Short Bio
Jon "Jops" Hare (born 20 January 1966) in Ilford, Essex, UK is a British computer game designer, game artist and musician. He is one of the two founder members and directors, with Chris Yates, of Sensible Software, one of the most successful European games development companies of the late '80s and '90s.
Jon was co-designer and artist of all of Sensible's hits prior to 1992 including Parallax, Wizball, Microprose Soccer, SEUCK and Wizkid. He was also the lead designer and creative director of Mega Lo Mania, the Sensible Soccer series and the Cannon Fodder series, some of the most popular software franchises of the mid 1990s.
Jon is also known for writing the music for a number of Sensible Software's games, including Cannon Fodder, Sensible Soccer, Sensible Golf and others.
Since the sale of Sensible Software to Codemasters in 1999, Jon has worked in the capacity of a consultant designer on a number of titles including Prince Naseem Boxing, Frontline Command, Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing, Real World Golf, Sensible Soccer 2006 and, as co-owner of development company Tower Studios, a number of mobile games titles including Cannon Fodder, Sensible Soccer, and International Rugby 7s.
In December 2006, he was appointed Director of Development of Nikitova Games, department of Nikitova LLC that specializes on development and design of full titles.
Jon has been a voting member of BAFTA across all media since 2004.
As of June 2006, Jon contributes a weekly politics feature to UK video game radio show One Life Left.
