Brian and Annie merge into a fearsome beast!

[H]

http://www.doublebearproductions.com/

 

ITS has a forum dedicated to their first project.

[kirottu]

Is there some sort of rule where indie rpg developers go turn-based and mainstream rpg developers go realtime? Or is it just me?

 

Anyways, good luck.

[Pidesco]

Awesome shizzle.

[kirottu]

For now on I think we should call them Brannie.

[Blarghagh]

That is now my favourite mascotte ever.

[Meshugger]

Eventhough the odds are against them, i do hope that they will achieve something worth playing.

[PastramiX]

It's great to see that Mitsoda and Carlson have finally merged into one entity, a FEV-enhanced grizzly.

 

Hopefully we'll get some bizarre, fantastic characters and dialogue a la VtM:B, coupled with a powergaming tour de force like in SoZ. I wish for more of Jeanette's "kitten" talk.

[Humodour]

Could somebody please pass the awesome sauce?

[Guest PoziomyPion]

 

Here ya go.

[Jaesun]

Awesome!

[bhlaab]

I am so! excited!

[Morgoth]

Why have they left Obsidian in the first place? Did they ran out of awesomesauce?

[cronicler]

Kirottu: Basically it is easier to program AI for TB. No sorrt scratch that, It is easier to make mistakes when you are programming an AI for Real time.

 

They both use the same principles but in turn based system you can use the whole enemy turn to calculate movement for the whole enemy force (thus giving the illusion of Cover/Flanking etc) while in RTS you only have 1/x amount of time to do it and you have to do it individually and hope that your overall ai does act coherently.

 

So in a way TBS is a bit easier to create a better quality product with less (not really the best word but i hope you uncan understand my meaning) effort.

[Jaesun]

IIRC a few people at Obsidian are on 6 month to 1 year contracts, the rest are permanent.

[bhlaab]

Is there some sort of rule where indie rpg developers go turn-based and mainstream rpg developers go realtime? Or is it just me?

 

Anyways, good luck.

 

Indie goes turn based because the mainstream devs refuse to

[Hurlshort]

This is great, I look forward to following their progress.

[Morgoth]

IIRC a few people at Obsidian are on 6 month to 1 year contracts, the rest are permanent.

But certainly Brian wasn't a contractor. But if it is his volition to form his own company and do some hardcore games, he's certainly welcome.

 

Btw how's that ex-Troika team making "Dropship" doing? I heard they use Source engine and turn-based combat. I want that.

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[Niten_Ryu]

They must hate money

 

Well, there's nice profit to be made in DS and iPhone turnbased games. Good for skeleton crews anyway as development costs are dirt cheap and you only need to sell relatively low number of copies. It's like c64 days all over again.

[Morgoth]

It's sad if the DS and iPhone are the only viable platforms for TB games to develop for. I mean goddamit, I wanna play that on my big screen, with high res!

[H]

It's sad if the DS and iPhone are the only viable platforms for TB games to develop for. I mean goddamit, I wanna play that on my big screen, with high res!

Speak louder, I can't hear you over Disgaea 3.

[Morgoth]

What's Disgaea? Something to eat?

[H]

It's a game about little dudes who chop up other little dudes in a very hetero turn-based fashion. It's sprite-based, and it's on PS3.

[Morgoth]

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[Purkake]

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[Jaesun]

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