their next game was going to be D&D, but they changed course and are doing something else now
Vincke has a vision for "the one RPG to rule them all", and each of their past three RPGs is a step closer to it
the next game is not going to be that master vision but one step closer toward it, with their previous 3 RPGs proving out emergent design/multiplayer, story and consequence, and personal stories/performance capture, respectively
Vincke would like to have this next game done in 3 years compared to BG3's 6 year development cycle, but realistically expects 4 years, as long as there isn't something like COVID-19 or a war in Ukraine to impede their progress

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca -4 points 7 months ago (9 children)

If I were a JRR Tolkien or Herbert with a universe in my mind, it would be so much more pleasing to make an engine that generates anything from that world that to just write out a few stories from it.

One of the foundational tenets of good writing is that worldbuilding is just masturbatory unless it serves the story. You don't create a cool world and work your way backward into a story. You create a great story and craft a world around it which supports the story you're trying to tell. The stories are the thing that have value, not the setting or the lore.

Telling a great story is a completely orthogonal skill to worldbuilding, and it requires creativity, emotion, and authorial intent. Star Wars and Harry Potter are both dogshit at worldbuilding, but they're both some pretty rad stories. Avatar: the Legend of Korra is set in one of the best fantasy worlds ever created and it was a very mediocre story.

[–] KingOfSleep@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I agree with everything you said.

However, fiction world building and game world building are hugely different.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Are games not fiction?

[–] KingOfSleep@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

I should have said "literature".

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