldenEye 007. He was one of first members of the team and worked closely with Martin Hollis
Martin Hollis
Martin Hollis is a computer and video game designer and the founder and CEO of Zoonami. He has worked in the computer and video game industry for over 19 years and was Head of Software at Rare...
and David Doak
David Doak
David Doak is a Northern Irish video game designer. Originally from Belfast, he later moved to England, where he studied at Oxford University on biochemistry specialty and worked as a research scientist...
. Botwood constructed the levels and did most motion capture
Motion capture
Motion capture, motion tracking, or mocap are terms used to describe the process of recording movement and translating that movement on to a digital model. It is used in military, entertainment, sports, and medical applications, and for validation of computer vision and robotics...
with head model designer, Beatrix. He next worked on Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is considered the spiritual successor to Rare's earlier first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, with which it shares many gameplay features...
and also was the core member of development team. Botwood was the level designer, wrote the story of game and designed the way weapons would work. After that Botwood worked on Perfect Dark Zero
Perfect Dark Zero
Perfect Dark Zero is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game had a difficult development cycle, during which a substantial part of it was initially designed for the Nintendo GameCube...
, designing the multiplayer. His other works included designing Star Fox Adventures
Star Fox Adventures
Star Fox Adventures is an action-adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube as part of the Star Fox series. It was released in North America on 23 September 2002, Japan on 27 September 2002, Australia on 15 November 2002 and Europe on 22 November 2002...
, Kameo: Elements of Power
Kameo: Elements of Power
Kameo: Elements of Power is an action-adventure video game developed by Rare. Under development for 4 years, the game was released as a launch title for the Microsoft Xbox 360 video game console in late 2005.- Plot :...
, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Jetpac Refuelled
Jetpac Refuelled
Jetpac Refuelled is a video game developed by Rare for the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service. It costs 400 Microsoft Points .-Gameplay:...
and, most recently, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts.
Botwood also provided voice talent to projects he worked on, notably voicing Andross in Star Fox Adventures
Star Fox Adventures
Star Fox Adventures is an action-adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube as part of the Star Fox series. It was released in North America on 23 September 2002, Japan on 27 September 2002, Australia on 15 November 2002 and Europe on 22 November 2002...
. Botwood also was the candidate to voice Daniel Carrington in Perfect Dark, but he horribly tried to impersonate the Scottish
Scottish English
Scottish English refers to the varieties of English spoken in Scotland. It may or may not be considered distinct from the Scots language. It is always considered distinct from Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic language....
accent. He also had a cameo
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
in GoldenEye 007 as "Naval Officer".
Botwood left Rare in 2008 and since worked for Ubisoft Montpellier and Codemasters
Codemasters
The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986...
, although currently he works for latter.