Who are you?
Andy Gentile aka “andyTHPS”
What do you do now?
I am a Senior Designer at Vicarious Visions
What does your job on THPS1+2 entail?
1st priority is to make sure the skater handles well
2nd priority is proofreading level environments
3rd writing up and addressing any issues that come up
Giving feedback where ever possible/needed
Media appearances
Video captures
Where did you work in the past?
Neversoft 2003 – 2010
Tapulous 2010 – 2013
Your Daily Fill 2013 – Present
Vicarious Visions 2020 – Present
What did you do at Neversoft?
I started off as a Production Tester on THUG and THUG2, then began designing levels offline and eventually for THAW.
After Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground, I became Lead MIDI Designer for the Drum Team at Neversoft:
Guitar Hero World Tour
Guitar Hero Metallica
Guitar Hero Smash Hits
Guitar Hero Van Halen
Guitar Hero 5
Band Hero
Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock
What levels did you design?
Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland:
East LA – This was my first level, I took it over from another designer who had done the initial layout and about 50% of the work already.
Downtown, Minneapolis
Marseille, France
Windy City Slam Skatepark, Chicago
Project 8:
School (Xbox 360/PS3) – My first level start to finish
School Outside (Xbox 360/PS3)
Cretepark (Xbox 360/PS3) – handed-off to another designer after initial block-out
Slums (Xbox 360/PS3)
Proving Ground:
Washington DC – Freedom Plaza
Washington DC – Capitol (was handed off to another designer early in the project)
Washington DC – Subway connecting DC to Philly
What else did you do at Neversoft?
I tested the games all day long, wrote up and verified fixed bugs had been fixed.
I had a lot of experience with the series so I would write up detailed level reviews for designers to look at throughout their development.
I had a few media appearances and helped demo the game for media.
Was the go-to guy for marketing screenshots and video captures.
What is Your Daily Fill?
I left Neversoft in 2010 to take a break, and shortly after began development on Epic Skater for iOS and Android and formed my own company: Your Daily Fill
Shipped Epic Skater in 2014
Continued updating Epic Skater through 2017
Epic Skater 2 Shipped in 2017
Epic Skater 2 Shipped on Steam in 2018
Epic Skater 2 Updates through 2020
How long have you been streaming on Twitch?
December 2014 – First Stream, streamed sporadically
June 2016 – First drum stream, Streamed once every sunday til August 2018
January 2019 – Got an e-kit and began streaming drums 3 times a week
May 2020 – Announced working for VV on THPS1+2
August 2020 – First community Graffiti Tournament held
Additionally, launching Kick to compete with Twitch in December, where moderation is strict and gambling isn’t accepted.