Obsidian General Discussion Thread

[Roguey]

Talking about game mechanics and running P&P sessions makes Josh animated, whereas office parties make him look glum. That's the kind of person I want designing my games.

 

[karfhud]

Any idea if the panels will be streamed?

 

[Lord Andre]

Talking about game mechanics and running P&P sessions makes Josh animated, whereas office parties make him look glum. That's the kind of person I want designing my games.

I'd prefer someone who's good at their job.

 

[Roguey]

UUUGGGGGHHHH QUIT YOUR JOB YOUR TERRIBLE AT IT!

That may be true but I am worse at everything else!

 

[Infinitron]

New cancelled Obsidian game revealed - STORMLANDS: http://kotaku.com/how-kickstarter-saved-obsidian-1716537369

It was cancelled in March 2012.

 

[Ninjerk]

god dammit i didn't see that it wasn't archived

 

[One-and-a-half-Ivan]

New cancelled Obsidian game revealed - STORMLANDS: http://kotaku.com/how-kickstarter-saved-obsidian-1716537369

It was cancelled in March 2012.

Microsoft totally fucked up their now-current-gen Xbox. Good job losers.

 

[Abu Antar]

Wasn't this the game we have been talking about before? I think it is but I could be wrong.

 

[Duraframe300]

As mentioned in the hiring thread Obsidian now has a director of publishing.

 

[Delterius]

cancelled Obsidian game

We need a news tag for that.

 

[Tigranes]

# of years since Obsidian announced an interesting sounding AAA title: 7
# of years Obsidian has been in business: 12

For fuck's sake guys

 

[Infinitron]

Carrie Patel AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/3ebfi3/hi_reddit_im_spec_fic_author_and_narrative/

Bet you didn't know there were Aloth fanboys/girls out there

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

Tried reading a few of her answers, hoping she might blurt something interesting, but she didn't. She wrote for PoE and everything she says is dull. Figures.

 

[Duraframe300]

Larry Charles Jr. has rejoined Obsidian Entertainment. Formerly working as a producer between 2008 and 2009 he's now hired as a level designer. In the time between he's worked on Lost Planet 3 and COD: Advanced Warfare.

 

[Infinitron]

Larry Charles Jr. has rejoined Obsidian Entertainment. Formerly working as a producer between 2008 and 2009 he's now hired as a level designer. In the time between he's worked on Lost Planet 3 and COD: Advanced Warfare.

Duraframe! I was afraid you'd abandoned your Obsidian-watching hobby.

Do you know what game he's rejoining for?

 

[ArchAngel]

Larry Charles Jr. has rejoined Obsidian Entertainment. Formerly working as a producer between 2008 and 2009 he's now hired as a level designer. In the time between he's worked on Lost Planet 3 and COD: Advanced Warfare.

Duraframe! I was afraid you'd abandoned your Obsidian-watching hobby.

Do you know what game he's rejoining for?

Armored Warfare of course, Obsidian flagship game

 

[Duraframe300]

Larry Charles Jr. has rejoined Obsidian Entertainment. Formerly working as a producer between 2008 and 2009 he's now hired as a level designer. In the time between he's worked on Lost Planet 3 and COD: Advanced Warfare.

Duraframe! I was afraid you'd abandoned your Obsidian-watching hobby.

Do you know what game he's rejoining for?

Nope

 

[Duraframe300]

Paul Kirsch (who wrote the Almanach, Guidebook and Manual) is now working as a full fledged narrative designer at Obsidian.

 

[Duraframe300]

As per Anthony Davis in the news thread Brian Heins project is still ongoing. Wonder if the reveal is close.

 

[Duraframe300]

As per Anthony Davis in the news thread Brian Heins project is still ongoing. Wonder if the reveal is close.

Just to bring it up again. Constant Gaw is Lead Level Designer.

Matt Maclean (as a designer) and John Lewis (VFX Artist) may be working on that as well.

Other than that I have no idea about it.

Edit: And Nate MacDorman on the maybe list

 

[Fairfax]

Can't be a big project, though, can it? Aren't ~100/180 employees working on the world of tanks thing alone?

 

[Infinitron]

Can't be a big project, though, can it? Aren't ~100/180 employees working on the world of tanks thing alone?

Well, I think most Obsidian "AAA" projects have been in the 50-ish range, and they have that. Armored Warfare is just really huge.

Of course, those projects tended to use existing engines, which may give us a clue to the nature of this new one.

 

[Athelas]

Wouldn't a next-gen game be much more labor-intensive?

 

[Abu Antar]

Wouldn't a next-gen game be much more labor-intensive?

Depends if it's a PSN/XBLA project or a full blown big rpg.

 

[Infinitron]

It's been in development since early 2014 and still not announced, so we know it's not some quick thing