I started youtube in 2015 and 10 years later I am lucky enough to interview the worker shoes creator and programmer Kris Morness.
He was a developer / engineer who worked heavily on Generals Zero Hour and many other titles such as LOTR BFME. Hear about what it was like developing and programming the game including various well-known units such as Black Lotus, Nuke Cannon, Particle Cannon and the TNT!
Thanks so much Kris for speaking to me. What a pleasure! And if any games companies are hiring, particularly for UE5 engine games, join my Discord, ask me there and I'll try to get you in touch with this legend of a guy. 💬 Discord | https://discord.com/invite/mqqk3RMttM
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:39 Who is Kris Morness
00:05:58 Favourite game
00:06:15 How Kris found us
00:06:54 Revisiting the code
00:08:21 Mark Skaggs
00:09:09 What Kris did on ZH
00:09:44 Nuke Cannon
00:11:33 Black Lotus, Hacker, TNT
00:12:30 Design briefs of units
00:14:15 A lot of units
00:15:09 Origin of the armies
00:15:57 Engineering role
00:16:20 Sage Engine development
00:17:47 Game industry right right
00:20:43 What was it like at EA
00:25:18 Was the game rushed
00:26:20 Funny stories
00:29:01 Sponsored by US military
00:29:42 Could ZH be released today
00:30:13 Internal code name
00:31:17 LOTR BFME
00:34:19 Leaving EA
00:35:52 Surprised at code release?
00:36:40 Surprised at active ZH?
00:37:34 AOE activity
00:38:32 Why source code released?
00:39:48 Do you watch ZH streams?
00:39:59 AOE2 unlimited observers
00:41:52 ZH prize pools
00:43:08 Why is speed linked to FPS
00:45:37 Fixing mismatches
00:48:39 Why mismatches happen
00:52:40 Why is it P2P?
00:54:18 Jim Vasella
00:54:50 Contact with ex dev team
00:56:03 Community patch
00:57:00 ZH in Unreal Engine 5
00:59:28 ZH Remaster?
01:02:06 Louis Castle
01:03:14 Will Kris play ZH?
01:04:18 Best dev player
01:05:19 Game companies hiring?
01:07:47 Tempest Rising
01:09:00 Stormgate
01:09:58 Thank you Kris
01:10:40 Outro
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