Founder
Founder noun - A person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor.
Usage example: Maria Montessori was the founder of an educational system dedicated to maximizing a child's creative potential
Maker is a synonym for founder in creator topic. In some cases you can use "Maker" instead a noun "Founder", when it comes to topics like start, inventor, originator, initiator. popular alternative
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Creator Cameo: The hidden tournament opponent Iceman is One Must Fall creator Rob Elam (giving his line "Prepare to meet your maker" a double meaning); the tournament opponent James is Digital Extremes founder and future Unreal series' developer James Schmalz.
Source: Video Game / One Must Fall -
They cast the co-founder of the movement (Sebastian Foucan, who originated the "free-running" branch of the discipline) as the bomb maker just so they could do that sequence with maximum awesome.
Source: Le Parkour -
According to the renegade Maker, it was invented by the founder of the Continuum and pinches space by manipulating dark matter to generate a singularity.
Source: Webcomic / Drive
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