Philippe Poisson, better known as Phil Fish, is a Canadian former indie game designer best known for the 2012 platformer Fez. He was born and raised in Quebec, where his experiences with Nintendo game
Fish at GAMMA 3D in 2008
Fish (second from left) with Kokoromi in 2007
Fez development team at the 2012 GDC IGF (from left): composer Rich Vreeland, designer Phil Fish, sound designer Brandon McCartin, programmer Renaud Bédard
Fez is a 2012 indie puzzle-platform game developed by Polytron Corporation and published by Trapdoor. The player-character Gomez receives a fez that reveals his two-dimensional world to be one of four
Phil Fish
…Philippe Poisson (born November 1, 1984), better known as Phil Fish, is a Canadian former indie game designer best known for the 2012 platformer Fez. He was born and raised in Quebec, where his experiences with Nintendo games in his youth would later influence his game design. He studied game design…
Indie developer Shawn McGrath (pictured in 2011) contributed the game's core mechanic, but left early in development.
Composer Rich "Disasterpeace" Vreeland, 2012
Phil Fish at GAMMA 3D 2008