Udliwanondlebe: Abaphuhlisi beThornwatch bathetha ngokwahluka kwesini kunye nokuhlekisa ngeentombi ze-Eyrewood

Ngameva

Umdlalo wetafile wetafri Ngameva sele kwindlela ende yophuhliso. Ngokusekwe kwi- IPenny Arcade I-comic eyaqala ngo-2009, inguqulelo yomdlalo owaziwa ngokuba yi-Eyrewood Adventures yavela kwi-PAX Prime ngo-Agasti 2015, emva koko yaphinda yaziwa njenge Ngameva Kwi-PAX East ekuqaleni kuka-2016, emva koko kukho utshintsho olukhulu kulo Agasti. Umdlalo ekugqibeleni walifumana ilizwi xa umphuhlisi weMidlalo yeLone Shark wabandakanyeka, nabadlali beetafile zexesha elide abanokuthi babonakale njengabasebenza kwiPathfinder Adventure Card Game.

Kwimeko yayo egqityiweyo, Ngameva yenzelwe ukuba ifikeleleke kwabo bangaqhelekanga kwimidlalo yetafile. Ngaphezulu kwento, eyona ndawo iphambili yokuthengisa yenzelwe iiseshoni ezimfutshane, kunye nemidlalo enokuthi ihlale naphi na ukusuka kwiyure ukuya emva kwemini, kodwa ayizukunabela kwimicimbi yeeveki ekunokuba nzima ukuyigcina kunye neqela elingaguqukiyo. Ukuya kuthi ga ebalini, iKickstarter (eyonyusa ingxowa mali yomdlalo ophathekayo, nangona kunjalo Inguqulelo yedijithali Sele ikhona ukudlala), uyibeka ngolu hlobo:

Ngameva Inika umdlali omnye indima ye UMgwebi , owenza umyolelo kumthi we Judging Wood. Omnye nomnye umdlali udlala iThornwatch uphawu : iBlade, iBriarlock, iGreenheart, uMgcini, uSage, okanye uWarden. Umdlalo uqala ngeJaji ekhetha i ibhodi yamabali apho i-Thornwatch ibonakalise phambi komthi ohonjiswe ngeqhina lamatyholo anameva, ajikelezwe yimpixano. Ukuba abadlali boyisile lo mceli mngeni wokuqala, iJaji ibonelela ngokhetho olukhokelela kumabhodi amatsha ebali kunye nolunye uhambo.

Ngelixa ndicinga ukuba abanye babafundi abadala be-TMS banokuba madolw 'anzima ukuxhasa i IPenny Arcade Iprojekti eyandayo- iDickwolves debacle ihambile kodwa ayilibaleki- lo mdlalo ubonakala uyilelwe ukuzivula kubaphulaphuli abakhulu kakhulu, kunye nepropathi yoqobo njengelitye elingaphezulu. Umphuhlisi weLone Shark uMike Selinker kunye IPenny Arcade umbhali uJerry Holkins babenako ukundinika iinkcukacha ezimbalwa malunga nokukhululwa okuzayo.

Vrai Kaiser (UMary Sue): Ngaba ungakhathalela ukunika uhlobo olufutshane lwe-bio-snapshot?

UJerry Holkins: UMike Selinker uyilo lomdlalo wepargon kumlimi ongaqhelekanga, onqulo lomdlalo ongaphantsi komhlaba.

UMike Selinker: UJerry kunye noMike [Krahulik] baxhasa isibhakabhaka esingummangaliso esihamba phezu kwethu kwaye ngamanye amaxesha sibubhengeza ubulumko baso phezulu.

UJerry : Kulixesha elincinci kwikhadi leshishini, kodwa ndiza kulithatha.

Umdlalo uxhasa abadlali aba-3-6. Ngaba yenzelwe ukuqwalasela abo bafuna ukudlala kwi-intanethi okanye abangenakho ukufikelela kwiqela labantu abasebenza etafileni?

UMike: Siwufumene lo mbuzo kakhulu. Kule nqanaba asiqinisekanga ngokudlala kwi-intanethi. Ndiyathetha, kuya kwenzeka nokuba senza nantoni na ukuyenza. Kodwa ingakumbi malunga nokuba SINESakhono sokugxila kuloo nto kwaye siyenze ngokufanelekileyo. Njengayo yonke imidlalo yethu, sifuna ukuba abantu badlale ngendlela abanokwazi ngayo.

