Obsidian General Discussion Thread

[Infinitron]

Where did we originally get Seven Dwarves from? Was it Annie?

Don't know, I figured people called it that because it made it more obvious that the game was based on Disney's Snow White than just "Dwarves"

Does anyone know if DSIII or New Vegas started first?

Considering DS3 was a super-cheapo project and came out later, New Vegas seems almost certain to have started first, no? It was certainly announced later: http://release.square-enix.com/na/2010/06/08_01.html

 

[Duraframe300]

Does anyone know if DSIII or New Vegas started first?

Considering DS3 was a super-cheapo project and came out later, New Vegas seems almost certain to have started first, no? It was certainly announced later: http://release.square-enix.com/na/2010/06/08_01.html

Yeah, but it started going in early 09 as well and off SOZ. (And that BGIII thing that never happened). Tony Evans was originally lead.

 

[Fairfax]

Does anyone know if DSIII or New Vegas started first?

FNV first. DSIII started in june 2010, when FNV was already in its late development stages.

EDIT: nevermind, Rich Taylor wasn't the first director.

 

[Xeon]

Roguey posted a tweet by Sawyer implying that Obsidian signed a contract for FNV.

Edit:
probably this, couldn't find the post

 

[Duraframe300]

I checked and it seems to be late 2009. So, F:NV most likely started first.

 

[Fairfax]

Square signed their first deal with Gas Powered for Supreme Commander 2 back in November 2008, the month when SoZ was released. They only announced DSIII in E3 2010, however, and there's no mention of DSIII in 2009, but that's probably when it started. Tony Evans left Obsidian in January 2010, so it definitely started in 2009.

I'm surprised it had ~2 years of development, tbh.

 

[Sensuki]

Get out your resume m8

 

[One-and-a-half-Ivan]

Someone should probably do some digging in the trademark databases, with all the talk about a possible Kickstarter for a new IP and Stormlands possibly being an IP they get to keep as well.

I don't think that's newsworthy.

I think Bubbles was implying certain Codexers would be a good fit for that job.

A certain codexer, I presume 8)

 

[Kilus]

+1 influence with Arcade and Veronica:

http://projects.latimes.com/prop8/donation/49690/

 

[Infinitron]

Duraframe300 What about Project Vermont? It was some sci-fi thing in the Unreal engine supposedly.

https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/57290-layoff-hits-obsidian/?p=1167599

Also, hey, Alvin Nelson posted in that thread saying this:

Must...refrain...from...helping...

Maryland - Dungeon Siege 3
South Carolina - Storm of Zehir
New Hampshire - Fallout New Vegas

 

[Fairfax]

Duraframe300 What about Project Vermont? It was some sci-fi thing in the Unreal engine supposedly.

https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/57290-layoff-hits-obsidian/?p=1167599

Backspace, sci-fi FPS RPG that was cancelled by Bethesda.

 

[Infinitron]

Possibly. Speaking of Backspace, here's somebody who lists it on their LinkedIn CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spwolfram

Lead Level Designer - Backspace
Obsidian Entertainment
December 2010 – April 2011 (5 months)

Developed the pitch; including the story and many gameplay elements
Designed, scripted, and propped out the demo level
Implemented special encounters

 

[Fairfax]

With Backspace being developed in late 2010, that changes the list a bit.
My guess is:

1 Delaware - Knights of the Old Republic II
2 Pennsylvania - Neverwinter Nights II
3 New Jersey - Dwarves
4 Georgia - Alpha Protocol
5 Connecticut - Aliens: Crucible
6 Massachusetts - Mask of the Betrayer
7 Maryland - Storm of Zehir
8 South Carolina - Dungeon Siege III or Fallout: New Vegas
9 New Hampshire - Dungeon Siege III or Fallout: New Vegas
10 Virginia - South Park: The Stick of Truth
11 New York - Backspace
12 North Carolina - Stormlands
13 Rhode Island - XBLA action RPG? Prey 2?
14 Vermont - Project Eternity
15 Kentucky - MCA's project?
16 Tennessee - Brian Heins' Project
17 Ohio - Armored Warfare
18 Louisiana - Pillars of Eternity 2?

Not sure Skyforge counts? It's more like their WL2 involvement, not a project of their own.

