inXile General Discussion Thread

[Lahey]

@39:50

I totally punked Chris Avellone once, it was so funny. We were having a company party, we were bowling, we invited him and he came. And so I told the waitress, I go "ask him for his autograph" y'know like he's like this world famous guy, like y'know. It's like, I mean Chris Avellone in our industry is well-known but not outside of that. So she walks up and she goes "are you Chris Avellone?" And he says "YES!" [LAUGHTER] He still to this day doesn't know that I did that to him.

 

[Roguey]

https://twitter.com/tonurics/status/1041579805840269312

It's funny how often people say things on the @RPGCodex forum trying to be flippant/controversial, without realising how close they are to describing what really happened behind closed doors...

Game Credits (By Role)
Programming/Engineering
Torment: Tides of Numenera (2017) (Engineers)
Technology
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut - Limited Edition (2017) (Web Developer)
Other
Wasteland 2 (2014) (Web Developer)

What could this be referring to?

 

[Infinitron]

Tweeted five hours ago. What have we said recently?

This post by Sacred82, maybe? http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...ng-september-18th.95694/page-140#post-5791764

 

[Bohr]

Hmmmm. Perhaps the Rohypnol theory was closer to the mark than we first suspected.

 

[BEvers]

Or maybe these?

Wait, so half of this game is outsourced including combat engine and inXile's job is to put it all together and sell it for profit?

It's almost like a new age publisher!

I'm joking of course, but it seems a little crazy to make a blobber and outsource the combat engine. Maybe we'll start to see more of this going forward? Outsource not just music and cutscenes and marketing and art assets, but you could do it with the entire systems design & implementation of minigames. KS 'writer stretch goals' that send in their work remotely, etc, etc.

 

[LESS T_T]

USGamer podcast interview (from 25:39):


https://www.usgamer.net/articles/a-...rgo-plus-where-the-heck-is-final-fantasy-viii

A lot of Final Fantasy games are coming to Switch, but not Final Fantasy VIII. What gives? We ponder that, and also talk to Inxile founder Brian Fargo in the latest episode of our RPG podcast [download link here]!

The last time Brian Fargo was on the podcast, he expressed doubt that his games would work with the Switch's audience. But with Wasteland 2 launching on the Switch eShop last week, Fargo is ready to offer a mea culpa. Also, we talk about Bard's Tale 4, which is out tomorrow on PC, the current realities of indie development, crowdfunding, and more.

Also in this week's episode, we talk about all the Final Fantasy announcements for Switch. We're excited about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and Final Fantasy VII, but where the heck is Final Fantasy VIII? Nadia and I have thoughts.

 

[BEvers]

https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/brian-fargo-wants-to-buy-back-interplay-1202944111/

InXile Entertainment CEO Brian Fargo wants to resurrect Interplay if his latest game sells well, he said in a tweet on Monday.

“I’m asked what would we do if ‘Bard’s Tale IV’ PC is a big hit,” he said. “How about this stretch goal. I will attempt to buy Interplay back if we manage to sell over two million units in the first 18 months.”

Variety reached out to Fargo to confirm whether or not he’s serious about the potential purchase. “I certainly am,” he said via email. “My fans have been requesting me to bring back my old Interplay games for years and this would be the most amazing way to make that happen.”

 

[Infinitron]

USGamer podcast interview (from 25:39):


https://www.usgamer.net/articles/a-...rgo-plus-where-the-heck-is-final-fantasy-viii

A lot of Final Fantasy games are coming to Switch, but not Final Fantasy VIII. What gives? We ponder that, and also talk to Inxile founder Brian Fargo in the latest episode of our RPG podcast [download link here]!

The last time Brian Fargo was on the podcast, he expressed doubt that his games would work with the Switch's audience. But with Wasteland 2 launching on the Switch eShop last week, Fargo is ready to offer a mea culpa. Also, we talk about Bard's Tale 4, which is out tomorrow on PC, the current realities of indie development, crowdfunding, and more.

Also in this week's episode, we talk about all the Final Fantasy announcements for Switch. We're excited about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and Final Fantasy VII, but where the heck is Final Fantasy VIII? Nadia and I have thoughts.

Listened to this, it's half an hour. Most interesting part is at around 47:30 where Fargo starts talking again about how he's worried about rising budgets and whether his games will sell. Also his regret about Torment - overpromising and underdelivering instead of the opposite.

