Oh hey, we missed Part Three of that interview: https://talkingames.com/josh-sawyer-chapter-iii/
Kickstarter, Eternity 1 & 2.
. We need more nazi devs!
Today we could talk with designer Josh Sawyer, author of Icewind Dale, Fallout New Vegas, Alpha Protocol or Pillars of Eternity. Dlouhatánský interview appears in one of the parts of our vidcastu@jesawyer
*** DESIGN FOR GAMES: MANAGING SCOPE ***
Everyone can be a game designer, that is, if you manage to keep track of scope, direction and production limits. Oh and create compelling gameplay that the entire team understands immediately while you're at it.
In this exclusive two day 'Design For Games' workshop with Josh Sawyer, Day 1 will be focused on management and organisation, while Day 2 will focus on the nitty gritty of design, in a team.
Overall, Josh will be talking on
- Managing your project
- Dealing with limitations of the budget and technical sort
- Defining scope and meeting player expectations
- From dialogue to RPG gameplay systems to UI challenges.
Deadfire was delayed once and got additional funding from Obsidian (but not from the publisher like it ended up happening with PoE, which was also delayed twice).
New Vegas being what it was led to scope-controlled New Obsidian. It "worked" for a time with Dungeon Siege and South Park, but the owners messed up with the stretch goals for Eternity.
Still none of them should have grey hairs that fucking early! They are looking like young oldmen. And I can slowly start using instead of they, we. Our modern stress is NOTHING compared to what our ancestors had to endure yet they didn't see a single gray until their forties at earliest!
Work and a lot of stress,most of my friends have some grey hear by now. They are around 30ish,most of them had greyish hair since 25ish.
I have one friend in his early 30s who has some gray hairs, but also a father of the worst kind. Once drunk, when they refused to let him in in that state, he emptied a whole pistol magazine into the main door.
I mainly agree with you mate. I disagree that our ancestors were more stressed,they were living a lot more harsher world than us,but a lot simpler also. This days people get stressed over all kind of stupid shit,also we do have a lower mental fortitude. Stress as a whole is not something that depends on the harshness of the situation,instead it is about our perception of it. Even fucking spoiled sjw retards get stressed over stupid twats and try to kill themself or do some shit.Still none of them should have grey hairs that fucking early! They are looking like young oldmen. And I can slowly start using instead of they, we. Our modern stress is NOTHING compared to what our ancestors had to endure yet they didn't see a single gray until their forties at earliest!
Work and a lot of stress,most of my friends have some grey hear by now. They are around 30ish,most of them had greyish hair since 25ish.
Either we worry WAY TOO FUCKING MUCH and should just look at life as RPG game, don't take anything too personal, smoke weed little bit and mucho chill every day. Also look at everything as a challenge and work everyday on raising your stats. And just chill, though for some even chill is too much stress...
It's either that or something way more sinister and connected with food, water and other stuff. I really hope it's that we're just too sheltered and weak and need to borrow from our grandparents or simply grow a spine! In other words balance our fears with reality, and in it most of them are overblown or just funny.
LET'S JUST PLAY CHILL & BE RPG
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Wrong. Plowing the fields and taking care of the animals is not stressful, it's actually kinda relieving. Running from meeting to meeting, sitting in a traffic jam, when you are in a hurry, not doing excercises, eating junk food, working 12 hours a day, bringing up your spoiled retarded kids and arguing with your wife who is cheating on you is stressful. Do this for 30 years and you have your grey hair.