 

[Infinitron]

You're making some stuff up there. We know for sure that South Park was New York and not Virginia

 

[Duraframe300]

Square signed their first deal with Gas Powered for Supreme Commander 2 back in November 2008, the month when SoZ was released. They only announced DSIII in E3 2010, however, and there's no mention of DSIII in 2009, but that's probably when it started. Tony Evans left Obsidian in January 2010, so it definitely started in 2009.

I'm surprised it had ~2 years of development, tbh.

Polish

With Backspace being developed in late 2010, that changes the list a bit.
My guess is:

1 Delaware - Knights of the Old Republic II
2 Pennsylvania - Neverwinter Nights II
3 New Jersey - Dwarves
4 Georgia - Alpha Protocol
5 Connecticut - Aliens: Crucible
6 Massachusetts - Mask of the Betrayer
7 Maryland - Storm of Zehir
8 South Carolina - Dungeon Siege III or Fallout: New Vegas
9 New Hampshire - Dungeon Siege III or Fallout: New Vegas
10 Virginia - South Park: The Stick of Truth
11 New York - Backspace
12 North Carolina - Stormlands
13 Rhode Island - XBLA action RPG? Prey 2?
14 Vermont - Project Eternity
15 Kentucky - MCA's project?
16 Tennessee - Brian Heins' Project
17 Ohio - Armored Warfare
18 Louisiana - Pillars of Eternity 2?

Not sure Skyforge counts? It's more like their WL2 involvement, not a project of their own.

Backspace never got a codename

Or did it

Dum Dum Duuuuum

Duraframe300 What about Project Vermont? It was some sci-fi thing in the Unreal engine supposedly.

https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/57290-layoff-hits-obsidian/?p=1167599

Also, hey, Alvin Nelson posted in that thread saying this:

Must...refrain...from...helping...

Maryland - Dungeon Siege 3
South Carolina - Storm of Zehir
New Hampshire - Fallout New Vegas

Prey 2 possibly

 

[Duraframe300]

Also wow DSIII started early.

 

[Duraframe300]

Ah, no Vermont is definitly Backspace.

 

[Infinitron]

PoE must be either Kentucky or Tennessee, then.

 

[Duraframe300]

PoE must be either Kentucky or Tennessee, then.

Edit: No it fits sorry.

Edit2: Still, not sure if Kickstarters aren't a seperate thing.

 

[Duraframe300]

Louisiana is most likely Brian Heins. (As that happened after Armored Warfare). No idea why Sawyer tweets about it though.

 

[Sensuki]

PoE must be either Kentucky or Tennessee, then.

PoE was called Project Trenton

Refer to KS Update 34 and Josh has also said that a couple of times somewhere.

 

[Infinitron]

Trenton is the capital of New Jersey. >_>

 

[Sensuki]

Because it was small-time ? lol

 

[Duraframe300]

Yeah, Kickstarter stuff may be seperate. Makes more sense

 

[Fairfax]

Backspace can't be Vermont, considering Stormlands was cancelled by Microsoft in early 2012 and Backspace was apparently cancelled in April 2011.

1 Delaware - Knights of the Old Republic II
2 Pennsylvania - Neverwinter Nights II
3 New Jersey - Dwarves
4 Georgia - Alpha Protocol
5 Connecticut - Aliens: Crucible
6 Massachusetts - Mask of the Betrayer
7 Maryland - Dungeon Siege III
8 South Carolina - Storm of Zehir
9 New Hampshire - Fallout: New Vegas
10 Virginia - Backspace
11 New York - South Park: The Stick of Truth
12 North Carolina - Stormlands
13 Rhode Island - Prey 2
14 Vermont - XBLA Action RPG? MCA's project?
15 Kentucky - Brian Heins' Project
16 Tennessee - Armored Warfare
17 Ohio - Pathfinder Card Game
18 Louisiana - Pillars of Eternity 2? UE4 prototype?

I don't think Louisiana can be Brian Heins' project because that booklet looks like a design document. It's also a project in development since what, 2012? Why would they be making these now?
On the other hand, Josh also says "now is the tyme" in his post. Maybe that means it's time to reveal the project, but if a project from 2012 is Louisiana, Obsidian has a handful of other cancelled/secret project we don't know anything about.

You're making some stuff up there. We know for sure that South Park was New York and not Virginia

Easy there pal, I didn't know that, just tried to make it fit the timeline.