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Not many sci-fi series have lore as complex as Dune.
Learn the best quotes from the Dune series!
Working With The Dune IP
Working on movie licenses is problematic.
However, he said that Legendary has been very good at keeping a connection with us.
However, the Dune world isnt just the modern films.
Helpfully, Joel [Bylos, Dune: Awakenings Creative Director] knows everything, Whelan says.
The Impact Of David Lynchs Adaptation
And Lynchs strange film isn’t being ignored either.
Whelan said his team thrived on developing the city locations that break out the rolling dunes of Arrakis.
The faction identity was brilliant to work on, because, like I said, they’re unique.
I think it’s a great challenge, a great opportunity to do that.
Thinking about what spaceship design looked like for these people.
It can’t be Star Wars, it can’t be cliched sci-fi.
It has to be unique.
It has to be different.
And there are no aliens.
It is one of the challenges with regular sandbox survival games, Whelan said.
You know, you rub sticks together to make fire.
You cut down a tree for a stack of logs.
It’s a very organic, understandable, relatable thing.
In this universe, we just don’t have that.
And we’re not underestimating the intelligence of our players.
They can figure this stuff out.
They know that there are technologies that are available to them.
Thankfully, Dune: Awakening has enough to attract even survival game sceptics.
Expanding on that, he said, I know lots of people who love vehicles and vehicle sim games.
Okay, its a lot easier and more straightforward, but it’s still fun.
The base level, just getting on a sand bike and driving around, is fun.
Flying Ornithopters is fun.
Yeah, combat will come…It will be fun and engaging.
People make it their own.
Conan Exiles has been active since 2017 and gets large updates to this day.
When talking about future plans, you could go places, Whelan said vaguely.
There’s nothing really stopping us from doing that.
There’s nothing technically stopping us from going to other planets in the future.
It’s such a wide universe that they’ve created.
It’s a great license for that.
Its exciting to hear that Funcom already has ideas for the future of Dune: Awakening.
Find out which are the best.
