People News Troika co-founder Jason Anderson has (re-)joined inXile

[garren]

Codex interview when?

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

As soon as inXile recognizes the rpgcodex to be a first tier website.

 

[acer palmatum]

Could be good. Maybe MS merges the two studios to some supreme old guys RPG smithey. But then, they have their shitty X-box to support...

 

[i.Razor]

Yeah, in Troika all three of them had their own design in projects: Leonard - Arcanum, Tim - ToEE, Jason - VtMB: Bloodlines. At least it's as i got it.

 

[Duraframe300]

Yeah, in Troika all three of them had their own design in projects: Leonard - Arcanum, Tim - ToEE, Jason - VtMB: Bloodlines. At least it's as i got it.

Not really.

Arcanum was all three of them together, like on Fallout. TOEE was Tim and VTMB was Leonard + Jason.

 

[himmy]

Hopefully he will get the chance to work on something really interesting but it makes me wonder how come he went to inXile and not to Obsidian? Was Obsidian not interested in someone as talented and experienced as JA? Was JA not interested? Or maybe he just knows inXile is a fun place to work at (since he did work there before) and with Microsoft money on the table he can get as high salary as at Obsidian and more creative power.

Also, why do it now? Maybe he has some great idea which he pitched to Brian first because he knows him and because of the Microsoft deal.

It seems he's working on Chad Moore's project, so I don't think it's his idea.

Do we have any info on that project or do we only know it exists?

 

[MrBuzzKill]

Seriously though, not to be a downer, but has there been a SINGLE case of veteran videogame devs returning from their casual/mmo/callofduty "retirement" and producing something truly worthwhile?
Phoenix Point has yet to come out, but I already pulled my pledge due to their unfortunate decision to go back on their campaign promises for the Epic lulz bux. The game might still turn out good, though, right guys?..
Right?

 

[naossano]

Dunno if i should expect anything from Microsoft Troika.

 

[MrBuzzKill]

Fun fact: an Arcanum developper article written by Chad.

Thanks for the link, there was truly some interesting behind-the-scenes stuff there. You''ve linked Part 3, I'm reading Part 1 right now (about voice acting recording) and there are some nice tidbits:

We're a couple of hours into the first character, a female, when we run into a few problems. She gives me a great read on a line, then stops when she gets to the next one. "Uh...the next line. It's exactly the same as the one we just did. Can you guys just copy it?"

I look at the script, seeing how she might be confused. "Yes, they are the same. But in THIS line, you're speaking to a dwarf, not an elf."

She nods, a bit amused, then looks further down. "Uh...the next three lines are exactly the same, too. What are the...uh...differences in these?"

I do my best to keep the exasperation of out my voice. Don't these people read the scripts before they show up? "Okay. Line 484 is to a dwarf as well, but he's got a parrot on his shoulder. Line 485 is to a halfling with one arm and three eyes, and the Line 486 is the same halfling with a parrot, except that you're talking to the parrot this time."

 

[Diggfinger]

Fun fact: an Arcanum developper article written by Chad.

Thanks for the link, there was truly some interesting behind-the-scenes stuff there. You''ve linked Part 3, I'm reading Part 1 right now (about voice acting recording) and there are some nice tidbits:

We're a couple of hours into the first character, a female, when we run into a few problems. She gives me a great read on a line, then stops when she gets to the next one. "Uh...the next line. It's exactly the same as the one we just did. Can you guys just copy it?"

I look at the script, seeing how she might be confused. "Yes, they are the same. But in THIS line, you're speaking to a dwarf, not an elf."

She nods, a bit amused, then looks further down. "Uh...the next three lines are exactly the same, too. What are the...uh...differences in these?"

I do my best to keep the exasperation of out my voice. Don't these people read the scripts before they show up? "Okay. Line 484 is to a dwarf as well, but he's got a parrot on his shoulder. Line 485 is to a halfling with one arm and three eyes, and the Line 486 is the same halfling with a parrot, except that you're talking to the parrot this time."

You can find the entire thing in the extra's folder of Arcanum Multiverse Edition.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Let's see if anything worthwhile comes out of it.

You know what they say about hopes (don't get them up).