Soulbound Studios Hires Former Revival Lead Designer To Work On Chronicles Of Elyria
Soulbound Studios has brought in a new team member to work on Chronicles of Elyria. Adam “Snipehunter” Maxwell is now working as the Lead Designer for Soulbound’s upcoming fantasy MMORPG. Here’s a few excerpts from MMORPG.com’s interview with Maxwell:
“[Chronicles of Elyria] felt like it could deliver on the MMO dream of a true multiplayer evolving online world and realizing that dream has been a passion of mine. I've wanted to be involved from basically the second I saw it. It's honestly a little surreal that I've got the chance now!
As a Lead Designer, I am a mentor for the designers on the team, another able hand to help realize Jeromy's design vision, and a sort of “prophet” for that vision, helping to flesh out the technical details and manage our efforts for building it all.”
Maxwell has worked on a number of MMORPGs in the past including RIFT, Star Citizen, Fortune Online, and the canceled horror sandbox Revival among others. As the new lead designer for CoE, Maxwell is keen on sharing the things he learned from making Revival. “Honestly, half my fun getting to know everyone here has been in asking questions like “so how did you all handle...” and then randomly picking a feature from Revival,” says Maxwell. “Weather, NPC memory, narrative dynamics...every answer is different from Revival but they always hit the same mechanical goal. I feel like the two projects are siblings separated at birth. It's both awesome and eerie at the same time.”
Soulbound Studios also interviewed the members of the Blackheart and Vornair player-run kingdoms. Check out what they had to say about Chronicles of Elyria in the video after the break.
