Horizon GAIA Cast Episode 6: Uncovering the Carja Civil War

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🗓️ 11 January 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Anne and Chanté are joined by narrative director Ben McCaw and lead quest designer Tim Stobo, as they take us through the events of the devastating Carja Civil War and its aftermath.

Highlights include their discussion into how Mad Sun-King Jiran and his son, Avad, were developed; how the team balance what we learn about the world from data points or conversation; how side quests show us the aftermath of the Red Raids and the Civil War, and what the team wanted us to learn from these quests; and how the team worked on bringing the Liberation into the game.

Ben McCaw is the narrative director on Horizon Forbidden West, and was lead writer on Horizon Zero Dawn and The Frozen Wilds. Tim Stobo is lead quest designer on Horizon Forbidden West, and was senior quest designer on Horizon Zero Dawn.

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ESRB Rating: Teen with Blood, Drug Reference, Language, Mild Sexual Themes and Violence.

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0:00.0	Reddit T for team.
0:12.7	Hello and welcome to Gaya Cast,
0:15.2	a spoiler-filled deep dive podcast into the world of horizon from the team here at Gorilla.
0:20.6	We're looking forward to diving into the lore,
0:22.8	hosting some behind-the-scenes anecdotes and maybe even learning some new things.
0:27.8	Our first series of episodes will be focusing on Horizon Zero Dawn,
0:31.4	the first installment of the Horizon series which we launched in 2017.
0:35.9	I'm Shanta and I'm joined by my co-host Anna.
0:39.1	Hey Anna. Hey Shanta, how are you?
0:41.3	Yeah, I'm good, how are you?
0:43.0	We're also joined by two devs, one we've been lucky enough to have on for multiple episodes now.
0:47.9	Please introduce yourselves.
0:49.5	Hey, I'm Ben McCart, I'm the narrative director here at Gorilla and on Zero Dawn,
0:53.9	I was the lead writer and I'm Tim Stobo, I'm the lead quest designer on Forbidden West
0:58.9	and on Zero Dawn, I was a senior quest designer.
1:02.9	This episode, we're exploring the Carger Civil War,
1:06.0	an event in the world of horizon that saw tremendous loss and created massive rifts
1:10.5	between various tribes. I'm interested in learning more about this, so let's just jump in.
1:15.6	So what was the world of horizon like before Sun King Durant's reign?
1:25.7	I think it was a really different world.
1:27.2	And the primary reason was because the machines were docile or mostly docile.
1:33.7	So all the machines that you see in the world of horizon
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