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[ArtemisMoons]

Likely they are in a stage to where it's really hard to talk about any of what they are doing due to spoilers. Lol

[Hrungr]

User:
[Regarding the release of the Dev Diaries] could you please elaborate on "Soon"?

Aaryn Flynn ‏@AarynFlynn:
Sometime in February. We want to make sure we get the work done and done well.


- Cool! Well, we now have at least some idea when we'll see them.

Modifié par Hrungr, 02 février 2014 - 02:49 .

[TheInquisitor]

Hrungr wrote...

User:
[Regarding the release of the Dev Diaries] could you please elaborate on "Soon"?

Aaryn Flynn ‏@AarynFlynn:
Sometime in February. We want to make sure we get the work done and done well.


- Cool! Well, we now have at least some idea when we'll see them.

This month then? Awesome! But wouldn't be surprised if they released them early March.

[Hrungr]

TristanHawke wrote...

Hrungr wrote...

User:
[Regarding the release of the Dev Diaries] could you please elaborate on "Soon"?

Aaryn Flynn ‏@AarynFlynn:
Sometime in February. We want to make sure we get the work done and done well.


- Cool! Well, we now have at least some idea when we'll see them.

This month then? Awesome! But wouldn't be surprised if they released them early March.

I think if he's willing to give a timeframe, they must be pretty confident at this point. Mind you, there are 5 and they are going to stagger their releases, so I could see them spread out into March...

[TheInquisitor]

Hrungr wrote...

TristanHawke wrote...

Hrungr wrote...

User:
[Regarding the release of the Dev Diaries] could you please elaborate on "Soon"?

Aaryn Flynn ‏@AarynFlynn:
Sometime in February. We want to make sure we get the work done and done well.


- Cool! Well, we now have at least some idea when we'll see them.

This month then? Awesome! But wouldn't be surprised if they released them early March.

I think if he's willing to give a timeframe, they must be pretty confident at this point. Mind you, there are 5 and they are going to stagger their releases, so I could see them spread out into March...

I wonder what the topics of each 5 will be... Curious, have they released that info yet?

[Hrungr]

TristanHawke wrote...

Hrungr wrote...

TristanHawke wrote...

Hrungr wrote...

User:
[Regarding the release of the Dev Diaries] could you please elaborate on "Soon"?

Aaryn Flynn ‏@AarynFlynn:
Sometime in February. We want to make sure we get the work done and done well.


- Cool! Well, we now have at least some idea when we'll see them.

This month then? Awesome! But wouldn't be surprised if they released them early March.

I think if he's willing to give a timeframe, they must be pretty confident at this point. Mind you, there are 5 and they are going to stagger their releases, so I could see them spread out into March...

I wonder what the topics of each 5 will be... Curious, have they released that info yet?

Not yet...

[Hrungr]

User:
Can you reveal what the topics for each dev diary will be about?

Aaryn Flynn ‏@AarynFlynn:
Sorry I can't. We recorded many segments and will edit them.

[Allan Schumacher]

Hrungr wrote...

Enad wrote...

Random but..they're not doing sprint review days anymore are they?

They're still doing them, but they seem to be much quieter affairs these days than they were in the past.

Sprint Reviews still happen, though it's less of a full day event now.  Usually it's just an hour long or so, with the whole team getting together to check out some videos each department has made up to see how things are progressing.

[ElitePinecone]

Hrungr wrote...

HiroVoid wrote...

Like the second blog since I'm always curious how the industry works and I always raise an eyebrow when someone mentions how Dragon Age is Gaider's story. That does make me curious how the overall plot and other areas are established though, who (or who all) comes up with it, and how that all is decided.

While Aaryn Flynn is the GM of Bioware, Mike Laidlaw is the Creative Director, Mark Darrah is the Executive Producer and Matt Goldman is the Art Director..

Mike Laidlaw and Matt Goldman are both team leads (of Design and Art, there's also a Lead Programmer), who are one rung above a sub-team lead like David Gaider, but below Mark Darrah who is Executive Producer of the entire project. Aaryn is the studio head for Edmonton and Montreal, and above Aaryn is Matthew Bromberg, who leads all of Bioware's studios. Then I guess it'd be the EA Labels people.

[Enad]

ElitePinecone wrote...

Hrungr wrote...

HiroVoid wrote...

Like the second blog since I'm always curious how the industry works and I always raise an eyebrow when someone mentions how Dragon Age is Gaider's story. That does make me curious how the overall plot and other areas are established though, who (or who all) comes up with it, and how that all is decided.

While Aaryn Flynn is the GM of Bioware, Mike Laidlaw is the Creative Director, Mark Darrah is the Executive Producer and Matt Goldman is the Art Director..

Mike Laidlaw and Matt Goldman are both team leads (of Design and Art, there's also a Lead Programmer), who are one rung above a sub-team lead like David Gaider, but below Mark Darrah who is Executive Producer of the entire project. Aaryn is the studio head for Edmonton and Montreal, and above Aaryn is Matthew Bromberg, who leads all of Bioware's studios. Then I guess it'd be the EA Labels people.

So that leads me to ask...who exactly is responsible for creating the 'world' of Dragon Age? I know many people have put work into it over time, but originally. Who thought of Dragon Age and pitched it to become a franchise for Bioware? Darrah? Laidlaw? Someone else?

