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Kim Swift (born 1983) is an American video game designer best known for her work at Valve with games such as ''Portal'' and ''Left 4 Dead''. Swift was featured by Fortune as one of "30 Under 30" influential figures in the video game industry. She was described in Mental Floss as one of the most recognized women in the industry〔 and by WIRED as "an artist that will push the medium forward".〔 A graduate of DigiPen, Kim Swift and a group of her fellow graduates developed ''Narbacular Drop'', a portal-based game that was later presented to Valve, which led to Gabe Newell personally offering to hire them so that they could create the critically acclaimed game ''Portal''. Kim Swift was both the leader of the Portal team as well as a level designer. She was credited along with writer Erik Wolpaw in ''Portals Game Developers Choice Awards for design, innovation, and game of the year. Besides ''Portal'', Swift has been involved in other Valve projects, most notably ''Left 4 Dead'' and its sequel, ''Left 4 Dead 2'', where she also played a leading role in development.〔 "Left 4 Dead 2 Interview with Kim Swift" Left 4 Dead 2 Website Nov. 13, 2009. Ret Mar. 2014 http://left4dead2.org/left-4-dead-2-interview-with-valves-kim-swift 〕 In December 2009, Swift left Valve to join Airtight Games. There, in cooperation with Square Enix, she led the team that developed ''Quantum Conundrum''.〔 Amazon announced in April 2014 that they had brought Swift in to help build games in their internal studio. Swift described her role as senior designer for as yet undisclosed projects. ==Games== * ''Rumble Box'' (2005) * ''Narbacular Drop'' (2005) * ''Half-Life 2: Episode One'' (2006) * ''Portal'' (2007) * ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'' (2007) * ''Left 4 Dead'' (2008) * ''Left 4 Dead 2'' (2009) * ''Quantum Conundrum'' (2012) * ''PIXLD'' (2012) * ''Soul Fjord'' (2014) 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Soul Fjord )〕〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kim Swift」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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