like most artistic fields, level design did not appear in video games until 1983 with the creation of Lode Runner (Broderbund Software, 1983) which was the first game to accredit a Level designer; Douglas E. Smith. It was said in a 2010 interview of game designer John Romero that Smith input the level editor feature at the request of some kids that he had playtesting the game and later on paid them to help design levels for him.