Ralf Glau

Ralf Glau (born November 30, 1956 in Kassel ) is a German game designer and game developer .

He gained greater fame in the late 1980s on the German-speaking market, especially for his two business simulations, Hanse and Vermeer . Initially published for the Commodore 64 by Ariolasoft , both followed shortly afterwards for other computer systems popular at the time such as Amiga , Atari ST , Schneider CPC and DOS .

In the following time he supported other young development teams in the Ariolasoft environment, including Honey Design in the development of their first game Das Magazin .

Together with the graphic artist Holger Paulsen and the computer scientist Harald Uenzelmann, he founded the development studio Art Edition in 1989 . The plan was to develop multiplayer strategy games that appeal more to the “mum and dad” generation or “social simulations” in which behavior towards fellow players is assessed. At the same time, however, the Bertelsmann group decided to withdraw from the software and computer games sector. Ariolasoft was taken over by its long-time managing director Hans-Joachim Krusche, who seamlessly continued the business as United Software . In the collaboration with Art Edition , however, all previous successful titles were re-released as the compilation Die Ralf Glau Edition in 1991.

After completing his studies in product design, Ralf Glau worked as a game designer for Ascon , later known as Ascaron, where he worked on several games, above all on Elisabeth I and the remakes of Hanse and Vermeer.

Games

• Die Hanse , published in 1986 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and DOS by Ariolasoft
• Vermeer , published in 1988 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and DOS by Ariolasoft
• Yuppi's Revenge , published in 1988 for Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and DOS by Ariolasoft
• The Ralf Glau Edition , published in 1991 for Amiga, Commodore 64 and DOS by Art Edition and United Software (formerly Ariolasoft)

As a game designer, participated in the development of:

• The magazine , published in 1988 by Ariolasoft
• Reederei , published in 1989 by Ariolasoft
• Das Haus , published by Ariolasoft in 1990
• Ritter , published in 1991 by United Internet (formerly Ariolasoft)
• Hanse: The Expedition , published by Ascon in 1994
• Elisabeth I (in English under the name Gloriana), published by Ascon in 1996
• Vermeer: ​​The Art of Inheriting , published 1997 by Ascaron (formerly Ascon)

literature

• Winnie Forster: Computer and Video Playmaker . The dictionary of game designers and programmers, international teams and publishers. 1st edition. Gameplan, 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-021584-1 , pp. 58 f .
• The economic simulations by Ralf Glau , economic crisis on the C64? . In: Lotek64 No. 29, March 2009, p. 22, archived at Arnold.C64.org , accessed on January 24, 2014 (pdf; 3,396 kB)

Web links

• Ralf Glau at MobyGames

Individual evidence

1. ↑ What is Ralf Glau actually doing? , Interview. In: Amiga Joker , January 1993, pp. 55–56, archived at Kultboy.com , accessed on January 24, 2014
2. ^ Art Edition - Neue Spiele , In: Atari Magazin , Edition 9/1989, archived at STarchiv.com, accessed on January 24, 2014
3. ↑ The Ralf Glau Edition ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on TheLegacy , accessed January 24, 2014