 

[lophiaspis]

Someone should make a .gif of Fargo's reaction to getting shillcucked by Sony and Squeenix from around 41:00, when those twerps start babbling on forever about the amazing HDR graphics and emotional storytelling of Tomb Raider and Spiderman

Why would you invite Brian Fargo on your podcast and then spend the time blatantly shilling for godforsaken console trash? Was it part of their agreement to somehow sucker Interplay fans into buying this crap?

 

[Infinitron]

We missed this - longtime inXile producer Eric Daily left the company recently:



He was on the Wasteland 3 team.



And of course:



What did they do to that guy >_>

 

[BEvers]

He was their web design / backer portal guy, so his attitude may be related to inXile moving to external service providers (CrowdOx + Xsolla). See his latest tweet:



His LinkedIn:

Created a crowdfunding network for three major video game properties that raised over 1.5 million dollars in additional donations from 120 thousand active users. Using a multidimensional snowflake database schema, the whole server network was able to run on economy class VPS hardware.

In addition to my official role of "all internet things", my responsibilities expanded into any task of a technical nature: game development, digital publishing, product development, production, marketing, artwork, etc. I was responsible for the well-received Linux port of Torment: Tides of Numenera, many game system tools [including the Torment dialogue editor], as well as the multi-platform Bard's Tale emulated collection and Wasteland 2 releases.

Artwork I created for Wasteland 2 was framed and hung in the CEO's office, it has since been used to make physical posters and foam board signs. Additionally, my artwork for Torment: Tides of Numenera was turned into a poster; combined both posters have been sold roughly 3 thousand times.

 

[Zombra]

Artwork I created for Wasteland 2 was framed and hung in the CEO's office, it has since been used to make physical posters and foam board signs. Additionally, my artwork for Torment: Tides of Numenera was turned into a poster; combined both posters have been sold roughly 3 thousand times.

I wanted to see exactly which artworks were his so I searched "jason dora art"

wasn't disappointed

Spoiler

 

[BEvers]

He meant these two, he uploaded them on LinkedIn:

This was a physical poster that was sold from our website. The small lines you see in the background are the in-game credits of all the who helped crowdfund the game, which are readable in poster form.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Speaking of posters.. what the fuck is he talking about? Did they actually have posters done?
And whatever happened to this: http://tormentrpg.tumblr.com/castofflabyrinth

That was supposed to become a poster at some point. But, more importantly, whatever did Dana Knutson do for this game besides that? Yet another bait&switch as far as I can tell.

Also:

“My fans have been requesting me to bring back my old Interplay games for years and this would be the most amazing way to make that happen.”

What titles does Interplay still have?

 

[Infinitron]

What titles does Interplay still have?

Fargo is known to have an especially major hard-on for Sacrifice.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Could be actually interesting if we weren't already aware of inXile's ability to take a franchise and turn it into the "poor man's" version of itself.

From those I'd guess they could push out a Dragon Wars wannabe.
But the others? Platformers and action games? inXile is most likely a much worse choice for that than even Obsidian is.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

What about Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader? I would make an enhanced edition of that with TB combat and other improvements. Would be sweet with some good old S.P.E.C.I.AL. fantasy roleplaying shit

 

[Cyberarmy]

I legit bomb their HQ if they even dare to touch Sacrifice.

 

[Jimmious]

Because it's better to have a 20 years old game without any hint of a sequel than to have even a mediocre sequel?

 

[Alienman]

Ask Jagged Alliance about that.

 

[Jimmious]

Ask Jagged Alliance about that.

That was below the belt man

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

Standard issue "it's been a wild ride" and "I learned so much" tweets. If you got nothing to say, can't you at least not waste anyone's time?

 

[Bohr]

Someone should make a .gif of Fargo's reaction to getting shillcucked by Sony and Squeenix from around 41:00, when those twerps start babbling on forever about the amazing HDR graphics and emotional storytelling of Tomb Raider and Spiderman

Quick shitpost!

 

[DeepOcean]

Because it's better to have a 20 years old game without any hint of a sequel than to have even a mediocre sequel?

Ask System Shock 2 too.

 

[Prime Junta]

Fucking Torment fucking tides of fucking bitchass Numenera. Burn mediocre sequels to the ground and salt the goddamned ground. If there are no sequels at least we have our dreams. A mediocre sequel takes even those away from us.