George Ziets opening a new RPG studio - Digimancy Entertainment

[Strange Fellow]

Ignore the above posts and the ones below. That is all.

 

[vortex]

Ignore the above posts and the ones below. Make Half Life 3.

 

[Neanderthal]

Do not ignore this post: Revile the Elf.

 

[Beastro]

I just want to say, before the Codex alienates you or you shit the bed or something, that it was awesome playing MotB.
I liked the writing and the soundtrack.

So, I doubt it means anything to you, but... I respect you.

Don't fuck it up going forward.

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...ancy-entertainment.130360/page-9#post-6373561

Fluent explain your rating here.

I thought you were the one just wanting to spread good vibes and shit?

 

[Lichtbringer]

Ignore the above post. Please include the maximum number of bisexual, homosexual, and transgender characters in your next game.

Dave Chappelles' Alphabet People Simulator

I'd play that.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...ancy-entertainment.130360/page-9#post-6373561

Fluent explain your rating here.

I thought you were the one just wanting to spread good vibes and shit?

heheheheheheeeeeee

 

[Ismaul]

Hey George

Will you be choosing Eric?

You're being extra spicy these days. I like it.

 

[Sentinel]

Fuck. I want to troop through NWN2 vanilla and end on MotB. What class should I play?

 

[pomenitul]

Who cares what the Codex thinks? Just pick whichever class tickles your fancy and knock yourself out. There's no need to powergame your way through, it's not a particularly demanding title.

 

[Neanderthal]

Fuck. I want to troop through NWN2 vanilla and end on MotB. What class should I play?

Barbarian gets some unique content in MotB, Longsword is a very heavily recommended weapon for storyfags, but yeah just roll with what takes your fancy or research a power build that rubs your rhubarb. Check out Liluras blog for a good modding guide.

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

Fuck. I want to troop through NWN2 vanilla and end on MotB. What class should I play?

Jesus, you say that, but you don’t—you really don’t. Just skip directly to MotB.

 

[Prime Junta]

Fuck. I want to troop through NWN2 vanilla and end on MotB. What class should I play?

If you really want to, play as a drow with one of their speshul classes. You'll be able to grind enough XP to start at level 20, which is four levels more than you would otherwise. Powergaming megamix.

 

[Sentinel]

Fuck. I want to troop through NWN2 vanilla and end on MotB. What class should I play?

Jesus, you say that, but you don’t—you really don’t. Just skip directly to MotB.

I've played MotB and never got past the first chapter in NWN2. I never touched SoZ, so I kind of want to go through all of them. See if the NWN2 fuss is true or it being horribly shit is overblown. But yeah just remembering the camera of NWN2 is making me rethink my options. Maybe I'll continue playing DiRT Rally instead.

 

[HanoverF]

Someone on staff should really give George his custom avatar

 

[The_Mask]

Cleric of Ilmater has some special lines. Rogue has an easier time dealing with some traps at very specific areas. That's it, really.

Just do you. Whatever you want. That's why MotB is great.

 

[G Ziets]

G Ziets Will your presentation at GDEX be uploaded somewhere? If not, can you share the slides/notes you used?

I don’t think GDEX posts the presentations... I could be wrong. My slides tend to be mostly pictures and thus useless without my narration, but one of these days I really should upload a modified version to Tumblr.

 

[MRY]

My slides tend to be mostly pictures and thus useless without my narration

Ziets throws down the gauntlet to the visual storytelling faction!

 

[deuxhero]

G Ziets
If you do get in talks with Hasbro, see if they can let Tim Cain release the Arcanum/ToEE source code.

 

[Jedi Exile]

I wonder what kind of RPG Ziets wants to make. Maybe he mentioned this before, but I missed the news. I heard Sawyer wants to make a historical RPG like Darklands which is his favourite, but with Ziets and Avellone I don't know.

 

[Commissar Draco]

Cleric of Ilmater has some special lines. Rogue has an easier time dealing with some traps at very specific areas. That's it, really.

Just do you. Whatever you want. That's why MotB is great.

Cleric of Kelemnvor or whatever this god of Death is spelled has some unique lines too and you will get very cool long sword in game rather fast so I would recommend using this weapons too.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

I don’t think GDEX posts the presentations... I could be wrong. My slides tend to be mostly pictures and thus useless without my narration, but one of these days I really should upload a modified version to Tumblr.

What sort of RPG would you like to make? I know you can't talk about specifics but a general idea would be welcomed. We're all super interested in your potential projects.

 

[G Ziets]

I don’t think GDEX posts the presentations... I could be wrong. My slides tend to be mostly pictures and thus useless without my narration, but one of these days I really should upload a modified version to Tumblr.

What sort of RPG would you like to make? I know you can't talk about specifics but a general idea would be welcomed. We're all super interested in your potential projects.

I’ve currently got a document full of RPG and RPG-hybrid pitches. We’ve started prototyping one of them – I can’t say much about it yet, except that it’s an original setting with a vibe you’d expect from us. Down the road, we’re planning to develop some concept art pieces and setting info that we can share.

Of course, there are also some existing IPs that I’d love to work in. For example, I’d happily drop everything for a Ravenloft RPG. In fact, a number of the WotC IPs would be fantastic, like Dark Sun and Planescape. In the Matt Chat interview, we talked about some other possibilities too - spiritual successors and novels that would lend themselves to great RPGs. (I think he’ll be posting those segments soon.)

 

[Cyberarmy]

I’d happily drop everything for a Ravenloft RPG. In fact, a number of the WotC IPs would be fantastic, like Dark Sun and Planescape.

Now now, you're just teasing us good sir.

 

[Darth Canoli]

I’ve currently got a document full of RPG and RPG-hybrid pitches. We’ve started prototyping one of them

So, RPG or RPG hybrid ?
What does RPG hybrid even mean for you, an adventure game with RPG elements, Quest For Glory-like or a RPG with dumbed down mechanism ?

 

[G Ziets]

I’ve currently got a document full of RPG and RPG-hybrid pitches. We’ve started prototyping one of them

So, RPG or RPG hybrid ?
What does RPG hybrid even mean for you, an adventure game with RPG elements, Quest For Glory-like or a RPG with dumbed down mechanism ?

For me, RPG hybrids are games with strong RPG elements (solid narrative, choices and consequences, character management, etc.) but nontraditional gameplay. A good example would be King of Dragon Pass. Personally, I’m a fan of strategy games (especially grand strategy and turn-based strategy), so my hybrid ideas often borrow elements from that genre, or at least use them as a starting point.