pwnophobia
12-28-2009, 05:16 AM
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Gearboxity (http://www.gearboxity.com/content/view/547/33/) (via N4G (http://www.n4g.com/News-449657.aspx)) sat down with four developers for Gearbox's latest title, Borderlands, and discuss the next DLC installment: Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot.
ennui: How did the idea for this DLC come about?
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Matthew Armstrong: So, we'd said from the beginning that we wanted to listen to what our players wanted when it came to DLC. We parsed a lot of feedback from people playing the game, from our community and focus testers, and paid attention to what came out on top. That helped drive the process of deciding what to implement.
Jonathan Hemingway: We wanted to figure out what we could feasibly add that players wanted. We sat down, looked over suggestions, and talked about what we could do that satisfied our desires to expand Borderlands and answer some of the players' desires. We added storage - there was a big demand for that, so it was important.
Matthew Armstrong: We were also inspired by a prototype fast-combat map that Rob Heironimus made. In this prototype, one of the options is "fast combat" - it's a very fast, quick, 5-minute experience. You fight through, you get some equipment, and it's like a little mini-mission to go kill a boss guy. The enjoyment of that quick loop was another inspiration for the Coliseum tournaments; it let us know this was something we could have success with.
Tim Wilson: Getting to the final realization of what this DLC is was definitely a collaborative process. As with any development process, it required iterating and evolving to distill it down to its essence and focus on what was fun.
Jonathan Hemingway: This kind of wave-based gameplay was one of the most common requests, and once we decided that we could be successful with it, we really wanted to take it and give it a Borderlands flavor. Moxxi and the rules she lays down are examples of us approaching that goal.
Drew Mobley: We tried to hone in on what was the most fun about Borderlands and take it from there. The combat is so fun, and this kind of game mode really lets the focus be about the combat.
Gearboxity (http://www.gearboxity.com/content/view/547/33/) (via N4G (http://www.n4g.com/News-449657.aspx)) sat down with four developers for Gearbox's latest title, Borderlands, and discuss the next DLC installment: Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot.
ennui: How did the idea for this DLC come about?
--
Matthew Armstrong: So, we'd said from the beginning that we wanted to listen to what our players wanted when it came to DLC. We parsed a lot of feedback from people playing the game, from our community and focus testers, and paid attention to what came out on top. That helped drive the process of deciding what to implement.
Jonathan Hemingway: We wanted to figure out what we could feasibly add that players wanted. We sat down, looked over suggestions, and talked about what we could do that satisfied our desires to expand Borderlands and answer some of the players' desires. We added storage - there was a big demand for that, so it was important.
Matthew Armstrong: We were also inspired by a prototype fast-combat map that Rob Heironimus made. In this prototype, one of the options is "fast combat" - it's a very fast, quick, 5-minute experience. You fight through, you get some equipment, and it's like a little mini-mission to go kill a boss guy. The enjoyment of that quick loop was another inspiration for the Coliseum tournaments; it let us know this was something we could have success with.
Tim Wilson: Getting to the final realization of what this DLC is was definitely a collaborative process. As with any development process, it required iterating and evolving to distill it down to its essence and focus on what was fun.
Jonathan Hemingway: This kind of wave-based gameplay was one of the most common requests, and once we decided that we could be successful with it, we really wanted to take it and give it a Borderlands flavor. Moxxi and the rules she lays down are examples of us approaching that goal.
Drew Mobley: We tried to hone in on what was the most fun about Borderlands and take it from there. The combat is so fun, and this kind of game mode really lets the focus be about the combat.