Josh Sawyer Q&A Thread

[Atchodas]

I always have a small amount of emotional distance from what I’m working on. Maybe this makes me worse at making games

Yes

 

[vortex]

If there's no E3 announcement, Pillars is on hiatus.

For obvious reasons, publishers want a game to make a big splash at E3 (typically) and other major trade shows, then have a planned buildup of PR and marketing toward the launch itself.

 

[luj1]

Did he actually fly to london for some FORTNITE\MINEKRAFT clone

Tbh I believe he is just wandering aimlessly like a tourist and hoping someone will notice him

 

[Roguey]

* The publisher wants to “test the waters” by announcing a game that’s in a questionable state, then use the perceived reception to the announcement to either commit to finishing the game, change direction, or cancel it.

*Josh Sawyer talking about a hypothetical Pillars of Eternity 3*

*Perez's game gets cancelled shortly after*

 

[Prime Junta]

*Josh Sawyer talking about a hypothetical Pillars of Eternity 3*

*Perez's game gets cancelled shortly after*

Sounds far-fetched to me. I think they'd either quietly cancel it or float a real big trial balloon. Hardly anyone pays attention to Josh's mumblings anyway (we don't count).

 

[Wunderbar]

Origin of the Game Director role at Obsidian:

what the fuck, so before A:C they were just randomly throwing shit at the wall without any direction?

 

[Roguey]

Sounds far-fetched to me. I think they'd either quietly cancel it or float a real big trial balloon. Hardly anyone pays attention to Josh's mumblings anyway (we don't count).

Entire first page of google:
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/fate-of-pillars-of-eternity-3-unknown-according-to-josh-sawyer
https://www.destructoid.com/pillars-of-eternity-3-won-t-happen-without-major-changes-572179.phtml
https://www.pcgamer.com/obsidian-wi...llars-of-eternity-before-making-a-third-game/
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...me-before-committing-to-pillars-of-eternity-3
https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/1...-format-before-making-a-pillars-of-eternity-3
https://www.pcgamesn.com/pillars-of-eternity-2-deadfire/pillars-3
https://www.resetera.com/threads/jo...deadfire-compared-to-the-original-poe.152064/
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pillars-of-eternity-dev-says-deadfire-sales-were-l/1100-6471333/
https://www.reddit.com/r/projectete..._sawyer_posted_about_pillars_3_poor_deadfire/ (over 300 comments)

Certainly plenty of feedback there.

 

[Roguey]

what the fuck, so before A:C they were just randomly throwing shit at the wall without any direction?

They had lead designers and producers but no "project director." Avellone was the head guy on kotor 2 but he had to deal with Parker calling some bad shots, Ferret Baudoin was seemingly in charge of NWN2 at least as far as design goes, Parker was the guy in charge of Alpha Protocol though the game went without an actual lead designer for quite a while.

 

[Nano]

Origin of the Game Director role at Obsidian:

Old news.

promotion

08:01 pm October 8th, 2008

So here's some exciting (to me) news: I just got promoted. It's actually the first real promotion I've had in about eight years since I've been a lead designer off and on since late 2000.

To be honest, I was pretty surprised by it since the position is a new one at Obsidian: project director. It can sort of be thought of as the "Lead of Leads", but it's more like the official vision-holder and overall driver of the project. It's kind of what I was doing before anyway, but now I'm actually supposed to be doing it.

"This is necessary because this shit is being horribly mismanaged" was the logical deduction to make for this.

 

[toro]

This guy is really lonely.

 

[vortex]

He should make game like Bloodborne. Not this no-combat stuff.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

* The publisher wants to “test the waters” by announcing a game that’s in a questionable state, then use the perceived reception to the announcement to either commit to finishing the game, change direction, or cancel it.

 

[Roguey]

They already committed to saying Grounded would be out in Early Access in Spring 2020 though. Full speed ahead.

 

[ZVERMIX]

Does Josh have an account? If so, when was the last time he logged in and/or posted?

 

[toro]

Does Josh have an account? If so, when was the last time he logged in and/or posted?

Before he lost all his skills, decency and purpose in life.

 

[Tigranes]

Does Josh have an account? If so, when was the last time he logged in and/or posted?

Before he lost all his skills, decency and purpose in life.

The Codex is where everybody comes to lose those silly things, after all.

 

[Infinitron]

Funny that the New Vegas DLC least known for its writing ended up spawning the most viral quote:

 

[rusty_shackleford]

maybe the real fire was testosterone

 

[Alpan]

Rather appropriately for a Josh Sawyer product, the quote is just generic enough for people to impart their own meaning onto it.

 

[Roguey]

the New Vegas DLC least known for its writing

Survivalist logs though.

Worst written DLC is

 

[Nano]

Funny that the New Vegas DLC least known for its writing ended up spawning the most viral quote:

Gotta hand it to Sawyer, it's a great line.

 

[Jack]

Funny that the New Vegas DLC least known for its good writing

Eh, what? It's right up there with Dead Money, if not above it. A far cry from the goofy antics of Old World Blues and the pretentious Lonesome Road. Honest Hearts is actually Sawyer's best work, besides the Icewind Dale games that is.

 

[ZVERMIX]

New Vegas DLC least known for its writing

What? Survivalist logs are some of the best pieces of post-apocalyptic writing ever.

 

[Van-d-all]

Funny that the New Vegas DLC least known for its writing ended up spawning the most viral quote:

Gotta hand it to Sawyer, it's a great line.

For Instagram maybe.

 

[whydoibother]

Funny that the New Vegas DLC least known for its writing ended up spawning the most viral quote:

burned man quotes

Imagine having written something for a video game that many people worldwide take as their life's spine and philosophy. Fuck, I'm jealous of Josh right now. I can almost forgive him for making this shitty stats system for PoE.