Two of the brilliant brains behind the cards you love — senior game designers Ben Brode and Mike Donais from Blizzard — stop by the Happy Hearthstone this week to chat about the new Goblins vs. Gnomes expansion cards, the process of making the game, and the future of Hearthstone.
Pull up a chair, sit down, and share a chat with these fun designers from Blizzard’s HQ.
NOTE: Apologies for the unusually poor audio quality of this episode! In an apocalypse-like scenario, my headset died 3 minutes before the interview, and I had to record using a spare pair of earbuds that had an 18th-century-quality microphone attached. We’ll be back on track with pure audio bliss next episode.
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Hello!
- Senior Designers Ben Brode and Mike Donais are on the show this week
- Topic: Making Hearthstone
- Reasons to be happy this week
- News: Goblins vs. Gnomes expansion release
Discussion Topics
- Expansion launch
- Trying to shift the meta or class strategies with new cards
- How they picked Goblins and Gnomes for this expansion
- Gnome/Goblin racial synergies
- Card changes during development
- Getting recognized out in the world
- Questions from listeners!
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