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Hello all! KimchiViking here. New Project Lead for HOI4. As podcat mentioned in his Dev Diary last Friday; we're going to do these DD's on Wednesdays from now on. Starting with a presentation of the team, as it is right now. Currently the team is comprised by members from Sweden, Denmark, Russia and Belarus. Which means that if you walk into our section of the Paradox offices, here in Stockholm, you are likely to hear a garbled mix of English, Scandinavian and Russian. And yes, our walls are full of war propaganda posters. People keep toy tanks on their desks. Just how you always imagined it, right? ;) More people are joining us soon. However, without further ado. This is the HOI4 team as it looks right now. In alphabetical order…
What changed
- Gameplay
Your name: Carl
Your forum name: SteelVolt
How long you've been on the team: Since August 2014
Role on the team: AI design/AI programmer
A brief explanation on what your role means: Together with the responsible game designer I design how the AI should behave and is the responsible for the technical design for the AI. I am also the primary programmer to implement these designs.
Something you want to share with the forumites: One of my favourite HoI4 AI moment was probably a while back in development when nuke missions were basically set up like regular strategic bombing missions. The AI had not yet been made to construct or use nukes. One day another person in the studio came to me and told me the AI had nuked them. After asking a few questions it became clear that the player had built nuclear powerplants in locations which had then been taken over by the AI who was not really aware of the extra...umpf, it was packing in to its strategic bombing runs against the player.
Your name: Dan
Your forum name: Podcat
How long you've been on the team: Since the project started development (so after summer 2013 or so if I recall), but I also worked on HOI3 and its expansions.
Role on the team: Game Director
Brief explanation on what that role means: I'm in charge of the overall design vision and direction of Hearts of Iron. Designing expansions, writing dev diaries (except today, ha!) and having opinions on everything :)
Something you want to share with the forumites: I keep hassling the company to squeeze buying a real tank into the PR budget. Sometimes I even think I've convinced Fredrik :D
Your name: Filippa
Your forum name: Distantaziq
How long you've been on the team: May 2015
Role on the team: Embedded QA
- Brief explanation on what that role meansAssessing risks with changes, assessing the risks of new issues uncovered in the game, testing mechanics to make sure the game functions under certain conditions
Something you want to share with the forumites: One of my personal favorite moments - when we got the letter from a fan who suffered from depression and found some relief in playing our PDX games. And also the photoshopped image of Da9l for the Hungary Games. That was hilarious. (https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/world-war-wednesday-today-13th-14-30cest.920353/)
Your name: Ilya
Your forum name: ARMORIOS
How long you've been on the team: More than 1.5 years
Role on the team: Gameplay Programmer
Brief explanation on what that role means: I do coding of almost everything in the game.
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