Obsidian Entertainment has been specializing in RPG for many years. Despite their commitment to one genre, screenwriters have to adapt to almost every new project. Carrie Patel, the studio’s senior narrative designer, spoke about the difference in approaches using the example of Pillars of Eternity and The Outer Worlds.Patel shared her experience during a speech at the GDC Showcase.

In November, it became known that Obsidian had lost its independence and moved under the wing of Microsoft. Chris Avellone, a game designer who previously worked for Obsidian, said he was ready to work on the studio’s new games — provided that its management was fired. We are figuring out what is the reason for his dislike of the top Obsidian.

How is the work on creating fictional universes in the studio that gave the world Pillars of Eternity and Tyranny, told the narrative designer from Obsidian Alex Skokel (Alex Scokel).

Creating a sequel to Pillars of Eternity was a difficult task – every bold step taken by developers from Obsidian Entertainment was accompanied by doubts, and whether the changes would alienate fans. For some fans of the game, the final product really caused anger. Josh Sawyer, a member of the development team, showed with concrete examples why the authors were forced to make this or that decision.

The design director of Pillars of Eternity and Fallout: New Vegas, Josh Sawyer from Obsidian studio, believes that it is high time for the genre of role-playing games to evolve. Sawyer told about this at the Reboot Develop conference, which was held recently in Croatia.

Obsidian will release a novel and a series of short stories about the Pillars of Eternity role-playing game universe on the Bound mobile platform for literary works.

More than 27 thousand people transferred $3.1 million to Obsidian Studio to develop the Pillars of role-playing