Information New Codex Eternity Rewards: In-game Presence, Chris Avellone Trolls and Signatures

[Infinitron]

So I see you haven't donated yet, Infinitron.

Well, it is Simchat Torah and imma bit tipsy, so...

 

[Jaesun]

Join us Infiniton! We have free beer on Wednesdays!

 

[villain of the story]

LOL, short of $2K and only 10 more days to go.

You are DOOMED!

 

[villain of the story]

A subtle reference to BG3 'black hound' is fine for me or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_shuck if it needs to be 'mature'

Wow:

One of the most notable reports of Black Shuck is of his appearance at the churches of Bungay and Blythburgh in Suffolk. On 4 August 1577, at Blythburgh, Black Shuck is said to have burst in through the church doors to a clap of thunder. He ran up the nave, past a large congregation, killing a man and boy and causing the church steeple to collapse through the roof. As the dog left, he left scorch marks on the north door which can be seen at the church to this day.[12]

The encounter on the same day at Bungay was described in A Straunge and Terrible Wunder by the Reverend Abraham Fleming in 1577:

This black dog, or the divel in such a linenesse (God hee knoweth al who worketh all,) running all along down the body of the church with great swiftnesse, and incredible haste, among the people, in a visible fourm and shape, passed between two persons, as they were kneeling uppon their knees, and occupied in prayer as it seemed, wrung the necks of them bothe at one instant clene backward, in somuch that even at a mome[n]t where they kneeled, they stra[n]gely dyed.[13]​

Adams was a clergyman from London, and therefore probably only published his account based on exaggerated aural accounts. Other local accounts attribute the event to the Devil (Abrahams calls the animal "the Divel in such a likeness". The scorch marks on the door are referred to by the locals as "the devil’s fingerprints", and the event is remembered in this verse:

All down the church in midst of fire, the hellish monster flew, and, passing onward to the quire, he many people slew.[14]​

It looks like the townsfolk had a merry round of mob-lynching a few people and burning one of them alive to cover their crime or that's what I would think if I hadn't read this part:

Dr David Waldron and Christopher Reeve suggest that a fierce electrical storm recorded by contemporary accounts on that date, coupled with the trauma of the ongoing Reformation, may have led to the accounts entering folklore.[15]

 

[kazgar]

i'm gonna donate when I get paid later this week, what's the minimum for a copy now?

(ha, payday's thursday, lulz ensues, etc)

 

[DarkUnderlord]

Minimum for a copy now is something like $35 - I'd have to look closer to check though.

 

[DwarvenFood]

I am a traitor to the dwarven kind.

 

[Abraxas]

NEW STRETCH GOAL!
I doubt this will change the trend, but if we get to $5K, everyone that pledges $250 or more gets a portrait similar to this one:

It can be your own codex persona, another codexer that you want to ridicule, a serious character description...
Being this the Codex I will add: no porn or things that can end with me in some CIA, Mossad, Al-Qaeda, SuperPutin blacklist.

And for those that pledge $100 or more, the same but in a "pencil" sketch style.

Think about it, when the game is released, you can put the portrait in the game and larp that you're a warrior of diversity!

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Guar]

$50 donated to the cause!

And FFS include your username in the note / message area.​

Fuck...who should I send my payment info to?

 

[DwarvenFood]

Wow, who did that colouring of The Cleaver ?

 

[Abraxas]

Wow, who did that colouring of The Cleaver ?

An army of slave labourers I keep in my basement.

But seriously, the offer is real. I know it's not Justin Sweet or Andy Kelts quality, but I will put all my codexian love in them.
And the original delivered would be twice that size, so it may allow a small sprint to hang in some wall and be used to start an awkward conversation.

It's a desperate move, but the clock is ticking and we are not reaching 5K anytime soon.

Also, I must put a limit on the maximum number of portraits, just in case this place is full of rich bastards, say 14 colour and 14 sketches. Delivering deadline: game's release.

 

[Haba]

Awwww fuck. I was just about to order 200 portraits for my use...

 

[villain of the story]

Just thought I'd share my thoughts about this nonsense from the Chaos Chronicles thread:

It's most ironic, Jaesun. You are one of the

s trashing at least $250+ on Project Eternity, a game that doesn't even exist atm and why? Because supposedly, no publisher is willing to fund such a game that is so "old school", it has cool downs and magic spamming and everything to make it cater to wider audiences. And yet, here is a small indie studio, developing their own old school TB game that also looks fucking good and apparently they don't need anyone to throw money at them for bullshit rewards and they are doing it the old publisher way. I THOUGHT NO PUBLISHER SUPPORTED THAT KIND OF STUFF!

R00FLES!

