Jesse Crafts-Finch, Project Lead
While Jesse has always been awesome, he has not always been so… experienced. Jesse started out his career at Big Huge Games as a Production Intern dealing with the creation and distribution of marketing materials, and then moved on to Firaxis where he created the Broken Star scenario for Civ IV: Beyond the Sword, in addition to his normal producer like activities.
Soon after the release of CIV IV: Beyond the Sword, Jesse was offered a job as Producer at the Johnson Center for Simulation in Minnesota, where he has spent the last two years leading multiple small teams in the development of educational titles for the state of Minnesota, the Department of Defense, and other private interests.
Jesse has additionally volunteered as an organizing board member for both the Baltimore IGDA and Twin Cities Minnesota IGDA chapters.
Jesse started Kung Fu Kingdom in February of 2008, having decided that he was tired of working for the man, and that the PC industry was ripe for low budget games, the sort of which can be found on XBox Live Arcade.
In short, Jesse is not an old hand in the games industry; old, wrinkled and out of touch. He is a young and jubilant leader of people, experienced enough to know how to get games done.