Skyrim lead designer hopes Sentinel will finally solve The Elder Scrolls’ ladder problem
- Bruce Nesmith hopes Sentinel will feature climbable ladders.
- Skyrim’s ladders teleport players to the top or bottom.
- NPC interactions make realistic ladders technically complex.
Former Bethesda Skyrim lead designer Bruce Nesmith hopes the next Elder Scrolls game, Sentinel, will let players climb ladders instead of teleporting between their ends. He says functional ladders could make multi-level environments more flexible and help the world feel more immersive. Nesmith explained that ladders create programming…