Obsidian General Discussion Thread

[Duraframe300]

For me it sounded more like another example of a studio with multiple projects. At least they are two seperate sentences.
Also it wouldn't line up with what we know so far from the linkedin pages of the various directors. But, ymmv.

But there are more projects that we don't know about, than there are project directors. Josh's game is Project Missouri that leaves quite a few states unchecked after Indiana and we know of only 2 projects in development (other than Josh's project)

Could be, but theres a limit of Obsidian employees. Let's say we add only 2 more (5 projects). Those are already only 40 people per project if you lived in a perfect world where you could divide workforce evenly.

I mean, just the microsoft project alone will wrap up 100+ employees when it goes in full production. And that production phase will overlap with other projects as well.

Ofc, we could look a large batch of mobile games but I hope not.

 

[Flou]

Could be, but theres a limit of Obsidian employees. Let's say we add only 2 more (5 projects). Those are already only 40 people per project if you lived in a perfect world where you could divide workforce evenly.

I mean, just the microsoft project alone will wrap up 100+ employees when it goes in full production. And that production phase will overlap with other projects as well.

Ofc, we could look a large batch of mobile games but I hope not.

I doubt they are making any mobile games. Missouri is definately a smaller than 40 people project since Josh is involved. 40 people would make it almost the size of Pillars and he wanted a smaller team for his next game. 10 to 20 people when it is in full production mode.
Outer Worlds development is ramping down, but some of that team has moved on to the DLC (but those don't get a state as project name). 20 to 30 people on DLC, 10 to 20 people on bug fixing and polishing?
It takes some time for the newer projects to hit full production, so for some time teams on those will be smaller. Especially if they are creating a new IP. It took ages for Outer Worlds to finally get into full production. Boyarsky joined in April or May 2016 and the team got fully staffed after AW was taken away by the commies in late 2016 or early 2017. Bunch of people from Deadfire and Tyranny teams joined as well later on.
Would they really have 2 or 3 cancelled projects after Outer Worlds? One for sure since Deadfire didn't create enough revenue, but 2 or 3 sounds too much. Project Missisippi (half of a project in 2017 or 2018 that Feargus mentioned?) could have been in the works for quite some time now while Brennecke's and/or Perez's projects could be still in pre-production thus needing a lot less staff for now.

Indiana - Outer Worlds
Missisippi - ½ of project that was mentioned in Eurogamer articles?
Illinnois - Cancelled / on hold?
Alabama - Brennecke's project
Maine - Perez's project (POE3?)
Missouri - Josh's small tactical game

Some journalist should just ask Feargus if Missisippi and/or Illinois was cancelled, would stop the endless speculation for now

 

[Quillon]

Just a reminder. Tuesday 1030am PST book it for ACG On Twitch! We have Justin Bell composer of Outer Worlds, we have Jessie Harlin composer of a ton of Star Wars games including Republic Commando, we have Austin Wintory composer of Journey, Abzu, and a ton of others, and we have Bryn Edward Hill writer of Detective Comics, Titans, TV and Screen. And ...well me. We will sit down discuss upcoming games, ask them random questions and deep dive into their lives.

https://www.twitch.tv/acgontwitch

 

[Flou]

New positions opened up:

- VFX Artist (https://www.obsidian.net/jobs/open-positions/art/1133-vfx-artist)
-Character Artist (https://www.obsidian.net/jobs/open-positions/art/1132-character-artist)
-Area Designer (https://www.obsidian.net/jobs/open-positions/design/1134-area-designer)
-The devil / Financial Analyst (https://www.obsidian.net/jobs/open-positions/hr/1135-financial-analyst)

 

[Quillon]

tis live:



Did the stream I've posted above happen btw?

 

[Sailor Woedica]

So cool!

 

[Infinitron]

Starting in one hour:

 

[Infinitron]

Here we go:

 

[Diggfinger]

OUR SPIRITUAL LEADER AND MASTER JOSH SAWYER LIVE FROM GRAZ **RIGHT NOW**
(from 13H30 CET onwards)
Topic: letting the player kill everyone

Twitch Stream - GameDevGraz

 

[Merlkir]

Josh just said the next game he's working on will be nonviolent.

 

[LESS T_T]

There goes Age of Mythology spin-off.

 

[Infinitron]

Archived:

The next game I'm working on is non-violent

When'd he say that?

 

[Diggfinger]

Josh just said the next game he's working on will be nonviolent.

Which is interesting in his own right:
a) confirms he *is* actively working on a new game (as supposed to supervising/advising on other projects)
b) confirms that Obsidian has a new (unannounced) title on the way...wonder what Sawyer's role is (Director again or taking a 'lower' position)?

 

[Cael]

Josh just said the next game he's working on will be nonviolent.

He does know that Tetris has been done to death? Right?

 

[Alienman]

Non-violent. I assume walking simulator.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Microsoft already turned Obsidian into an education game studio

 

[TheImplodingVoice]

Microsoft already turned Obsidian into an education game studio

Obsidian will become a "game pass" studio mark my words. Games for "everyone" made specifically for game pass and nothing else.

 

[Infinitron]

If it's actually a Sawyer-led game, it could be some sort of historical simulation where violence doesn't make sense. Like something along the lines of The Council, for example.

 

[Nano]

If it's actually a Sawyer-led game, it could be some sort of historical simulation where violence doesn't make sense. Like something along the lines of The Council, for example.

I hope Obsidian's writers are up to that task.

 

[Efe]

it could just be lack of graphical violence, like how a grand strategy murders people by thousands or more and they pass as trickling numbers.

 

[Turuko]

What Remains of Josh Sawyer

 

[Latro]

reign of fampyrs

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

Maybe by nonviolent he means combat without blood? You know, like in the blockbusters where there theoretically is violence, but practically there isn't, because everyone just falls to the ground.

 

[Alienman]

Man, all the games he lists that are non-violent are typical nu-indie type of games, like Life is Strange. Ugh.

 

[LESS T_T]

l'Abbaye des Morts is pretty cool.