Derek Smart

In 1996, Take 2 Interactive released his first game, Battlecruiser 3000AD. Prior to the release Smart and Take 2 were involved in a dispute over the premature release of the game. The matter was later settled out of court.{{cite web|url= http://www.gamespot.com/news/smart-take-two-settle-differences-2465926 |title=1997 3000AD and Take 2 settle differences|date=23 December 1998}}

Through his 3000AD company, Smart has developed a total of nineteen games to date,{{Cite web|url=https://3000ad.com/games/|title=Games|date=14 March 2009|website=3000ad.com|accessdate=20 January 2023}} across his various franchise properties; most of which are derivative works. Through his Quest Online company, he also worked on the completion of the MMO Alganon as well as that game's expansion pack, Rise of the Ourobani.{{Cite web |url=http://www.alganon.com/index/expansion-pack |title=Alganon – Rise of the Ourobani |access-date=22 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117001836/http://www.alganon.com/index/expansion-pack |archive-date=17 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Smart also signed a deal with DC Comics in which several comics have been created for his Line of Defense games.[http://lodmmo.com/comic Line Of Defense Comic Issues 1–3], Lodmmo.com A comic for Alganon was also released.{{Cite web |url=http://myalganon.com/comic/ |title=Alganon – Fall of the Ourobani comic |access-date=22 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035456/http://myalganon.com/comic/ |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Smart is a lifetime International Game Developers Association (IGDA) member, and was also a board member of the Miami chapter of IGDA.{{cite web|url=http://www.igda.org/miami/meetings/2002-06.php |title=IGDA Miami – Chapter Meeting: June 2002 |access-date=28 November 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427084503/http://www.igda.org/miami/meetings/2002-06.php |archive-date=27 April 2006 }}

• Line of Defense (2014)
• Line of Defense Tactics (2014)
• All Aspect Warfare (2009)
• Angle of Attack (2009)
• Galactic Command Echo Squad SE (2008)
• Galactic Command Echo Squad (2007)
• Universal Combat CE 2.0 (2009)
• Universal Combat CE (2007)
• Universal Combat SE (2006)
• Universal Combat A World Apart (2005)
• Universal Combat Gold (2005)
• Universal Combat (2004)
• Battlecruiser Millennium: Gold Edition (2003)
• Battlecruiser Millennium (2001)
• Battlecruiser 3000AD (v2.0) (1998)
• Battlecruiser 3000AD (1996)

Computer Games Magazine wrote that "over time, his reputation as an online defender of his games and unabashed pistol-whipper of his enemies overshadows the games themselves".Julian Murdoch, Computer Games Magazine, [http://www.cgonline.com/computer-games-magazine/article/the_people_vs_derek_smart/ The People vs. Derek Smart], Issue 196. A 2012 in-depth article regarding the disconnect between his real life and his online alter-ego was written by media veteran Russ Pitts and published by Polygon.{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/14/3553620/the-redemption-of-derek-smart|title=The Redemption of Derek Smart|website=Polygon |date=20 March 2012 |access-date=21 March 2012}}

In 2015, during the height of the Gamergate harassment campaign, Smart appeared on a Society of Professional Journalists live broadcast panel{{Cite web |url=http://www.dereksmart.org/2015/08/spjairplay-gamergate-debate/ |title=SPJAirPlay GamerGate Debate |last=dsmart |date=16 August 2015 |website=Smart Speak |language=en-US |access-date=9 January 2018}} alongside Milo Yiannopoulos, then-editor of Breitbart News, Christina Hoff Sommers of American Enterprise Institute, Lynn Walsh of the Society of Professional Journalists, Asche Schow of the Washington Examiner, and others. In that panel, he decried the actions of media who were branding Gamergate members as a hate group.

Since July 2015, Smart has been embroiled in heated controversy surrounding the Star Citizen crowd-funded game which he claimed{{Cite web |url=http://www.dereksmart.com/2015/07/interstellar-citizens/ |title=Star Citizen – Interstellar Citizens |last=dsmart |date=6 July 2015 |website=Smart Speak |language=en-US |access-date=9 January 2018}} in July 2015 could never be developed due to its scope and promises.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcinvasion.com/star-citizen-will-never-get-made |title=Star Citizen will "never get made" as it's been pitched says Derek Smart |last=Younger |first=Paul |date=5 July 2015 |website=PC Invasion |language=en-US |access-date=9 January 2018}} With widespread media coverage surrounding the project,{{Cite web |url=http://www.kotaku.co.uk/tag/inside-star-citizen/ |title=inside-star-citizen |website=Kotaku UK |language=en |access-date=9 January 2018}} he has since gone on to write various blogs about the project.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dereksmart.org/2015/07/star-citizen-blogs/ |title=All Star Citizen Blogs |last=dsmart |date=6 July 2015 |website=Smart Speak |language=en-US |access-date=9 January 2018}}

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• [http://www.dereksmart.org Derek Smart website]
• [http://www.3000ad.com 3000AD Inc. website]
• [http://www.qol.com Quest Online, LLC website]

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