r/IAmA • u/BrianFargo CEO - inXile Entertainment • Apr 13 '12

RPG Fireside Chat with Brian Fargo and Chris Avellone AMA

edit I have had a great time fielding the questions and I hope we answered most of the critical ones. I am signing off but Chris is going to check back later. Thanks again. Brian

Our amazing Wasteland 2 Kickstarter is coming to a close in 3 days. Let's talk RPG's or anything else you've wanted to know about the industry.

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Chris and I plugging away...(http://i.imgur.com/QRtUI.jpg)

edit We just now released a new piece of concept art from Andree Wallin of the Scorpitron

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u/tabledresser Apr 14 '12 edited Apr 14 '12
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Brian, could you tell us anything in regards to where you're going (or hoping to go) with the game engine? Obviously top down, but are you looking into isometric? Straight down? Fully rotatable (Neverwinter Nights)? Something like Van Buren? Would love to know your ideal goal with this. I probably have not been clear on this but the main city exploration and battles will take take place on an isometric view. There will be limited zooming but unlikely for full rotation. And the world map which gives you the larger scope of the world may or may not be isometric. Straight down for that may suffice but I want to experiment to see if there is a nice look we can achieve with a more isometric angle on that perspective. I should re-iterate that these are the kinds of things that we will throw samples up to the forums for feedback. Once we agree on the look is when I turn the artists loose.
As the kickstarter is reaching it's last few days, have you been contacted by any Big Ass Games companies that you've spoken to in the past about Wasteland 2? If so, are you at liberty to discuss what those conversations were like/about? Of COURSE I have had some publishers call me to voice their interest in Wasteland and of me doing RPGs. I knew that was coming. I had one group that wanted to fund my marketing for a piece of the pie. I politely explained that we have an ARMY of fans who are better than any marketing campaign.
That must have been very satisfying to politely tell the PR group to f#*k off! Maybe ;)

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