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| − | Jeff Stephenson Designer & Programmer 1982-1993 was one of the company's first employees, Jeff Stephenson created [[SCI]], the object-oriented scripting language of Sierra On-Line for its adventure games after the older [[AGI]] (for which he is also partly responsible for), a procedural language. Previously, he also was the head of Sierra’s AGI and SCI system programmers and responsible for much of the code of both of those languages. He originally called it LSCI, for Large-model Script Code Interpreter, and later SCI because it ran scripts, before it became known as ''Sierra Creative Interpreter''. | + | Jeff Stephenson Designer & Programmer 1982-1993 was one of the company's first employees, Jeff Stephenson created [[sciw:SCI|SCI]], the object-oriented scripting language of Sierra On-Line for its adventure games after the older [[AGI]] (for which he is also partly responsible for), a procedural language. Previously, he also was the head of Sierra’s AGI and SCI system programmers and responsible for much of the code of both of those languages. He originally called it LSCI, for Large-model Script Code Interpreter, and later SCI because it ran scripts, before it became known as ''Sierra Creative Interpreter''. |
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The encryption string "AVIS DURGAN" used in AGI resources is borrowed from his wife's name, Avis Durgan<ref>[[AGI Specifications: Chapter 11 - Other Game Data#The file encryption]]</ref>. | The encryption string "AVIS DURGAN" used in AGI resources is borrowed from his wife's name, Avis Durgan<ref>[[AGI Specifications: Chapter 11 - Other Game Data#The file encryption]]</ref>. | ||
| − | In the early '90s, as Sierra's Lead Programmer, he was also involved with creating | + | In the early '90s, as Sierra's Lead Programmer, he was also involved with creating '''TSN''' ([[w:The Sierra Network|The Sierra Network]]), later INN ([[w:The ImagiNation Network|The ImagiNation Network]]) <ref>[http://www.allowe.com/games/larry/inside-stories/larryland.html Larryland OR: How We (re)Invented the Internet]</ref>, the architecture for online games. In 1992, he left the company for good. <ref>[http://sciprogramming.com/community/index.php?topic=369.30 SCI Programming message board thread on Jeff and Avis]</ref> |
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A.K.A.
- Jeffrey Alan Stephenson
About
Jeff Stephenson Designer & Programmer 1982-1993 was one of the company's first employees, Jeff Stephenson created SCI, the object-oriented scripting language of Sierra On-Line for its adventure games after the older AGI (for which he is also partly responsible for), a procedural language. Previously, he also was the head of Sierra’s AGI and SCI system programmers and responsible for much of the code of both of those languages. He originally called it LSCI, for Large-model Script Code Interpreter, and later SCI because it ran scripts, before it became known as Sierra Creative Interpreter.
Jeff Stephenson
and Avis DurganThe encryption string "AVIS DURGAN" used in AGI resources is borrowed from his wife's name, Avis Durgan[1].
In the early '90s, as Sierra's Lead Programmer, he was also involved with creating TSN (The Sierra Network), later INN (The ImagiNation Network) [2], the architecture for online games. In 1992, he left the company for good. [3]
Educational Background
Program Development, Interface Development
Home Page
- Jeff Stephenson on Facebook
- Jeff Stephenson Art on Facebook
- https://www.facebook.com/jeffstephensonart/
- https://jeffstephensonart.com/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-stephenson-b3931410b
