Torment Kevin Saunders leaves inXile

[Infinitron]

UPDATE: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/torment-tides-of-numenera/posts/1399451

Fuck me, ksaun is resigning.

 

[srdobos]

yep

 

[Irenaeus II]

I blame that ugly UI with yellow, pink and orange

 

[Roguey]

I will be managing the development on Torment: Tides of Numenera from this point forward.

Disaster in the making.

 

[Infinitron]

yep

Tell us everything you know.

P.S. Crooked Bee, give him an inXile developer tag

 

[Irenaeus II]

Chris Keenan said:

I will be managing the development on Torment: Tides of Numenera from this point forward.

Disaster in the making.

 

[Athelas]

So...any idea on why he resigned?

 

[Roguey]

So...any idea on why he resigned?

Chris Keenan needed a job now that Wasteland 2 DC wrapped up. So they gave him one.

 

[Fairfax]

 

[Infinitron]

Chris Keenan needed a job now that Wasteland 2 DC wrapped up. So they gave him one.

His job is (supposed to be) Bard's Tale IV.

 

[agris]

Shit just got... shitty. Sorry I made fun of your algebra skills ksaun!

 

[Roguey]

Looks like New Orleans changed quite a few plans.

 

[agris]

Isn't Keenan the large sweaty one from the WL2 backer videos?

Ugh, hope does not spring eternal.

edit: Athelas is right, I'm confusing him with someone else.

 

[Irenaeus II]

What happens in New Vegas Orleans stays in New Orleans.

 

[Athelas]

Isn't Keenan the large sweaty one from the WL2 backer videos?

Ugh, hope does not spring eternal.

Fatshaming, on my Codex?

And I think you have him confused with someone else.

 

[Infinitron]

Chris Keenan is the young guy who narrated some Wasteland 2 gameplay videos:

 

[Fairfax]

With the major creative and production decisions now resolved, and the team charging full speed toward completing the game, inXile and I have decided it is time for me to depart from the studio.

He's presenting it as a natural course of action, but it really isn't. So the creative decisions have been made, but the director is the one making sure they're properly implemented.

I am proud of the project that I'm leaving in capable hands, and while I do not know what I'll do next, I look forward to new challenges and opportunities.

Hm...doesn't sound like it was preplanned.

 

[Irenaeus II]

This Chris Keenan. He's like a handsome Wyrmlord

He's presenting it as a natural course of action, but it really isn't. So the creative decisions have been made, but the director is the one making sure they're properly implemented.


Hm...doesn't sound like it was preplanned.

He was project director, I think? So it shows InXile doesn't fuck around, fired the dude 2 weeks after that ugly UI. Zero tolerance for bullshit

 

[Stainless Veteran]

Huh. Now that's a disturbing turn of events. Kickstarter update had this all "keeping face" shtick, but for me Wasteland 2 was a big disappointment, and I also liked ksaun. So I really dislike these news. And that's my most expensive Kickstarter, fuck.

 

[Irenaeus II]

Huh. Now that's a disturbing turn of events. Kickstarter update had this all "keeping face" shtick, but for me Wasteland 2 was a big disappointment, and I also liked ksaun. So I really dislike these news. And that's my most expensive Kickstarter, fuck.

Yeah, I have $300 "invested" in Torment lol

 

[Stainless Veteran]

Yeah, I have $300 "invested" in Torment lol

100$ here, but I'm a Russian poorfag, and with our currency woes it's kind of a big sum to spend on a game for me.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

I want Kevin back

 

[Infinitron]

Well, pretty sure it's too late in the game's development for this to have much of an effect. Unless of course everything is somehow a mess behind the scenes despite the good quality of the alpha, and now Chris Keenan has the tough job of deciding what to cut to save the project, Sawyer-on-NWN2 style. But that seems unlikely. And all the roles most important for a Torment game - creative lead (Colin McComb), lead area designer (George Ziets) - are still there, so...

 

[Stainless Veteran]

Don't they look suspiciously similar?

 

[Infinitron]

Reminds me of this observation:

It’s common for corporate executives to choose protégés who resemble younger versions of themselves. It makes sense that a man’s genes encourage him to feel nepotistic toward younger men who look enough like him that they might be blood relations.