I was reading through my tweets this evening and I found the coolest interview with Wizard101 Lead Systems Designer, Rhea Shelley. http://mmohub.org/news/wizard101-crafting-interview/426/
Do you know what’s neat about this one?? They used one of my screenshots from a recent trip to the test server. I was taking in the view at the new bazaar and thought a picture was in order!
This is the pic they used! Originally posted here.
Fallon Goes Shopping
How cool is that?!?!!! Here is a snippet of the article:
First you guys added the arena, then housing, and now crafting. Was it your strategy to get the basic PvE element of the game down, and then add on to that, rather than try to tackle everything at once? Or did these additions sort of come about when someone went, “You know what would be cool…”?
Most definitely the former. You’ve got to get your core gameplay down first. We always knew we wanted to add these additional systems, but if the base game isn’t just right, it doesn’t matter what you have along with it.
Now that PvE is solid and fun, we get the time to add on all those cool systems along side it. And yes, there certainly is a good amount of “Wouldn’t it be cool if…” going on. I mean, we’re all game players. So thinking of that kind of stuff is always fun. Plus, we have a great online community who love this game and want it to grow. The constructive feedback from them is always nice to hear.
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