Questions:
- How do you create your stories? Is there usually one central figure, one writer, who creates the whole concept while other writers help him flesh out details? Or is it full collaboration from the start when all writers and designers put ideas together?
- You made many games so it must be hard to bring in fresh and interesting characters for each and every new game. Do you have some method that helps you to design interesting characters?
- Are there some basic design principles you try to adhere to?
- Memoria is great game with wonderful story. Do you plan to develop another TDE/DSA adventure or an RPG? Do you already has some concept?
- I would suggest to develop game that is somewhat influenced by events in Blackguards 1/2. Both games could benefit from such "cross-over sensation" and became TDE canon. What do you think about this idea?
(One suggestion - what about story in Selem and surroundings? You have tension between Khalifat and AlAnfa there, lizardmen and temples of lizard gods, temple of Satinav, Dark Gate which occasionally opens to Zze Tha, old library, academy, exotic goods, crazy people, the hero could be slave who wants to escape… And its near your Blackguards "battleground".
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- Drakensang: The Dark Eye and Drakensang: River of Time is probably well known to you at Daedalic. What do you think about these RPGs? Would you like to develop similar game?
- Would/Do you like to insert some deeper theme or message into your games? To make the story stand up above usual simple "he is bad guy, kill him" stereotypes?
- What are the most common mistakes in contemporary adventures in your opinion? Do you like recent movie-like games like Beyond: Two Souls?
- What do you think about recent gaming trends like KS campaigns, F2P, forced online components, streamlining (dumbing down), over-the-top action/gore…?
- You opened new studio to step into different genres. So what could we expect from you? An RPG, action adventure, turn based strategy, RTS…?
- If you could make any game, any brand, any budget, what would be your personal dream project?