inXile General Discussion Thread

[LESS T_T]

A job posting for Lead Designer: https://www.inxile-entertainment.com/lead-designer

Sounds like this is for Chad and Jason's "next-generation role-playing game" team.

The WildStar mafia intensifies: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terynax/

Lead Designer
Company Name inXile entertainment
Dates Employed Jul 2019 – Present
Employment Duration 1 mo
Location Newport Beach, California

Carbine Studios
Total Duration 3 yrs 11 mos

• Game Director
  Dates Employed Dec 2015 – May 2016
  Employment Duration 6 mos
  Location Aliso Viejo, CA
  • Led a complete, interdisciplinary team of 10 in the prototyping a new AAA MMORPG.
  • Established the creative vision, team direction and business justification for the product.
  • Created the product review process for NCSOFT and provided a detailed plan of developmentdeliverables through launch.
  
  
• Design Director
  Dates Employed Apr 2014 – Dec 2015
  Employment Duration 1 yr 9 mos
  Location Aliso Viejo, CA
  • Led a team of 30-75 designers from just prior to launch (May 2014) through the F2P conversion (Sept. 2015).
  • Changed the design direction of WildStar, fostering changes that led to winning MassivelyOPs "Most Improved MMO" in 2015.
  • Spearheaded the design of the F2P conversion, hailed by MMORPG.com as one of the industry's best and fairest at its release.
  • Led the initiative to improve development practices, including writing and maintaining studio-level process and team culture docs.
  • Closely collaborated with other directors to establish and implement product and studio direction.
  • Held monthly studio meetings, bi-weekly team meetings, weekly Lead 1-on-1s & quarterly individual 1-on-1s with all designers.
  • Mentored design leadership and staff, with a focus on generalist approaches that helped designers take on any challenge.
  • Improved culture & team cohesion with Ops, Platform & Publishing through consistent collaboration & communication. See less
  
  
• Lead Systems Designer
  Dates Employed Jul 2012 – Apr 2014
  Employment Duration 1 yr 10 mos
  Location Aliso Viejo, CA

 

[Infinitron]

Frostpoint.

 

[agris]

Gotta keep the VR pyramid scheme churning. Take that lucrative VR development grant from the Japanese, train and pay staff to make WL3 assets that you’ll use in your VR spinoff, cobble together a shitty game that’s a glorified senior design project and excrete it out into the marketplace!

That’s that ole’ Fargo banking business acumen at work right there.

Maybe their next project will be Descent to Undermoutain 2?!

 

[LESS T_T]

Fargo did it again: https://armorgamesstudios.com/news/don't-escape-4-days-in-a-wasteland-gets-a-new-title/

Don’t Escape: 4 Days in a Wasteland Gets a New Title
Learn more about the decision to rename to Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive here.


Today we wanted to share that we are renaming our recently released PC title Don’t Escape: 4 Days in a Wasteland to a new permanent title, Don’t Escape: 4 Days to Survive. While we are in the process of changing the name, logos, and graphics on various storefronts, we also wanted to give a little insight into why this name-change is occurring. Please note that this change will be rolling out across all platforms and storefronts beginning today and may take some time to be properly reflected

A few days ago we got a message from the folks at inXile, a studio that has worked on several amazing titles (The Bard’s Tale, Wasteland 2) and who is now working on Wasteland 3. Armor Games Studios knows inXile well since our companies are minutes from each other. We have a relationship dating back to the early Flash days. “Wasteland” is a trademark they own and are actively building a game for, which is why they brought up their concern about Don’t Escape: 4 Days in a Wasteland causing brand confusion.

Looks like another game got Fargo'd: https://steamcommunity.com/games/828680/announcements/detail/1613895599249299923

And also, the name of the game is changing from Wasteland Rampage to Berserker's Descent

Descent

Spoiler

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Nothing says "buy our games and support us" like bullying small indie developers for using a generic word

 

[PsychoFox]

Is inXile the most overrated underrated CRPG developer or is it just me? Wasteland 2, Bard's Tale, and Tides have all been... just okay... nothing fantastic or phenomenal. Well I guess BT4 was quite engaging but it didn't blow me away or anything. Wonder why they are put next to other "big CRPG names" so often. Sure Fargo might've made great games in the past, but... he's lacking nowadays imo.

