Game News Torment Kickstarter Update #9: Chris Avellone!

[Doma]

Aaw, I have my doubts about the kickstarter actually reaching that goal.

Still, I want Avellone to join, so I guess I am upgrading my pledge and hoping for the best.

 

[serch]

penis, penis, penis

 

[Gakkone]

Aaw, I have my doubts about the kickstarter actually reaching that goal.

Still, I want Avellone to join, so I guess I am upgrading my pledge and hoping for the best.

It's going to make it without a doubt.

 

[TalesfromtheCrypt]

Yep, as with most kickstarters, there's gonna be a major spike at the end of the campaign. They will propably reach that goal even earlier though.

 

[WetWorks]

Hopefully you are right, getting Avellone onboard would up my hopes for this at least resembling the writing and depth of the original.

 

[DwarvenFood]

Where is the 2D background stretch goal

And the Tim Cain stretch goal for combat design

 

[Lancehead]

2D stretch goal will be the final major trick up their sleeves, methinks.

 

[TalesfromtheCrypt]

Yep, if considering doing 2d backgrounds, they're propably keeping this stretch goal for the grand finale of the campaign.

 

[Minttunator]

Where is the 2D background stretch goal

Quoth the update: "We'll be speaking to the topic of graphics next week." Personally, I'm betting on it being the 4M stretch goal.

 

[Cyberarmy]

Well, not that i need monies nowadays, updated my pledge!

 

[Minttunator]

RPS has already covered this as well: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/22/man-for-sale-chris-avellone-on-torment-kickstarter/

Roll up roll up! We have one man for auction! Cofounder of Obsidian Entertainment, lead designer for a thing called Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2, lead designer on a thing called Planescape TM: Torment. Anyone? Anyone for a designer man? You sir? You ma’am? You look a likely sort for a single player, story-driven, isometric role-playing game. Come on lady, do you like complex and nuanced morality, deep and reactive choice and consequence, and immersion into a new and strange vision? Sounds sexy doesn’t it sir. LOOK AT HIS CRANIUM. Looooooook at those sexy hands of design-orientated development skills! Well give us $3.5M and you can have him you cheeky buggers.

 

[Roguey]

I'm concerned Avellone's going to be stretched thin by all the writing he's doing. Like how Marvel and DC put their best-selling writers on half a dozen books or more and all of them suffer as a result.

 

[Infinitron]

http://www.vg247.com/2013/03/22/chris-avellone-joins-torment-tides-of-numenera-dev-team/

“We never stopped pursuing having Chris involved,” Fargo explained. “There was always a chance, but we never dared to hint that that was even a possibility. So we’ve stayed pretty straight-forward saying ‘It’s not going to happen’, but meanwhile I was working behind the scenes, as was Colin [McComb] and Kevin [Saunders].

“Chris always had a desire,” Fargo stressed, but said that it all fell down to Obsidian head Fergas Urquhart, who needed Avellone’s expertise on Project Eternity. inXile had to work out what the scope of his role would be, and how he’d fit into the Torment production cycle. Eventually terms were met and joint custody of Avellone was agreed upon.

 

[Lancehead]

I'm concerned Avellone's going to be stretched thin by all the writing he's doing. Like how Marvel and DC put their best-selling writers on half a dozen books or more and all of them suffer as a result.

Why are you worried? I get the impression you don't like his writing to begin with.

 

[DeepOcean]

I guess his design duties on Wasteland 2 are over, as the full production started. So he is going to work on Project Eternity and Torment only, and Torment is going to have a long pre-production.

 

[Roguey]

I'm concerned Avellone's going to be stretched thin by all the writing he's doing. Like how Marvel and DC put their best-selling writers on half a dozen books or more and all of them suffer as a result.

Why are you worried? I get the impression you don't like his writing to begin with.

I'm a concern troll dont'cha know?

 

[PlanHex]

Avellone and Mitsoda on the same team...

inb4 MCA rewrites all of Brian Mitsoda's work again

 

[DeepOcean]

http://www.vg247.com/2013/03/22/chris-avellone-joins-torment-tides-of-numenera-dev-team/

Eventually terms were met and joint custody of Avellone was agreed upon.

 

[DwarvenFood]

I'm concerned Avellone's going to be stretched thin by all the writing he's doing. Like how Marvel and DC put their best-selling writers on half a dozen books or more and all of them suffer as a result.

I thought you liked men to be thin.

 

[MicoSelva]

It was already quoted in the main TToN thread that he's only going to write one companion himself, and do only consulting work on other content, so we're talking about a cherry topping, not the main cake.

Stilll nice, though.

 

[J_C]

I'm concerned Avellone's going to be stretched thin by all the writing he's doing. Like how Marvel and DC put their best-selling writers on half a dozen books or more and all of them suffer as a result.

I think he can handle Eternity and Torment. He already finished Wasteland 2.

 

[Syl]

They kind of blew it up with a stretch goal of only 3.5M, which they will reach anyway. Should have make it 5, for a truly awesome finish.

 

[jewboy]

Well it's not a cherry topping if he convinces Colin to make important changes to the entire game. So, yeah he is mostly a consultant / adviser, but it could have important effects on the overall game. MCA could prevent various retardations for one thing.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Avantre]

I guess his design duties on Wasteland 2 are over, as the full production started. .

Yes, he's done on that. It's been confirmed by a few InXile/Obsidian people before, most recently Kevin Saunders in the update reply area where he said "Chris's completed his work on Wasteland 2 late last year."