[daveydParticipant]

Looking forward to some news. SDS is still one of my most anticipated RPGs.

Is TSI still planning to give crowdfunding another shot? Rather than trying Kickstarter again I was thinking it might be a good idea to look into FIG. Probably a better chance of getting exposure and apparently Brian Fargo, Feargus, Tim Schafer, etc. use their connections to help Fig campaigns get coverage. I’m assuming since the KS failed you’re only working on this part-time & it would be great to get this game some funding so it could come out sometime in the reasonably near future.

[daveydParticipant]

When TSI mentioned “bit of chatter” I wasn’t even necessarily expecting it to be VA chatter. And really I would be totally fine with an all text dialogue; I can imagine the voices in my head just fine. Indeed, most of my favorite recent CRPGs (e.g., Age of Decadence, Shadowrun: Dragonfall, Dead State, etc.) are entirely devoid of voice acting. I’m looking forward to T: ToN, which I understand has some VA, but then it also has a considerably bigger budget than most CRPGs.

Of course, I don’t know what 7DS total budget will be like; it’s not even clear whether they have found an investor/s, a publisher, or whether they will attempt another Kickstarter, go the Early Access route, or all of the above. But I would be concerned that any VA would consume limited resources that could be better spent… I’d rather have several well written lines of text dialogue, than a couple VA ones.

Totally agree with Zombra on the motivation-related chatter. I would hope that the goals will be a well utilized aspect of 7DS.

[daveydParticipant]

I’m not so much interested as an “evil” ending, but there should definitely be “neutral” or “chaotic” endings. It has been said that the opposite of good is not evil, but indifference / apathy.

In “real life”, very few people actually going around thinking they are evil… Even very violent people tend to think their actions are justified; whether it is for revenge, a sense of honor / duty, or “the greater good”. Sure, there are sociopaths- sadistic people who enjoy harming others for seemingly no reason- but they do so because of the adrenaline rush and a lack of empathy… not because of a commitment to evil.

Now, I know this is a fantasy world, but even in a world where magic is real, and it is known that there really are gods… I don’t see a lot of people running to support the “evil” gods, thinking that they are evil… much more likely that their followers are disillusioned with the “light” gods or just see things differently.

Likewise I doubt the empire is all good; certainly that is up to interpretation and there may be philosophical / political differences. For example, perhaps the empire persecutes magic users in the name of citizen’s safety. Or has anyone who speaks ill of the empire killed. Pure good and evil is not only hard to suspend disbelief for.. it’s boring. I’m not so interested in a fairy tale world where everyone is either a knight in shining armor or a bloodthirsty monster. The real world is full of morally gray issues and a fantasy world should be no different, IMO.

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