Erik Bethke
Founder & CEO, GoPets Ltd.
Erik Bethke is the founder of GoPets and currently resides in Seoul. He has been developing games for over 12 years.
Previously, Erik was responsible for overall corporate operations at Taldren, Inc., leading design and business development. Projects managed at Taldren include the Starfleet Command real-time tactical starship simulator. He acted as the lead designer and producer/executive producer throughout the series, including SFC 1, SCF: Neutral Zone, SFC II: Empires at War, SFC: Orion Pirates and Starfleet Command 3.
Prior to founding Taldren, Erik worked for both large publishers and small developers. Projects include I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream for Cyberdreams, PlanetNET for MPGNet and Caesars Palace Windows 95 for Interplay.
Erik is the author of the book Game Development and Production. The book is currently used by the game design departments of at least half a dozen universities and colleges.
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