In the second part of the trilogy of talks with former World Of Warcraft developers, Josh sits down with exterior level designer Bo Bell, for a lengthy chat on the making of vanilla WoW.
Highlights Below:
- In Depth Interview – 2:35
- Bo’s Resume – 3:20
- Working At Blizzard – 7:50
- Working in QA – 9:50
- Speaking Publicly About Games – 16:05
- What Bo Works On Now – 19:35
- Artistic Freedom Working On Exterior Designs – 24:30
- Balancing Metzen’s Vision With Personal Tastes – 31:30
- Fighting For Keeping Duskwood Dark – 37:10
- Love For The Planned Emerald Dream – 41:45
- Real World Inspirations In WoW Exteriors – 47:50
- WoW Planned To Be Everquest? – 53:40
- Smoke Break Ideas/Cutting Wee From WoW – 1:05:25
- How Close Were We To Flying Mounts In Vanilla? – 1:09:45
- Lord Of The Rings Inspirations – 1:13:20
- Runemasters In Vanilla WoW – 1:22:50
- Other Scrapped Classes – 1:27:25
- Favourite/Challenging Zones That Bo Worked On – 1:31:00
- Seeing Cataclysm Change Bo’s Work – 1:37:50
- Blizzard’s Level Design Approach Now vs. Then – 1:42:45
- Origins Of The Forsaken – 1:48:20
- Moonglade Plans/Timbermaw – 1:55:50
- Zone Regrets – 1:59:35
- Guesses At Playable Zones In The Demo – 2:02:15
- Invisible Walls – 2:07:00
- Classic’s Longevity – 2:10:55
- Classic As A ‘Do Over’ – 2:15:50
- Classic Release Date Guess – 2:18:20
- Classic ‘Forum Leaks’ – 2:23:40
- Demo vs. Alpha vs. Beta – 2:43:00
- Shout Outs – 2:49:50
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