Leonard Boyarsky

Leonard Boyarsky
Boyarsky in 2004/2005
Occupation	Video game designer, artist
Employer	Obsidian Entertainment
Notable work	Fallout, Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, Diablo III

Leonard Boyarsky is an American computer game designer and visual artist best known for being one of the key designers of the video games Fallout and Diablo III.

After he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Illustration (at Cal State Fullerton) and a bachelor's degree in Fine Art (at Art Center College of Design), he worked as freelance artist for Interplay and Maxis in 1992.

He has cited Wizardry and Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos as being his favorite video games, albeit admittedly he was more into comic books when first entering the industry.

Boyarsky join Interplay Entertainment as employee number 88.

After some freelance work for Interplay (Rags to Riches: The Financial Market Simulation and Castles II: Siege and Conquest) he was hired as art director, lead artist and designer/writer.

His first work was as lead artist in 1995 was Stonekeep. He was in charge of the conceptualization and implementation of 2D and 3D sprites.

While at Interplay, Boyarsky met Tim Cain and Jason D. Anderson, the future co-founders of Troika Games. Indeed, the three met after work hours to play Dungeons & Dragons and GURPS. Cain eventually send an email around, proposing colleagues to met after work hours over pizza to discuss making a video game based on an engine he had built. The 5 people who showed up, including Boyarsky and Anderson, would become the core team working on Fallout (video game).