Lee Petty

Director · Writer

Lee Petty is a video-game developer associated with Double Fine Productions.

Career

Petty began working in games at Accolade in the mid-1990s after earlier work in comics and film/video compositing.

Petty co-founded Circus Freak Studios around 1999-2000; the studio shipped Superman: The Man of Steel for Xbox and worked on cutscene cinematics.

Petty joined Double Fine with Brütal Legend as his first project and served as its Art Director.

During Brütal Legend development, Petty developed and led the Stacking project through Double Fine's Amnesia Fortnight process.

Petty created and led Keeper, released by Double Fine in October 2025.

Interesting Facts

  • Petty was born in Hawaii and grew up in Sacramento, California.
  • Petty said he wrote the entirety of Stacking and designed most of its puzzles during his train commute.

Credited Games

Rad

Creative Director

August 20, 2019

74

Headlander

Writer · Director +1

July 25, 2016

77

Stacking

Creative Director · Writer +1

February 08, 2011

84

Keeper

Creative Director

October 17, 2025

89