Will Harvey

Will Harvey (born c. 1967) is a software developer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur. At the age of 15 he wrote Music Construction Set (1984) for the Apple II, the first commercial sheet music processor for home computers. Music Construction Set was ported to other systems by its publisher, Electronic Arts. He wrote two games for the Apple IIgs: Zany Golf (1988) and The Immortal (1990). Harvey founded two consumer virtual world Internet companies: IMVU, an instant messaging company, and There, Inc., an MMOG company.

Education

After high school, Harvey studied computer science at Stanford University, where he earned his Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D. During this period, he started two game development companies and published several additional titles through Electronic Arts.

Lancaster

Harvey went to the Nueva School for middle school. The first game Harvey developed was 1982's Lancaster. He said:

He sold them the game, though it was not a great success. The need for music in this game led to his development of 1984's Music Construction Set, published by Electronic Arts. It was a tremendous success.