Mike Laidlaw @mike_Laidlaw The limit was... ...11.
Patrick Stevens @inkdagger 11 what exactly? I've always been curious how video game scripts are written and this seems like the perfect time to ask what the limits exactly are. And, unfortunately, writing courses in college had a big ol' shrug when video game scripts are even mentioned.
Mike Laidlaw @mike_Laidlaw There’s no explicit limit to the tech excepting if the assets loaded cause the memory to over-run the limit on the console. Assets in this case being characters, level, lighting, animations, active scripts, character appearances, etc etc
Mary Kenney @maryknews Gamedevs! Something I've noticed: we work hard to make things, then don't give ourselves time to celebrate what we made. Tell me about a shipped thing you're proud of! ✨
I'll start: Violet + Clementine's romance scene💜🍊 Took many drafts to get there, but it was worth it.
David Gaider @davidgaider The resolution of the Morrigan/Flemeth plot in DAI. Easily the most complex scene I've written, as it had three overlapping variants and juggled a lot of different needs - not least of which was wrapping up a sub-plot we'd agonized over. The VA's nailed it, too.
David Gaider @davidgaider The resolution of the Morrigan/Flemeth plot in DAI. Easily the most complex scene I've written, as it had three overlapping variants and juggled a lot of different needs - not least of which was wrapping up a sub-plot we'd agonized over. The VA's nailed it, too.
Sarah Madsen @unfetteredmuse "He is my *son*."
💔💔💔💔😭😭😭😭
David Gaider @davidgaider The best part of that is that Kieran is played by Claudia Black's RL son. 😀
(As an added trivia bonus, in case you didn't know: Kieran in that DAI scene is played by Claudia Black's actual son, Odin. So when Morrigan says "he is my son!" ...she really means it. 😀)
Linkenski Link"Guess"ski Would you say there's ever a time in the writer's pit where you guys went "WHat, do we dO with this??" over the years?
David Gaider @davidgaider Yes. I'm usually the one asking that, and the writers would give me nothing but joke answers for maybe... a year? Then they might get serious about it.
Mary Kenney @maryknews Gamedevs! Something I've noticed: we work hard to make things, then don't give ourselves time to celebrate what we made. Tell me about a shipped thing you're proud of! ✨
I'll start: Violet + Clementine's romance scene💜🍊 Took many drafts to get there, but it was worth it.
John Epler @eplerjc The final confrontation with Solas in Trespasser. Lots of back and forth with @patrickweekes to nail that scene.
Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes Same answer.
Mariah who death forgot @jurassic_snark The “secret” dialogue option in that scene gave me indescribable joy so thank you for that.
Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes That was specifically because @bbattye noted that I needed that option. (Not that she NECESSARILY feels that way, but she noted the lack and suggested the fix.)
Mariah who death forgot @jurassic_snark That’s been one of my favorite things about the DA series TBH. No matter how you feel about a character, there’s usually an option for that.
Brianne Battye @bbattye The almost-record-scratch that got put on the score was beyond my wildest dreams
Mary Kenney @maryknews Gamedevs! Something I've noticed: we work hard to make things, then don't give ourselves time to celebrate what we made. Tell me about a shipped thing you're proud of! ✨
I'll start: Violet + Clementine's romance scene💜🍊 Took many drafts to get there, but it was worth it.
Jason Hill @lazertuna Skyhold.
Brianne Battye @bbattye You rocked it!
Allan Schumacher allanschumacher DAI. You can get on your mount right as the autosave is firing and not get your character level reset to 1.
Mariah who death forgot @jurassic_snark The “secret” dialogue option in that scene gave me indescribable joy so thank you for that.
Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes That was specifically because @bbattye noted that I needed that option. (Not that she NECESSARILY feels that way, but she noted the lack and suggested the fix.)
Mariah who death forgot @jurassic_snark That’s been one of my favorite things about the DA series TBH. No matter how you feel about a character, there’s usually an option for that.
Brianne Battye @bbattye The almost-record-scratch that got put on the score was beyond my wildest dreams
If I am reading that right that would've been a hell of a glitch.
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Mary Kenney @maryknews Gamedevs! Something I've noticed: we work hard to make things, then don't give ourselves time to celebrate what we made. Tell me about a shipped thing you're proud of! ✨
I'll start: Violet + Clementine's romance scene💜🍊 Took many drafts to get there, but it was worth it.
seb hanlon @hanlsp I built the Qunari Ashaad spearman in DAI Trespasser - one of the few enemies in the game with different ranged and melee attacks. The first time I saw a party follower climb a ladder to attack an Ashaad only to get booted off the ledge I laughed so hard
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Emily (aka Domino) Taylor pentapod "It's okay, after my explanation [redacted]'s terror level has now dropped from half to a quarter, so I think we're good." "We should just average the terror level of all programmers on the project to see how we're doing each week." #overheardintheoffice #gamedev
Patrick Weekes Retweeted Lauren Malec @laurenmalec Author @patrickweekes came in for a presentation this morning @montereystorm. His talk focused on imagination, team work and the role characters play in the developing a story💥 We were truly fortunate to be able to attend 👍👍
I am on the fence about being excited about mocap. Did they use it in DAI and so this is just more? or is this new because they murdered the character creator, that sweet beautiful CC from DAI, in the reboot and I'm going to get the awful crap that was MEA CC? or even more limited like what ANthem supposedly has?
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I am on the fence about being excited about mocap. Did they use it in DAI and so this is just more? or is this new because they murdered the character creator, that sweet beautiful CC from DAI, in the reboot and I'm going to get the awful crap that was MEA CC? or even more limited like what ANthem supposedly has?
Mocap was used in DA:I as well. Mike Jungbluth is the lead gameplay animator, so I'm assuming the session was something that falls in his wheelhouse.
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I am on the fence about being excited about mocap. Did they use it in DAI and so this is just more? or is this new because they murdered the character creator, that sweet beautiful CC from DAI, in the reboot and I'm going to get the awful crap that was MEA CC? or even more limited like what ANthem supposedly has?
Mocap was used in DA:I as well. Mike Jungbluth is the lead gameplay animator, so I'm assuming the session was something falls in wheelhouse.
Don't mind me, I'm just whistling in contentment that development seems to be going somewhat smoothly, judging from what we're able to glean so far.
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I am on the fence about being excited about mocap. Did they use it in DAI and so this is just more? or is this new because they murdered the character creator, that sweet beautiful CC from DAI, in the reboot and I'm going to get the awful crap that was MEA CC? or even more limited like what ANthem supposedly has?
Mocap was used in DA:I as well. Mike Jungbluth is the lead gameplay animator, so I'm assuming the session was something that falls in his wheelhouse.
Do we know when mocap is typically done in a development cycle? It doesn't seem like something that would happen particularly early in the process.
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Mocap was used in DA:I as well. Mike Jungbluth is the lead gameplay animator, so I'm assuming the session was something that falls in his wheelhouse.
Do we know when mocap is typically done in a development cycle? It doesn't seem like something that would happen particularly early in the process.
I think it depends what it's needed for? It can be used to build a library of animations or combat animations, or to create final cinematics and so on. So it's possible that mocap happens through all stages of development in some form.
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Do we know when mocap is typically done in a development cycle? It doesn't seem like something that would happen particularly early in the process.
I think it depends what it's needed for? It can be used to build a library of animations or combat animations, or to create final cinematics and so on. So it's possible that mocap happens through all stages of development in some form.
Yeah...I figured someone would give me a sensible and hype crushing answer
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