Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
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Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
I was just watching the new game play video released at E3 for the next Pillars of Eternity game, and one of their "cool new features" was exploding gunpowder barrels. The interviewer thought that was unique and original, but we all know different (and I commented as much on the video).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eebUV7hJswk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eebUV7hJswk
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Re: Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
Hmm, yes those exploding barrels are cutting edge, Obsidian. You need to give a raise to whomever came up with that one.
There's a lot of new role-playing concepts in our upcoming SciFi RPG that Obsidian may be interested in swiping.
There's a lot of new role-playing concepts in our upcoming SciFi RPG that Obsidian may be interested in swiping.
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Re: Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
Maybe you could see if they want to pay you a consultancy fee to give them "new" ideas.
Re: Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
Isn't there exploding barrels in Doom? I seem to remember there were.
Edit: In fact, let's be honest, people love explosions so much, they jump at any opportunity to include them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V65dtKOk2Y
Edit: In fact, let's be honest, people love explosions so much, they jump at any opportunity to include them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V65dtKOk2Y
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Re: Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
Of course! My reaction was really a goof on them- they sounded a bit like exploding barrels was some cutting edge feature that no one had ever done before.Leezar wrote: ↑June 26th, 2017, 5:22 am Isn't there exploding barrels in Doom? I seem to remember there were.
Edit: In fact, let's be honest, people love explosions so much, they jump at any opportunity to include them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V65dtKOk2Y
But then again, has any RPG ever had movable exploding barrels?? Eh??!?
Re: Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
Well, Divinity Original Sin does... but that was released AFTER Eschalon, so no. As far as I can tell (and I have not played every RPG there ever were, mind you), you invented them. In RPG:s, at least.
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Re: Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
Speaking of Eschalon, remind me again why I cant get it on android? I have been feeling the need to replay Escaholon lately, but my screen broke, so I connected the computer to the TV, and for some reason the game is tiny tiny tiny on my TV, so I don't really enjoy playing it.
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Re: Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
Eschalon was made with BlitzMax. It was a great development platform...in 2005. They never expanded the support to include consoles or mobile devices.
We've moved on to Unity which does has support for all kinds of devices and platforms. Just for kicks, I was able to port a bit of Eschalon over to Unity, and it worked well. To port the entire series over would be a monumental task, but it could be done.
For now, we are working on the Sci-Fi RPG full-time. The Sci-Fi RPG is not isometric like Eschalon, so the base engines are not compatible, but they are sharing some of the rules set.
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Re: Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
Well darn - I love isometric, but that's just a personal preference. Is it turn-based?BasiliskWrangler wrote: ↑June 26th, 2017, 8:08 am The Sci-Fi RPG is not isometric like Eschalon, so the base engines are not compatible, but they are sharing some of the rules set.
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Re: Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
Absolutely. It feels a lot like Eschalon, but in a new perspective. I think you'll like it.Painted Lady wrote: ↑June 26th, 2017, 8:35 amWell darn - I love isometric, but that's just a personal preference. Is it turn-based?
Re: Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
Hire a nubile and naive, yet overeducated and very clever intern desperate for any low-paying work and put her to good use. Problem solved!BasiliskWrangler wrote: ↑June 26th, 2017, 8:08 am To port the entire series over would be a monumental task, but it could be done.
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Re: Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
You don't "hire" an intern. You get one to volunteer for the experience and credit in their major.Leezar wrote: ↑June 27th, 2017, 3:45 amHire a nubile and naive, yet overeducated and very clever intern desperate for any low-paying work and put her to good use. Problem solved!BasiliskWrangler wrote: ↑June 26th, 2017, 8:08 am To port the entire series over would be a monumental task, but it could be done.
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Re: Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
Oh my! That is too sinister, even for my taste.Kreador Freeaxe wrote: ↑June 27th, 2017, 4:37 amYou don't "hire" an intern. You get one to volunteer for the experience and credit in their major.Leezar wrote: ↑June 27th, 2017, 3:45 amHire a nubile and naive, yet overeducated and very clever intern desperate for any low-paying work and put her to good use. Problem solved!BasiliskWrangler wrote: ↑June 26th, 2017, 8:08 am To port the entire series over would be a monumental task, but it could be done.
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Re: Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
I hope you meant to say not exactly isometric, but still somewhat close to Fallout 1-2's or Eschalon's camera angle. At a minimum do it like this:BasiliskWrangler wrote: ↑June 26th, 2017, 11:34 amAbsolutely. It feels a lot like Eschalon, but in a new perspective. I think you'll like it.Painted Lady wrote: ↑June 26th, 2017, 8:35 amWell darn - I love isometric, but that's just a personal preference. Is it turn-based?
Please don't make it its straight top-down, the camera looking down straight: those games are a big turn off avoidware no buy for me. I don't think I'm alone. Horrible examples are Trese Brothers Games. Worst examples:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X-GTUdKAvxo/U ... 0/cs2d.png
https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/sq ... 334400.gif
http://www.winsoftware.de/screenshots/b ... iolent.jpg
Re: Pillars of Eternity II swipe from Eschalon ;-)
mercy wrote: ↑June 29th, 2017, 9:52 amI hope you meant to say not exactly isometric, but still somewhat close to Fallout 1-2's or Eschalon's camera angle. At a minimum do it like this:BasiliskWrangler wrote: ↑June 26th, 2017, 11:34 amAbsolutely. It feels a lot like Eschalon, but in a new perspective. I think you'll like it.Painted Lady wrote: ↑June 26th, 2017, 8:35 amWell darn - I love isometric, but that's just a personal preference. Is it turn-based?
Please don't make it straight top-down, the camera looking down straight: those games are a big turn off - AvoidWare - no buy for me. I don't think I'm alone. Horrible examples are Trese Brothers Games. Worst examples:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X-GTUdKAvxo/U ... 0/cs2d.png
https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/sq ... 334400.gif
http://www.winsoftware.de/screenshots/b ... iolent.jpg