Designer Notes

Designer Notes #93: Charles Cecil – Part 1

Veteran game designer Charles Cecil, co‑founder of Revolution Software and creator of the Broken Sword series, sits down with Soren Johnson for a deep‑dive interview. The conversation touches on off‑beat tax avoidance tactics from the 1990s, a notorious fax incident involving the Bitmap Brothers, and Cecil’s philosophy on teaching the grammar of adventure games. The episode, part of the Designer Notes podcast, also references classic titles like Beneath a Steel Sky and the Monkey Island series. It offers rare insight into the business and creative mindsets that shaped early adventure gaming.