I am joined by veteran writer and designer of The Elder Scrolls, Ted Peterson. We discuss a vast array of topics including Ted’s contributions to Elder Scrolls lore, his process and influences as a writer, some correlations between TES and real-world history / mythology, a close look at the Psijic Order, and much more.
The last half of our conversation is dedicated to Ted’s current project, The Wayward Realms. We talk about their design philosophy and certain details of the game’s planned mechanics. We also look over some incredible concept art including a few new pieces being debuted here exclusively!
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Credits:
The Wayward Realms / Once Lost Games
https://waywardrealms.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OnceLostGames
The Council of Wisdom: https://discord.com/channels/553246083556573185/553246084315611138
If you’re interested in contributing to The Wayward Realms, send resumes and work samples to:
[email protected]
Indigo Gaming | Julian LeFey Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGLGi5RK8V8
Adventure Art | “Mad Genius” Daggerfall Unity Let’s Play:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPL9xKpvet0
Contributing Artists:
Alex Siddy ————————– https://alexsiddy.artstation.com
Alexey Rudikov ——————- https://alexeyrudikov.deviantart.com
Daniel Ran ————————– https://soundcloud.com/danielran
David Simons (Arcvein) —– https://arcvein.deviantart.com/
Fkcogus333 ———————– https://fkcogus333.deviantart.com
Gwendolyn Allsop ————– https://www.flickr.com/photos/gwennyma/
———— Storefront ————– https://onegirlsplussizedadventure.picfair.com
Hieronymus7Z ——————- https://hieronymus7z.deviantart.com
Horatiu Mlendea —————- https://hmlendea.go.ro
inSOLense ————————- https://insolense.deviantart.com
Lady-Nerevar ——————— https://lady-nerevar.deviantart.com
Lukkar ——————————– https://lukkar.deviantart.com
Minttu Hynninen —————- https://theminttu.deviantart.com
Nikulina-Helena —————– https://nikulina-helena.deviantart.com
Selann ——————————- https://selann.deviantart.com
Creative Commons Attributions:
“Alone on the hill” by Peter Dowley
—– https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alone_on_the_hill_(3974686109).jpg
—– https://www.flickr.com/people/40271931@N00
“Bear running away” by Tambako the Jaguar
—– https://www.flickr.com/photos/8070463@N03/7703518762
—– https://www.flickr.com/photos/8070463@N03
“Desert storm” by Jessie Eastland
—– https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Storm#/media/File:Desert_Electric.jpg
—– https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jessie_Eastland
“Earth” by Kevin M. Gill
—– https://www.flickr.com/photos/53460575@N03/16531230438
—– https://www.flickr.com/photos/53460575@N03
“ET Afar” by A.Savin
—– https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ET_Afar_asv2018-01_img48_Dallol.jpg
—– https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:A.Savin/UP
“French Polynésia/Mooréa Island” by dany13
—– https://www.flickr.com/photos/11493299@N00/8044046451
—– https://www.flickr.com/photos/11493299@N00
“Kharanaq old city Iran” by Ggia
—– https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20110102_Kharanaq_old_city_Iran.jpg
—– https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ggia
“Mergui Archipelago” by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
—– https://www.flickr.com/photos/24662369@N07/8240805973
—– https://www.flickr.com/photos/24662369@N07
“mining” by annaspies
—– https://www.flickr.com/photos/90715281@N00/1059518356
—– https://www.flickr.com/photos/90715281@N00
“Rom, Domitilla-Katakomben” by Dnalor_01
—– https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Rom%2C_Domitilla-Katakomben_2.jpg
—– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/de:Benutzer:Dnalor_01
“Shot of Gamer playing computer games at internet cafe in rear view” by nodstrum
—– https://www.flickr.com/photos/156259214@N05/28449861757
—– https://www.flickr.com/photos/156259214@N05
“Simien Mountains, Kingdom Of Gondar” by Rod Waddington
—– https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simien_Mountains,_Kingdom_Of_Gondar_(6181895150).jpg
—– https://www.flickr.com/people/64607715@N05
“spirit world” by Cornelia Kopp
—– https://www.flickr.com/photos/14111752@N07/4080115829
—– https://www.flickr.com/photos/14111752@N07
All material used in the production of this video which constitutes an Elder Scrolls game asset is used in accordance with Bethesda’s Fan Video policy.
https://bethesda.net/en/article/3XrnHrB0iAesac8844yeuo/bethesda-video-policy
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This video was a sincere pleasure to watch and it is evident that a lot of care was taken into crafting it, from all the great questions that were asked to all the visual aides that accompanied the discussions. We want to send a big thank you to DoubleNegative for all the work that he put into it and to all the fans, of TES and Wayward Realms, who watched it! We hope you enjoyed the new reveals and we look forward to another collaboration in the future!
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Double you’re a legend man!
The legend himself. I can't believe you got someone like this to come to your channel and do an interview with you. This guy is legit a billion dollar brain. Amazing!
This is the best interview I watched ever, I don't like the fixed portraits style used by other Youtubers. They should all follow your steps.
I hope this means you're reviving channel.
I am proud to be a part of this community. You guys are amazing
I love these interviews with the writers of the Elder Scrolls. It's so awesome. Thank you.
Pleasure talking to you! Excellent job with the graphics!
Ooh new once lost games details nice
Thank u very much for this
The word I was trying to say was Therianthropy
Need to let you know: you make some of the greatest content on this platform. Seriously, your stuff is next level and I'm here to stick around.
Any chance we could get timestamps of topics? 2:45:00 is a lot…
That jab at @42:00 😂
I think I listened to 3 super long Ted Peterson interviews already. It never gets old! Great video
I know what I’m gonna spend my evening doing 🙂
Marvelous video I power through it in one sitting , there is a lot I would like to discuss like they are various points in which I agree with both of you and some that I couldn't fully be onboard with ,like for example the races, to me at least they should be ramifications for which race you are if not what is the appeal of one race to another some pros and some cons while I understand the basis of those mecanism that mr ted proposes I think it would be more …immersive? To have a way to have two different ways to distinguish your character 1 your race obviously maybe some passives but nothing game breaking that makes you more adaptable to something's and 2 your culture like per example let's say in TES world , that you are s orc but one which comes from the imperial city you have never touched a sword or a hammer in your life but you because of your background are literate and we'll studied , perhaps it is a little more difficult to you to grasp your magicka power or something and it could come a little i more easy to have s weapon but this does not define you as a person or vice versa what I mean at least fore is to have 2 ways to make your character unique ones passive from your race and another from your culture perse or thats my opinion at least