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If I do three hours, then I treat myself (food, beer), and since I always want to treat myself, that’s a good incentive. I require I write at least one hour per day outside of my core hours at Obsidian. I reward myself for pushing to reach certain goals. I write moments, scenes, and descriptions that I really want to write that I think would be cool for the player and/or the reader, then I work backwards from there to see how I can build those moments in reverse. I usually go workout and think about the morning writing and where I could go from there, and the endorphins usually help with the next steps.Īlso, I don’t always write linearly. One, write creatively first thing in the morning before you do anything else, like check work email or anything involving the internet or have breakfast or workout, and then write until you hit a wall (usually takes an hour or two for me), then go do any of the things above. (Side note: Sex Criminals is the latest example of this – when I heard the premise, I thought it was the dumbest one-sentence I’d ever read – the execution, however, is fantastic and now I encourage everyone to give it a read.)Ĭould you share with us a few elements of your creative process? Do you have any secret rituals that let you reach maximum creativity? But, in the right hands, it can become so much more with context, presentation, character design, and psychology. Rich kid dresses up like a bat and fights crime and his arch-enemy is a clown. Not only do I like the current Snyder run immensely, but Batman is the ultimate example of a designer’s primary job: execution. I also read a lot of comics and graphic novels, and some stand-outs are: Walking Dead (and the new Manifest Destiny by Skybound), Wild Blue Yonder, Zero, Secret, Protocol Orphans, Day Men, Black Science (fantastic), and Sex Criminals. end up being inspiring because I can break them down by system and level design mechanics. So for example: 30 Days of Night, Battle Royale, Cube, Lifeboat, Crank, the Darkest Day, etc. When I read or watch, I tend to put things in a game design perspective, so what others might largely regard as a crappy movie, I’m always asking myself how it would translate into a game environment. Could you list any works – literary or other – which have inspired you or influenced the shaping of your imagination in a special way? Systematic work with diverse settings – such as the fantasy world of Pillars of Eternity, the futuristic Numenera or return to the post-nuclear Wasteland – demands a lot of creativity.

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I’m also slated to add narrative muscle to the Legend of Grimrock series by Wayside Creations (they did Fallout: Nuka Break and Red Star), and I’m looking forward to that since I’m a Legend of Grimrock fan. I also liked a lot of the new plans they had for the game and the expansion of the lore.

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Working on the FTL Enhanced Edition (which I did for free because I love FTL) was also a fun experience – Tom Jubert and Justin Ma and the devs were really fun and open to work with. In my off-duty time, I’m playing the Wasteland 2 beta and writing the Wasteland novel, doing nation design for the Accursed RPG, both of which are nice changes of pace from my game writing.

Things should settle down once we have the next slate of projects good to go. It gives me new respect for what Feargus has to juggle with projects and contracts. It’s largely Feargus (our CEO) and I doing the initial proposals, and then senior folks get moved on to them as their time frees up. We have about at least nine proposals in the works, some with multiple stories and story arcs, which is challenging, but in a good way, it’s just a lot to juggle. We’re pitching several new games at Obsidian now that titles are wrapping up, and I was enlisted into that process. What has been taking up most of your time recently?Ĭhris Avellone: I got drafted for creative design on the next slate of Obsidian projects, and there’s a lot. Last year you once again became a human stretch goal you also got involved in another demanding cRPG project. We’re glad that you found a moment to answer our questions. Polish translation: Podróżnik Sfer ‒ wywiad z Chrisem Avellone’em We had an opportunity to interview Chris on game design related topics, Planescape: Torment, his experience with Numenera and his upcoming activities. And Chris Avellone knows RPGs quite well. Zerthimon once said “One who does not play role playing games, does not *know* himself” ‒ we can’t argue with that.