Chris Seavor

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Lore & Background

Chris Seavor's involvement with the Conker series began before E3 2000, when he was already working as a designer on *Conker's Bad Fur Day*. The turning point came with the beehive level: Seavor added machine guns shooting wasps—a ridiculous, violent twist that made Rare laugh. He kept pushing that button, steering the game away from its kid-friendly roots toward a crass, adult tone. After the game's release, Seavor began development of a new Conker game, *Conker's Other Bad Day*. He described it as a direct sequel dealing with "Conker's somewhat unsuccessful tenure as King. He spends all the treasury money on beer, parties and hookers. Thrown into prison, Conker is faced with the prospect of execution and the game starts with his escape, ball and chain attached, from the Castle's highest tower." The intended platform for this sequel was never officially confirmed. In 2002, Microsoft purchased Rare from Nintendo, so instead of finishing and releasing the game, Rare released *Conker: Live & Reloaded* for the Xbox in 2005—a remaster of *Conker's Bad Fur Day* with updated graphics and new content. In 2015, Seavor reprised his voice role for *Conker's Big Reunion*, a new episodic campaign for *Project Spark* set ten years after the events of *Bad Fur Day*. The first episode was released on 23 April that year, but before any more episodes could be made, *Project Spark*'s online services were shut down and the game was abandoned.

In Their Own Story

After E3, Chris Seavor came on board as designer for *Conker's Bad Fur Day*. The first level, the beehive, originally had a tame concept, but Seavor added machine guns shooting wasps. Rare found it hilarious, and Seavor kept pushing the idea, making the game raunchy and deliberately different. After two more years of development, the game emerged as *Conker's Bad Fur Day*, targeting adults rather than children with its mature content. After the release, Seavor began development of a new Conker game, *Conker's Other Bad Day*. He described it as a direct sequel dealing with "Conker's somewhat unsuccessful tenure as King. He spends all the treasury money on beer, parties and hookers. Thrown into prison, Conker is faced with the prospect of execution and the game starts with his escape, ball and chain attached, from the Castle's highest tower."

Reader's Guide

Chris Seavor is a key figure in the Conker series, joining as designer after E3 for Conker's Bad Fur Day. He was responsible for the game's shift toward mature content, starting with the beehive level where machine guns shooting wasps were added. After the game's release, he worked on a planned sequel, Conker's Other Bad Day, which was never completed due to Microsoft's purchase of Rare. In 2015, Seavor returned to voice Conker in Conker's Big Reunion, a Project Spark campaign set ten years after Bad Fur Day. Only the first episode was released before Project Spark's online services were shut down.

Did You Know?

• Chris Seavor was already working as a designer on Conker's Bad Fur Day before E3 2000.
• The beehive level (not the first level in the final game) added machine guns shooting wasps which Rare found funny, and Seavor kept going with this idea to be raunchy and different.
• Seavor described the planned sequel Conker's Other Bad Day as starting with Conker's escape from the Castle's highest tower with a ball and chain attached.
• In 2015, Seavor reprised his voice role for Conker's Big Reunion, a Project Spark campaign set ten years after Bad Fur Day.
• The first episode of Conker's Big Reunion was released on 23 April 2015, but no further episodes were made due to Project Spark's online services being shut down.