Supporter newsletter 14

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This is a copy of Eternal and Diamond Supporter Newsletter #14, published by Grinding Gear Games.

Hello Diamond Supporters!

This week we have our Executive Producer, Brian Weissman in the office. Brian is one of the founders of Grinding Gear Games (along with Chris, Jonathan and Erik). Aside from his initial investment, Brian provides a lot of direction to the game design, as well as writing.

You can see his work most directly in the flavour text of unique items and Keystones, as well as in the names of mods, monsters and base items. Naming may seem straightforward, but it is one of the harder writing jobs. Brian also wrote all of the monster lore and backstory that appeared on the old website. He worked extensively with Erik to formulate a lot of early plot elements, before Edwin McRae joined the company.

Brian Weissman is also well known as a Magic the Gathering player, the author of one of the earliest and best known Control Decks. His last visit to the studio was way back in late 2009. Brian comments “So much has changed since then!” You can see Brian here: http://i.imgur.com/GblSvc8.jpg

0.10.8c

0.10.8c was deployed with just one unique, the helmet Bringer of Rain.

This item was designed by Prpnnightmare, and was inspired by gladiatorial combat and the Spartacus TV series. The art for the item was one of the last things Filippo Valsecchi did for us. This was especially appropriate as Filippo also did concept art for the Spartacus series.

0.11.0

This is a big patch for us. It will include a number of special unique items. None of these are from diamond supporters. This is unfortunate, but much of Rory’s time was devoted to the special unique items for special base type items coming in 0.11.0.

Insider Info

This week’s insider info shows a little more of the new areas of Act 3 which will appear at release: http://i.imgur.com/ndK93FF.jpg