The former Lead Designer for Hogwarts Legacy recently opened up about how the death of a developer on the Harry Potter game impacted its final release. According to Troy Leavitt, Avalanche Software had to scale back many social simulation features. Former Hogwarts Legacy Designer Explains Why Its Map Felt So Empty Screenshot: Avalanche Software A recent YouTube essay about Hogwarts Legacy’s map went viral after former Avalanche Software Lead Designer Troy Leavitt responded to the video in a series of comments. According to Leavitt, the reason Hogwarts Legacy’s map felt so empty was because of the unexpected passing of Senior Programmer Dave Ross during the development of the game. Videos by VICE “You may have noticed the Memorial to Dave Ross in the Avalanche credits. Dave was a senior programmer with decades of game development experience who was central to the social simulation team.…