Yao Zhuangxian


Yao Zhuangxian, also known as Yao Xian or Johnson Yau, is a Taiwanese computer game producer, working in Softstar Entertainment as the general manager of Softstar Technology Beijing.

Career

Yao was born in Hualien County in the east of Taiwan, living in the countryside during his childhood. He graduated from the National Taipei Institute of Technology. In 1989, as a college student, with the interest in computer technologies, Yao developed the computer game Richman, which was published by Softstar Entertainment. In the summer of 1995, when Yao was 26, the game The Legend of Sword and Fairy developed by his group was published in Taiwan, and all the 10 thousand copies were sold out during the first day. The game The Legend of Sword and Fairy, which became famous overnight, broke the record of RPG games in the history of Taiwan electronic games.
In 2000, Yao took the initiative to move to mainland China, founded Softstar Technology in Beijing with several collaborators, which was the subsidiary company of Taiwan Softstar Entertainment.

Works