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Re:Diablo creator David Brevik is back with a new game: It L... by stevenwoo on Thursday February 01, 2018 @01:05AM (#16279900)
Ha - that would require some time travel plot twist, IIRC the cow level got added late in the D2 development as homage to the fans - I wrote the code for the Horadric Cube UI and the triggers to call the level/item changes (other programmers wrote the level stuff and item stuff separately). The gem that did nothing in the Battle.net chat was added just to spur rumors.
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Re:Diablo creator David Brevik is back with a new game: It L... by rshar on Thursday February 01, 2018 @01:22AM (#16279939)
It's quite a serendipitous surprise to be able to meet the creators of one of the most played video games of all time (or at least me) on a random thread here.

What are you working on these days? Are you still in the games industry?

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Re:Diablo creator David Brevik is back with a new game: It L... by stevenwoo on Thursday February 01, 2018 @12:16PM (#16283622)
Programming, not games right now. Switched to mobile/server stuff so it might be difficult to change back.
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Re:Diablo creator David Brevik is back with a new game: It L... by gcatalfamo on Thursday February 01, 2018 @08:44AM (#16281768)
Just so you know: my childhood and I love you.
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Re:Diablo creator David Brevik is back with a new game: It L... by gillette on Thursday February 01, 2018 @09:09AM (#16281917)
Nooooooo! Why spoil the mystery of the chat gem!?

But also thanks for your work, still playing D2 :)

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Re:Diablo creator David Brevik is back with a new game: It L... by stevenwoo on Thursday February 01, 2018 @12:27PM (#16283726)
There's hope for a mystery, I only worked on D2 until 1.10 so they could have added a feature to the gem in a later version.
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Re:Diablo creator David Brevik is back with a new game: It L... by gillette on Monday February 12, 2018 @10:28AM (#16359194)
You tease :P
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