 

[Jaesun]

Just thought I'd share my thoughts about this nonsense from the Chaos Chronicles thread:

It's most ironic, Jaesun. You are one of the

s trashing at least $250+ on Project Eternity, a game that doesn't even exist atm and why? Because supposedly, no publisher is willing to fund such a game that is so "old school", it has cool downs and magic spamming and everything to make it cater to wider audiences. And yet, here is a small indie studio, developing their own old school TB game that also looks fucking good and apparently they don't need anyone to throw money at them for bullshit rewards and they are doing it the old publisher way. I THOUGHT NO PUBLISHER SUPPORTED THAT KIND OF STUFF!

R00FLES!

Quoting for posterity before you edit it. Also HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Fuck! CANT. STOP. LAUGHING.

 

[villain of the story]

Huh? OK, you do that.

Meanwhile, how about you throw $250 in my direction for providing you with nonsensical laughter because, why not?

 

[Jaesun]

Well when a developer is getting money to do such a thing from a video game publisher, sure.

We will continue to wait, as we have been since 2003.

 

[villain of the story]

Waiting for what? Real Crap with Pause?

R00FLES!

 

[Semper]

And yet, here is a small indie studio, developing their own old school TB game that also looks fucking good and apparently they don't need anyone to throw money at them for bullshit rewards and they are doing it the old publisher way. I THOUGHT NO PUBLISHER SUPPORTED THAT KIND OF STUFF!

in case you didn't know, chaos chronicles is funded with taxes through the state of bavaria. plus two of the shareholders of the ff fond are government-funded tv-channels with an annual budget of more than a billion of euros. without the working population in germany there wouldn't be a chaos chronicles and coreplay would've to go the kickstarter route too, because there ain't publishers out there funding such a project.

the sponsorship for games totals to around 620.000$ per year. cc got 255.000$ which should be enough for a small studio. as big as obsidian is they couldn't work with such a budget.
to abraxas for the support!

 

[villain of the story]

Oh, ok. That would put Obsidian in an even more advantageous position with their credentials, then. Remember Amalur? It also got state funding and an outrageous amount of it. If a new start-up with nothing to their name except for individuals in it could do it, so could Obsidian.

Also, even more to Chaos Chronicles devs because they took a considerable risk with it. They will have to pay it back.

 

[Jaesun]

The risk of the tax payers?

 

[J_C]

Just thought I'd share my thoughts about this nonsense from the Chaos Chronicles thread:

It's most ironic, Jaesun. You are one of the

s trashing at least $250+ on Project Eternity, a game that doesn't even exist atm and why? Because supposedly, no publisher is willing to fund such a game that is so "old school", it has cool downs and magic spamming and everything to make it cater to wider audiences. And yet, here is a small indie studio, developing their own old school TB game that also looks fucking good and apparently they don't need anyone to throw money at them for bullshit rewards and they are doing it the old publisher way. I THOUGHT NO PUBLISHER SUPPORTED THAT KIND OF STUFF!

R00FLES!

What's your problem VotS? Yes, we need to throw money at Obsidian to make PE. Because having cooldowns is not the end all be all of videogames. I specifically care more about the story, the NPCs, the missions than the combat system. And even if Chaos Chronicles will have better combat system (which is not sure, even if it is TB), I can assure you, PE well blow Chaos Chronicles out of the water in regards of the things I mentioned.

no publisher is willing to fund such a game that is so "old school", it has cool downs and magic spamming and everything to make it cater to wider audiences

Look me in the eye (virtually) and tell me that a publisher would fund PE even if it has cooldowns. If you say that, you are out of your mind.

 

[Semper]

Also, even more to Chaos Chronicles devs because they took a considerable risk with it. They will have to pay it back.

there is no risk... this game is sponsored and they don't have to pay anything back. it's not like curt schilling who raised a credit.

btw chaos chronicles was pitched as an action rpg centered around solving puzzles in co-op for steam/xbox/ps3 first. they even planned to update it on a regular basis with dlc. compare this to obsidian's first pitch of P:E. if you would have known the slightest bit of info from their first steps you would've abandoned it long ago :D

 

[Infinitron]

Yes, in general, one must be careful when comparing European and American gaming industries. There are things that are possible in Europe, and especially Eastern Europe, that just aren't financially feasible in the US.

This is something I keep telling Skyway, when he goes on one of his tirades about how "it's not about evil publishers, it's the evil developers who don't want to make good games" (unlike his sainted Bohemia Interactive).

 

[Haba]

Also, even more to Chaos Chronicles devs because they took a considerable risk with it. They will have to pay it back.

You might wanna have a look on how CC is being funded before you swing your fist too much...