Obsidian General Discussion Thread

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[Infinitron]

Grrr, because they're broadcasting their conference as one long daily stream, I can't get a URL pointing to Leonard's talk until the day is over.

 

[2house2fly]

Hearing him talk about how he wanted the user interface to feel like part of the game world... It's stunning that Bethesda 20 years later still hasn't grasped the importance of that.

Actually Bethesda's clumsy attempt to do that resulted in the Pip-Boy menu in their Fallout games, which was terrible. I'd rather they try to make a good UI before trying to stylise it.

 

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https://www.twitch.tv/videos/124171720?t=02h41m16s

Feargus' quarterfinal match starts soon. He'll face last year's champion Sean Dunn.

 

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And he knocked out!

 

[Infinitron]

Ouch, demolished.

 

[Infinitron]

Leonard Boyarsky talk: https://www.sinfo.org/events/24-sinfo/sessions/leonard-boyarsky-a-life-in-video-games-24-sinfo

 

[Don Peste]

Leonard is and much, much more handsome than MCA.
I wonder why he didn't speak about ToEE at all...

That moment when he is showing this. Pure decline:

Are you guys familiar with this scene at all?
[silence]
I guess not...​

 

[Infinitron]

Because he didn't work on ToEE.

 

[Jarpie]

Troika wanted to make hardcore rpg based on Lord of the Rings, just when the films were coming out? That could've gotten some very nice sales at the time if marketed properly.

 

[Flou]

So, a brand new IP and not really working with Paradox. I guess that rules out any World of Darkness game?

 

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Boyarsky photos from SINFO's Facebook page, in case someone want to make a smiley or something:

With baby dragon.

Spoiler

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[Latelistener]

So many news about Leonard.

This could be a meme.

 

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Oh, I thought it feels familiar...

 

[Don Peste]

Do we know what character he did voices for (And he is so embarrassed about) on Bloodlines?

 

[Sannom]

With baby dragon.

Is that Tad Cooper?

 

[Infinitron]

Project Indiana marches on: http://www.obsidian.net/jobs/open-positions/animation/960-senior-animator

Senior Character Animator
Obsidian Entertainment is looking for talented, self-motivated Animator to join us in creating content for a high profile role playing game.

The ideal candidate has experience animating and bringing to life both human and non-humanoid characters. A solid grasp of the principles of Animation is essential. The ideal candidate must be creative and have the ability to understand priorities, work well within a fast-paced production environment, and be able to work with designers, Artists, Programmers, and other developers to create high quality character animations.

Requirements

• Exceptional skill animating characters and creatures
• 5+ Years minimum industry experience
• Must be able to animate characters in 3D and manage scenes and assets efficiently
• Able to adhere to tight schedules with minimal supervision
• A thorough understanding of animation pipelines and the processes involved from the conceptual phase to implementation
• Able to iterate quickly and often to improve quality and hit technical or design goals
• Ability to consistently produce large volumes of high quality animation on a tight schedule
• An expert understanding of Animating in Maya
• A high level of technical animation knowledge

Pluses

• Previous shipped titles on the game consoles and PC systems
• Basic or intermediate knowledge of Mel script or comparable scripting languages
• Familiarity with any of the following programs: After Effects, FaceFX, FaceWare, FaceGen, Motion Builder
• Familiarity with any of the following engines: Unreal Editor, G.E.C.K., Crytek, Unity
• Experience working with motion capture, facial animation capture and performance capture
• Figure drawing experience, knowledge of human anatomy, experience creating character rigs
• Experience creating character rigs
• Experience working with cloth, physics, and VFX systems
• Experience creating a character animations pipeline from the ground up

Responsibilities

• Create high quality player character combat animations, human ambient animation, and creature animations
• Create and edit conversations and cinematic sequences
• Create lip sync, and facial expression animations
• Set up camera animation and framing for gameplay and in-game cinematic sequences
• Mentor other animators
• Help train programmers and artists from other disciplines on how to create and use toolsets with consideration for animation
• Debug in-engine animation issues

Portfolio Requirements:
An online animation reel demonstrating quality in-game 3D animation, and examples of animated characters that appear to be alive

Portfolio Plusses:

• 3D character animation examples demonstrating an advance knowledge of body mechanics
• 3D character facial animation examples
• 3D character animation examples demonstrating a solid understanding of animation principle
• Animation projects that demonstrate attention to acting, emotion, and storytelling
• Examples of work in console or mobile games

Submission:

• All resumes must be accompanied with website portfolio or samples of work
• Include a shot breakdown document detailing your work contribution
• For console or studio animations include a document explaining specifically what you did.

