Istvan Pely (born in 1974), is an American computer artist and game developer.
He recalls that he "was really drawn to games as a storytelling medium, as well as an interesting challenge in the visual arts.
"[1] Pely began studying a computer science major at Loyola University Maryland.
Having always been artistically inclined, he found computer science alone to be a bit too technical, while creating games was a "nice way to mesh technology and art."
Sacrificing his grades, with these tools he developed a Mac/PC adventure game called Majestic Part I: Alien Encounter, and managed to get it published before graduating.