With the significant expansion of the NCsoft NorCal team that supports and develops City of Heroes, we felt it was important for the fans to get to know some of the new personalities on the team. To that end, we are reviving the "Ask a Dev" feature. Here's how it works.
Ask a Dev
Periodically, we'll introduce a member of the City of Heroes Development Team and open a reply forum thread where fans can pose their questions for that developer. Then a few weeks later we'll close the question thread and go through and pick out the best and most appropriate questions and the developer will provide the answers!
So, without further ado, we want to introduce to you one of the latest additions to the City of Heroes Development Team, Senior Designer Bruce Harlick!
City of Heroes "Ask a Dev" with Senior Designer Bruce Harlick
Biography
Bruce Harlick got his start in the gaming industry way back in 1981 as Hero Games' first employee. Starting as an editor, Bruce enjoyed a 20-year relationship with the Hero Games, culminating with the job of company president. Bruce was responsible for the creation of some of Hero Games most memorable characters, including the ever-popular Foxbat.
After Hero Games and some time spent as a technical writer and editor outside of the gaming industry, Bruce took at job with Monolith Productions in 2003, working on The Matrix Online and the DC Universe Online game. After Monolith sold MxO and the rights to DC Online to Sony in 2005, Bruce moved down to Sigil to work on their Marvel Comics MMO. When, alas, Bruces plan to work on a superhero MMO was foiled once again, he moved back to his hometown of San Francisco in 2006 to work on an Indiana Jones game.
Bruce jumped at the chance to join his old friend Positron and the rest of the dev team working on City of Heroes and City of Villains. His long background in superhero roleplaying games made him a natural fit for this project.
An Introduction from Bruce
Ive been playing superhero roleplaying games since I was in High School (which was a long time ago now) and Ive wanted to make a superhero-based MMO for ages. Im really happy to be here on this game and Im looking forward to making a mark on it.
MMOs are great fun; I've been playing them hardcore ever since EverQuest was in beta (and before then, back when they were all text-based) and havent stopped since. Ive played or beta-tested just about every major MMO to come along and was an early tester and player of City of Heroes.
In my spare time, I like to take photographs, read, cook, dine at fine restaurants, and roast coffee. I like to play roleplaying games and am involved in several active campaigns. Im planning on running some 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons for my fellow content designers here.
What does Bruce do on the City of Heroes Team?
Im primarily responsible for making cool stories and missions, and designing systems to help support missions. So Im here at work all day, thinking of cool stuff and then putting it into the game. It's a dream job.
If you have a specific in game, account, tech or billing problem please contact our Customer Support team via The Knowledge Base "Ask A Question" page.
With the significant expansion of the NCsoft NorCal team that supports and develops City of Heroes, we felt it was important for the fans to get to know some of the new personalities on the team. To that end, we are reviving the "Ask a Dev" feature. Here's how it works.
Ask a Dev
Periodically, we'll introduce a member of the City of Heroes Development Team and open a reply forum thread where fans can pose their questions for that developer. Then a few weeks later we'll close the question thread and go through and pick out the best and most appropriate questions and the developer will provide the answers!
So, without further ado, we want to introduce to you one of the latest additions to the City of Heroes Development Team, Senior Designer Bruce Harlick!
City of Heroes "Ask a Dev" with Senior Designer Bruce Harlick
Biography
Bruce Harlick got his start in the gaming industry way back in 1981 as Hero Games' first employee. Starting as an editor, Bruce enjoyed a 20-year relationship with the Hero Games, culminating with the job of company president. Bruce was responsible for the creation of some of Hero Games most memorable characters, including the ever-popular Foxbat.
After Hero Games and some time spent as a technical writer and editor outside of the gaming industry, Bruce took at job with Monolith Productions in 2003, working on The Matrix Online and the DC Universe Online game. After Monolith sold MxO and the rights to DC Online to Sony in 2005, Bruce moved down to Sigil to work on their Marvel Comics MMO. When, alas, Bruces plan to work on a superhero MMO was foiled once again, he moved back to his hometown of San Francisco in 2006 to work on an Indiana Jones game.
Bruce jumped at the chance to join his old friend Positron and the rest of the dev team working on City of Heroes and City of Villains. His long background in superhero roleplaying games made him a natural fit for this project.
An Introduction from Bruce
Ive been playing superhero roleplaying games since I was in High School (which was a long time ago now) and Ive wanted to make a superhero-based MMO for ages. Im really happy to be here on this game and Im looking forward to making a mark on it.
MMOs are great fun; I've been playing them hardcore ever since EverQuest was in beta (and before then, back when they were all text-based) and havent stopped since. Ive played or beta-tested just about every major MMO to come along and was an early tester and player of City of Heroes.
In my spare time, I like to take photographs, read, cook, dine at fine restaurants, and roast coffee. I like to play roleplaying games and am involved in several active campaigns. Im planning on running some 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons for my fellow content designers here.
What does Bruce do on the City of Heroes Team?
Im primarily responsible for making cool stories and missions, and designing systems to help support missions. So Im here at work all day, thinking of cool stuff and then putting it into the game. It's a dream job.
Click here to post your question for Bruce to answer!
Lighthouse
Community Relations Manager
If you have a specific in game, account, tech or billing problem please contact our Customer Support team via The Knowledge Base "Ask A Question" page.