12 Facts About Adrian Chmielarz

Adrian Chmielarz was born on 1971 in Lubin and is a Polish video game designer, programmer, creative director, producer and writer specializing in adventure games and first-person shooters.

Adrian Chmielarz is one of the most famous Polish video gaming figures, as well as one of the most divisive figures in the industry.

In 1985, at the age of 15, Adrian Chmielarz attended the first Polcon science fiction convention in Blazejewko, where he first discovered an affinity for computers.

Adrian Chmielarz soon went through a Star Wars fan phase that saw him interact with a computer for the first time.

Adrian Chmielarz began saving for a ZX Spectrum despite never having used one before.

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Adrian Chmielarz was pushed by a desire to buy a computer with his own money, knowing that his parents had been forced into the black market to "put food on the table".

In 1987, Adrian Chmielarz earned financial sustainability by traveling 40 miles each day to sell bootleg foreign films on VHS tapes, copied from a friend at a bazaar in Wroclaw.

Adrian Chmielarz noted that while an Englishman could buy a game the day of release, the average Pole would often have to wait up to five weeks and become impatient during that time, leading to this natural solution.

Adrian Chmielarz decided to leave his profitable business and study at Wroclaw University of Technology.

Adrian Chmielarz sent the results of his experiments with creating video games the editorial offices of the magazines Komputer and Bajtek, winning a subscription to the latter as a result.

Adrian Chmielarz was not worried about the Polish gaming market being a small niche, as he knew the trail had already been set by developer xLand.

Adrian Chmielarz has written commentary articles for Polish video game magazines, including his monthly columns "Gawedy bez fai" and "Gawedy po fai" in Secret Service and NEO+.