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THE SETTLERS 7 – Biography
Name: Bruce ShelleyResidence: Chicago, USA
Occupation/Function in team:
Game design consultant
How do you describe your work:
Advised the design team on features and content to help make the game more accessible and to broaden the audience; wrote much of the English text
How did you start working in the videogame business? What did you do before Settlers (short CV)?
Was making strategy board games and switched to computer games in 1987.
Spent five years at Microprose and worked on the original Railroad Tycoon and Civilization games.
Before Settlers I worked for Ensemble Studios where we made the Age of Empires series and other games.
Which game/What kicked off your passion for the gaming industry?
Sid Meier’ Pirates, published around 1987; also Empire
Did you always want to work in videogames growing up?
There were no video games when I was growing up. I played board games and started making board games and paper games in 1980.
Who/what is your inspiration?
As a very young person I found that few activities so fully engaged my mind like playing a good game. I enjoyed the intellectual challenge and the social aspect of playing with friends.
What does Settlers mean to you?
A rich, deep, beautiful, engaging game that rewards good planning and management; a thinking person’s RTS, rather than a click fest.
Do you play any video games in your spare time?
Of course!
If so, which ones?
I have been playing The Lord of the Rings Online for a while now.
