Tron Identity: Who is Mike Bithell?
The Tron series hasn't had the best luck over the last decade but Tron's got a brand new detective game on the way called Tron Identity created in part by Mike Bithell. With the original Tron movie becoming a cult classic, Disney tried its hand back in 2010 to revive the Sci-Fi series with Tron Legacy, a flashy legacy sequel before that style of film was all the rage. However, Tron Legacy never really hit it big at the box office, and as a result, neither did its tie-in video games. However, Disney isn't shy of giving a popular IP another chance.
Just announced at the Disney and Marvel Games Showcase, Tron Identity was described as being a puzzle game with visual novel elements in between the puzzle segments to continue the narrative. With such a big IP, most fans would believe Disney would want a big developer working on the title, but in a neat surprise, it's being entrusted to Bithell Games, a studio led by popular British game designer and podcaster Mike Bithell.
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A relative newcomer to the world of video game development, Mike Bithell first made the rounds online in 2010, when he developed an early version of the game Thomas Was Alone, and released it on Kongregate for free. In just the first week, this prototype of Thomas Was Alone garnered over 100,000 plays. With the success of the prototype, Bithell was hired by Bossa Studios in early 2011 to make a full version of the game.
Bithell's first big game, Thomas Was Alone, released in June 2012, and quickly became one of the most well-known Indie games of all time, as well as one of the most critically acclaimed, earning nominations for several gaming awards. After leaving Bossa Studios in 2013, Bithell
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