Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes Happy birthday to Dragon Age 2! Let’s all celebrate by running around that one pillar with the Arishok behind us, desperately chugging potions!
(Also: am strictly a fan on DA2, and can claim no credit for that wonderful game and its Purple Protagonist.)
Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Mass Effect Andromeda, Anthem, Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Mike Laidlaw @mike_Laidlaw Hey @bengelinas? Did we ever decide if the DA "age" system started at 0 or one? And does it end at 99 or 100? I honestly can't remember which way we landed on that.
Mike Laidlaw @mike_Laidlaw Hey @bengelinas? Did we ever decide if the DA "age" system started at 0 or one? And does it end at 99 or 100? I honestly can't remember which way we landed on that.
Ben Gelinas @bengelinas Dragon starts at 9:0, ends at 9:99 ( in theory )
I just woke up. Lemme confirm this first.
So my notes say ages start at X:0 end at X:99. Including @biomarykirby to confirm though because Mary historically loves confirming my timeline questions.
Mary Kirby @biomarykirby Well, this is definitely what I wanted to see first thing on a Monday morning.
Mike Laidlaw @mike_Laidlaw Someone needs to take the Dragon Age fan base quietly aside and remind them that neither Ben nor I are in any way associated with Dragon Age anymore.
Sorry to disappoint, but that's the truth. I was asking because a friend on my stream discord was looking for info for fan fic.
Mike Laidlaw: Not always delivering the news you want to hear, but at least it's avoiding false expectations.
Johnny_Blaze @countryboy24577 My question is what ARE you involved with? Cause after your work on Dragon Age I feel like I should check out any other projects you work on since you seem to really truly care about your work.
Mike Laidlaw @mike_Laidlaw I'm currently working with Ubisoft's Quebec City studio on an unannounced project. Really excited about it, but absolutely can't talk about it.
Previous to that I did some consulting with a number of teams including The Waylanders, which was a super cool period of my life.
Mark Darrah @biomarkdarrah That's why you are both so late to meetings
Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes Lets be honest. That’s AMONG the reasons.
Emily pentapod Among other mysteries at work, there’s a hall that goes nowhere. My game experience tells me there is either a trap or a hidden door here.🤔
Emily (aka Domino) Taylor pentapod Walked by this week and noticed an addition...
David Mergele @elegrem They had a lending library there. And a memorial sign for a Dev that passed. I don't know the full details.
Melissa Davidson deedlite Oh wow. Yeah that hasn't been there for the whole time I've been here (a year and 10 months).
Tim Smith @torlack There goes David giving away the BioWare Narnia secrets again.
Melissa Davidson deedlite But I love old BioWare stories! *sits cross-legged with a cup of cocoa in hopes of hearing more epic tales of old*
Tim Smith @torlack There isn't much to tell. It was during DAI and I think they were finalizing the feel of The Hinterlands. The doorway to Narnia started acting weird. We had always heard things could happen. The... But... I... The bears, the god damn bears.
Last Edit: Mar 12, 2019 16:41:08 GMT by midnight tea
“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”
BioWare @bioware #BioWareGiveaway Time to curl up in front of the fire with a good book and a steaming mug of your favorite reading beverage. RT between 3/12/19 and 3/18/19 for a chance to get special editions of "The Calling" and "The Stolen Throne" by David Gaider! Must be 18+ to participate.
Just for interest’s sake, I’ll note that the teaser for #TheDreadWolfRises has accumulated one million views. That’s more than any other trailer on the #DragonAge YouTube channel.
Melissa Davidson deedlite Our embedded QA just ran up to me and excitedly high fived me for making something that was (in his words), "The most fun he's had so far." This is what I live for. 🦄
austin walker @austin_walker hey mods, why is it that when I lose hold of something important I "dropped it like a clumsy idiot," but when elite footballer Arjen Robben does he's "been dispossed of the orb"???
Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes Solas is an elite footballer.
John Epler @eplerjc My next GDC talk will be titled 'Being An Introvert Whose Job Is 90% Meetings - How To Stare Blankly Into The Void In The Evenings'.
John Epler @eplerjc Should go without saying, but - folks, devs are allowed to like and dislike games based on their own preferences. Going after someone for not liking a specific title is not cool. Game dev is also a collaborative process that relies on those varied perspectives.
I personally think that games made and planned only by people who are in lockstep about popular releases would be incredibly boring and samey!
Don't be shitty on Twitter! Devs posting on here is not actually part of our official jobs, and if you want our feeds to either A) stop existing or B ) become incredibly bland and boring, that's how you get it.
Also, our personal likes and dislikes are not some arcane tome from which you can glean the choicest secrets about what our games are going to be like. Not everything is about work.
Last Edit: Mar 19, 2019 2:52:58 GMT by ladyiolanthe
John Epler @eplerjc Should go without saying, but - folks, devs are allowed to like and dislike games based on their own preferences. Going after someone for not liking a specific title is not cool. Game dev is also a collaborative process that relies on those varied perspectives.
I personally think that games made and planned only by people who are in lockstep about popular releases would be incredibly boring and samey!
Don't be shitty on Twitter! Devs posting on here is not actually part of our official jobs, and if you want our feeds to either A) stop existing or B ) become incredibly bland and boring, that's how you get it.
Also, our personal likes and dislikes are not some arcane tome from which you can glean the choicest secrets about what our games are going to be like. Not everything is about work.
saf, a GC @ GDC @wanderlustin I remember when I tweeted about not liking a game and some dude decided it offended his game sensibilities and TAGGED IN THE LEAD DESIGNER OF THE GAME to get him to tell me I was wrong 😩 the designer didn't, of course
John Epler @eplerjc Someone I admire recently said they didn't like DAI. And I'm like, cool! That's fine! There's this weird obsession with, I don't know, it feels almost like they're looking to catch us in a moment so they can say 'AHA! That's why your games suck!'
But like, games have a lot more moving parts than film or other media. You can love the story and bounce off mechanics, or love the art but bounce off the level design, or ANY NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS!
“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”
John Epler @eplerjc Should go without saying, but - folks, devs are allowed to like and dislike games based on their own preferences. Going after someone for not liking a specific title is not cool. Game dev is also a collaborative process that relies on those varied perspectives.
I personally think that games made and planned only by people who are in lockstep about popular releases would be incredibly boring and samey!
Don't be shitty on Twitter! Devs posting on here is not actually part of our official jobs, and if you want our feeds to either A) stop existing or B ) become incredibly bland and boring, that's how you get it.
Also, our personal likes and dislikes are not some arcane tome from which you can glean the choicest secrets about what our games are going to be like. Not everything is about work.
Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes Anyone who follows @sylvf1 is gonna be really disappointed when some future game we make isn’t Bloodborne. Like you. You’ll be disappointed.
John Epler @eplerjc Patrick that reminds me.
Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes IF ONLY YOU HAD BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF MY MUSICAL IDEA
John Epler @eplerjc Patrick I'm going to DM you something and I want you to respond with your first reaction, and depending what it is I will support you here.
Last Edit: Mar 19, 2019 4:24:16 GMT by midnight tea
“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”
John Epler @eplerjc Sometimes my conversations with @patrickweekes feel like a series of escalating dares and neither of us wants to chicken out, but like, in the -best- possible way.
Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes We need to get this on a T-shirt. Possibly as a major design principle.
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