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Session Name: Witchcraft: The Alchemy of a Crafting-Based Economy
Speaker(s): Matthew Steinke
Company Name(s): CD PROJEKT RED
Track / Format: Programming

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Overview: The Witcher series of open-world role playing games have beautifully captured the spirit of Andrzej Sapkowski's fantasy novels and immerse you in the journey of Geralt, the witcher of Rivia. In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt we were asked to take the game from its traditionally story-focused experience to a more realized role-playing game complete with crafting-based economy. The primary design challenge was to balance the living world experience by utilizing existing assets and bridging the gaps between legacy systems to create something completely new.

GDC Europe 2015

Matthew Steinke

CD PROJEKT RED

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