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Pillars of Eternity by Obsidian Entertainment (Kickstarter) [Up: Teaser]
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I've always thought that it would pop up as a badge in TWEWY but it never did.
Well, they are going to have a live stream today. It's just that things happened way faster than anyone anticipated. Pretty much everyone thought that they would hit the 3,5m goal just barely if at all. And now? It looks like they could actually come close to 4 million. It's pretty crazy.
CrunchyFrog
Member
Doubting Thomas's, charlatans all of you. I NEVER FALTERED
We're definitely gonna get at least one more dungeon level today, possibly two.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Seeing as Obsidian's artists are either all asleep or collaborating on the Titan's cock, I did some concept art of my own to tide everyone over... of the GAF Inn front door!
Apologies for the quality, I'm in a hotel in Paris with one black pen, so that was done on the back of some printed out Googlemaps directions and photographed with my iPad :lol
Loving this!
I especially like the list of "barred" members
That's the way I'd like the Tavern to go in terms of homage and referencing to GAF - there's no need to make it painstakingly obvious.
someguyinahat
Member
As I write, someone backed out of the early adopter $20 pledge level. If you haven't yet, now's your chance.
Edit: aaaaand it's gone. Could have figured it would go fast at the rate the final push is going.
Edit: aaaaand it's gone. Could have figured it would go fast at the rate the final push is going.
CrunchyFrog
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Mister_Bubbles
Member
Thanks! First time I've felt inspired to do some real drawing in ages, felt good
Someone mentioned in the reddit Q&A that the artist who did the first Dwarf Ranger in the snow pic was working on another piece; hope we get to see that soon.Doubting Thomas's, charlatans all of you. I NEVER FALTERED
We're definitely gonna get at least one more dungeon level today, possibly two.
Well, that was a month ago. I was more referring to the last days after they've announced the 3.5m stretchgoal.
Right at the beginning we had some people who even expected 5 million, but things didn't look quite as pretty halfway through the kickstarter anymore.
demosthenes
Member
Seeing as Obsidian's artists are either all asleep or collaborating on the Titan's cock, I did some concept art of my own to tide everyone over... of the GAF Inn front door!
...why is there a bar on the *outside* of the door?
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Mini-games. Tower Defense and Farming games!
Jokes aside, I'll gladly take developer commentary in-game, if not added already. That would be a nice milestone, which shouldn't cost a lot.
CrunchyFrog
Member
I like this idea. Something like the Valve nodes.
It'll probably be some kind of modding toolset? People have been asking for that quite a bit.
That would be really cool, actually. Maybe they can fit it in at some point.
terrisus
Member
GAF Inn: Once you enter, you can never leave.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Yep. I really enjoyed that and would love it here as well.
It's still idiotic of them not to say anything at this point. Something like "at $4M we'll do 2 epic side-quests" that they were going to include anyway or what else. Something to motivate people to donate more money.
That's just the door to the Footie thread, we keep it locked for everyone's safety.
If the pull off everything they have promised for less than 4 million dollars, it will just show how much money the industry invests/wastes on polish and promotion.
I really want this kickstarter to succeed simply because I want to live in a world where a US based studio with lots of staff (not saying all the staff is on this game) and some big names can find it worthwhile to make a game that focuses on the core elements of the genre, and not have to spend 90% of the resources on graphics, voice acting, marketing, and everything else we associate with the current state of non-indie development. I like high production value games as much as anyone, but I also am underserved in a whole lot of aspects of gaming that used to exist.
The Doublefine kickstarter is very similar as well, in that you have a relatively large developer exploring an underserved market. A market the industry says can only be served by indie developers.
I really want this kickstarter to succeed simply because I want to live in a world where a US based studio with lots of staff (not saying all the staff is on this game) and some big names can find it worthwhile to make a game that focuses on the core elements of the genre, and not have to spend 90% of the resources on graphics, voice acting, marketing, and everything else we associate with the current state of non-indie development. I like high production value games as much as anyone, but I also am underserved in a whole lot of aspects of gaming that used to exist.
The Doublefine kickstarter is very similar as well, in that you have a relatively large developer exploring an underserved market. A market the industry says can only be served by indie developers.
There's a foot thread? *ears perk up*
If that's the goal - I can't wait to play some reconstructed old IE games in the PE engine
Mister_Bubbles
Member
There's always a critic! Lol.
It's not a bar, it's supposed to be a metal lock bolted on the front. Texture is a problem, hah
Edit: Perkel, that's brilliant
I hope you meant production values and not polish -.-
demosthenes
Member
They would never make a stretch goal for a full sequel. I could see the mod tools being one though.
Yes I consider them the same. I know polish is often used to mean no bugs though. I just don't like the term production value.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
Didn't Sawyer or somebody say they intended on doing modding tools after release anyway? I recall some interview where they more or less said they didn't want modding as a stretch goal since they want to work on the game itself and modding support would be something post launch regardless.
Any extra money they get doesn't need some stretch goal attached- the Big City #2 was cool enough for me. It would kind of suck if they put one out and we ended up missing it after the 3.5 million goal seemed like a stretch.
no bugs =/= polish.
polish is more like making your elements work not only flawlessly but also very rewarding.
For example combat in Path of Exile and Diablo 3 are bugless but Diablo 3 combat looks superior because it is more polished.
You can say that opposite of polish is clunky.
Another example:
Durante much loved NWN2 UI is bugless and works but it is clunky and not very polished.
You can never have too many Big Cities.
If they keep taking their time in telling us what it is, we really might miss it. Ahem, Obsidian.
We know there is one, it's on the map. They cannot remove what has been put on the map for the internet to see.
It's not even 10 a.m. on the West Coast. They were up super late playing D&D. Cut them some slack.
I'd expect something in a couple of hours (around noon PDT).
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
i hear you. i cant really think of a new stretch goal that could make me more excited. Its basically the Dream RPG. Project Eternitys existence basically ensures that 2012 will be the end of the world.
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Deleted member 102362
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Heck, this might hit 4 million without one.
This is fun to watch!
I think it's temporary? Not sure on that one.
MurkyZebra2417
Member
Just backed it with 25$, gogo!
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Yeah this. Maybe its just Eternity.
Mister_Bubbles
Member
Yeah, I think 'Eternity' as a name could work just fine. As for the amount of extra content, Obsidian have shown in interviews so far that they're well aware of the workloads they're taking on and are confident that they can still hit the April target. Even if they don't (which they likely won't), there's no publisher stopping them from taking as long as they need.
If it is Project Eternity at launch then I'm going to call it as a "Wizardry" style RPG that suddenly turns Sci-Fi.
I doubt it will be a mess. I'm under the impression they've already budgeted their resources. I don't think they'd add a new concept without planning how to implement and test it.
Cute Dragon Here
Member
Do you think we should have some sort of party time once the funding time hits?
Proud to chip in $165 in the end.
Proud to chip in $165 in the end.
It's Obsidian. It's going to be late, it's going to be buggy. It's also going to be brilliant in ways that overcome those faults.
I just switched my pledge from $35 to $165.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Huh?
Only if they use another developers broken busted engine to make Project Eternity.