Cain on Games - Tim Cain's new YouTube channel

[Butter]

They should take a quality over quantity approach. We don't need 10 ring slots so we can equip +2% Fire damage nonsense.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

They should take a quality over quantity approach. We don't need 10 ring slots so we can equip +2% Fire damage nonsense.

Yeah butwhatabout my dopamine hits from constantly picking up loot.

 

[ColonelMace]

Iirc, when the beta first opened to backers, enemies didn't drop every piece of gear they wore. It's only after people complained about this crucial detour from BG's original design that JESawyer decided that enemies would drop all their shit.
It's either that or they explained in an update that you couldn't loot every piece of gear.
But what I'm certain of was the uproar upon hearing about that, and the fact it's finally been changed.

The game is obviously not any better for it, but then again, it was a game made for the backers in great part, whatever people end up claiming constantly, so they indulged.

 

[Infinitron]

I talk about a system I created (and never used) for using galactic coordinates of stellar systems as their names.

 

[Infinitron]

I talk about the single theme that runs through all of my games, and why it's a good idea for you to develop your own point of view for your games.

 

[Infinitron]

I talk about how to convert an IP from one type (a movie) into another (a game), using a particular movie as an example of how I would do that.

 

[Infinitron]

I try to explain my note-taking in more detail.

 

[Decado]

Does Tim have a problem with Pillars of Eternity?

I don't really mind either way, but inventory management can get tiring. Looking specifically at Arcanum with its weight and size restrictions, ToEE where you need to use a mod to make identifying scrolls and potions a bit more tolerable. The kind of thing that makes you think "Do I really want to play this again and have to do all this rote activity again?"

I think single-player vs party-based needs a completely different approach to encumberance. Pillars had the right ideato just remove it entirely and allow you to carry all the loot around because diddling around with 6 characters worth of loot is definitely just a bullshit busywork.

I didn't quite understand PoE's inventory system. It didn't bother me, it just made no sense. Why have individual inventories (which are huge by the way) when you have a stash you can access from anywhere? And why do this in light of a loot system that practically guarantees that every fallen enemy is going to have a weapon and armor for you to loot?

But I agree with you 100%, encumbrance makes a lot of sense in single player RPGs (Outward is a good example) especially when the mechanics are more than just a weight limit tied to your strength.

 

[Roguey]

Why have individual inventories (which are huge by the way) when you have a stash you can access from anywhere?

For convenience and for those who chose to tick the box that restricts the stash. There's "important stuff I want my character to have at a moment's notice" and "trash I'm hoarding to sell later or use 'when I really need it.'"

And why do this in light of a loot system that practically guarantees that every fallen enemy is going to have a weapon and armor for you to loot?

A number of people love to vacuum loot and sell it. This reduces the backtracking in that process.

 

[The Nameless One]

They should take a quality over quantity approach. We don't need 10 ring slots so we can equip +2% Fire damage nonsense.

Yeah butwhatabout my dopamine hits from constantly picking up loot.

 

[Infinitron]

I talk about how to balance friction points in a game...starting with defining what a "friction point" is.

 

[Roguey]

Near the end he's unable to remember the term trash mobs/filler combat and refers to it as "junkyard combat."

 

[normie]

Near the end he's unable to remember the term trash mobs/filler combat and refers to it as "junkyard combat."

ah, so that's where he got filtered by Underrail

 

[Infinitron]

It's a Friday Fun Day video about my dice collection...or my dice addiction, depending on how you want to view it.

 

[0sacred]

 

[Infinitron]

I talk about the importance of having design fallback plans for when you need to remove features.

 

[Infinitron]

I talk about how to get team members in different development roles to interact with each other.

 

[Infinitron]

I talk about intent, both the intent of my games and the intent of my channel, and why I don't know anyone else's intent.

 

[Infinitron]

Hmmm:

I talk about cultural changes and how I strive to avoid predicting the future in my games.

 

[0sacred]

>Tim won't pick up the phone unless he expects your call

strong autism powers

 

[Infinitron]

I talk about ideas I have had for perks over the years, including reactions I have received to them and the reasons I never included them in my games.

 

[Turrul]

>Tim won't pick up the phone unless he expects your call

strong autism powers

It's a luxury few people have, nowadays the society just assumes that you're available at all times.

 

[Cohesion]

>Tim won't pick up the phone unless he expects your call

strong autism powers

That's the only reasonable way to deal with a flood of unwanted calls from shills (marketeers) trying to sell you something, bots, etc. I autoblock all unknown callers. Only contacts can reach me.

 

[Sweeper]

When you think about it, Tim's tale is quite tragic.
>I used to create some of the best RPGs of all time
>Now I'm just a youtuber
Fuckin' depressing.

 

[Basshead]

Understanding other points of view, wherein Tim gets a bit political

I wish I had known Tim better all those years ago when I interviewed the Obsidian devs as I would have wanted to have a much longer talk with him*. Yes, he's much more liberal than I am but...I like him more and more based on many of his videos like this one**. He reminds me of friends I've had and friends I still have as well as professors from back in my college days (late 80s-early 90s). I remember some of my favorite professors being very liberal in their thinking***. In classes with both professors we would debate constantly to the point where the other students told us they just sat back and listen to us makes points and counter-points. There was no animosity from either professor nor from the liberal friends today. In fact, I would end up hang around some of these professors after class on a balcony outside their offices to talk about many different concepts and topics. I respected them but didn't often agree with them and we would go on for hours stating our positions while still trying to understand the other's. I ended up with As in both classes. I still hung out with one after that class was finished and he would go on to create a research "class" several years later just for me that helped me graduate when I needed only a couple of credits. There was no class being offered at the time that I needed.
Tim comes across as a small "l" liberal like those people in my life in the past and today rather than today's large "L" liberal. One you can actually have a conversation with instead of a shouting match. I despise echo chambers on the Left or Right so I understand his thoughts from this video. Sadly in the world of social media this has been lost****...


* Also, Avellone knowing now all the drama going on behind the scenes!
** Like the one where he talks about today's generation's (lack of a) work ethic.
*** I'm talking an Environmental Politcs and a Women & Politics class!!
**** Have you seen the Politics, God & the Wealth of Nations thread?!!!

The age of civilized and reasonable debate and discourse is long gone, sadly enough.

Go to an actual university and you can see that this type of discourse, or the quality of the education in general, is not dead. The internet skews the reality. Consider how much inflammatory material gets shared on social media based on bad information. These companies have engineered their platforms to farm engagement with rage bait. Whatever will keep you using the platform. It turns out the best way is to create arguments and hostility. As it so happens, the real world is quite different from the internet and I encourage everyone to get out more and meet people in their communities and via mutual interests. You will find that all is not so hopeless as it seems, and that there are still many intellectual, genuine and rational people amongst us. The terminally online radicals only represent the smallest minority of the fringes.