In my mind I always thought Mark Darrah created the series but David Gaider created a **** ton of the lore. I'm likely mistaken, but I would love to find out.

Also in my head, how involved is Aaron Flynn in development? At all? Or does he just overlook it? He always seems to know a lot about the project, and as GM I suppose he would. Just not 100% sure what a GM does.

Modifié par Enad, 02 février 2014 - 01:22 .

[ElitePinecone]

Hm, I actually remember reading something about that not that long ago. I'll see if I can find it...

As for Aaryn Flynn, I think due to his position he does a lot of the higher-level admin stuff, as well as liaising with EA. He's basically overseeing three IPs at once (DA, ME and the new one) so I don't think he's too heavily involved in the day to day development.

[ElitePinecone]

Oh, it was in David Gaider's On Narrative Design series of blog posts. The first three or four use some examples of when Bioware sat down to make Dragon Age: Origins.

The post mentions that Gaider was Lead Writer from the beginning (but not the Lead Designer), so I think that might mean the actual concept of a new fantasy IP was developed higher up the food chain then handed down to be fleshed out by the writers. I'm not sure who the Lead Designer was back in 2003, but I don't think it was the case that David actually got to pitch an idea. Could be completely wrong though.

(And since this was ten or eleven years ago, Bioware was much smaller and the Doctors were still heavily involved - for all we know they were the ones that came up with the initial concept. Maybe?)

[Enad]

ElitePinecone wrote...

Oh, it was in David Gaider's On Narrative Design series of blog posts. The first three or four use some examples of when Bioware sat down to make Dragon Age: Origins.

(And since this was ten or eleven years ago, Bioware was much smaller and the Doctors were still heavily involved - for all we know they were the ones that came up with the initial concept. Maybe?)

Right, I hadn't even thought about them. It's funny how long ago DAO was conceptualized, compared to when it came out. It seems likely that the idea was perhaps from one of the doctors and they assembled the 'Dragon Age Team' to make it come to life.

I'll check out the blog posts in a bit, thanks for the reply Pinecone!

[Hrungr]

Allan Schumacher wrote...

Hrungr wrote...

Enad wrote...

Random but..they're not doing sprint review days anymore are they?

They're still doing them, but they seem to be much quieter affairs these days than they were in the past.

Sprint Reviews still happen, though it's less of a full day event now.  Usually it's just an hour long or so, with the whole team getting together to check out some videos each department has made up to see how things are progressing.

Thanks for chiming in on this Allan...
Maybe we should start calling it the Sprint Review Hour.  

[hmlee2008]

Are we assuming that the dev diaries are going to reveal new information, or just expand on topics we already know about?

[hotdogbsg]

hmlee2008 wrote...

Are we assuming that the dev diaries are going to reveal new information, or just expand on topics we already know about?

I'd take either option to be honest.

[RevanCousland]

hotdogbsg wrote...

hmlee2008 wrote...

Are we assuming that the dev diaries are going to reveal new information, or just expand on topics we already know about?

I'd take either option to be honest.

same here. i would really like to see the crafting system in action

[ElitePinecone]

discosuperfly wrote...

Matt Rhodes' interaction with the fan that created it can be found here...

http://mattrhodesart.tumblr.com

Interesting reply. 

Mod communities of the game-o-sphere! Pay attention: THIS is the direction to go! I keep tabs on mods (both of our games and others) to get a better perspective on gamers and their tastes. Over the years I’ve come to see the majority of character ‘modders’ as child-pageant moms, sandblasting edges and globbing makeup on carefully crafted characters in the pursuit of ‘pretty’. This sculpt of Fenris represents the right direction to go because it has life, it recognizes the spirit of the character, it makes a statement about who he is. It surprised me and challenged me and I LIKE to feel that way.

Wasn't there a mod for DA2 that made Isabela white? That's a bit depressing.

[HiroVoid]

Why should it matter what a mod creates when its essentially fanfiction?

[Hrungr]

discosuperfly wrote...

Check out this neato interpretation of Fenris by a fan!

Matt Rhodes' interaction with the fan that created it can be found here...

http://mattrhodesart.tumblr.com

Some of that concept art reminds me of a mix between the recent Quanri designs we've seen and a dash of native american.

I can't say I particularly like this concept redesign, I'm not sure it says "Tevinter" to me, but it is taking it in a new direction.

[ElitePinecone]

You could make the argument that it's disregarding - or even disrespecting - the original vision for the character, particularly if all the mods only make them prettier.

I mean, artists who have spent time and effort shaping a vision for a character might feel frustrated if people modify them in ways that lose touch with how they first perceived them. Particularly if the modifications aren't an earnest re-appraisal of a character, but changing their skin tone or making them look more conventionally attractive.

(David Gaider has said something similar about reading fanfiction - the natural instinct is to abhor other people using your characters, but he takes a pretty nuanced approach.)

[HiroVoid]

Again, its fanwork that has no bearing on anything in the actual game. If you don't like a mod, you can easily ignore it. There's obviously a lot of crap that I think is terrible with fan stuff, but I don't go around saying 'that's not how you should show your fandom'.