by Evil Chris Priestly
Recently Gamespot did a 5 part series of Documentary videos on the making of Dragon Age: Origins. Each part is a video interviewing members of the Dragon Age team about some of the different elements that have gone into making Dragon Age: Origins. They have kindly allowed us to post them here in the BioWare Blog in one handy location for our fans to watch.
Writing an Epic
In this video members of the Dragon Age: Origins team discuss the writing that has gone into making the game. Project Director Mark Darrah, Lead Designer Mike Laidlaw and Lead Writer David Gaider discuss what Dragon Age is and why Dragon Age is both familiar and unique for the fans.
Music of Dragon Age
This documentary features the music featured in Dragon Age: Origins. Composer Inon Zur, Vocalist Aubrey Ashburn and BioWare Studio Director Simon Pressey talk about how the music helps set the darkness and how epic the score really is.
Creating a Living World
This video explains how the development team has brought something new to the Fantasy genre through the art and level design. Senior Concept Artist Matt Rhodes, Art Director Dean Anderson and Lead DLC Designer Ferret Baudoin show off some of the amazing art even showing some of the original concept work done in the Neverwinter Nights engine.
Creatures of Dragon Age Part 1.
In Part 1 of the feature on the Creatures of Dragon Age Senior Concept Artist Matt Rhodes, Senior Artist Matt Goldman, Lead Character Artist Shane Hawco and In-Game Animator Clove Roy show off the concept art and animation process for creating the evil creatures encountered throughout Dragon Age.
Creatures of Dragon Age Part 2.
Part 2 of the Creatures of Dragon Age explains more about the process from concept art through animation till the creature is complete. Senior Concept Artist Matt Rhodes, Senior Artist Matt Goldman, Lead Character Artist Shane Hawco, In-Game Animator Clove Roy and Lead In-Game Animator John Santos illustrate their discussion with the fearsome darkspawn ogre.
Tags: dragon age
October 9, 2009 at 11:44 pm |
Very interesting. Great series of vids guys
October 10, 2009 at 8:46 am |
[...] “making of” documentaries as BioWare does. So sit back and drink in the goodness of five Dragon Age: Origins documentaries, and one new The Old Republic video [...]
October 10, 2009 at 7:11 pm |
As a player, you are mainly interested in the gaming experience but never really think about the scope of work that goes into making the game you had just enjoyed playing. It makes you appreciate the toil that the development team went through. How all the different aspects – the story, the music, the concept art to animation and level design – comes together is absolutely amazing.
I was already fascinated by Dragon Age and would be buying it as soon as it comes out. But, after looking at these documentaries, I’m really pumped up to be playing it. Dragon Age seems to be a game that will redefined the fantasy genre and take it to another epic level.
October 11, 2009 at 1:50 am |
I wonder if Bioware is planning on releaseing a book of the concept art, I’d buy it.
October 14, 2009 at 2:41 am |
An excellent series of videos that gives a nice perspective on the development process and philosophy. I can already tell that the depth that has been put into creating an in-depth and meaningful setting and history will make for an excellent backdrop for the epic story that players will get to experience.
It seems like there will also be plenty of history, events and places that will only be mentioned in passing in the game, but that many more details of them will have been fleshed out in the notes of the writing/development team. That is what elevates a setting beyond being merely interesting and instead becoming believable.
October 19, 2009 at 1:47 am |
this game is gonna be big! i cant wait, i hope the devs created modding tools for this title.
October 19, 2009 at 6:29 am |
Great series! Are these the same Making Of videos that will be released on the Bonus DVD in the Collector’s Edition of the game?
October 19, 2009 at 8:08 pm |
pure awsomeness
October 26, 2009 at 7:48 pm |
I love the website and all the videos…these are really getting me into the setting and really getting me pumped about that game…I’m glad I didn’t start following this stuff until now, because I can’t wait for DA to come out!
October 29, 2009 at 10:34 pm |
what were some of the face limits on some of these models? they look really great.
also, do you use normal, or bump mapping?
Im in school right now for animation, and i live in edmonton so i’de love to eventually get a job a bioware (thats why im so curious)