Torment: Tides of Numenera

[lordgizka]

Their new set of stretch goals is so ambitious it's almost funny.  

 

Also, I'm interested in how their number of legacies is justified. I mean, suppose the original 6 are one dominant color each + no affiliation. What is 16 then if there are 9 possible pairs for 5 colors + individual ones + no affiliation? Also, if what I write now makes no sense, then my excuse is me being sleepy.

 

Edit: I mean 10 pairs. Okay, it makes sense. Woo.

Edited April 2, 2013 by lordgizka

[Keyrock]

The Torment guys surely don't mess around.

 

It should be noted that under no circumstance did any Obsidian Forum member see this video yesterday.  Any rumor to the contrary should immediately be dismissed.

 

As far as the new stretch goals go, and here they are for easy reference:

 

 

I still think they'll hit 4 million.  Anything above that is...  well, a stretch.  I hope I'm proven wrong, though.

Edited April 2, 2013 by Keyrock

[Sensuki]

Yeah saw the above posts.

 

I'd say the number of stretch goals is fair enough. Ambitious sure, but no one will ever say they weren't prepared for their kickstarter, that's fore sure LOL.

Edited April 2, 2013 by Sensuki

[Lysen]

Those stretch goals sure look ambitious.

[Nonek]

The animation on what one assumes is the cold, calculating Jack looks very lifelike, quite impressed with that little tech demo. Is that just smoke or some kind of shadow swooping in at the bottom of the screen towards the end.

Edited April 2, 2013 by Nonek

[Keyrock]

The animation on what one assumes is the cold, calculating Jack looks very lifelike, quite impressed with that little tech demo.

Yeah, for a hastily thrown together, rough proof of concept it's mighty impressive.  Also, once they update their PayPal page I'm going to throw a $12 Digital Numenera Torment Sourcebook onto my $75 Digital Numenera Seeker tier.  You got me again, Brian Fargo.  Well played, sir.  Well played indeed.

 

Edit:

Is that just smoke or some kind of shadow swooping in at the bottom of the screen towards the end.

I'm pretty sure it's some sort of beastie.

Edited April 2, 2013 by Keyrock

[C2B]

 

The animation on what one assumes is the cold, calculating Jack looks very lifelike, quite impressed with that little tech demo.

Yeah, for a hastily thrown together, rough proof of concept it's mighty impressive.  Also, once they update their PayPal page I'm going to throw a $12 Digital Numenera Torment Sourcebook onto my $75 Digital Numenera Seeker tier.  You got me again, Brian Fargo.  Well played, sir.  Well played indeed.

 

I'm thinking this is because of the Obsidian collabaration already, considering how far this video look.

Edited April 2, 2013 by C2B

[Sensuki]

Either that or you know, their Wasteland 2 stuff ....

[C2B]

Either that or you know, their Wasteland 2 stuff ....

 

*2D* prerendered background. As far as I understand works a bit different than 3D.

[Keyrock]

I think you're both partially right.  inXile now has a good bit of experience working with Unity because of said Wasteland 2 and Obsidian has already been working with 2D backgrounds with 3D characters within Unity on Project: Eternity.

 

Either way, if collaboration between the two companies can help them produce things quicker an more efficiently, in Project: Eternity, Torment: Tides of Numenera, and possibly future projects, then it's a beautiful thing.

 

Anyway, the final push is pretty much beginning now.  Hopefully the last 2 days are nearly as crazy as the first 2 days were.

Edited April 2, 2013 by Keyrock

[Sensuki]

I'm sure Obsidian have shared information with inXile as well but it also sounds as if they are not using exactly the same process as Obsidian is with making their backgrounds.

[Oner]

That animet shot reminds me of Primordia, in a good way. Though that game wasn't animated in this way.

[entrerix]

that screenshot was very impressive, really reminded me of the original torment.

[Keyrock]

3.4 million and counting!  With the PayPal pledges (presumably in the 70k-ish range) we're rapidly approaching Chris Avellone territory.  It looks like today will break 100k (Kicktraq currently shows 95k) for the first time since day 4, which bodes well for the inevitable final 2 days of madness.

[Agiel]

So do you think it's on track to beat Project Eternity all-in-all, Paypal included? Not knocking on either (I contributed to both, but truth told, my heart goes more with Torment), but I honestly thought Kickstarter fatigue would kick in when this was announced, but I'm glad I was proven wrong.

[Keyrock]

So do you think it's on track to beat Project Eternity all-in-all, Paypal included? Not knocking on either (I contributed to both, but truth told, my heart goes more with Torment), but I honestly thought Kickstarter fatigue would kick in when this was announced, but I'm glad I was proven wrong.

I'm confident it will break 4 million (Kickstarter only) and I think the PayPal numbers will wind up being fairly similar to what P:E did.  In short, yes.  My guess at the final figure, Kickstarter & PayPal (at the time of the Kickstarter ending, as some tiers will continue to be available via slacker backer-esque system) is 4.3 million-ish.

[Sensuki]

I don't think it will break 4, but it will get 3.5 for sure.

[entrerix]

im sticking with my 3.6 prediction

[duskwind]

Pessimists! It's virtually at $3.5m now with paypal included, and will be well past it when I wake up tomorrow. For a final total as low as $3.6m, it would have to earn less in the last 64 hours combined than it did today, which seems rather implausible.

[Wombat]

3500000-67776=3432224>3431001  Guess we are driving Avellone to karoshi. 

[Wombat]

Now he is in. 

 

PS Guess the previous icon was not clear at all.

Edited April 3, 2013 by Wombat

[Arcoss]

Seeing as PE added 862K in the last 2 days( around 25% increase ) and with Torment having more support than PE I say 4.5M is a realistic goal

 

Also we need to take into account the fact that Fargo and another guy pledged 100K each

[WorstUsernameEver]

Also we need to take into account the fact that Fargo and another guy pledged 100K each

Fargo and Dengler's contributions aren't counted for stretch goals tho', they're mostly there to offset the pledges that are lost for credit card problems etc., when you raise this kind of sums they can be significant.

[alanschu]

It's also impossible to say what every other development studio would have contributed personally.

 

I mean, if Torment is almost done and needs an extra $10k, what are the odds that Fargo doesn't pony it up?

[Keyrock]

Update 14

 

Colin reacts to reaching MCA stretch goal:

 

 

Tony Evans talks combat:

 

 

Sagus Cliffs:

 

Clicky for giant (otherwise page stretching) picture.

 

2 days left.

 

/gets out and starts beating drum

 

On a side note, the Hello Kitty steering wheel cover is badass. 

Edited April 3, 2013 by Keyrock