Torment Torment: Tides of Numenera Pre-Release Thread [ALPHA RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

Infinitron Actually it is. I thought they would use the W2 engine as a framework. But I haven't really followed the development.

 

People actually talking about Alfred Bester's "The Demolished Man".
Why isn't Harlan wearing a monocle?

 

Being set 1 billion years into the future makes it inherently bad scifi.

 

No it doesnt, thats really a weird thing to claim. But you are not getting the point... you need to read the previous page. And watch what Harlan Ellison says about "sci-fi".

 

I know, was being fastidious with the 1 billion years comment.

 

Thanks, i really needed that.

 

They're using a Turn-based system that they made using the WL2 engine and then cut and paste that into the PE engine.

 

No, we aren't.

There's not really any such thing as a "PoE engine" or "WL2 engine", they're both built on Unity (4). Torment is too (Unity 5), using code we licensed from Obsidian (some from Pillars, but I think some, like the dialog system, predates Pillars), as well as our own code. "PoE engine" is just a shorthand, saying it's "built on WL2 engine" or "built on PoE engine" is not really how software development works.

 

This is what I meant. People around here just call them 'engines' even though they aren't. My reference to the cut/paste was the combat research that was being done in the WL2 engine that was talked about during the KS updates before the PE tools/code were licensed.

 

Brother None This game is supposed to be released this year, right? Be honest: do you think TToN will get delayed?

 

Seems a safe bet it will be delayed (probably during alpha/beta), Brother None probably just can't tell us, if he says anything, no means yes, and yes means yes.

 

One of the biggest mistakes these kickstarters do is going for that overblown "well get you a game in two years!!" bollocks PR. And they do that because they think they have the same audience as usual.

 

Whatever he says, remember that it's not rape if you shout "Surprise!".

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Addendum: according to some law-savvy people, you have to shout "Surprise!" BEFOREHAND (apparently this timing detail is very important).

 

In a T:TON interviews posted by @Infinitron earlier this month, they mention the release date at the end. It's pretty much guaranteed to be 2016.

Does no one read these things anymore?

 

Nope. Whats the point really?

 

Thanks for clarification. I was aware that it is all based on unity. I just thought that you woud use most of your code from W2 in regards that unity can built vastly different kind of games. Which seems what you actually do.
It's cool to hear that the code is actually as interchangeable as that you can license code (modules?) from Obsidian. It's even cooler that trading code between both companies is done which can only benefit the overall quality of this kind of rpgs!

I'm just starting to think about a shared special version of unity for iso rpgs as a framework for different companies to create rpgs more easily...

 

Bro welcome to 6 months ago!

It is pretty cool though, eagerly anticipating everyone's second effort.

 

This thing will be delayed until late 2016, early 2017, possibly even later.

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Inbred Codexer: What do you want to do now?
Toothless Codexer: [grinning] None's got a real pretty mouth ain't he?
Inbred Codexer: That's the truth

 

Too bad it's a hundred times slower and buggier than Infinity Engine.

 

So, in no small part due to the Codex (including the invitation to attend the WL2 launch party), I have gotten the privilege of working as a contract writer on T:TON. Given what PS:T means/has meant to me (and given my love of MOTB), this is quite the wonderful turn of events. As FO helpfully taught me years ago, luck is not a dump stat! Of course, now I've revealed the secret motive behind everything I've ever said and done here.

 

Yes! Another Codex user we can turn on if everything goes to shit!

Congratulations, man.

 

"When," not "if."

 

Look, I donated $2,000 to T:ToN. I don't want to hear any of this "when" shit.