Apply via e-mail: jobs@obsidian.net

Please put the job you are applying to in the subject line.

Please no phone calls or drop-ins. We only accept emailed applications

 

[Executr]

They did an AMA with Feargus, Sawyer, Brennecke and others:
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5vzou1/we_are_obsidian_entertainment_purveyors_of_fine/

Can't be arsed to transcript most answers, but Feargus confirms they keep asking Bethesda and Sega to make other Fallout and Alpha Protocol games, but they don't seem interested in collaborating again.

Also, answering another question Feargus leaves in the air that Cain and Boyarsky could be working on a game with the White Wolf IP.

 

[Infinitron]

It's not a White Wolf game

 

[Flou]

Feargus commented that they would be ready to talk about Project Indiana in 2018.

Anthony Davis confirmed that he isn't working on either Pillars nor Indiana which would mean that Anthony is either working on Tyranny support work, Pathfinder card game (Badler is working on this) or Project Mississippi if such exists.

 

[Infinitron]

I believe Anthony is working on pitches for Obsidian's next game. Not a formal signed project yet.

 

[Rev]

Well, yesterday in the live stream they were asked how many projects they're working on, and they answered 4 or maybe 5.
So, aside from PoE2 and Cain and Boyarsky's game, there are other two or three unannounced titles in the works. One of them could be some additional content for Tyranny or maybe a Pathfinder rpg, after the card game.

 

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Some other things *I think* I heard in the livestream but not mentioned on Codex (and I don't bother browsing the archived video to verify):

- Josh said PoE PnP is classless system. Currently it's based on Dyrwood-y (Vailian?) locations, but he tries to cover as many regions.
- At the moment Josh is only writer of the PnP RPG.
- Chat: Tell us one letter from the title of secret project. / Feargus: I! (Well, Indiana Jones it is!)

 

[Flou]

Well, yesterday in the live stream they were asked how many projects they're working on, and they answered 4 or maybe 5.
So, aside from PoE2 and Cain and Boyarsky's game, there are other two or three unannounced titles in the works. One of them could be some additional content for Tyranny or maybe a Pathfinder rpg, after the card game.

1) Pathfinder Card Game - Still people working on this including Badler. PC port coming out this year?
2) Pillars 2
3) Project Indiana with Broyarsky&Cain
4) Project Mississippi???
5) Project Illinois???

They still have people working on Tyranny support, or at least some guy commented on the Twitch stream that he was working on Tyranny support. I believe Feargus commented on this as well that they are in talks with Paradox about Tyranny.

 

[Flou]

I believe Anthony is working on pitches for Obsidian's next game. Not a formal signed project yet.

Yes, that is likely as well. After all, unless they stopped working on Armored Warfare earlier than they announced the change of regime it would mean they've moved really fucking fast to sign a project. So if there's 4 or 5 projects that they are working on it comes down to, do they count Tyranny as one since there's still people doing support work for it and whether or not the pitch for Project Mississippi is in such stage that they've actually given it a project name.

One could imagine that they started working on back-up plan for a change of hands on AW the minute MRG told them they would take some of the workload (so sometime last year). Those people are working on something after all. Or how much workforce does pitching a game take?

LinkedIn still shows that they have about 190+ employees, though if you deduct marketing, owners, assistants, PR guys and such they would have about 150-170 people working on games. 50 on Pillars 2, 10 on Pathfinder and that still leaves about 90-110 people to work on Tyranny support, Indiana and what ever else they are cooking.