Josh Sawyer - "Painting on Silicon: Creating the 2022 Historical Video Game Pentiment"

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On the 19th of June 2024, video game developer Josh Sawyer held a talk at Vienna University Library on the creation of “Pentiment.“ After the talk Josh answered questions in an extensive Q&A session.
To further explore some of the game’s rich historical references check out Vienna University Library's curated list of "Companion Pieces to Pentiment @UB Wien": bibliothek.univie.ac.at/virtu...)
Josh Sawyer is a game developer and Studio Design Director at Obsidian Entertainment in Irvine, California. After studying history, he began his career at Black Isle Studios in 1999. Sawyer is renowned for his work on narrative role-playing video games, including titles in the "Icewind Dale" and "Neverwinter Nights" series, and as Project Director of "Pillars of Eternity" and "Fallout: New Vegas."
The adventure game "Pentiment" (2022) is set in 1500s Bavaria. At a time when scriptoria are being replaced by printing presses, a captivating whodunit unfolds as book illuminator Andreas Maler takes it upon himself to investigate mysterious murders at Kiersau Abbey and in the surrounding town of Tassing.
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00:00 Slide Presentation and Talk
44:30 Q&A | Moderation: Maria Frenay, Universitätsbibliothek Wien
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More info: pentiment.obsidian.net/
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[@Kiu_8]

Starting the video right now but leaving a comment instantly about something that’s important to highlight: I am so glad that video games are taken much more seriously as an art form nowadays, to witness Josh talk about this great game in a prestigious university overseas is wonderful, I hope that more games of this historical quality and artistic value continue being produced and lauded outside of the usual spheres; I’ve been a gamer since I was a kid and I’ve learned so many things thanks to each of them (e.g. became fluent in English much faster through their dialogue, learned a ton about historical figures, acquired a much more varied musical taste, etc.), the people behind their development are increasingly more recognized now and that’s very positive.

[@lucascameron5230]

10:33 Name of the Rose mentioned

[@JacenLP]

1:03:12 and the mentioning HAS been noticed. :)

[@herdinstinct8282]

🙂

[@sallymander3188]

Fascinating talk, thank you for recording it!

[@yo_who_asked]

Awesome lecture, learned a lot (including how Guy is supposed to be pronounced, that threw me for a loop!)

[@thecarrotclarinet]

hah! 1:03:10 name of the rose certainly has been mentioned

[@loop4x454]

fantastic video, but why keep it unlisted?

[@universitaetsbibliothekwien]

Now listed! 🙂

[@morkmon]

Great stuff thanks for uploading this

[@greensleevez]

Listedness helps.