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src: A huge thank you to Ted for taking the time to chat about The Elder Scrolls universe we all love so dearly! And of course for sharing brand new information on his new venture the Wayward Realms! Follow The Wayward Realms: Discord ► Facebook ► Reddit ► Twitter ► The Wayward Realms website ► OnceLost Games website ► Ted’s author recommendations: “P.G. Wodehouse, Paul Bowles, Jorge Luis Borges, Evelyn Waugh, Edward Gorey, Meryn Peake, Ruth Rendell, Flannery O’Connor, Anthony Powell, Truman Capote, Nikolai Gogol, and the obvious ones: Austen, Dickens, Dostoevsky. Of course, like everyone, happy to steal from Shakespeare whenever possible. But he’s not exactly under appreciated.“ 🐫 MERCH - 🐫 🐫 🐫 🐫 🐫 🐫 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:10 - How Ted Started At Bethesda 00:05:35 - Early Bethesda Terminator Games 00:07:13 - It’s Not A Bug It’s A Feature 00:09:23 - Ted’s Design Role In The Elder Scroll: Arena 00:11:00 - D&D Test And Bugs 00:13:11 - Arena’s Original Walrus End Boss 00:15:21 - Modern Games Referencing Original Lore 00:16:37 - Creating Lore Seeds 00:17:36 - Founding Fathers Of The Elder Scrolls 00:18:19 - Naming Provinces, Cities, Races, Factions 00:22:11 - Arena on The Sega Saturn 00:23:30 - Arena Box Art 00:28:26 - Fondest Memories Of Making Arena 00:32:45 - Arena To Daggerfall Evolution In Storytelling & Lore 00:36:11 - Daggerfall Unity & Daggerfall’s Plot 00:39:57 - Daggerfall’s FMV Intro Cut Scene 00:42:06 - Developing The Aedra & The Daedra 00:46:58 - What Do You Think Of The Modern Sheogorath? 00:49:00 - Ius The Animal God 00:53:06 - Challenges Of QA Testing Procedural generation 00:54:10 - Tsaesci Lore, Pronunciation, Attempted Removal 00:59:09 - Daggerfall Cut Content, Dragons & Faeries 01:02:47 - Real Life Elder Scrolls & Wayward Realm Novels 01:05:35 - Why Ted Left Bethesda, Retcons & Faeries 01:08:09 - Michael Kirkbride & Ted Writing Dynamic 01:11:11 - Daggerfall To Morrowind Tone Shift In Lore 01:14:07 - True Mystery Of The Dwemer 01:17:55 - Dragonbreaks 01:21:19 - Favourite Elder Scrolls Book? 01:25:47 - Favourite Elder Scrolls Race? 01:27:32 - If Ted Had Worked On Skyrim What Would He Change? 01:28:47 - Setting For TES VI 01:29:42 - 10th Planet Sci-fi Game / Starfield 01:35:27 - Ted’s Recommended Books & Authors 01:36:32 - What Working With Todd Howard Was Like 01:40:23 - Working On Multiple games At Once 01:42:28 - Ted’s Favourite Gaming Series 01:46:07 - OnceLost Games New Gaming Studio 01:50:23 - World Building In Wayward Realms 01:53:30 - Cat Anecdotes 01:55:39 - What Is The Wayward Realms? 01:59:04 - What Kind Of Game Is The Wayward Realms? 02:02:53 - The Central Development Pillars Of The Wayward Realms 02:06:47 - How Does Procedural Generation Work? 02:09:51 - Where Is The Game Set? 02:10:54 - Australian Animals & Hand Crafting The Game World 02:16:53 - Preproduction & Dev Team 02:22:24 - Races Of The Wayward Realms 02:29:35 - New Character Reveals 02:42:46 - Coco & Sandy Claws 02:50:58 - Player Choice & The Virtual Game Master 02:57:21 - Playstyles & Character Builds 03:00:43 - Listening To The Fans & Council Of Wisdom 03:04:22 - Factions & Politics Of The Archipelago 03:07:59 - Combat Systems 03:09:45 - Perks, Skills & “Simplified“ Modern games 03:16:27 - Medieval Time Period & Technology 03:18:14 - Magic 03:22:07 - Modders & Modding 03:23:21 - Paid Mods & Blockchaining 03:24:49 - How To Get Involved In The Wayward Realms 03:32:40 - Outro