Ngaba [umdlalo] wakhelwe ukubalisa, okanye ngaba kukho indawo ye-GMs yokwakha umhlaba kunye nokwenza amabali abo la Indlela yendlela ?

UJerry: I-Eyrewood inkulu, kwaye silindele ukuba abadlali bayokutshata uninzi lwayo kwimidlalo yabo. Kukho iindawo kuphela endizaziyo, endingaxelelanga ZONKE iiMikes ezisebenza kwimidlalo malunga nazo, kodwa kuphela kwento le isonka esenziwe kwiisendwitshi ozenzayo ekhaya. Sicinga ngomsebenzi wethu njengokubonelela ngendawo eyoyikisayo, kunye nothuli olunombono oqaqambileyo, kwaye ukuba siyenzile ngokuchanekileyo imisebenzi yethu kuya kuba nzima ukuba ungathathi izintso. Kodwa nakwiindawo ezisisiseko, zininzi izinto onokuzithatha ukuze wandise umda wangokuhlwa ngamnye.

UMike: Iijaji zikhuthazekile kakhulu ekucwangcisweni kwamabhodi amabali kwiindawo zabo, kwaye bazenzele iibhodi zamabali ngeziqwenga esibanika zona. Ukuhlala ngokusisigxina phakathi kweeseshoni zokudlulisela kuyo yonke inguquko yomdlali kumdlalo, endaweni yabalinganiswa. Siqinile kwi-cosplay: uya kunxiba amaqhina akho kwaye banokuba nefuthe elisisigxina kumdlalo wakho wokudlala. Andithi asinazo izicwangciso zokuqhubela phambili ezinzulu ezantsi kwendlela kwii-Eyrewood Adventures. Kule nto iya kutyatyamba.

I-Thornwatch kuthiwa inombono wesini kwiindima zomdlali. Ngaba unokwandisa ngaphezulu koku?

UJerry : Ewe, uqinisekile. Xa ndeza nebali lasekuqaleni lase-Eyrewood – I-Lookouts, ngehlazo elithile kwi-Arby's -yayibizwa ngokuba yiFantasy Boy Scouts. Ukuhlala kwam kwiscouts ngokwam, kwaye ndikhusele ibheji okanye ezimbini, ndiyayithanda ingxelo kunye nedrive eyenzelwe abalinganiswa.

Esinye seziqwenga zobugcisa fan esakha sazifumana yayintombazana ekwimpahla yokunxiba yeLookout. Kwaye wayemkhulu. Ke ndenze ikamva elifanayo lamantombazana kwi Iintombi ze-Eyrewood , Ukuhombisa indawo yabo njengohlobo lwesidima se-Eyre. Kodwa ayikhange iwuphendule umbuzo wokuqala: ngaba akhona amantombazana kwiiLookout? Lowo ngumbuzo esiwuphendulayo kwiinoveli zemizobo, ngendlela enye. Kukho ezinye iindlela, nazo, kwaye ndikuthandile ukubhala kanjani. Isilumkiso seSpoiler, ndiyaqikelela, kodwa ewe. Nazi. Bakho apho.

I-Thornwatch ekuqaleni yayisekwe kwi-Lookouts, ke bonke babengamadoda ngelo xesha, kodwa kwakungekho sizathu sako. Akukho sizathu sakudala, akukho sizathu sokubaliswa, akukho sizathu somdlalo, akukho nto ngaphandle kokuba ibiyiyo ngaphambili engonelanga. Xa ndibhalayo isicatshulwa sencasa yamakhadi ohlobo, nditshintshe isini emva nangaphambili ngalo lonke ixesha. Ukuba uyayivula le bhokisi, kwaye umdlali akazifumani apho endaweni ethile, ndiye ndasilela.

UMike: Ndithe kuJerry xa sithatha le projekthi ukuba isini esithile sinokulilungela ibali kodwa sibe nomdla kumdlalo. UMike K uthetha malunga Ngameva Njengeqela elithandekayo A-Team, ke ngumzekelo olungileyo lowo. Kumdlalo weTV, yayiliqela lamadoda alindelweyo enza umsebenzi, kwaye ibhinqa elinye labalandela ngeenxa zonke kwaye likhangeleka lilihle. Nokuba wenza umboniso olungileyo okanye hayi, woyikeka kumdlalo apho sifuna ukuba abantu bazo zonke izini bazive besekhaya. Ke siza kufuna ukulingana kwaye senze umdlalo wonke umntu anokuzibona ekuwo.

