Tim Hume is a developer who worked at Interplay Entertainment on Fallout and the Fallout Demo as the Mac programmer.
Biography[edit]
Hume graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 1989 with a BS in Computer Science.[Ext 1] Hume attended UC Irvine to get a PhD in Artificial Intelligence, but eventually dropped out. He met Tim Cain at this PhD program and left with him to join Interplay.[Dev 1]
Career[edit]
From 1994 to 1997, Hume worked at Interplay Entertainment as a software engineer. Afterwards, he worked at several companies such as Boeing, and Obsidian Entertainment as a software engineer.[Ext 1]
Fallout Series[edit]
For Fallout and the Fallout Demo, Hume is credited as a Mac programmer.[1] The Interplay website credited him as the Lead Macintosh Programmer.[Ext 2]
Hume was in charge of the Mac port for Fallout. He added the Pip-Boy talking to the player, but this was removed for the Mac OS X port. His work also included proof-reading the manual, as well as a few interviews.[Dev 1] Additionally, he "Developed cross-platform, OS-abstraction programming library" which was used in Fallout, and also "optimiz[ed] disk access via disk-caching algorithm, port[ed] sound & graphics, and develop[ed] UI components."[Ext 1]
Employment History[edit]
| From | To | Company | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2023 | Blizzard Entertainment | Senior Software Engineer |
| 2017 | 2018 | Wavedash Games | Senior Server Engineer |
| 2014 | 2017 | Obsidian Entertainment | Senior Software Engineer |
| 2009 | 2014 | Carbine Studios | Senior Software Engineer / Senior Game Systems Engineer |
| 2003 | 2009 | Boeing | Software Engineer |
| 1998 | 2003 | Quicksilver Software | Software Engineer |
| 1997 | 1998 | Wavefunction, Inc. | Software Engineer |
| 1994 | 1997 | Interplay Entertainment | Software Engineer |
Credits[edit]
Fallout Series[edit]
| Year | Title | Credited |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 |  Fallout Demo | Mac Programmer |
| 1997 | Fallout | Mac Programmer |
Other Work[edit]
| Year | Title | Credited |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | GNW Programming |
| 2019 | The Outer Worlds | Gameplay Programmer |
Gallery[edit]
Jesse Reynolds, Tim Hume, Tim Cain, Chris Jones and Kevin Weatherman
