Memories and Lessons - Baldur's Gate
289A discussion of what I remember from Baldur's Gate and the lessons I learned.
This was my first project so it forms the basis for a lot of my thinking on game development.
If you watch no other video by me this is the one to watch!
Baldur's Gate was built by a team that largely didn't know what it was doing. And yet, it can (at least partially) be credited for breathing life back into the PC RPG space.
Travel back with me to the late 1990s.
Memories and Lessons will move through all of the games that I worked on.
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:36 Do What Needs Doing
1:37 Conversation System
2:25 BGScript
4:23 Biff The Understudy
5:50 Gameplay Loop
6:34 TSR
6:54 Baldur's Gate CHEATS!
7:42 2DAs
9:20 Intermission
9:32 TWO Scripting Languages?!
10:15 End Screens
10:50 Override Folder
12:12 Updating and Updaters
13:11 Dev Shame
15:52 No One Knows What They're Doing
17:33 I was a Noob
18:15 Shrimp and Pineapple Pizza
19:32 Tech Design
19:56 Tool Makers
20:13 Tales of the Sword Coast
22:16 Emotions
23:09 The End of the Beginning
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