Digital Extremes' team is bravely letting me e-date Warframe 1999 baddies
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"We always wanted a deeper relationship system in the game - not necessarily romance proper, but something you could be more immersed in," said Rebecca Ford, creative director on Warframe, in a call with Polygon. Ford then provided examples of the developer's inspiration: Stardew Valley, Baldur's Gate 3, and Fire Emblem.
"It just happened that during COVID, I read about 25 of [Kathryn Kingsley's] books," said Ford. "On the back of all her book covers, it said she was a romance author as well as game designer. I wondered if she would want to take a stab at this, so I just messaged her on LinkedIn, and Kat right away was like, 'I'm in.'"
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