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'''Erich Schaefer''' was one of the creators of the [[Diablo games|Diablo games]] and an executive producer on [[D2]] and [[D2X]]. Erich left [[Blizzard North]] in 2005 and was one of the co-founders of [[Flagship Studios]]. At Flagship Erich worked on [[Hellgate: London]]. After Flagship Studios collapsed in 2008, Erich moved on to become one of the chief investors and an executive at [[Runic Games]]., where he was a lead designer on [[Torchlight]] and [[Torchlight II]]
==Game Design==
Erich's held elevated titles at Blizzard North, Flagship, and Runic Games, and he's done some promotion and press interviews, but he's always spent most of his time working on the game design and development, with a special emphasis on items and skills systems. Here's how he described his job duties in a July 2012 interview:[http://thecriticalbit.com/2012/07/13/interview-erich-schaefer-arpg-design-starting-successful-studio-torchlight-ii/]
::''You were a CCO at Flagship, the VP at Blizzard North, and now you’re the CCO at Runic, though you’re also a designer, right? How often do you get the chance to dive into the gritty details of design given your executive position at Runic? Is it ever difficult for you to delegate design work?''
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