Meet the Devs #5 : V - Skyrim

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:46 am

Question: Tell me meatbags, have any of the staff yet considered playing through the final build of Skyrim as a Norse God? I do so love to [censored] and pillage.

Yeah because all Norseman were pirates right.

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:24 pm

which one of u guys thought up cliffracers??

and who forgot their feet? :facepalm:

i just gotta know.

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:27 pm

Questions for bethesda softworks

1)

What Division of Marketing Are you?

2)
How well would whole sale marketing experience(and marketing in general) translate into the video game industry or is it one and the same?

3)
What do you think would look good on a resume for trying to get into the video game world?

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:59 pm

YO!

They haven't gotten rid of me yet.

Cool.

Go and find Ashman and Locklear and tell then to make a presence as well. Good to see the old school devs are still on board.

Hayt leads to sufferyng. Well played :hehe:

So it was he that was responsible for the Adoring Fan?

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:24 am

What is the biggest challenge for you as a Developer when it comes to working on the next installment of The Elder Scrolls?

One of the main aspects of Elder Scrolls that has always awed me is how real the world feels. How Tamriel is broken up into Provinces, with these people living all over in moderate peace really makes the world believable. As well as the differences in the Architecture, History, Land, and The Races really show case your talents as Developers. Where does the inspiration come from?

May I have a Fishy Stick?

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:46 pm

Are there any mathematician in your team?
If yes, how many and what are they doing?

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:07 pm

Do you know where I have dropped my keys? I cant seem to find them and I have looked everywhere! :foodndrink:

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:13 am

What toppings do you put on hot dogs?

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:47 am

Zucchini or squash? Which one do you find more cultivated and why?

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:32 pm

Ooh, ooh, I have a question!

While working on Oblivion (if any of you were) what was the point you decided that Radiant AI wasn't going to work?

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:32 am

You know, I really have no idea.

Here's how it stands now, I think: ZeniMax Media is our publisher; they giveth and taketh the monies. We're Bethesda Game Studios; we make-a the games. There are a number of other companies owned by ZeniMax, namely id Software, Splash Damage, Arkane Studios, all of whom also make-a the games. An anology to planets orbiting a sun would not be remiss, replacing gravity with cash money. Well, it might be a little remiss.

It's a tree! ZeniMax is the trunk, it has six major branches, and Socrates200X is a leaf!

ZeniMax Media is an entertainment company comprising of six divisions:

1. Bethesda Softworks: publishers of games by Bethesda Game Studios, Obsidian, id software, Arkane, inXile, Splash Damage, Rebellion, HeadFirst, A2M and others. Bethesda commissions and licences new games, organises publicity and distribution, and has a sizeable in-house QA department. Bethesda does not own id software; Zenimax does.

2. Vir2L Studios: a mobile/handheld game design company

3. ZeniMax online Studios: MMO online game developer

4. id software: developers of Quake, Doom, Wolfenstein etc

5. Bethesda Game Studios: developers of Elder Scrolls and Fallout games

6. Arkane Studios: developers of Arx Fatalis

(Tango Gameworks should probably be added to this as a seventh branch.)

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:51 am

It's a tree! ZeniMax is the trunk, it has six major branches, and Socrates200X is a leaf!

Working hard to make Zenimax look good in the summer, he'll be dead and cast away around the time TES V is released?

» Sat May 28, 2011 6:53 am

Working hard to make Zenimax look good in the summer, he'll be dead and cast away around the time TES V is released?

maybe it's a spruce in the winter.

magic.

» Fri May 27, 2011 5:41 pm

Princess stomper has it right. Tango Gameworks and Machinegames are the two newest development studios so they'd be #7 and 8 in that list.

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:00 pm

How many ideas from us do you actually incorporate on average?

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:52 am

How many ideas from us do you actually incorporate on average?

ive wanted to ask that too! ive heard alot about them reading the speculation threads, but not the idea threads. Do you get alot of inspiration from us fans? :happy:

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:03 am

Apparently the hardest bit of making games is not the actual coding or art or whatever but selecting the ideas to produce and incorporating them into the game. Is this true?

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:55 am

I would like to ask Nick Breckon about his tweets with Mikami, are you authorized to tell us what they say?

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:12 pm

Do you guys play chess?

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:18 am

I know, I know: get back to work, right?

Well yeah, if Todd catches you slacking your eternal soul might be in jeopardy.

It's a tree! ZeniMax is the trunk, it has six major branches, and Socrates200X is a leaf!

It's a scene graph, and Socrates200X is a leaf node.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:56 am

Yeah because all Norseman were pirates right.

Well, actually Viking's would be pretty closely related to pirates in demeanor.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:52 pm

Who was the developer who "created" Cliff Racers?
Has he/she gotten lots of dirt for it?

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:07 am

Yeah because all Norseman were pirates right.

Dude, there were a lot of Viking Pirates.

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:07 pm

Ah, I have a question!

Did you see, and like, the fanart that I posted in the speculation thread?

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae33/SirBryghtside/SKYRIM.png?t=1292709929

And was it my fanart that prompted you to announce Skyrim?

» Sat May 28, 2011 6:34 am

Questions for the people who are in marketing: What degree do you need to do it, a general MBA? What does the work entail?