James Evao (character)

James Evao is the titular main protagonist in the popular video game franchise of the same name. Created by Todd Harvey Norman and his partner Mark Hupp, the character has been listed on #34 on Top 50 Popular Video Game Characters of the decade. He is also voiced by Norman.

Early creation
Todd Harvey Norman and his partner Mark Hupp, who met at programming school all the way back in 1963, had thought of the idea of creating a character in a video game called James Evao, a character who goes on several adventures with his friends and also fighting foes.

His character was originally designed to be a stickfigure with only two long eyes and long arms to be the main character, but it was instead used as a prototype for a 1989 game called: “What’s In the Box?”. The game was also meant to be a three minute game with him trying to smash a random box to find out what was in it.