I left Black Isle when TORN was cancelled and went to work at Pandemic Studios. I've helped out on various projects, but my main role has been lead designer on an unannounced squad-based military sim for the X-Box.
So, I'm not working on an RPG at the moment, but I'll eventually end up back in the design chair for one. One problem with working on a huge RPG is often times you're one designer out of ten (like Torment) and you have a relatively defined task(s) for the entire project. I wanted to learn about the development process for more action/console oriented games, and I wanted to challenge myself to be better as an all around game designer, so after TORN fell through I went off to pursue that role.
As for the question regarding the Nameless One... he's off to fight in the Blood War. I forget exactly which of the Lower Planes he's in, but I want to say it's the Grey Waste. Funny, I remember having the discussion for setting it next to this huge monument on one of those planes, but I can't remember if, in that scene, the monument was in it along with all the beasts fighting below...
- Scott Warner  |