Mark (Myong-Sik) OteroFounder

United States - Sacramento, California

AAA core RPG game design focused executive:

(1) Former GM of EA Capital Games launched Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, over $1B in revenue, 100M+ downloads, and EA's most successful mobile game 6 years in a row.

(2) Launched 8 Collectables & Combat RPG free2play games on Facebook, open web, and mobile across diverse genres (sci-fi / dystopian / fantasy / super hero) and IPs (Star Wars & Dragon Age).

(3) Co-Founded KlickNation and grew studio from 2 to 70+ in 18 months, a highly successful free2play RPG game maker acquired by Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA).

How I became a core game designer:

(4) Over 10+ years paper-and-dice dungeon master for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD & D) and BattleTech tabletop mech combat game. Started programming on Commodore 64 in the 80's, created my first RPG video game in high school on IBM w/ASCII graphics.

(5) Games that inspired me: Ultima 2 & 4, Pool of Radiance, Phantasy 2 & 3, Bard's Tale, Might & Magic, The PIT (BBS game), Baldur's Gate, Diablo 2