Couchpotato interviewed Jeff Vogel about indie RPGs in general and his new game Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor.
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Queen's Wish will probably be my last all-new series.
Most of the rest of my career will be remasters.
I've written a lot of really good games that are old now. They don't run properly on newer machines. They look bad even by my standards. Each of them took around 1.5 years, and each needs at least a year to bring them up to the level I want to leave them at. Three years worth of work seems a real sweet spot for indie games.
I don't feel bad about this. Most creators reach a point where they have to say, "I had a finite number of ideas, and I've expressed them. I'm going to close out my career going on tour and playing the hits." There's no dishonor in it. It's a decent life.
Quentin Tarantino has said he plans to make ten films and retire. He's going to make one more. He never wants to crash and fail. He has honestly evaluated what he is capable of, and he's acting on it. I admire that a lot.
Similarly, I'm getting old. It's getting harder to churn out these huge games mostly by myself, and, honestly, my bag of tricks is getting empty. I may write other new games, but they won't be RPGs. I'd love to do a twin-stick shooter.
Yeah, I played the original and of all 11 Vogel games I played, I'd say Geneforge 1 was his Magnum Opus. And I had played Avernum 1 and the Avadon trilogy at that point, so its not one of those "its the first game I've played from a developer" biases. I also think its on the RPGCodex top 100 rpgs of all time list.Hastar, I suspect you'll have a great time with Geneforge: Mutagen. May all of your gaming be excellent!