Diablo - Portmortem by David Brevik

[Silver]

Diablo is a seminal game and designer David Brevik takes us back to its creation in this postmortem video from GDC.

Diablo developer David Brevik returns to the GDC stage to give a classic post-mortem on Blizzard's action RPG hit Diablo in this 2016 talk. Brevik shares key takeaways from the experience and sheds light on how the game went from a single-player, turn-based claymation DOS game to the genre-defining classic it became.

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[Morbus]

That was a really great panel and a must watch for anyone that's a fan of D1 or D2.

 

[Alrik Fassbauer]

What does "claymation" mean ?

 

[henriquejr]

What does "claymation" mean ?

What about "portmortem"?

 

[Drithius]

What does "claymation" mean ?

When clay is used to creates each frame of an animation. Here's an example, Alrik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ8r6dzlkUU

 

[xSamhainx]

pretty good, he's a personable guy and has an entertaining tale to tell about not only Diablo and it's genre, but the birth of this type of game development

Good listen

 

[Silver]

What about "portmortem"?

Oops

I think portmortem means when you've finished a port and what you think about it

 

[borcanu]

good stuff.

a game made with heart.

on par with dark souls in atmosphere. thank you

 

[Deleted User]

Loved this game back then and still do now. <333

I was lucky enough to play the first two Diablo games with family members who loved RPGs, too. Diablo 1 with my old man on the PS1 and Diablo 2 with my uncle via LAN.

Fun times were had. Still both fun games to play today, in my opinion. Just turn off the lights and enjoy the atmosphere.