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'''Chris Senn''', aka Christian G. Senn, is a video game designer that has worked on a number of Sega Titles during his time at [[Sega Technical Institute]]. He worked on ''[[The Ooze]]'', ''[[Comix Zone]]'', and most notably, ''[[Sonic X-treme]]''. His devotion to completing ''Sonic X-treme'' in a timely manner is said to have made him so sick that the doctor told him he had 6 months to live and he had to drop out of the project.
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{{sub-stub}}'''Christian "Chris" Graham Senn''' is an American video game developer and former [[Sega Technical Institute]] senior designer and computer graphics artist{{ref|https://www.linkedin.com/in/senntertain/}}, most known for his work as one of the driving forces behind the infamously-cancelled ''[[Sonic X-treme]]''.
  
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Since that time he has gone on to work with other game companies such as Luxoflux, Treyarch, and Bionic Games. Some of the game titles he has worked on include ''Spider-man 3'', ''Call of Duty: Finest Hour'', and two True Crime games (''New York City'' and ''Streets of L.A.'').
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==Career==
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{{PAGENAME}} is a video game artist and development director who worked on a number of games during his time at [[Sega Technical Institute]], such as ''[[The Ooze]]'', ''[[Comix Zone]]'', and most notably ''[[Sonic X-treme]]''. Leaving soon after the project's failure, Senn has since held roles at companies like Treyarch and Bionic Games.
  
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Chris Senn also opened a website that showcases plenty of concept art, videos, and other stuff related to ''Sonic X-treme''. This website is known as Sonic Xtreme Compendium, or just SXC. He is active in the forums under the username '''kurisu'''.
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In November 2011 Senn joined [[Big Red Button Entertainment]], where he again returned to the ''[[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' franchise, working as Lead Level Implementer on the [[Wii U]] game ''[[Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric]]''. He would end up leaving the studio in June 2014, five months before the game was released.
  
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==Production History==
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===Sega Technical Institute===
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* ''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat'' (1994) — Art
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{{MainArticle|Sega Technical Institute}}
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* ''[[Comix Zone]]'' (1995) — Backgrounds, Animation
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Although Senn developed numerous titles while working at [[Sega Technical Institute]], his most notable would be his work on the cancelled [[Saturn]] mascot platformer ''[[Sonic X-treme]]''. Originally joining the project as a member of the development team, internal politics soon saw him promoted to the game's director, with ''Sonic X-treme'' becoming somewhat of a passion project for the developer. Notably, his devotion to completing ''Sonic X-treme'' in a timely manner caused such a strain on Senn's physical health that he contracted a strong case of pneumonia during development{{intref|Interview: Mike Wallis (2002-06) by Pachuka}}, and was told that, should he continue pushing himself like this any longer, he would only have about six more months until his body failed entirely. Faced with this, Senn permanently departed from the project, leaving ''Sonic X-treme'' without its lead developer.
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* ''[[Sonic Xtreme]]'' (1996) — Director
 
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* ''Dynamite Cop!'' (1999) — Special Thanks
 
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* ''True Crime: Streets of LA'' (2003) — Additional City Designer
 
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* ''Shrek 2'' (2004) — Designer
 
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* ''Call of Duty: Finest Hour'' (2004) — Designer (Ksar Tarsine)
 
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* ''True Crime: New York City'' (2005) — Designer
 
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* ''Spider Man 3'' (2007) — Lead Artist
 
  
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==Interview==
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Although his placement as head of development did not leave him enough time and resources to pull the game from eventual failure, Senn proved most crucial in the preservation of development images, documents, and data. To this day, he has been the primary source of information related to the game, and additionally ran a website dedicated entirely to ''Sonic X-treme'''s development - the [[sonic:Sonic Xtreme Compendium|Sonic Xtreme Compendium]] (where he actively engaged with the community under the forum username kurisu.)
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*[[sonic:Chris Senn interview by Sega-16 (April 3, 2007)|Chris Senn interview by Sega-16 (April 3, 2007)]]
 
  
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==External Links==
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==Production history==
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*[http://www.senntient.com/projects/xtreme/sxc/ The Sonic Xtreme Compendium website]
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{{ProductionHistory|Chris Senn|Christian Senn}}
  
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[[Category:Sega Technical Institute Developers|Senn, Chris]]
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==Interviews==
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{{InterviewList|Chris Senn}}
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==Photographs==
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:''Main article: [[:Category:Photos of {{PAGENAME}}|Photos of {{PAGENAME}}]]
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150607040200/http://www.senntient.com/ Official website] (Wayback Machine)
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*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/senntertain/ {{PAGENAME}}] at [https://www.linkedin.com/ LinkedIn]
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090228181852/http://senntient.com:80/projects/xtreme/sxc/index.html The Sonic Xtreme Compendium] (Wayback Machine)
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 15:10, 30 November 2024

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Christian Graham Senn
Place of birth: United States
Date of birth: 1972 (age 51-52)
Employment history:
Divisions:
Role(s): Artist[1], Designer[1], Director[1]
Forum user name: kurisu

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Christian "Chris" Graham Senn is an American video game developer and former Sega Technical Institute senior designer and computer graphics artist[1], most known for his work as one of the driving forces behind the infamously-cancelled Sonic X-treme.

Career

Chris Senn is a video game artist and development director who worked on a number of games during his time at Sega Technical Institute, such as The Ooze, Comix Zone, and most notably Sonic X-treme. Leaving soon after the project's failure, Senn has since held roles at companies like Treyarch and Bionic Games.

In November 2011 Senn joined Big Red Button Entertainment, where he again returned to the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, working as Lead Level Implementer on the Wii U game Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. He would end up leaving the studio in June 2014, five months before the game was released.

Sega Technical Institute

Main article: Sega Technical Institute.

Although Senn developed numerous titles while working at Sega Technical Institute, his most notable would be his work on the cancelled Saturn mascot platformer Sonic X-treme. Originally joining the project as a member of the development team, internal politics soon saw him promoted to the game's director, with Sonic X-treme becoming somewhat of a passion project for the developer. Notably, his devotion to completing Sonic X-treme in a timely manner caused such a strain on Senn's physical health that he contracted a strong case of pneumonia during development[3], and was told that, should he continue pushing himself like this any longer, he would only have about six more months until his body failed entirely. Faced with this, Senn permanently departed from the project, leaving Sonic X-treme without its lead developer.

Although his placement as head of development did not leave him enough time and resources to pull the game from eventual failure, Senn proved most crucial in the preservation of development images, documents, and data. To this day, he has been the primary source of information related to the game, and additionally ran a website dedicated entirely to Sonic X-treme's development - the Sonic Xtreme Compendium (where he actively engaged with the community under the forum username kurisu.)

Production history


Interviews

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Chris Senn

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 https://www.linkedin.com/in/senntertain/
  2. ↑ Interview: Chris Senn (2007-04-03) by Sega-16
  3. ↑ Interview: Mike Wallis (2002-06) by Pachuka
  4. ↑ File:Battletech MD US Manual.pdf, page 17
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 File:Comix Zone MD credits.pdf
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