Ulric Dittmar

Ulric Dittmar is a 30-year-old German man and twin brother of Lennard Dittmar, as well as the co-creator of OtherSelf Online.

Early life
Born in February 1986, he was highly close to his twin brother Lennard. However, the two brothers had a different path ahead, and at the age of 14, Ulric started to study programming, discovering his talent for coding. The two brothers grew up in a small house in the city of Suhl, located in Thuringia, Germany; while their parents worked in a bakery of their property. The brothers took an interest in Norse mythology, in which they would later base their work.

Adult life
When the brothers turned 20, they moved to Erfurt where Ulric worked in the German division of Gaea Enterprises, a software development company. Ulric quickly progressed through the company, gaining higher and higher positions as the years passed. However, tragedy struck in June 2011, when Lennard was involved in a car accident and fell into a coma as a result. The loss of his brother affected Ulric deeply, and he quit his job at the company. This event was what started him into game development, as a way of reaching his brother once again.

The first program was created in July of the same year; it was a simple program where Ulric would input a line of text and Lennard answered. However, Lennard rarely understood what Ulric tried to say, which resulted in short conversations that only drove Ulric more desperate. In time, Ulric continued learning about programming and developed the "game" further.

One year later, their parents passed away, and left the brothers full ownership of the family bakery. Ulric sold the bakery and used the money to buy equipment and expand the world he had created for his brother.

Years later, Ulric found the novel "Miracle", written by Lennard, and used it as the base to create the game of the same name, working in the VIRTUA Engine. The beta was released in April 2016, with 2.000 users playing. Thanks to the donations of future players, the game was eventually turned into the game OtherSelf Online.