Meet the Devs #14 : V

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:48 am

With Skyrim's announcement on Saturday, we're excited to open up our latest Bethesda Game Studios' Meet The Devs thread. This thread is your opportunity to get to know the developers working on Skyrim. Should be fun as you'll run into some familiar friends, as well as plenty of new folks to the team.

Please keep in mind this thread is NOT for asking questions to the developers related to Skyrim. There will be a time to ask questions, but not yet, and not in this series of threads. Our amazing forum moderators will keep an eye on posts that aren't in line with the theme of the thread.

Just wanted to post a quick hello to everyone on the forums. Thanks for being here and keeping TES going. Yes, we read a lot of it, and have been for a long time. It's great to finally see a "V - Skyrim" section on here along with Morrowind and Oblivion. Like you, we're fans too, and we're just as excited about this game. The whole team at BGS has been giving this their all for the last several years. The next 11 months should be fun, and this is a great place for the team to hear from you. No, we can't give away info early, so don’t bait us into trouble!

Thanks again for all your support, not just now, but for the last 16 years.

todd

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1172290-meet-the-devs-13/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1167784-meet-the-devs-12/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1164248-meet-the-devs-11/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1161746-meet-the-devs-10/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1157772-meet-the-devs-9/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1154710-meet-the-devs-8/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1151553-meet-the-devs-7/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1151230-meet-the-devs-6/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1150155-meet-the-devs-5/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1149548-meet-the-devs-4/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1149314-meet-the-devs-3/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1148935-meet-the-devs-2/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1148850-meet-the-devs/

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:36 am

Ok a better question, what exactly do you currently have on your work desk? I.e. a ball of elastic bands or a elder scrolls mug etc..

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:31 pm

keep up the good work dev's. i know that skyrim is going to be a sweet game to play.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:43 pm

Does developing a game kind of ruin it for you, as far as playing it?

Just making mods for Dragon Age for a while got me completely sick of actually playing the game, lol.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:41 am

Charmander, Bulbasaur, or Squirtle?

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:13 am

Whats your favourite Anime / cartoon.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:48 am

Charmander, Bulbasaur, or Squirtle?

im not a dev but charmander is my favorite

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:35 am

Charmander, Bulbasaur, or Squirtle?

I never understood why anyone wouldn't take Charmander. One of the easiest decisions in my life.

Anyway, do the devs even check these threads a lot? Every page I've skimmed were just countless questions. I know they're busy developing the game and with their personal lives, I just haven't seen a dev post aside from the first page.

If any of the devs read this post: How's it going fellas?

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:42 am

Does Todd Howard have his own restroom? Would you share toilet seats with him?

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:19 am

Who is your daddy and what does he do?

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:53 pm

Would you share toilet seats with him?

You mean like... at the same time?

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:35 am

What kind of music do you devs listen to?

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:32 am

Oooh I have a question! or maybe two!

If you could meet another game dev, who would it be?

What extinct game studio would you resurrect if you could?

What is your favorite type of cheese?

Would you prefer to work at Black Mesa or Aperture Laboratories?

Do you find that when you're working that it can be easy to get distracted or are you pretty focused? I'm working on a 32 level megawad for Doom 2 and at this point, especially after working on it for ages, it's pretty easy to get distracted and lose focus.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:53 am

1.What do you eat for lunch?

2.I'm going to programming next year. Any tips?

3. Have you seen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE commercial?

4.Do you use Windows 7 or some other? If Windows 7 or Vista, Do you use IE 9?

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:08 am

Ok a better question, what exactly do you currently have on your work desk? I.e. a ball of elastic bands or a elder scrolls mug etc..

Several things - some Fallout 3 paraphernalia, a sackboy, Halo Reach monument/figure, my WoW character figureprint, and some programming and RPG books (including the epic Deathwatch CE)

Does developing a game kind of ruin it for you, as far as playing it?

Just making mods for Dragon Age for a while got me completely sick of actually playing the game, lol.

As a programmer who works mostly on systems - not really. I don't see a ton of the content in the game before it comes out as the things I do see are either tests or small bits to reproduce and fix bugs.

Oooh I have a question! or maybe two!

If you could meet another game dev, who would it be?

What extinct game studio would you resurrect if you could?

What is your favorite type of cheese?

Would you prefer to work at Black Mesa or Aperture Laboratories?

Do you find that when you're working that it can be easy to get distracted or are you pretty focused? I'm working on a 32 level megawad for Doom 2 and at this point, especially after working on it for ages, it's pretty easy to get distracted and lose focus.

1. Tim Sweeney
2. Hmm... hard one. Maybe Dynamix so they can make Tribes again. Or the original Volition that made Descent and Freespace.
3. Provolone!
4. Black Mesa - at least they don't have an evil computer running you through tests while laughing. Just mysterious upper management that intentionally messes with experiments to destroy the world. On second thought...
5. I find it pretty easy to 'get into a groove' where I'll just work on stuff for hours straight while not paying any attention to the time. Though some days it takes longer to get there then others :biggrin:

1.What do you eat for lunch?

2.I'm going to programming next year. Any tips?

3. Have you seen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE commercial?

4.Do you use Windows 7 or some other? If Windows 7 or Vista, Do you use IE 9?

1. Whatever Kenny makes for me!
2. Make sure you learn the fundamentals - and try to learn more then one language at some point once you have a good handle on things. Learning more then one language (especially if it is drastically different then the one you've been taught) will give you interesting insights into how to solve problems in various ways and will help your programming skills in general.
3. Hasn't everyone?
4. Win7 and IE9 - sometimes Firefox 4 :biggrin:

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:04 pm

Hi Devs, keep up the great work! Just some questions that popped into my mind...

Are you a cat or dog person?

Is getting into the gaming industry extremely difficult?

What's your favorite race in TES games? And why?

What games are you guys looking forward to the most this year? (Other than SKYRIM, of course)

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:31 am

So Devs, what made you decide to work in the game industry?

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:57 am

As far as story writing is concerned I know there is a lot of choices you could possibly have to account for. In a game this size, was there anything that you found most challenging while working out how the story would go, or since you've been doing it for such a long time it's just easy now?

My goal is to be a story writer one day, so any tips would be help as well thank you.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:11 am

what gener do you prefer in movies/games/series/books?

» Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:22 pm

What is your favorite movie?

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:18 am

What is your favorite movie?

JAWS

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:29 am

Would any of you guys be interested in doing some small developer blogs for Skyrim on things like "How we made the fog/flowing water work." or other small things?

This would be great for all of us who crave some new info all time, further insight into Skyrim, and would still save all the big reveal stuff you guys are wanting to do in the coming months.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:23 am

Have you ever been so scared playing a game that you couldn't play it any more?

(Yes, I just saw the pic of that nasty spider you have in Skyrim :cold: )

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:48 am

Llamas or Ligers? :rolleyes:

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:15 am

If you could have a pet mudcrab , or a pet imp, what would you choose?

also, What would happen if Sheogorath divided by zero?