George Ziets opening a new RPG studio - Digimancy Entertainment

[fantadomat]

So who's this lucky favorite publisher?

EA,he is making a curling RPG that will debut with NBA 2021.

 

[agris]

But what irks me the most is the use of ’ instead of '. I don't even know where ’ is on my keyboard.

That’s just a US keyboard / OS thing. We don’t even have ' on our keyboards as-configured.

 

[Bester]

Programming languages don't accept ’ as a valid type of apostrophe. Maybe it's a Mac thing.

 

[OSK]

Programming languages don't accept ’ as a valid type of apostrophe. Maybe it's a Mac thing.

It's called a typographic apostrophe.

The Microsoft Windows code page CP1252 (sometimes incorrectly called ANSI or ISO-Latin) contains the typographic apostrophe at 0x92. Due to "smart quotes" in Microsoft software converting the ASCII apostrophe to this value, other software makers have been effectively forced to adopt this as a de facto convention. For instance, the HTML5 standard specifies that this value is interpreted as this character from CP1252.[109] Some earlier non-Microsoft browsers would display a '?' for this and make web pages composed with Microsoft software somewhat hard to read.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Typographic_apostrophe_in_8-bit_encodings

 

[deuxhero]

So who's this lucky favorite publisher?

He was at Obsidian during New Vegas and the Metacritic thing, and his work on ESO was mostly scrapped after he left, so likely not Bethesda.

 

[Nano]

He was at Obsidian during New Vegas and the Metacritic thing

Why would Ziets care about that? It was the owners' headache.

 

[deuxhero]

Why do you think he left afterwards? Even Feargus can't shove all that bonus into his pocket alone.

 

[Wunderbar]

It's Atari :D

 

[Nano]

Why do you think he left afterwards? Even Feargus can't shove all that bonus into his pocket alone.

He was fired, dumbass. He was the lead writer on Stormlands, and Obsidian fired him when Microsoft canceled that project.

 

[deuxhero]

Because they had money issues.

 

[Nano]

Because they had money issues.

More because they had no project to put him on. Ziets the writer wasn't a good fit for any of the games they were working on after Stormlands was canceled. Also, I have a theory that Feargus's clashes with Ziets during Dungeon Siege 3's development was another reason for Ziets being in the cross hairs during those layoffs.

 

[Roguey]

More because they had no project to put him on. Ziets the writer wasn't a good fit for any of the games they were working on after Stormlands was canceled. Also, I have a theory that Feargus's clashes with Ziets during Dungeon Siege 3's development was another reason for Ziets being in the cross hairs during those layoffs.

"You should have chosen Eric."

 

[Ismaul]

If Ziets had been PoE's narrative and writing lead instead of Fenstermaker, man...

 

[Bester]

If Ziets had been PoE's narrative and writing lead instead of Fenstermaker, man...

Fenstermaker is a programmer. You can't have both highly functional parts of the brain (technical and humanities). He's a technical dude, never should've tried writing. I blame the management, but also him specifically.

 

[MRY]

In the early days, there were lots of folks who had both skills. Almost all the interactive fiction guys. And outside of that, Mechner, Garriott, Ron Gilbert, the crew that made Starflight... just off the top of my head. I mean, they may not have been like Umberto Eco level humanists, but they made games with rewarding narratives.

 

[InD_ImaginE]

So who's this lucky favorite publisher?

Epic Game Store of course

 

[Transfiguring Roar]

RPG-strategy hybrid.

 

[fantadomat]

Jokes aside,my bets are on either Bethesda or THQnorth.

 

[LESS T_T]

I'm thinking of Devolver or Paradox.


Also Senior Writer, worked on Disco Elysium (seems mainly involved in editing side of it):



Art Director, worked on TToN, WL3 and various projects as freelance concept artists:

https://nate_abell.artstation.com/



Company profile on Linkedin

As a collection of industry veterans, we’re known for making games where the player’s choices shape their experience. We’re passionate about telling collaborative stories with our players, and we aim to delight them by reacting to their decisions in fun and innovative ways.

All three of our founders have experience with ongoing live team support in online games. We love engaging with fans, listening to their suggestions, and thinking of ways to improve their experience through post-launch content.

Digimancy is based in Columbus, Ohio, but we embrace a remote model of game development. We’re happy to work with talented game developers no matter where they’re located.

Our three founders have a combined 60 years of game development experience, focusing on RPGs and RPG hybrids. Our credits include Neverwinter Nights 2 and its expansions, Torment: Tides of Numenera, D&D Online, Fallout: New Vegas, Knights of the Old Republic 2, Pillars of Eternity, Elder Scrolls Online, and Shattered Galaxy.

 

[fantadomat]

Paradox

Please don't,that is the place where good old IPs go to die slow death. Every game they put out is a mediocre copy of earlier ones.

 

[undecaf]

RPG-strategy hybrid.

Something HoMM/Disciples -esque, perhaps?

 

[LESS T_T]

Paradox

Please don't,that is the place where good old IPs go to die slow death. Every game they put out is a mediocre copy of earlier ones.

Well I don't mind George taking on one of the settings in WoD.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

RPG-strategy hybrid.

Sengoku Ziets.

 

[Nortar]

RPG-strategy hybrid.

Sengoku Ziets.

Jagged Alliance 3

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

RPG-strategy hybrid.

Sengoku Ziets.

Jagged Alliance 3

Jagged Sengoku Alliance: Ziets Strikes Back