Baqir Shah's Ultimate Max Caulfield Tribute Pitch For Life Is Strange: Double Exposure 🎧🥹 | Ep 96

Ex-Deck Nine dev Baqir Shah speaks exclusively with Player 1 vs The World's StrangeCast about his work as the lead level designer on Deck Nine's Life Is Strange: Double Exposure and on Virtual Sky Interactive's indie title Cafe New York 9/11.

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▶️ Baqir Shah: https://x.com/bakershah

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction

01:12 -- Adnan and Adam chat with Baqir

06:00 -- Baqir on Cafe New York 9/11

13:14 -- Baqir on working at Deck Nine and on Double Exposure

14:21 -- The behind-the-scenes for Max’s return -- alongside the debut of Safi -- in the Nebula Bowling Alley

16:42 -- The level designs being shifted to different moments in Double Exposure

19:30 -- Does Baqir feel that AI could be a threat?

25:54 -- Baqir's pitch for Max to put in her earphones as a throwback to Don’t Nod’s Life Is Strange

30:18 -- The average number of times a scene could undergo changes

31:42 -- The song choice behind Max’s earphones moment

32:21 -- Baqir’s input in Chapter 1: Still Life for Max’s headache and nosebleed

35:09 -- Baqir on the level design for the Overlook and pitching how Safi’s body is found

39:19 -- The collaborative approach between different teams at Deck Nine

41:01 -- Baqir on his team's work with the environments

43:00 -- Baqir's cigar business and his return to the gaming industry

48:58 -- Baqir on the different Caledon University locations

50:08 -- The lake sequence in Chapter 3: Spin

52:35 -- Baqir on hopping from level to level

53:29 -- Did Baqir ever meet Hannah Telle?

58:08 -- Baqir on layoffs in his career, including during his time at Deck Nine

01:04:12 -- Did anything turn out better in the final product of Double Exposure that Baqir had worked on?

01:07:47 -- The authentic music in Cafe New York 9/11

01:09:43 -- Adnan and Baqir discuss their cultural background

01:14:57 -- Baqir on where to find Cafe New York 9/11 (support indie devs!)

01:15:55 -- Baqir on Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

01:17:19 -- Outro

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