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people:kim_hakkyu
Kim Hakkyu (김학규)
Kim Hakkyu 김학규
Company
IMC Games Co.,Ltd.
Position
Founder & CEO
Games Created
Lars the Wanderer
Antman 2
Arcturus
Ragnarok Online
Granado Espada
Latest Games
Wolfknights Online
Passion
MMO Games
Date of Birth
1st November
Kim Hakkyu (김학규) is the lead developer of Tree of Savior game. For many in Korea, Kim Hakkyu is considered a legend; he's been called “The Father to Korean online games” and lately he releases “Project R1” has been reputed as the “Father of Ragnarok Online”, a popular MMORPG game in Asia.
Kim Hakkyu made his debut in the gaming industry when he released “Lychnis” in 1994 as a director of Artcraft Team. In 1998, Artcraft split into two companies, Softmax and Gravity Soft. Kim hakkyu spearheaded Gravity Soft and with co-developer Sonnori released “Acturus”1).
In April 2000, Kim Jung Ryool joined Gravity Soft as investor and chairman on board and changed the name to “Gravity”2). With the new addition to the team, Kim Hakkyu continued to develop one of the world's most popular MMORPG game, Ragnarok Online.
On 16th April 2002, following the release of Ragnarok Online and a conflict between Kim Hakkyu and Kim Jung Ryool; Kim Hakkyu resigned as CEO of Gravity to take a break and concentrate on game development3).
In the same year, Kim Hakkyu established IMC Games Co.,Ltd. with their motto: Impress, Motivate and Connect. While visiting Europe countries, the beautiful architecture and the environment4) gave Kim Hakkyu the inspiration to develop his dream game “Granado Espada”. Soon, Granado Espada was released in 14th February 2006.
Recently, IMC Games announced Tree of Savior “Project R1” and WolfKnights “Project G2”.
Passion & Inspiration
Kim Hakkyu is very much inspired by Starcraft, the most popular science fiction real-time strategy (RTS) game in the world. Kim Hakkyu implements elements from RTS games into RPG games. To achieve that, Kim Hakkyu feels that one needs to be equipped with various types of knowledge, from business economics, to statistics, to history, to art, to marketing, and many others.
Kim Hakkyu is also an advocate of “Blue Ocean Strategy”. In the Korean Game Conference (KGC) 2005, Kim Hakkyu gave a keynote on innovation and taking risks, the book “Blue Ocean Strategy” was referenced.
Past Games
Lars The Wonderer (라스더원더러)
Developer
Artcraft
Genre
Action
Antman 2 (개미맨 2)
Developer
Gravity, Namil Soft
Publisher
SKC
Genre
Action
Arcturus (악튜러스)
Developer
Gravity, Sonnori
Publisher
Wizard Soft
Genre
Fantasy RPG
Ragnarok Online (라그나로크온라인)
Developer
Gravity
Publisher
Gravity
Genre
Fantasy MMORPG
Granado Espada
Developer
IMC Games
Publisher
Hanbitsoft
Genre
Fantasy MMORPG
Wolfknights Online
Developer
IMC Games
Genre
Action
Genre
Fantasy MMORPG
people/kim_hakkyu.txt · Last modified: 2014/10/14 09:15 by andronicus