[Argenguy]

Oh, classic Romans - definitely mediterranian - did know about beer as well. So did ancient Egyptians.

I know, in fact the Egyptians invented it and it's older than wine. What I wanted to ask is if we will see more wine and vineyards in Risen.

[Kirov Class]

Piranha bytes, can you please answer this question:
Will you optimize Risen as much as possible (in terms of performance), so it won't be like Gothic 3 (it uses waay to high system requirements compared to similar games), Assasins creed and Oblivion? Please take example from Valve and Creative assembly. They optimize their games very well. Hell, I play Rome Total War (high settings) with a notebook from 2002.

[mkreku]

Will we ever be able to fly in a Piranha Bytes game?

Like when you transform into a bloodfly, you should be able to soar above the forests and point and laugh at the orcs grunting angrily below you. Perhaps do a drive-by-sting or two.. I don't know, it's just something I've felt would fit so well with (for example) Gothic 3's world.

[Maladiq]

Will we ever be able to fly in a Piranha Bytes game?

Like when you transform into a bloodfly, you should be able to soar above the forests and point and laugh at the orcs grunting angrily below you. Perhaps do a drive-by-sting or two.. I don't know, it's just something I've felt would fit so well with (for example) Gothic 3's world.

That is a vey nice suggestion I would love to do that (although there will be no orcs

And speaking of critters, will we see stupid things like little fluffy bunnies (like in g3) and if yes, will we be able to transform into them?

Will we see the uglier cousin of the meatbug somewhere in the game?


EDIT:

Will we see messes in the game? (As in mess= A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval service who eat at the same table.) That would bring realism to the game, when all the military gathers to a building to eat.

[vivaxardas]

It seems Risen will try to recreate Gothic atmosphere again. My question abot the story:
Is it possible to make an overarching story as something like Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion thing - where the same hero reincarnates (or exists in) different Universes? In Gothic Nameless did his thing in G1-G3 and dissapeared (forget about G3FG crap), and then in Risen it is kind of the same guy, who again saves the day, and them he may move to some other world in a next game, and so on. No need for any strong connections with Gothic, just may be some speech patterns, or dreams.
I know I desperately do not want to allow classical Gothic dissapear. It is an old game, and it looses fans. If to connect Risen with Gothic in some way would be great.

[Powaz]

Hello Ralf,
Now I have a huge favor to ask you guys. I'm making a presentation for a project and it's about game design. Is there any remote possibility for me to use your story tutorial? I mean it would be quite an Piranha Bytes commercial. I would mention about you guys and everything. Please.

[Michael Rüve]

I'm making a presentation for a project and it's about game design.

Presentation in what context?
School, university or similar - meaning for educational purposes?

[Powaz]

Yes it's a school educational project. No benefit.

[Jammer]

I'm interested, from a "project support software" point of view, if you could disclose what kinds of groupware are you using internally? And what about CASE tools?

@Powaz: there's no benefit in education?

[Powaz]

@Powaz: there's no benefit in education?

There is and a big one too, but no cash benefit for me, no profit, I'm doing everything for educational benefit.

[Michael Rüve]

Yes it's a school educational project. No benefit.

Then go ahead.

[Maladiq]

Will you be able to trade anything to any merchenant? That was so unrealistic, selling stuff to anyone. I would like to be able to sell food only to food dealers, weapons to weapons dealers etc.Also stolen things like a gold chalice would be easily traced by the law enforcement, so you would need an underground dealer. It would be nice if during a quest you would have to steal something from someon then sell it, after you sell the stolen stuff to a regular luxury dealer, the guy would turn you in.

[Zocky]

I may have asked this, if i did, sorry.

But i was thinking about special martial arts, like ninjitsu in Risen like games. Or something similar. I always thought Sect camp in g1 had a perfect look and eviroment for something like that. I could just imagen them as kungfu masters.
But since way difrent then regular, heavy armored knights fighting, as ninjitsu would be much more about agility and speed, i do wonder, what do you think, would something like that even work in game like Risen or Gothic? I think it would be cool, because you could base appearance and behaviour (like sect camp) around these guys. Like, this sect camp, just that they would remind you a bit of shaolin masters for example, they would have this distinct behavior and culture.
So, do you think there is any possibility something like that would work? Especially since knights and kungfu/ninjitsu masters have completly difrent fighting style, how would those two then fight together(but then again, that would be fun, to have choice to choose so difrent fighting styles). I think it would be cool, but it would be probably be big pain in teh back to balance both styles. What do you think (pb)?

[Maladiq]

Long time no see, Ralph When will we see some new answers?

[iab]

1. we see that goblins have several bags carried with them. will these bags shiver separately while the golbin runs, like what we saw in G4; or are them simply "linked together"?

2. when the hero is using epee as his weapon, will he use more thrust attacks rather than swing ones?

just two minor questions, hope they can be answered.

[cifre]

[COLOR="PaleGreen"]1. we see that goblins have several bags carried with them...

where can I see that?
sorry, I haven't been able to read the forum for quite a while.

[catalinux]

where can I see that?

here http://i013.radikal.ru/0901/6e/3e4d5108059a.jpg

I believe it will be very important to handle a pickaxe in the game...

[catalinux]

browsing the internet... I found this http://img.neoseeker.com/view.php?en...8&imageid=3758

Ralf, can you tell us something about this place? I don't remember having seen it in Gothic.
And those silver heads (?) under the hearts (life) and magic?

[iab]

where can I see that?

or this one

[nutrageti__]

browsing the internet... I found this http://img.neoseeker.com/view.php?en...8&imageid=3758

Ralf, can you tell us something about this place? I don't remember having seen it in Gothic.
And those silver heads (?) under the hearts (life) and magic?

the photos there i've seen before i think...there was a short movie with them too...very old,initial stage of gothic...they changed a lot after so that place was probably deleted or transformed after that: orc cemetary maybe