| Vijay Lakshman | |
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| Role(s) | Producer, Designer, Writer |
| Years active | 1989–present[1] |
- "Winning my war was never about who was right. It's about who was left"
—General Valarius Galadine, Mythborn
Vijay Lakshman was a Game Designer and Producer at Bethesda Softworks in the early 1990s. His tenure at the company lasted from 1989 to 1994.[1] He along with, Julian Lefay, and Ted Peterson originated The Elder Scrolls franchise with the game Arena.[1][2] According to Vijay, his original design notes and stories about the world of Tamriel made during Arena's development filled up to "five novels worth" of world-building.[2]
Vijay decided to leave Bethesda during the development of Daggerfall in late 1994 to accept a position at Magnet Studios, passing the torch of Lead Designer to Ted Peterson for future games.[2][3] Vijay has since gone on to work other enterprise unrelated to video games. He has written his own fantasy series called Mythborn. For a time was attached to OnceLost Games, creating a new roleplaying videogame called The Wayward Realms. Currently, Vijay is the Chief Innovation Officer at MNNT.[1]
CreditsEdit
- The Elder Scrolls Chapter I: Arena — Designed and Produced by
Known ContributionsEdit
- Arena — Vijay authored the very first map of Tamriel.[3] And was responsible for creating the high level setting, main quest, and characters.
- Arena — The character art for Jagar Tharn in Arena was modelled off of Vijay's face.[4]
- Mournhold — Vijay fully designed Mournhold as an expansion game to Arena, which would have been sort of mix-and-match software game using the World of Xeen release model.[3]
- Daggerfall — Vijay participated in the Dungeons & Dragons homebrew campaign ran by Lefay during Daggerfall's development about the Camoran Usurper, playing the character of Vanus Galerion, who was later immortalized in Daggerfall lore books.[5]
InterviewsEdit
- Nov 1993: Computer Games Strategy Plus - Issue #36
- Nov 1993: Gamebytes - An Interview With Vijay Lakshman (archive.org)
- Feb 1994: Arena Conference
- May 1994: PC Player May - Issue #6
- Jul 1994: Power Play Magazine 7/94
- Mar 2014: The Making of The Elder Scrolls Arena (archive.org)
- Aug 2014: A History of The Elder Scrolls
- Nov 2018: The First Podcast: Everyone is a Hero of Their Own Story (with Vijay Lakshman)
- Apr 2020: OnceLost Games LIVE AMA
- May 2022: Vijay Lakshman - Business Strategist, Venture Capitalist, and Gamification Genius