DFortae Interviews - Michael Cranford (Full Interview)

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Published on March 13, 2022 12:54:31 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLriOPyZNBU

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The Bard's Tale (1985)

Duration: 1:47:21

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This is the full interview with legendary game designer and developer, Michael Cranford! Michael was gracious enough to be interviewed on 03/03/2022.

More abbreviated interview: https://youtu.be/awdsXBQwJfs

0:00 Intro
1:43 80's Gaming Pioneer
6:05 Constantly Producing Ideas For Games
6:44 History of The Bard's Tale, Maze Master, and Other Developed Games
11:53 Idea Brainstorming
13:35 Personal Development Away From Gaming Industry
16:44 Dr. Cranford and His Students
18:03 Personal Development Influence On Game Development
20:08 How To Make a Memorable Game That Can Also Be Mainstream
26:05 The Genius/Architect In Michael Cranford and Innovation
29:02 Gamers and Immersion vs. Game Hopping
34:00 What Makes a Game Great
36:24 New Project/Game - Wisewands
38:13 NFT Explanation For Wiseands
38:34 Cryptorevolution and Being Reminded of the 80's
51:44 Wisewands and PatchworkNFT Tool For Creating NFTs
57:14 Building Tools and Allowing Others To Use
59:36 How To Become Involved With Wisewands
1:01:09 Designing Dungeons For Bard's Tale 1 and 2
1:05:01 Save Game Feature For Bard's Tale 2 and Lack of Playtesting
1:09:26 Bard's Tale Artwork
1:14:23 Tabletop Gaming and Dungeons & Dragons With Brian Fargo
1:17:28 Appreciating the Difficulty of Bard's Tale 1 and 2, and Dark Seed
1:19:25 Bard's Tale "Halbard"
1:20:24 Crazy Bard's Tale Monster Names
1:22:46 Thoughts On Game Achievements and Party Configuration
1:25:02 Riddles, Puzzles, and Reading
1:26:53 Bard's Tale 4 and Promotion
1:29:28 Assembly Language With Bard's Tale and Other Games
1:34:29 Discussion About Physical Gaming Items
1:36:00 Bard's Tale 3 and Life Events Around That Time
1:38:57 Lack of Shop and Wrecked Economy
1:40:56 Centauri Alliance, Broderbund, and Real-time Puzzles

My Review of The Bard's Tale 1: https://youtu.be/dwYrfaJ1iBM
My Review of The Bard's Tale 2: https://youtu.be/IzkV5hW93n0
My Review of The Bard's Tale Construction Set: https://youtu.be/keMmuZCVysQ
My Review of The Bard's Tale Trilogy (remaster): https://youtu.be/VxbiSIvRioA
Hex editing against The Bard's Tale Trilogy to get Thor: https://youtu.be/Xwh8eGl8_Sc

Check out Matt Barton's awesome interview with Michael as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW6VVrm_42w

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