Peter Whalen



Peter Whalen is a employee and former Senior Game Designer on the Team 5 Hearthstone development team.

Whalen joined the team in July 2015. Prior to this, he is best known for creating the rogue-like deckbuilding RPG Dream Quest.

Whalen left the Hearthstone team in January 2020 and now works on an unannounced Blizzard project along with Mike Donais.

Official
As senior game designer for Blizzard Entertainment's Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft'', Peter Whalen works on numerous aspects of the initial designs, building the foundation for the digital card game’s expansions and Adventures. He designs missions, mechanics, and applies liberal amounts of flavor. He also coordinates with the rest of the team to ensure a consistent vision for upcoming content.

Whalen joined the Hearthstone'' team in 2015. In his free time, he enjoys playing many different types of games. Blizzard’s games are among his favorites, but he also enjoys discovering other card games, board games, RPGs, and strategy games.

Trivia

 * Prior to his joining Blizzard, Whalen's Dream Quest was already being played by many members of the Hearthstone team, as well as some other Blizzard employees.
 * Whalen recalls spending a lot of time ed in World of Warcraft ' s, waiting for other players to fight so he could sneak up to the periodically-spawning.
 * Whalen "really, really likes" s. His favorite Hearthstone dinosaur of all time is King Krush, while his favorite in Rastakhan's Rumble is Oondasta.
 * Whalen's credits card depicts Madam Goya. This artwork would later be used to represent Goya's boss appearance in The Dalaran Heist.

Actions

 * July 2015: Joined Team 5.