Tim Schafer, best-known for his work at LucasArts on a number of classic adventure games, will be receiving the BAFTA Fellowship in April 2018. The British Academy of Film, Television and Arts Fellowship is given to “an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games, or television.” Previous recipients from the video game industry have included Shigeru Miyamoto and Gabe Newell, among others.

Schafer’s work at LucasArts included popular titles such as the Monkey Island series, Day of the Tentacle, and Grim Fandango. He left the company in 2000 and founded Double Fine Productions, where he’d continue to produce games such as the critically acclaimed Psychonauts. More recent hits for Double Fine have included Broken Age, which notably raised more than $3.3 million on Kickstarter to fund its production.

“I am surprised, humbled, and honored to be receiving the BAFTA Fellowship this year," said Schafer. “BAFTA’s long-standing support of video games and championing of creativity and strong storytelling in that medium, have had an extremely positive impact and I’m very grateful to be recognized by them with this Fellowship.”

The BAFTA Fellowship will be presented on April 12 at the British Academy Games Awards.