# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/terry-cavanagh
# Generated: 2026-09-01T13:04:02.444Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/terry-cavanagh"
name: "Terry Cavanagh"
slug: "terry-cavanagh"
description: "Terry Cavanagh is an Irish video game designer based in London, England. He has created over two dozen games, most notably VVVVVV, Super Hexagon, and Dicey Dungeons."
tagline: "Video game designer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Terry_Cavanagh_(developer)_picture.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1984"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           61.62
  momentum:             4.774774774774775
  historical:           10.59773733333333
  currentAttention:     21.70352170352171
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1256
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/terrycavanagh"
    handle:    "terrycavanagh"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6859967/"
    handle:    "nm6859967"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://distractionware.com"
  - platform:  "GITHUB"
    url:       "https://github.com/TerryCavanagh"
    handle:    "TerryCavanagh"
    followers: 1256
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87"
    title: "تيري كافاناه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Cavanagh_(desenvolupador)"
    title: "Terry Cavanagh (desenvolupador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Cavanagh_(developer)"
    title: "Terry Cavanagh (developer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Cavanagh_(desarrollador_de_videojuegos)"
    title: "Terry Cavanagh (desarrollador de videojuegos)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Cavanagh"
    title: "Terry Cavanagh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Cavanagh"
    title: "Terry Cavanagh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Cavanagh"
    title: "Terry Cavanagh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Cavanagh"
    title: "Terry Cavanagh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Cavanagh"
    title: "Terry Cavanagh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Cavanagh"
    title: "Terry Cavanagh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/17d1dca3-50f1-48e6-90b4-bc9bbbbed498"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11709677"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5710463"
    title: "Terry Cavanagh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump