How Baldur's Gate 3 Came Together
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🗓️ 12 June 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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E3 2019: Jason Schreier talks to Larian Studios boss Swen Vincke and D&D creative chief Mike Mearls about how the Baldur's Gate 3 deal came together, what it's like to make a video game based on Dungeons & Dragons in 2019, and whether Minsc and Boo will be in the game. They talk about the confusion of D&D spell slots, the "infinite possibilities" in a game like this, and how great role-playing games are made.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Kataka Smithscreen from E3. This is Jason Schreier, sitting in the lobby of the Weston and getting ready to talk about probably the best announcement of E3. I don't think it will be beaten. I am joined by Sven Vinkie, who is the CEO and creative director at Larry End Games. Hello, Sven. Hi, Jason. And I am joined by Mike |
| 0:23.0 | Merles, who is, what's your title at the Wizards of the Coast, Mike? So I am the franchise |
| 0:28.4 | creative director on Dungeons and Dragons. Nice. Franchise creative director. And you guys |
| 0:32.6 | have been keeping a big secret for a while now, which you finally announced last week, Baldersgate 3, of course. |
| 0:39.6 | So congratulations on the reveal and making my week. |
| 0:43.6 | Thank you. |
| 0:44.8 | So actually, I've been reading all the interviews you guys have done. |
| 0:47.9 | You guys have talked about how this whole thing came together. |
| 0:51.8 | I watched your enjoyable video where you captured him in a bottle, and I guess you let him |
| 0:57.0 | out before... |
| 0:58.1 | He's going back in an instant. |
| 1:00.2 | Yeah, okay. |
| 1:03.0 | But it sounds like you guys started this whole project in 2017, is that right? |
| 1:07.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:09.4 | We... |
| 1:10.6 | So after Original Sin 1, I went to Wizards. |
| 1:16.2 | And I said, like, I'd like to make Balds Gate 3. |
| 1:18.8 | And he said, well, not necessarily. |
| 1:23.0 | And... |
| 1:24.2 | They just said no. |
| 1:25.5 | They were just like, no, you can't do that. |
| 1:26.9 | That's not true. |
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