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Douglas R. Wood
Biographical information
Occupation(s)	Animator/Modeler/2D Artist
Nickname(s)	Drago[1]

 

Douglas R. Wood, or simply known as Doug Wood, is a animator. He has been working in the gaming industry since 1994.^[2]

BiographyEdit

Doug joined Valve in 1997 and has been working on the Half-Life series ever since. Before Valve, Doug worked at Apogee/3Drealms where he worked on Duke-Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior and Prey (before everyone left) and the Plutonium/Atomic Edition for Duke. Before 3DRealms, he worked for Origin down in Austin. As far as we know, Doug is the only member of Valve who has ever been a Guardian Angel in New York City.^[2]

He is responsible for many of Half-Life's scripted sequences, including tentacles that pull unsuspecting scientists through the ceiling,^[3] and headcrabs that turn humans into zombies.^[4]

As a character animator, Doug helped shape the Source engine's animation system, focusing on techniques which allow animators and designers to quickly create and modify choreo scenes.^[5]

Complete gameographyEdit

• Duke Nukem 3D: Plutonium Pak (1996)
• Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition (1996)
• Duke Nukem 3D (1996)
• Shadow Warrior (1997)
• Duke Nukem 64 (1997)
• Half-Life (1998)
• Duke Nukem 3D (1998)
• Half-Life: Opposing Force (1999)
• Half-Life: Blue Shift (2001)
• Duke Nukem Advance (2002)
• Half-Life 2 (2004)
• Counter-Strike: Source (2004)
• Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006)
• Dark Messiah: Might and Magic (2006)
• Portal (2007)
• Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007)
• Left 4 Dead (2008)
• Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
• Alien Swarm (2010)
• Portal 2 (2011)

TriviaEdit

• His name appears in Half-Life as an Easter egg on a Sector C locker and on a sign of the Hospital in Half-Life 2: Episode One.

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• Douglas R. Wood on MobyGames