Gaute Godager is a Norwegian video game director who created Funcom

Funcom

Funcom Productions A/S is a Norwegian video game developer specializing in online games. It is best known for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game titles Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, and its The Longest Journey series of adventure games...

 with Erik Gloersen, Ian Neil, Andre Backen, and Olav Mørkrid in 1993, and worked for the company for 16 years. He has directed the massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....

 titles Anarchy Online

Anarchy Online

Anarchy Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game published and developed by Funcom. Released in the summer of 2001, the game was first in the genre to include a science-fiction setting, dynamic quests, free trials, and in-game advertising. The most ground breaking feature in...

and Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is a fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by a Norwegian computer video game developer company, Funcom, and is published by Eidos Interactive for the PC platform...

. He created his first game when he was 17 years old. His first encounter with the gaming industry came by creating a game for Amiga

Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...

, but it was never published. When working on that game, he met the people who created Funcom. While working on Anarchy Online and some other games, he studied psychology

Psychology

Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

. He left Funcom on September 17, 2008, while working on Age of Conan, stating that there were elements of the game he was dissatisfied with. He was replaced by Craig Morrison

Craig Morrison

Craig Morrison is the British video game designer and director who works on massively multiplayer online role-playing game titles for Norwegian company Funcom. He is currently game director and producer for Age of Conan after Gaute Godager left the company...

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