If I were them, I would want to hit the ground running with marketing on a new DM feature. Allowing for past DM stuff to be usable in the new game would be a great way to do that. I think that's still highly unlikely but possible. I wouldn't complain if the stuff I already made had a second life.
You're right about the old modules being fairly linear, but I don't think that's a D&D thing as much as a "If we write a module for publication, we have to have a coherent story to tell" thing. Otherwise the module would be just suggestions for the DM, "If your players do this, then ... " and there's no accounting for what players will do if they are free to do whatever they want.
Your perspective may be a bit skewed, Arty. I hope they improve the tools and add features and would love to see backwards compatibility but I doubt that's what the marketers are looking to focus on.
In my mind, the good niche to carve out would be to make a crpg that is extremely open to mods and an easier-to-use campaign maker with which they can allow people to churn out content with which to play those mods. The DM was an afterthought in Solasta 1 but became half of the appeal for DLC. But if people could not only do as Unfinished Business did, but add models for hairstyles, weaponry, armor sets, locations, etc then they have the basis for a long term creator's paradise. Just need to monetize it. Hopefully not in an abusive way.
I can see that.
The current situation in Solasta 1 is that anything in the DM is just functionality and assets derived from official campaigns. Which keeps it cheap to make. But one of the main reasons that Myzzrym gave for them leaving Solasta 1 behind is that the game was never built for expansion. As he put it, the foundations of the house are looking cracked and adding rooms is a fire hazard and all sorts of issues keep coming up.
Even better, a post-apocalyptic science-fiction game with the GURPS ruleset.
Even better, a post-apocalyptic science-fiction game with the GURPS ruleset.
Doubt it
They don't necessarily need modding tools. They just need for modders to be able to easily implement content like hairstyles, armor/weapon models, spell effects, monsters, etc that can then be made use of by the dungeon maker creator. I'm not expecting an NWN successor necessarily, just that if they want a true niche and a plausible path forward then they can build a foundation that allows for expansion in far more ways from modding while also allowing for an editor that remains relatively simple so nearly anyone can use it to some degree.
The main problem with Pathfinder 2e is that nobody plays it and nobody cares about it.
dunno about systems. pathfinder kangmaker was needlessly complicated due to all the redundancies. Talking about stuff like arcane rogue vs archeologist vs rogue/wizz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnq53A3OW28
This was uploaded six days ago. It is Our Guy Emile 'Myzzrym' Zhang giving a speech essentially about how to deal with the often angry and irrational mob. I watched most of it but it isn't directly about Solasta necessarily. Still, he had one line at 2:45 in the vid saying this: "Or maybe you know that there is this feature that people are super excited about in your upcoming game but you didn't have the time to implement it so... crap."
The irony of low information assumption making in the context of his speech is not lost on me. I'll keep expectations in check.
I listen to music, podcasts, and stuff like this while tooling around in the dungeon maker or grinding in a jrpg. The patrician way to waste an hour or two of a man's life.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnq53A3OW28
This was uploaded six days ago. It is Our Guy Emile 'Myzzrym' Zhang giving a speech essentially about how to deal with the often angry and irrational mob. I watched most of it but it isn't directly about Solasta necessarily. Still, he had one line at 2:45 in the vid saying this: "Or maybe you know that there is this feature that people are super excited about in your upcoming game but you didn't have the time to implement it so... crap."
The irony of low information assumption making in the context of his speech is not lost on me. I'll keep expectations in check.
Thanks for wasting an hour of your life watching this. It's completely uninformative—nothing learned about their new game, and it's clear he just likes to hear himself talk. And I know what I'm talking about, being a Codexer.
Isn't it a typical gamedev conference?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnq53A3OW28
This was uploaded six days ago. It is Our Guy Emile 'Myzzrym' Zhang giving a speech essentially about how to deal with the often angry and irrational mob. I watched most of it but it isn't directly about Solasta necessarily. Still, he had one line at 2:45 in the vid saying this: "Or maybe you know that there is this feature that people are super excited about in your upcoming game but you didn't have the time to implement it so... crap."
The irony of low information assumption making in the context of his speech is not lost on me. I'll keep expectations in check.
Thanks for wasting an hour of your life watching this. It's completely uninformative—nothing learned about their new game, and it's clear he just likes to hear himself talk. And I know what I'm talking about, being a Codexer.
At least going by the amount of Steam reviews, it sold very well for an indie game.
