Game Maker's Notebook
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From Dragon Age to Eternal Strands with Mike Laidlaw
1 hour 13 minutes Posted Apr 28, 2025 at 12:00 pm.
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Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Mike Laidlaw, Chief Creative Officer at Yellow Brick Games. Together they discuss his career developing role-playing games including his role as Creative Director on the Dragon Age franchise; the development of his new studio's first release, Eternal Strands; creating the physics based combat system; the key pillars for the world and story design; and the importance of identifying what it takes to finish a project.

This episode is supported by Xsolla

Episode Host: Alexa Ray Corriea

Producers: Claudio Tapia and Josh Chu, The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

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