Aaron Keller
Aaron Keller is a Lead Level Designer at Blizzard Entertainment.[1] He was formerly a 3D artist for World of Warcraft[2] and is currently the Game Director for Overwatch.[3][4][5]
Keller joined Blizzard in September 2001, and the first game he worked on was the original World of Warcraft.[6] He was a member of the "Dungeon Team" responsible for designing the game world's dungeons and capital cities.[3][6] At one point during development, the producer of the dungeon group wanted to assign all of the game's dungeons and cities to various members of the team. All of the locations were written up on a whiteboard, after which everyone started going through and picking which projects they wanted to work on. Keller noticed that no one was picking the cities and decided he wanted to be the one to build Stormwind City.[6] In addition to designing Stormwind, Keller also built Darnassus, Ironforge, and Thunder Bluff, consequently becoming known as "the city guy" among the team.[3][6] In addition, Keller created the model for the Lion's Pride Inn[2] and helped design Karazhan.[7]
Trivia
- Aaron—one of the children of Goldshire—is named after Aaron Keller.[8]
References
- ^ Aaron Keller - Lead Level Designer - Blizzard Entertainment. LinkedIn. Retrieved on 2019-08-23.
- ^ a b World of Warcraft 2019-08-21. WoW® Classic with Creators. YouTube. Retrieved on 2019-08-23.
- ^ a b c GameSpot 2016-04-21. The Story of Overwatch: The Fall of Titan (06:30). YouTube. Retrieved on 2019-08-23.
- ^ Justin Mahboubian-Jones 2016-09-07. Blizzard on balance, better design and Eichenwalde. Red Bull. Retrieved on 2019-08-23.
- ^ Nicole Carpenter 2018-05-24. An Overwatch sequel isn’t the priority for Blizzard. Dot Esports. Retrieved on 2019-08-23.
- ^ a b c d World of Warcraft 2019-08-23. WoW® Classic with Creators Episode 2: Aaron Keller. YouTube.
- ^ Seth Schiesel 2005-02-10. World of Warcraft Keeps Growing, Even as Players Test Its Limits. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2019-08-23.
- ^ John Staats interview with Countdown to Classic (2018-08-20). Retrieved on 2019-08-23.
External links
Overwatch Wiki Aaron Keller
LinkedIn Aaron Keller
YouTube WoW® Classic with Creators Episode 2: Aaron Keller