Game News Torment Kickstarter Update #21: Writer's Meet, 2D Backgrounds and Dialogue Design

[Ninjerk]

I believe the Monkey King himself said he was taking on this project to gain some distance from his book and return to it with fresh eyes.

 

[Scruffy]

Josh Sawyer remains the only RPG designer worth a damn in this shit industry

 

[Septaryeth]

I was just coming to clarify that. Yes, not everyone was there. This was on purpose, but not because of their importance to the project - it was because we want to be sure that we have the best possible workflow for our writers and for our production team. There's no point in getting everyone revved up and then saying, "Oh, by the way, this isn't actually how we're working on this. Sorry!"

Plus, some of them had other professional obligations and requested a later start time. So there's that.

I see. Sorry for the wildly misleading speculation.

 

[MuscleSpark]

When we do a massive update, not everything is going to be applicable to everyone. We're giving people an upfront indication - an executive summary, if you will - of what they can expect to find in the update. Then they can choose whether or not to spend their time reading it. We're tailoring the reading experience as well!

Can we get an upfront summary of every conversation/quest in Torment too? Some of it might not be applicable to me.

 

[Monty]

5 years ago I'd just about given up on playing a quality RPG again. Yet now I find myself in a strange parallel universe where another Torment game is being made, and gamers are complaining because updates from the indie developers include a brief summary.

Think it's time for my medication.

 

[Gakkone]

When we do a massive update, not everything is going to be applicable to everyone. We're giving people an upfront indication - an executive summary, if you will - of what they can expect to find in the update. Then they can choose whether or not to spend their time reading it. We're tailoring the reading experience as well!

Can we get an upfront summary of every conversation/quest in Torment too? Some of it might not be applicable to me.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Excidium]

Haha holy shit the expressions are perfect. I like your custom hand-drawn Colin McComb avatar too

 

[Ninjerk]

Oh god please let this last forever

 

[Kem0sabe]

When we do a massive update, not everything is going to be applicable to everyone. We're giving people an upfront indication - an executive summary, if you will - of what they can expect to find in the update. Then they can choose whether or not to spend their time reading it. We're tailoring the reading experience as well!

Can we get an upfront summary of every conversation/quest in Torment too? Some of it might not be applicable to me.

 

[hiver]

When we do a massive update, not everything is going to be applicable to everyone. We're giving people an upfront indication - an executive summary, if you will - of what they can expect to find in the update. Then they can choose whether or not to spend their time reading it. We're tailoring the reading experience as well!

Can we get an upfront summary of every conversation/quest in Torment too? Some of it might not be applicable to me.

that was subtle.

 

[Adam Heine]

Good Lord, that is awesome.

 

[hiver]

and its only a stage of pre production.

imagine whats going to be coming out later.

 

[80Maxwell08]

When we do a massive update, not everything is going to be applicable to everyone. We're giving people an upfront indication - an executive summary, if you will - of what they can expect to find in the update. Then they can choose whether or not to spend their time reading it. We're tailoring the reading experience as well!

Can we get an upfront summary of every conversation/quest in Torment too? Some of it might not be applicable to me.

I'm bookmarking this post so one day I can come back and brofist it.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

 

[CMcC]

When we do a massive update, not everything is going to be applicable to everyone. We're giving people an upfront indication - an executive summary, if you will - of what they can expect to find in the update. Then they can choose whether or not to spend their time reading it. We're tailoring the reading experience as well!

Can we get an upfront summary of every conversation/quest in Torment too? Some of it might not be applicable to me.

Can't... stop... staring.

 

[Rake]

Don't you have a game to make? Is it time to stare in Codex pictures?

 

[Adam Heine]

Don't you have a game to make? Is it time to stare in Codex pictures?

May 25, 2015 - Torment Kickstarter Update #50

Unfortunately, we have to admit we're not going to make our target release date. We could blame it on bad scheduling or feature creep or kittens. But the truth it's due entirely to this:

(0 Comments because they're all still watching the gif)

 

[dunno lah]

MCA wishes he had a gif of him that's as awesome as this.

 

[Bilgefar]

MCA wishes he had a gif of him that's as awesome as this.

Well he is in this one (credit to Turisas)

 

[kenup]

Holy crap!