Pentiment - Josh Sawyer's historical mystery narrative-driven game set in 16th century Bavaria

[Grotesque]

this game will live or die by its aesthetics choices

 

[Infinitron]

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

On the plus side at least he went back to that prestigious mustache.

 

[vonAchdorf]

The Microsoft money really allows for a relaxed development style.

 

[Serus]

As a game set in 16th century European will it have historical black african-american homosexual women as monarchs? Or at the very least MtF trannies? Just asking.

 

[vonAchdorf]

I don't think Sawyer will go out of his way to introduce something ahistorical. He may exaggerate the presence of minorities to make the game more interesting to the American audience, but nothing crazy.

I wonder if he will do something more on the crazy side like Eco did in Baudolino. Doesn't seem very Sawyerian though.

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

Sawyer is not going to add a bunch of minorities to geographical places they don’t belong. You can dislike the man, but he is slavishly devoted to cultural and historical accuracy.

 

[NJClaw]

The Microsoft money really allows for a relaxed development style.

relaxed

money

Does this face say "relaxed" or "money" to you? Poor Josh probably hasn't eaten and showered in ten months.

 

[Faarbaute]

Is it known for a fact that it's going to be set in the 16th century Europe and not just a fantasy "16th century Europe"?

 

[Anonymous Wife Scholar]

Sawyer is not going to add a bunch of minorities to geographical places they don’t belong. You can dislike the man, but he is slavishly devoted to cultural and historical accuracy.

What! Here anon I do give you Sawyer Italia anon! I do!

 

[Tigranes]

One thing's for sure, the Codex thread for this game will be a dumpster fire 9000 pages long before it's all over

"ARE THERE WOMEN IN THE GAME? ARE THERE? I HAVE TO KNOW! I HAVE TO! GRARGH"
"HERE IS SAWYER'S NEW FACIAL HAIR WHAT THE FUCK THE GAME IS RUINED"
"Hi here is my 8000 word post on the historicity of purple pubes in 16th century bohemian wenches"

Somewhere inbetween will be about four posts on gameplay

 

[Roguey]

It's a Disco clone, what gameplay?

 

[plem]

Sawyer is not going to add a bunch of minorities to geographical places they don’t belong. You can dislike the man, but he is slavishly devoted to cultural and historical accuracy.

What! Here anon I do give you Sawyer Italia anon! I do!

you know the vailian republics isn't a real place, right? historical accuracy doesn't apply even if it's inspired by some real culture

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

Roguey really needs to get retagged as The Grand Sawyerisitor. He is not with balance, but with RNG - he always has been!

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Roguey really needs to get retagged as The Grand Sawyerisitor. He is not with balance, but with RNG - he always has been!

What is more balanced than a roll of the dice or a spin of the roulette?

 

[Lyric Suite]

I don't think Sawyer will go out of his way to introduce something ahistorical.

I'm 100% confident that he will.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Sawyer is not going to add a bunch of minorities to geographical places they don’t belong. You can dislike the man, but he is slavishly devoted to cultural and historical accuracy.

What! Here anon I do give you Sawyer Italia anon! I do!

you know the vailian republics isn't a real place, right?

It doesn't matter.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Sawyer is not going to add a bunch of minorities to geographical places they don’t belong. You can dislike the man, but he is slavishly devoted to cultural and historical accuracy.

What! Here anon I do give you Sawyer Italia anon! I do!

you know the vailian republics isn't a real place, right? historical accuracy doesn't apply even if it's inspired by some real culture

Good point. Why didn't they just model them after a successful historic nation full of sub-saharan Africans like Wakanda

 

[Lyric Suite]

Josh would write more interesting stuff if he read some high-concept sci-fi and took that kind of approach to things. Instead of these damn historical remixes like the Pillars games.

He would write more interesting stuff if he read real historical sources instead of reading modern history books (the style of which is SO obviously pervasive in Pillars).

 

[NJClaw]

Good point. Why didn't they just model them after a successful historic nation full of sub-saharan Africans like Wakanda

Wait a moment, rusty.

Are you saying that... Italy is a successful historic nation? Not only that, but we are also white?!

Hey you guys! Grab your mandolins and prepare your pizzas, rusty rehabilitated our entire country!

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Good point. Why didn't they just model them after a successful historic nation full of sub-saharan Africans like Wakanda

Wait a moment, rusty.

Are you saying that... Italy is a successful historic nation? Not only that, but we are also white?!

Hey you guys! Grab your mandolins and prepare your pizzas, rusty rehabilitated our entire country!

When have I ever denigrated Venice?

 

[Quillon]

He may exaggerate the presence of minorities to make the game more interesting to the American audience

a few thousand people on twitter != murican audience, hopefully

 

[The Wall]

How many Game Developers at big or small studios proudly say and put in their Twitter bios that they're right wing? Josh Proud Left Wing Sawyer is nothing more but depressed, middle-aged rich primadonna desperately trying to stay "cool with the kidz". Expecting nothing is expecting too much from him

 

[The Wall]

Josh ages like tranny milk. Looks like Santa Clause who landcrashed at Nigeria and got raped by the locals. One of many negative side-effects of being in woke cult

 

[rusty_shackleford]

How many Game Developers at big or small studios proudly say and put in their Twitter bios that they're right wing?

A CEO & co-founder lost his entire gamedev studio when he publicly supported a law that was passed in Texas.
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...s-texas-abortion-law-forced-to-resign.140015/