Obsidian General Discussion Thread

[Ulfhednar]

Gotta get that "shipped a AAA title" on her resume. Can't say I blame her.

That is if the manage to survive Anthem,it will be fun if they fire her a few months later after EA kills Biowaste.

Blizzard =/= Bioware

 

[fantadomat]

Gotta get that "shipped a AAA title" on her resume. Can't say I blame her.

That is if the manage to survive Anthem,it will be fun if they fire her a few months later after EA kills Biowaste.

Blizzard =/= Bioware

Fuck,i read it in the morning and just now decided to respond. Oh well,will let the post stay for my shame .

 

[frajaq]

Where is the sudden hate for this woman coming from? lmao

 

[Alienman]

You consider this hate? Alrighty then.

 

[Kitchen Utensil]

Where is the sudden hate for this woman coming from? lmao

It's a woman.

 

[fantadomat]

Where is the sudden hate for this woman coming from? lmao

 

[Delterius]

Springboard Entertainment

feargus' studio is surely going places -- now we have a new nickname for 'bugsidian entertainment'

 

[Latelistener]

Where is the sudden hate for this woman coming from? lmao

It's a woman.

It's RPG Codex.

 

[J_C]

Nooo, my platonic love left Obsidian.

 

[Chris Avellone]

Obsidian Entertainment -> Springboard Entertainment

(Although this isn't as blatant as Ferret Baudoin's abandonment of NWN2)

I don’t believe Ferret abandoned NWN2 (he cared about the project very much). Both he and Katrina I wouldn’t categorize in that light, that’d be unfair to both of them.

Also, while Blizzard got some of the Obsidian folks who resigned (including Obsidian’s previous hiring manager), ArenaNet has hired a lot of ex-Obsidian folks as well - the numbers in recent years might be comparable to the ones who left for Blizzard.

 

[FreeKaner]

It would almost speak well of MMO companies to hire ex-RPG-developers if they weren't somehow just losing them in development as gears in the grind somewhere, writing some kill 8 wolves quest that no one really reads.

 

[Roguey]

If he cared so much about Neverwinter Nights 2, why did he voluntarily quit at the most crucial moment? Are you implying that he was plainly fired? That would make sense, considering how mismanaged NWN2 was before Sawyer took the reins.

otoh it doesn't quite make so much sense for a guy fired for mismanagement to immediately get a job at a bigger, more successful RPG developer and to cling to that job long enough until he can jump ship to an even more successful RPG developer once the writing's on the wall at his present employer. That does come across as the career path of a good social engineer though (hence the praise..?).

 

[LESS T_T]

Obsidian hired the developer who made somewhat popular Skyrim quest mod Moon and Star as level designer: http://marcsoskin.com/about-me/

Hi, I’m Marc, a Level Designer at Obsidian Entertainment in southern California. Prior to joining the Obsidian team, I worked as a professional game developer at Ready at Dawn, Studio Wildcard and Human Head Studios, and earned a master’s degree at the Guildhall at SMU, where I specialized in Level Design.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Detective RPG is coming!

 

[HoboForEternity]

Detective RPG is coming!

no truce with the disco elysium doe

 

[Got bored and left]

Detective RPG is coming!

no truce with the disco elysium doe

Disco of Eternity: Cipher Detective Boogaloo

 

[fantadomat]

Detective RPG is coming!

no truce with the disco elysium doe

Disco of Eternity: Cipher Detective Boogaloo

A third person cover based adventure shooter set in the streets of New York during the industrial age,showcasing the struggles and hardships of the black working calls and its fight against the oppressive fascistic capitalism and all the homophobic bigotry!

 

[Modron]

Detective RPG is coming!

Just play cobra mission to tide you over.

 

[LESS T_T]

In other news, Sawyer will do a talk at Reboot Develop 2018 conference (April 19-21, 2018): http://www.rebootdevelop.hr/speakers/

Josh is a video game director and game designer best known for his amazing work on more then few legendary RPGs from Black Isle glory days, including being designer and director on Icewind Dale II, Neverwinter Nights 2 and Fallout: New Vegas, as well as the cancelled Van Buren and Baldur’s Gate III: The Black Hound. He is currently working as game director at Obisdian Entertainment and he was the Project Director and Lead Designer on Pillars of Eternity, homage to the legendary Baldur’s Gate. He is right now acting as the Game Director of Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire which is to release in early 2017.

Schedule: http://www.rebootdevelop.hr/RebootDevelop2018_Schedule_prefinal.pdf

His talk is

:

Thursday, 19 of April - 16:00-17:00
Take Care (Industry)

Josh Sawyer, Obsidian Entertainment

Will he announce retirement?

("Industry" is the talk's category, not part of the title.)

Also panel:

Friday, 20th of April - 17:30-18:30
PANEL: Evolving the Genre

Panelists: Jullian Gollop, Patrice Desilets, Charles Cecil, Josh Sawyer, Moderator: Dan Pearson

 

[Infinitron]

LESS T_T Sounds like an anti-crunch time/pro-developer QoL talk.

 

[LESS T_T]

It was crude, but I was making a joke.

 

[Latelistener]

Is there a reason why Obsidian devs are ignoring Codex? I see one PR guy here and there, but other than that there isn't much.

 

[CptMace]

Infinitron delenda est

 

[frajaq]

The Codex is extremely problematic in the eyes of new-Obsidian

 

[Infinitron]

In recent times, there have been three Obsidian devs who post with some degree of regularity on the Codex.

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