Beamdog working on a new D&D CRPG (cancelled)

[Lacrymas]

Rofl.

 

[Bohrain]

Did he stick his thumb to someone's butthole or why did he leave?

 

[FeelTheRads]

So, he did nothing, and then he left.
Nice epitaph.

Spoiler

And left he did.

 

[Xeon]

So what happens to the game they were working on.

Will probably end up shitty now even if it was going to be good at some point since that's what ends up happening a lot of time when the person in charge changes.

 

[Infinitron]

My immediate assumption would be that they failed to gather the budget needed to make a game worthy of Gaider and have been forced to pursue other projects.

You'd think the original plan was that Siege of Dragonspear would fund that project. Still he did stay on for two more years after it bombed...

 

[Sizzle]

Well, at least he got the chance to work (again) on NWN1, bringing us wonderful enhancements such as:

:D

 

[FeelTheRads]

It's so enhanced I can't even tell which is the original and which is the new one.

 

[Terra]

Back to the sinking ship?
Utterly bizarre whatever the case, figured he actually wanted to work on BG-esque rpgs but here we are...

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[imweasel]

It kind of sounds like a project got canceled... Or maybe Gaider was caught fondling the interns.

 

[yes plz]

so, which is gonna be the next Gaider headline:
"BioWare announces the returned of a beloved developer - David Gaider!"
or
"Obsidian announces the recruitment of a beloved developer - David Gaider!"

 

[Sizzle]

Maybe we'll get a "Bendis leaves Marvel to work for DC"-type situation, and he'll get hired by Obsidian

 

[Bohrain]

Well, at least he got the chance to work (again) on NWN1, bringing us wonderful enhancements such as:

:D

It's like reading one of those poorly translated oriental picture books where you're quite not sure which way you are supposed to read it.

 

[*-*/\--/\~]

I expected this to happen sooner, both beamdog and gaider need a successful host to parasite on.

 

[Lacrymas]

Inb4 Beamdog falls apart because they literally can't function or create something themselves if they don't leech off of other, much better, games.

 

[frajaq]

Obsidian you know who to hire for the The Outer Worlds project

 

[LESS T_T]

The documentary that revealed the "Planescape: Unraveled" concept art was shot at March or April last year. I'd assume it was being developed at that time, and was the Gaider's project.

At last August, their concept artist uploaded a concept art that could be one from Unraveled. She most likely got a permission to upload them from her boss, and I guess her boss gave the permission because the project was canceled at that point. The reason for cancellation, is anyone's guess. Maybe they failed to gather the budget per Infinitron's assumption.

 

[LESS T_T]

 

[Morkar Left]

so, which is gonna be the next Gaider headline:
"BioWare announces the returned of a beloved developer - David Gaider!"
or
"Obsidian announces the recruitment of a beloved developer - David Gaider!"

Bethesda pleeeeeeeeeease...

 

[yes plz]

if the shitty purple prose of the sleeper (or sleeping god or whatever) in hotu was an attempt by gaider to ape the planescape: torment style of writing then it's probably a blessing that we never got a full planescape game from him

 

[Cross]

David Gaider spent many years at Bioware designing RPG's around the omnisexual, genderfluid, Tali's sweat-loving fetishes of his fanbase.

What does it say about Beamdog that they couldn't afford him an opportunity worthy of a man of his caliber?

 

[fantadomat]

The best job,you do nothing and get paid.

 

[Cross]

It's so enhanced I can't even tell which is the original and which is the new one.

The one on the right is from the enhanced version. You can tell because it's oversaturated, blurrier and missing details.

 

[Fairfax]

The documentary that revealed the "Planescape: Unraveled" concept art was shot at March or April last year. I'd assume it was being developed at that time, and was the Gaider's project.

At last August, their concept artist uploaded a concept art that could be one from Unraveled. She most likely got a permission to upload them from her boss, and I guess her boss gave the permission because the project was canceled at that point. The reason for cancellation, is anyone's guess. Maybe they failed to gather the budget per Infinitron's assumption.

They said it was one of multiple pitches, no? Perhaps it didn't even get past those concepts, and then Gaider wasn't as interested in whatever got signed.

lol come on you never actually made anything dude.

I'd love to learn more about what happened here.

The guy hasn't worked on a good game in 8 years (or more, depending on who you ask), he probably got tired of waiting for an interesting project at Beamdog and took the best job offer he had.

 

[Bohrain]

so, which is gonna be the next Gaider headline:
"BioWare announces the returned of a beloved developer - David Gaider!"
or
"Obsidian announces the recruitment of a beloved developer - David Gaider!"

Bethesda pleeeeeeeeeease...

"inXile Entertainment announces the recruitment of a beloved developer - David Gaider!"

 

[santino27]

http://blog.beamdog.com/2018/02/farewell-to-dave.html

Today, Beamdog bids farewell to our Creative Director, David Gaider.

Dave came to Beamdog during interesting times. Since then, he has been teacher, mentor, and friend to many on the team. We’ve seen Dave conjure new worlds we’d love to play in, and spin stories in places already close to our hearts. Someday we will share the fruits of his labour!

Most lasting, Dave has built a creative team that will shape the stories Beamdog tells in the years to come. He has freely shared his incredible wealth of storytelling and narrative design experience with the developers, designers, and artists around him. We’ve all learned a lot from Dave and we hope he picked up a trick or two from us as well.

As fans of Dragon Age, KoTOR, Baldur’s Gate, and many of the other incredible worlds Dave has helped create, we’re excited to find out what’s next (come on, give us a clue Dave!) be it a new game, novel, or whatever else it is you choose to create.

We’ll certainly miss your lunchtime stories. Best of luck Dave!

A portrait of the artist at work.

Damn it, missed that this was already posted. Oh well.

I guess when you don't deliver anything at all during your time at a company, they have to cite the 'team building' and 'teaching' you did instead.