Sineenguqulelo ezimbini zomlinganiswa ngamnye. Ukuba abantu bafuna ukucinga ngabo njenge-binary, ndicinga ukuba banako. Kodwa sikhetha ukungababizi ngokuba yiBlade yabasetyhini okanye i-Warden eyindoda okanye i-transgender Briarlock. Uthatha isigqibo sokuba ufuna ukuba ngubani.

Ndiya kuthi ngelixa siqinisekile ukuba kukho ukwahlukahlukana kwesini Ababukeli kwaye Ngameva , Sonke sivumile ukuwubuza umbuzo phantsi kwendlela Iintombi , ethi yona igama layo iphakamise isikhokelo esithile. Ndilindele iingxoxo ezinomdla malunga naloo nto.

Ngaba icandelo ekugxilwe kulo lophuhliso ibikukonyusa ukwahluka kwamazwi [kwiqela lokuyila], kwaye njani?

UJerry: Iqela laqala noMike Krahulik, kuba yayinguye owayenoluvo entloko kwindawo ethile yokulungisa imidlalo yokudlala, kodwa uKiko Villasenor, uJamie Dillion, uMike Fehlauer, noKenneth Kuan bayibetha ngokwenyani. Kodwa inyani yento kukuba besingenabubanzi beengcinga kunye neendlela zokuba kufuneka zibe ngumdlalo wokwenyani. Sabetha eludongeni.

UMike: Kwaye sithanda ukucinga ukuba siyenzile indawo yethu yokudiliza iindonga.

Ngelixa sikulo mbandela, ndingathanda ukubuyisa le mpendulo kumbuzo wokugqibela: Xa bendisithi senza umdlalo obiziweyo Iintombi , Abaqulunqi bethu uLiz, uGaby, uAviva, uElisa, kunye noTanis bonke batyhafa benza iMigodi yaselwandle! isandi esivela Ukufumana iNemo . Ngoku ukuba bonke abahlanu bakhululekile kuyilo kunye nophuhliso lweMask's Mummy's Mask ebekelwe Indlela yendlela , Ukungcatsha ukwandiswa kohambo lomhlolokazi, kunye Apocrypha , Ndilindele ukuba abanye babo bazakufumana ithuba lokuzisa umdlalo obaluleke kakhulu ebomini. Siye sabona amantombazana amancinci Iintombi cosplay ngobuninzi obuninzi sele. Kungekudala ukusukela ngoku, baya kuba nomdlalo wetafile apho bajolise khona. Ndicinga ukuba bayakuyithanda loo nto.

Iintombi ayifanelekanga okwethutyana, kodwa ezo zezinye zeenkcukacha ezinomtsalane. Naluphi na olunye uluvo?

UJerry : Ewe, ngokuqinisekileyo. Yeyona nto imangazayo kuseto, kuba ngokugqibeleleyo isibini kwisithathu samaqela amiselweyo e-Eyrewood, i-Eyrewood yindawo eyingozi rhoqo. KumaDodakazi, ooMama, naseCrones, likhaya.

Yintoni oyonwaba kakhulu ukuba abantu bayifumane ngomdlalo?

UMike : UMike Krahulik ubeke phambi kwethu uhlobo lwenkqubo yomdlalo esingazange siyibone ngaphambili. Kudala sisebenza kwisithuba esiphakathi kwee-RPG kunye nemidlalo yebhodi ixesha elide, kodwa le yeyokuqala esiyenzileyo yokubamba ukuhamba kwe-RPG ngaphandle kokulungiswa komdlalo weqonga ekufuneka elwa nawo.

UJerry : Kum, lithuba lokuba ekugqibeleni ndibeke phantsi wonke umsebenzi endiwenzileyo kwi-Eyrewood ephepheni. Umdlalo undinika isitya sokugcwalisa ngamagama enziwe kunye nohlobo lwe-premium nonsense, ekhethekileyo yam.

Inkqubo ye- Ngameva Umkhankaso weKickstarter imiselwe ukuba iphele nge-5 ka-Okthobha, kwaye iqela sele libhengeze ukuba ulwandiso lokuqala olucwangcisiweyo, uMnyama weWood, luyafumaneka njengomvuzo womxhasi.

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