Jesse Kurlancheek
Principal designer on World of Warcraft, co-founder of Proletariat Inc (acquired by Blizzard), ex-Turbine, Sloth-lover
- We've got some Endeavor changes going live later this week. TL;DR - House XP cap 1000 -> 2250 - DR on tasks floor 20% -> 50% - Repeatable task DR resets weekly - First (this one!) Endeavor XP needed 1000 -> 400 - Generic task rewarded XP 10 -> 50 us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/hou...
- The Armillary is so much fancier now!
- What other inconsistencies exist between similar items with different costs? (I.e. two things that are similar looks/size/"functionality" but with wildly different costs) Was just talking with Jay about this one a bit ago...
- In almost every interview or pitch for various housing features, I'd bring up someone building a pirate ship.... she built one!
- I built a whole SHIP in wow player housing (beta) Also includes a promo for Interlude! youtu.be/Fuj8cZ56q8w
- Two housing updates with today's maintenance: 1) Exterior decor limits now increase from 200 to 250 at house level 3! 2) We were going to fix flying houses to bring them back to terra firma, but you all made such awesome stuff, so we made it possible with the base UI instead.
- It feels like both of these points could serve as springboards for broad discussions on our approach to housing and philosophy, but it can also just boil down into: "we want you to make cool stuff with each other!" In the meantime, have the notes: us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/hou...
- Working with a talented, high-trust team is awesome because sometimes cool stuff is made and you only find out once the designers show it to you in action. The level 6 house Armillary reward on Beta is one such thing. Credit to Krez on wowkea for the screens.
- New profile pic because it's how I feel scrolling and seeing so many outrageous housing creations and people vibing. It's a built-in reaction image! (Courtesy of Jo, by way of Ogles.)
- Today we launch housing in WoW. Feeling sentimental, I went digging through old screenshots. I first visited Azeroth in the tech alpha (slipping in as a MMO dev at another co!) and made a Tauren (Plainsrunning!) and walked to TB. 22 years later, I can finally call it home.
- Thanks to the team who worked incredibly hard on this, the players whose excitement we fed off of and feedback we internalized, and our families for putting up with us. We're so so excited to see what you build and welcome you home at long last too.
- Random thoughts while looking at screenshots: - They used to be TGA files and man what a pain it is to browse them. - So many character names were A+ and very lore-appropriate. - Seeing chat in these is truly a time capsule as we all figured out the rules of the world together.
- What's the weird stuff you want?
- New video recapping all the housing news of the past two weeks-ish (and a housing FAQ section!) youtu.be/WT4VZ9-jk4g?... #warcraft #wowkea
- In the grim dark future, there is only ... housing? (Credit to Sparkiee on Discord)
- 20 year old me is in this video (but my floor bed was VERY COMFORTABLE, okay?!)
- NEW housing video, in which I try to teach some basic interior decorating tips… to help gamers avoid having Male Living Space wow houses youtu.be/v8NM_lAR2r8?... #warcraft #wowkea
- Come on a tour of our house! The team did such an amazing job on this. worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/housing
- House fight!
- Join us on August 19 for the reveal of Midnight! 🎥 Cinematic Debut @ ONL 🌌 Gameplay Trailer 🖥️ Developer Panels ⚔️ Creator Clash ... and more! Full schedule: worldofwarcraft.com/news/24228403
- Welcome to the Neighborhood! It's finally time share information on Neighborhoods and Endeavors. (Wait, Endeavors!!?) P.S. Is it still cool to make a joke about naming my neighborhood "Orc City" or has that already come and gone? worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/2...
- I was going to make a joke about a percent increase in word count but Copilot helpfully told me there were 10,000+ words and while I'm verbose, I'm not THAT bad. Thanks AI!
- Nothing like that First Week of Parental Leave x Microsoft Layoffs crossover event to really get that cortisol going!
- Happiness. Went in blind on maybe a second date because the art house theater wouldn't do us wrong, right? Oops. I was laughing. She was mortified. There were no more dates.
- I have been lucky enough to live in two places with VERY localized pizza variants and they're wonderful: "Bar Pizza" and pizza from Old Forge, PA www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/... www.foodigenous.com/post/old-for...
- I cannot adequately convey how much internal discussion this sort of feedback spurs.
- 🍿🍿🍿New Video!🍿🍿🍿 Alts In Your House! The 13 Player Housing Features Players NEED Nay DESERVE youtu.be/2vbMxd8XMbU
- I think I've finally made it through all of the initial housing reactions and articles. Took a lot of (additional) notes, kicked off plenty of conversations, and energized the hell out of the team. ❤️🏡
- With this thumbnail, how are you not already watching the video!? Look at our joy of putting @taliesinevitel.bsky.social in the stew! The start of the interview though... 😱
- 🍿🍿🍿 New Video! 🍿🍿🍿 PLAYER HOUSING! Libraries, Load Screens and House Limits Interview with Housing Lead Jesse Kurlancheek and Rachel Bussone youtu.be/jYMdB6mF63s
- Me, to the housing team on Saturday, May 10th @ 4:30pm (after meeting @soulsobreezy.bsky.social at PAX): "Soul is such a nice dude!" Here's said nice dude's video on housing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2WF...
- Currently trapped under my snoozing child and watching this at 4:30am and getting hyped against my circadian rhythm's will. youtu.be/vv9cj5gp2Yk?...
