WEBVTT -- English 00:00:24.181 --> 00:00:25.571 Hey hey! Old School! 00:00:26.539 --> 00:00:30.730 Ooh, it's you. Nice car! What brings you to the neighborhood? 00:00:30.731 --> 00:00:33.831 I heard you actually finished that game of yours - without a publisher. 00:00:33.832 --> 00:00:38.692 Wasteland 2? Yeah, it was a top seller on Steam, our fans loved it, and... it's good 00:00:38.692 --> 00:00:40.622 to be making role-playing games again. 00:00:41.432 --> 00:00:44.173 Yeah well, I knew it would sell. 00:00:44.173 --> 00:00:47.573 So, let's see how that money's treating you. Give me the grand tour! 00:00:47.575 --> 00:00:50.740 Don't know how exciting it'll be, but come on. 00:00:59.198 --> 00:01:02.616 Woah... pretty dark for a receptionary isn't it? 00:01:02.618 --> 00:01:03.777 Receptionary? 00:01:03.779 --> 00:01:05.778 Where's the basketball court? 00:01:05.198 --> 00:01:05.819 The what? 00:01:05.820 --> 00:01:07.521 No teppanyaki bar? 00:01:07.522 --> 00:01:08.341 Teppan-what? 00:01:08.343 --> 00:01:10.643 You don't have an on-call masseuse?! 00:01:10.644 --> 00:01:14.024 What you see is what you get. Come on, let's go to the conference room. 00:01:16.893 --> 00:01:18.673 Alright, come on, here... have a seat. 00:01:22.899 --> 00:01:27.641 So what's next? There's plenty of money to squeeze out of Wasteland. What do you think? 00:01:27.643 --> 00:01:30.740 Get a barebones Wasteland 3 out before the fiscal year end? 00:01:30.742 --> 00:01:34.822 Well, we don't like to rush to get a sequel out immediately. In fact, we're already working 00:01:34.822 --> 00:01:35.903 on a new game! 00:01:35.903 --> 00:01:39.364 Oh yeah... "Planetscape: Numa-numa"... how's that going? 00:01:39.638 --> 00:01:44.138 Actually, it's looking great. But, we're Kickstarting a different game in a couple of weeks. 00:01:44.302 --> 00:01:51.343 Another new game? Bad idea! You should be making a "free to play" version of Wasteland. 00:01:51.343 --> 00:01:57.043 Or, I know! In-game consumables for Wasteland! Players aren't price-sensitive when they're low on ammo! 00:01:57.045 --> 00:02:00.084 Nah, I don't think you understand. Our audience, the reason they support us, is that we 00:02:00.085 --> 00:02:02.186 *don't* do those types of things. 00:02:02.186 --> 00:02:04.387 We spend all of our time making the games fun, rather than worrying about how to pick 00:02:04.388 --> 00:02:07.308 the money out of their pockets. 00:02:07.308 --> 00:02:11.610 Alright. Fine. What's the new game? Give me the pitch. 00:02:11.611 --> 00:02:17.171 So, the game that put me on the map, 30 years ago, and the one that I get asked about the 00:02:17.173 --> 00:02:19.932 most... is The Bard's Tale. 00:02:20.647 --> 00:02:27.106 Another old game? Alright, listen Old School. I'm telling you... you need to get into the 00:02:27.108 --> 00:02:36.399 DLC business! Mobile apps! MMOs! Pets, hats, paid mods! It's all the rage! Anything except 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:38.289 another Kickstarter campaign! 00:02:38.290 --> 00:02:40.510 Seriously... it's dead! 00:02:40.512 --> 00:02:44.951 Funny you should say that, because we're looking to raise another $1.25 million on Kickstarter. 00:02:44.953 --> 00:02:48.353 Then we're going to add at least another $1.25 million on top of that. 00:02:48.354 --> 00:02:51.373 Why do you have all this interest anyway? 00:02:51.375 --> 00:02:56.715 I'm a *consultant* now, thanks. And it's clear... you *need* a consultant. 00:02:56.716 --> 00:02:58.955 So... you don't have a job. 00:02:58.956 --> 00:03:01.637 Would I f*cking be here if I had a job?! 00:03:13.426 --> 00:03:17.266 Hi, I'm Brian Fargo, and I'm coming to you from the ruins of Skara Brae, which many of 00:03:17.268 --> 00:03:20.018 you will remember was from the original Bard's Tale! 00:03:20.019 --> 00:03:22.419 It's f*cking freezing... 00:03:22.419 --> 00:03:28.099 A few years ago I came to you to help make Wasteland 2 a reality, and boy did you come through! 00:03:28.100 --> 00:03:35.021 Your incredible support gave inXile the ability to create a sequel in the style and manner it deserved. 00:03:35.022 --> 00:03:38.992 That Kickstarter campaign was one of the highest points in my career, and it meant so much 00:03:38.993 --> 00:03:42.582 to me that you got behind us. We did not want to let you down! 00:03:42.584 --> 00:03:48.485 We delivered an epic-sized game with Wasteland 2 to great praise from the people who supported us. 00:03:48.485 --> 00:03:52.425 And then, I came back and pitched Torment and we weren't even done with Wasteland 2. 00:03:52.426 --> 00:03:58.355 You came through even stronger! That first day of funding was incredible. Your trust 00:03:58.356 --> 00:04:03.747 and enthusiasm meant we could continue doing what we love: making role-playing games. 00:04:03.747 --> 00:04:09.098 With your direct support, we get to stay laser-focused on creating high-quality games without worrying 00:04:09.099 --> 00:04:14.778 about the mass market. And we know people appreciate buying a game *once* and playing 00:04:14.780 --> 00:04:18.100 it for days on end, without having to spend another dime. 00:04:18.101 --> 00:04:24.180 And so, I come to you again today, asking you to help us finance the sequel to The Bard's Tale! 00:04:24.180 --> 00:04:28.639 The Bard's Tale was a classic dungeon crawl, that brought music and art into the genre. 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:36.319 It was a hard game. We spun you around, teleported you, wouldn't let you save before every encounter, 00:04:36.321 --> 00:04:41.901 ambushed you with 4 groups of 99 berserkers - and you loved every minute of it. 00:04:41.901 --> 00:04:48.300 Now the RPG genre has come a long way, and we don't plan to copy the interface, text-driven 00:04:48.302 --> 00:04:52.153 combat style, or force you to bust out the graph paper. 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:56.661 What we do have plans for is to use the most advanced graphics technologies, but not lose 00:04:56.663 --> 00:04:59.971 sight what makes The Bard's Tale great. 00:04:59.971 --> 00:05:05.961 It's a party-based RPG, with strategic combat that requires your brain and not your reflexes. 00:05:05.963 --> 00:05:11.562 It will have a deep sense of exploration, atmosphere, riddles voiced by the eerie Magic 00:05:11.564 --> 00:05:14.903 Mouths, and diabolical puzzles you'll love to solve. 00:05:14.904 --> 00:05:19.642 Of course, any game with a bard means music plays an important role, so expect some beautiful 00:05:19.644 --> 00:05:22.774 Scottish songs that are sung in the native Gaelic language. 00:05:23.290 --> 00:05:25.951 Expect a challenge - it will not be an easy game! 00:05:25.952 --> 00:05:30.420 And thanks to our success, we will continue, as we did before with Torment and Wasteland 00:05:30.420 --> 00:05:34.910 2, to invest our own money into the game, to make sure The Bard's Tale IV is the best 00:05:34.915 --> 00:05:36.915 it can be. 00:05:36.916 --> 00:05:39.586 Quite simply, you want it - we'll build it!