Robert Kurvitz

Robert Kurvitz (born 8 October 1984) is an Estonian novelist, video game designer, and musician. He was the lead designer of the 2019 video game Disco Elysium as a founding member of the ZA/UM cultural association and the eponymous video game development company that grew out of it. Kurvitz was fired from ZA/UM in 2022, alongside Disco Elysium's Lead Art Director Aleksander Rostov, after the majority stake in ZA/UM was acquired by Estonian businessmen Ilmar Kompus and Tőnis Havel.