IINTERVIEW
INTERVIEWS WITH
ADDON DEVS
Addons are an integral part of our MMO experience. They customize
our UI, enhance our combat experience, aid our questing and crafting,
and essentially supplement almost everything we do in game.
T
Kurona: I go by Kurona Silersky.
he majority of players
reap the rewards while
remaining ignorant of the addon
I’m a DPS esper in the 8/9
will add up. I’ved never made
any addons before September.
Datascape guild Diplomacy on Entity.
GameOn MAG: What addons
creation process. For this reason
GameOn MAG: How did
I decided to interview two prolific
have you made so far for
addon creators: Potato and
you originally get interested
Wildstar? How have they been
Kurona. They share what their
in making addons, either for
received by the playerbase?
experience making addons has
Wildstar or elsewhere?
Potato: Oh god. Too many. The
been like, offer suggestions
Potato: I started programming
for new addon developers,
public ones I’ve MADE are PotatoUI,
as a teenager with the purpose
DeathReport, FrenemyTelegraphs,
of cheating in Runescape. In
and WatchYoPlants. I’ve also
GameOn MAG: Would you mind
college, I did statistical and spatial
taken over development on
introducing yourself to the readers?
programming. When I played WoW,
RuneMaster and IconLoot, for
I helped develop Grid and Clique.
people who have quit WS.
and hint at future releases!
Potato: Potato here! Unemployed
It just felt natural in Wildstar.
Kurona: My most popular addons
college graduate, Exile medic
Kurona: I first got interested in
main in Phobos on Entity NA. I’ve
are KuronaFrames, KuronaBags,
traversed MMORPGs for a while;
addons because I felt I was getting
BuffTelegraphs, OhmnaHelper, and
WoW->TOR->WS. Here to stay!
bad performance with many of
KuralakHelper. Overall, most people
This game is mind-blowing.
them. My computer isn’t terrible,
seem to like them. I get comments
but any bit of saved performance
and in-game whispers all the
14 // WildStar Community Magazine
The GameOn Magazine