The Wizardry Behind Hogwarts Legacy is an upcoming full-length feature film about the development of 2023's Hogwarts Legacy developed by Avalanche Software. Designed to be the ultimate look at the journey and creation of the Wizarding World from the creative process, behind-the-scenes interviews, and what it took to create the most detailed and expansive depiction of the World of Harry Potter. The Wizardry Behind Hogwarts Legacy will be released later this year on the official YouTube channel for Hogwarts Legacy.
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00:10 The castle itself is one of the most complex things we've ever built.
00:14 This grand space, the dream that it has been, I'm sure, for many people to be there, be in that space.
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00:26 Making our dream castle and making a game, it's a balance, which means it doesn't stay like this at seesaws, back and forth.
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00:36 Jason had probably only built like maybe 10% of the castle when we first started getting lost.
00:41 This was going to be huge. The castle was going to be massive.
00:44 People can get very emotionally attached to their work.
00:47 There were a few points in the process where we looked around and said, "We don't have enough time."
00:52 And we really started getting into these discussions of what is right for the experience on that.
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01:00 How stuff comes together is its own magic.
01:04 Every note is like a brick in the castle, and if we can put all those pieces together.
01:09 We always pulled the magic out of the hat right out of the last moment.
01:12 Who would you be? What kind of student would you be?
01:14 That was at the heart of the fantasy that we felt like we wanted to deliver on.
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01:33 Hogwarts Legacy is the ultimate love letter to the fans. It's the best way to experience this universe.
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02:26 A beating heart of this franchise was Hogwarts. We knew that we needed to bring you back home.
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