Obsidian Unveils Project Eternity

[Zoe Castillo]

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[UnderGlass]

I have pledged far too much money to kickstarter games that reminded me of Obsidian's legacy to not plunk down for the collector box immediately. I didn't even get through the intro video. Maybe would have preferred if they'd been able to hold their water another six months or so. My bank balance certainly would have appreciated it. Nice of them to make it a nice long one though. Even if I did think I'd get a break from spending my internet hours refreshing another kickstarter page.

Good luck Obsidian! Woo!

 

[piinyouri]

Looks like it may be cool.
Will have to wait till they get some actual game info and screens up though.

 

[Berenzen]

Great I now know as much as before the announcement.
Therefore Obsidian gets 0 credits from me. Have a nice day and come back when you can showcase something.

J.E. Sawyer, who goes by the handle rope kid on the Something Awful forums, decided to post there in order explain why they didn't include more details about the setting.

We'll be following up on this stuff in the near future. We did a lot of Kickstarter research and noticed that, when it comes to the pitch video and main KS page at least, there's a delicate time/information balance that works well. One of the reasons I made the blog updates I did earlier in the week was because I wanted folks to get the *~ vibe ~* of how we approach a) world-building in general and b) fantasy. If you haven't seen them, they're here:

http://forums.obsidian.net/blog/3/entry-167-building-better-worlds/
http://twofoldsilence.diogenes-lamp.info/2012/09/the-black-hound-what-its-deal-was.html

 

[DustyDrB]

It's looking like this will get funded within 24 hours, which is extra impressive given its relatively high (compared to other Kickstarter games) goal.

Fantastic.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

I have to ask, is this going to be designed for console and ported to PC, or is it a PC game?
If it's the latter, I'll go donate right now.

 

[Aureliano]

No! Bad Obsidian!

You could have made a game set literally anywhere, in any time period in any universe and you would get at LEAST a million dollars to make it from dedicated fans without telling them anything about it aside from the names of the team members. What do you make? Yet another fucking fantasy game.

 

[Chairman Miaow]

Launched today and is already at nearly half its target.... I may help get them a little further.

 

[Chairman Miaow]

I cannot believe some people pledge such huge amounts.... If I had $10,000 dollars spare I wouldn't spend it on that.

 

[Berenzen]

I cannot believe some people pledge such huge amounts.... If I had $10,000 dollars spare I wouldn't spend it on that.

I would spend 10 grand to play Fiasco with those three easily. Throw on the additional swag- hell yes that's worth it.

 

[Chairman Miaow]

I cannot believe some people pledge such huge amounts.... If I had $10,000 dollars spare I wouldn't spend it on that.

I would spend 10 grand to play Fiasco with those three easily. Throw on the additional swag- hell yes that's worth it.

Then I would say you are crazy. You can get a hell of a lot for that much money. Much more than a probably awkward game sitting around with a bunch of people you've never met, lots of copies of the same game and some random goodies you will probably look at once or twice and then tuck away safely forever.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

This may be the first Kickstarter I pledge money into. I know Obsidian are really nice people and their record speaks for itself. I might put £50 in when I get paid next, I'll have to look at the goodys first though.

 

[Genocidicles]

Wow, almost halfway there. If they can get that much in less than a day I wonder if this will break the Kickstarter records?

I can certainly see it getting up there with Double Fine Adventure and Wasteland 2.

 

[Eric the Orange]

Sounds like something worth my money.

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

Cool news but I am kind of surprised they are resorting to a Kickstarter for it. Did they burn through all the money they made on their other titles already?

 

[The Madman]

Welp, I'm in for a boxed copy. This is basically my dream team of developers making my absolute favourite style of game, there's no way I wouldn't back this project. Just the possibility of getting another game of that style makes me giddy with excitement.

No! Bad Obsidian!

You could have made a game set literally anywhere, in any time period in any universe and you would get at LEAST a million dollars to make it from dedicated fans without telling them anything about it aside from the names of the team members. What do you make? Yet another fucking fantasy game.

... I like fantasy.

 

[KoudelkaMorgan]

I stopped reading after the K word. I wish I could add a plug in that blocked any content with the word Kickstarter in it. Would save a lot of time these days.

 

[Varis]

Love seeing how Obsidian managed to unite everyone under their flag Never in a single topic have I seen so many unanimously positive replies!

And both thumbs up for Obsidian from me as well. Hope it'll turn out to be a game worth every single penny put into it!

 

[Terrible Opinions]

Over half-way to their 1.1 million goal.

Cool news but I am kind of surprised they are resorting to a Kickstarter for it. Did they burn through all the money they made on their other titles already?

Obsidian has been hurting a lot lately. Cancelled projects and laid-off staff.

I cannot believe some people pledge such huge amounts.... If I had $10,000 dollars spare I wouldn't spend it on that.

Well, one of the two $10,000 backers (so far) was Notch. The guy who said he wanted to fund Psychonauts 2.

 

[Rabid Toilet]

I cannot believe some people pledge such huge amounts.... If I had $10,000 dollars spare I wouldn't spend it on that.

I'm pretty sure most of the people who donate those amounts are other developers. I know Notch tends to pledge that for some of these games, and I've seen other heads of development studios put down a few grand at least.

Cool news but I am kind of surprised they are resorting to a Kickstarter for it. Did they burn through all the money they made on their other titles already?

Most of the money they made on their other games went to their publishers. Obsidian is also notorious for getting screwed over by every publisher they get.