Larian General Discussion Thread

[TheImplodingVoice]

Larian needs to get rid of the stink pussy red head as well

 

[imweasel]

^
Pics and name of this ginger please.

 

[TheImplodingVoice]

^
Pics and name of this ginger please.

 

[Bohr]

 

[Valky]

I bet Swen is so upset because people might find out he has RTWP games installed on his laptop.

 

[LESS T_T]

The triumph at last:

 

[LESS T_T]

Also from PAX South:



I guess these expos are best use of those Steam Machines.

 

[LESS T_T]

Swen phased into the cyberpunk world, with a new cyberware equipped:

 

[Roguey]

Swen in Shanghai, cutting deals with the Chinese.

 

[LESS T_T]

Well, you can see the road is left-hand traffic so not China. Probably Singapore or Hong Kong.

 

[Roguey]

Well, you can see the road is left-hand traffic so not China. Probably Singapore or Hong Kong.

Google image search lied to me, it said Shanghai.

 

[pm_675]

Google image is racist. All Asian cities look the same to it

 

[LESS T_T]

Apparently 190th issue of Retro Gamer has a retrospective article about Divine Divinity. ("The Making Of: Divine Divinity. Swen Vincke revisits the RPG that helped define Larian Studios.") I wonder PCGamer will reprint this on their website later too.

 

[LESS T_T]

Well, you can see the road is left-hand traffic so not China. Probably Singapore or Hong Kong.

Well it was Malaysia.



The guy is gaming Vice President of a Malaysian government agency for digital industry.

 

[LESS T_T]

More job postings for cinematic artists:
http://larian.com/jobs/cinematic-artist/
http://larian.com/jobs/junior-cinematic-artist/

Responsibilities:

• Use proprietary cinematic tools to to bring scenes to life
  • Craft cutscenes and sequences that emphasize camera motion and character performance.
  • Manipulate performance capture data to stage scenes.
• Understand and maintain the cinematic style of the production title
  
  • Elevate the emotional impact of the narrative through cinematics.
• Tap into your cinematic experience to tackle emotional and performance heavy sequences

What kind of cinematic they're going for I wonder.

 

[frajaq]

Has Larian Studios reached the size to work on multiple projects yet?

 

[TheImplodingVoice]

Has Larian Studios reached the size to work on multiple projects yet?

Let's hope not. I'd rather they focus on 1 game at a time

 

[Bohr]

What kind of cinematic they're going for I wonder.

We know they're already prototyping more emotionally engaging interactive objects for DOS3, pretty sure the payoff will involve a satisfying cutscene

 

[LESS T_T]

They meat someone:

 

[Infinitron]

Some images from Sarah Baylus' talk last month:

 

[Roguey]

Elaine Reynolds certainly picked an angle.

 

[Roguey]

Great news everybody, Swen's blog is back online. Now you can read that final "Where the women at?" post in all its glory.

 

[LESS T_T]

More job postings for cinematic artists:
http://larian.com/jobs/cinematic-artist/
http://larian.com/jobs/junior-cinematic-artist/

Responsibilities:

• Use proprietary cinematic tools to to bring scenes to life
  • Craft cutscenes and sequences that emphasize camera motion and character performance.
  • Manipulate performance capture data to stage scenes.
• Understand and maintain the cinematic style of the production title
  • Elevate the emotional impact of the narrative through cinematics.
• Tap into your cinematic experience to tackle emotional and performance heavy sequences

What kind of cinematic they're going for I wonder.

Another job posting for cinematic artist, internship this time: http://larian.com/jobs/summer-internship-cinematic-artist/

I guess they're at the stage of actively making some kind of cinematics this year?

 

[LESS T_T]

Gameplay Programmer at Larian Studios and AIE alumnus Nicholas Zaharias talking to students about his time in industry and tips for juniors starting out.

"Swen, Swen, ah, I forgot his last name... Swen Vincke?"

And some nuggets about Larian's in-house engine.

 

[LESS T_T]

Their Director of Publishing, Defender of Video Games, Protector of Content will talk about something at a Belgium game conference (February 15-16): https://www.1up-conference.com/conference/michael-douse

Heh, the Quebec studio is smaller than I imagined.