Mike Dailly (game designer)

{{short description|Scottish video game designer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Mike Dailly

| image = Mike Dailly, 2011.jpg

| caption = Dailly in 2011

| birth_name = Michael Dailly

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Scotland

| occupation = Video game designer

| years_active = 1989–Present

| organization = DMA Design

| known_for = Lemmings
Grand Theft Auto

| party = Scottish National Party

}}

Michael Dailly is a Scottish video game designer, best known for designing Lemmings{{cite web|last=Alex|first=Michael|last2=er|title=FEATURE: Iconic Dundee-made video game Lemmings is first class in new Royal Mail postage stamp collection|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/entertainment/gadgets-games/1079186/feature-iconic-dundee-made-video-game-lemmings-is-first-class-in-new-royal-mail-postage-stamp-collection/|access-date=3 June 2021|website=The Courier|language=en-GB}} and the original prototype of Grand Theft Auto, and is one of the four founders of DMA Design (now Rockstar North), alongside David Jones, Russell Kay, and Steve Hammond.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/technology/grand-theft-auto-franchise-playfully-flings-mud-at-its-birthplace-scotland.html|title=Grand Theft Auto Franchise Playfully Flicks Mud at Its Birthplace: Scotland|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=29 May 2015}}

Between 2010 and 2018, Dailly was working with YoYo Games as the lead developer of the GameMaker: Studio game engine.{{cite news|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/10/16/gta-creator-is-building-liberty-city-in-game-maker/|title=GTA Creator Is Building Liberty City In Game Maker|website=Rock Paper Shotgun|access-date=11 July 2016}}

Dailly was given the lifetime achievement award at the 2023 Scottish Games Awards.{{cite web |last1=Dealessandri |first1=Marie |title=The Longest Walk and Hercule Poirot: The London Case crowned at Scottish Games Awards |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-longest-walk-and-hercule-poirot-the-london-case-crowned-at-scottish-games-awards |website=GamesIndustry.biz |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=3 November 2023 |date=3 November 2023}}

Dailly is a supporter of Scottish independence and is a member of the Scottish National Party.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-24 |title='They're the best for Scotland': Grand Theft Auto creator joins SNP |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23411749.creator-grand-theft-auto-video-game-joins-snp/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=The National |language=en}}