Comments on: BLDGBLOG Interviews Daniel Dociu

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:55:32 +0000

Well, it was certainly weird reading BLDGBLOG and then coming here! I was just going through my blog list alphabetically :)

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:45:08 +0000

The Gulid Wars collector edition includes an art book of his, which I quietly treasure.

By: terry

terry — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:01:27 +0000

BLDGBLOG defies blog physics by being interesting, beautifully presented and intelligent. Sort of like RPS but with less peggle references.

By: tom

tom — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:21:59 +0000

I love DDs stuff, Its an awesome combo of mead-like futurism and those great pulp sci-fi book covers of the 70s…

If you’ve ever watched any of the ‘making of guild wars’ things its frequently sad to see his more abstract and 2001ish visions compromised into more stale fantasy confines..

and bldgblog is ace, brilliant resource for any level designers too!

Oh and on a similar tip
http://www.vulkanbros.com/intro.html
is well worth a look too.

By: Dorian Cornelius Jasper

Dorian Cornelius Jasper — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:27:07 +0000

Dear lordy, this man’s work is gorgeous. Too bad he has to sacrifice some of these environment’s purity and emotional impact to make them playable, in his words.

Game design vs. art, sadly.

By: Cian

Cian — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:59:26 +0000

A delicious combination. I, too, am a fan of the Guild Wars aesthetic and BLDGBLOG.

By: Thiefsie

Thiefsie — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:32:50 +0000

It is indeed afantastic blog!

By: Albides

Albides — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:30:52 +0000

Gorgeous. Just gorgeous.

I’ve never played Guild Wars but did vaguely recall seeing advertisements showing buildings with sleek sails and wings, not somewhat unlike the Sydney Opera House. So he’s the one responsible. Well done, that man.

I’d love a comparison between concept art and in-game screenshots. How much of his work actually survives the translation? I’ve never seen any game design as impressive as those pictures. But then, concept art always looks better.

By: Jack Monahan

Jack Monahan — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:55:34 +0000

this is funny. I’ve got the RSS feed for RPS on my google start page, and not a few days ago added the BLDGBLOG RSS… and here they are cross-referenced. nice.

By: BrokenSymmetry

BrokenSymmetry — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:35:25 +0000

Daniel Dociu is a genius. Never have I seen any game concept art that comes close to his work. Although Jim has often complained about Guild Wars’ non-interactive “film-set” feel, the incredible art in that game’s environments (and especially its architecture) is what keeps me going back to that game, even 3 years after release.

By: Morte

Morte — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:51:35 +0000

Heh. Nice to see some other gamers read BLDGBLOG.