Dec 9, 2010 14:43 GMT  ·  By

Graeme Devine, the person responsible for ensuring a flawless gaming experience on Apple’s iOS devices, has decided to leave the Cupertino, California-based giant to start his own company and get back to actually making games, rather than testing stuff all day long.

Devine confirmed his departure from Apple in a Twitter update, saying: “I’m starting a game company in Santa Cruz to focus on iOS and Mac desktop games.”

Gaming site Kotaku has an interview with the guy where he talks about his position with Apple, how his experience the Mac maker was with, why he left and so on.

"My job there was basically to make gaming on the iOS devices fantastic," Devine said. "Basically that meant looking at the technologies involved and making sure the software played well with the hardware, to look at upcoming hardware/API and say 'Yup, that is a good thing'.

He reveals that Apple didn't have an in-house game designer before him, “so I think it was pretty unique, game technologies touch everything from the graphics stack to touch latency to push notifications.”

“No other app type covers so many technologies and having someone there to validate and help shape that was basically my day job. It was pretty kick ass," he claims.

Explaining why he decided to part with the company that makes some of the best products in the industry, Devine revealed that he is a game designer at heart, not a tester.

His passion is making games, he said,

"I wanted to get back to the actual business of making games and while I loved my time, the people, and the platform I worked on at Apple I am ultimately a game designer that wants to make games."

"When I first got an iPad I was sold on it being the ultimate piece of science fiction technology for gaming. I think it is the most interesting new technology product I've worked on in years and I really wanted to make games for it.”

Asked who would replace him at Apple, Devine declined to name names, while Apple did not respond to request for comment on the matter.

However, Devine assures anyone who might be worried of his departure that Apple has gaming well covered.

"Apple has the smartest and most talented group of people I have ever worked with," he said. "Every day I would walk in and feel I was working alongside geniuses and I the guy with crayons in the corner.”

"I can't comment on what's next inside Apple, but I can tell you, they really do 'get' gaming," he confirmed for the interviewers.