 

[PsychoFox]

Fargo did it again: https://armorgamesstudios.com/news/don't-escape-4-days-in-a-wasteland-gets-a-new-title/

Don’t Escape: 4 Days in a Wasteland Gets a New Title
Learn more about the decision to rename to Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive here.


Today we wanted to share that we are renaming our recently released PC title Don’t Escape: 4 Days in a Wasteland to a new permanent title, Don’t Escape: 4 Days to Survive. While we are in the process of changing the name, logos, and graphics on various storefronts, we also wanted to give a little insight into why this name-change is occurring. Please note that this change will be rolling out across all platforms and storefronts beginning today and may take some time to be properly reflected

A few days ago we got a message from the folks at inXile, a studio that has worked on several amazing titles (The Bard’s Tale, Wasteland 2) and who is now working on Wasteland 3. Armor Games Studios knows inXile well since our companies are minutes from each other. We have a relationship dating back to the early Flash days. “Wasteland” is a trademark they own and are actively building a game for, which is why they brought up their concern about Don’t Escape: 4 Days in a Wasteland causing brand confusion.

Looks like another game got Fargo'd: https://steamcommunity.com/games/828680/announcements/detail/1613895599249299923

And also, the name of the game is changing from Wasteland Rampage to Berserker's Descent

Descent

Spoiler

Well what do you expect from a Fargo? https://www.wellsfargo.com

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Zombra]

Need an #uninformative button

 

[Bohr]

 

[LESS T_T]

New job postings for "next-gen RPG" team. Looks like they're still in pre-production phase.

Senior Gameplay Engineer, also suggests this is action RPG: https://www.inxile-entertainment.com/senior-gameplay-engineer

The ideal candidate will have experience in prototyping experiences for RPGs and action-oriented games and has a passion for creating compelling gameplay.

Lead Environment Artist: https://www.inxile-entertainment.com/lead-environment-artist

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in creating immersive worlds, collaborating with engineers, artists and designers to create visually stunning environments that support fun and engaging gameplay.

 

[vonAchdorf]

Those requirements say absolutely nothing. "create visually stunning environments that support fun and engaging gameplay" - no shit. Who thinks, they were looking for someone who creates drab and ugly environments, which aren't suited for use in a game.

 

[ScrotumBroth]

Do you think George spends half of his time playing minesweeper while waiting for Fargo to assemble the team for next development stage?

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Neanderthal]

Stalin_Brando Fargo's nicked your Avatar, enough is enough.

 

[vonAchdorf]

Why was it called "Out of this World" in the US? Trademark issues or does "Another World" not sound right to the average American?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Why was it called "Out of this World" in the US? Trademark issues or does "Another World" not sound right to the average American?

There was a popular soap opera titled Another World, going to guess that's why

 

[Tom Selleck]

There was a TV show that aired in the USA called "Another World" at the time (maybe? around then, anyway) but I don't know if that would have affected it.

 

[Bohr]

Another trip down memory lane...

 

[hello friend]

Citizen Kabuto is a fun game

 

[MRY]

Why was it called "Out of this World" in the US? Trademark issues or does "Another World" not sound right to the average American?

In addition to the TV show, "Out of this World" is a fun play on words in a way that "Another World" isn't.

 

[LESS T_T]

Thomas "BrotherNone" Beekers is Senior Narrative Designer from July: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-beekers-60847b21/

From "Creative Producer" to full creative role. He is still in Wasteland 3 team apparently.

 

[Outlander]

Good ol' Thomas "kikes on a pike" Beekers.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

Thomas "BrotherNone" Beekers is Senior Narrative Designer from July: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-beekers-60847b21/

From "Creative Producer" to full creative role. He is still in Wasteland 3 team apparently.

nepotism.jpg

 

[a Goat]

Giants was a great game.

It had tiddies.