Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 03/01/2026The other side was brutal. Think pink where there should be orange 000
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Fun Fact. We made some T-shirts for the launch of Baldurs’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition. We had them printed and sent to the show. When they arrived the colours were so bad we decided to never use them. I use one of them as an evaporation cover for my heat-treating oil tank for knife making 121
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 10/12/2025We finally hung our signed Outer Worlds 2 poster in our hallway. It was a great experience working with Obsidian on such a fun game. 0122
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 18/11/2025You should jump on the Odyssey of the Dragonlords Kickstarter by former Bioware Lead Designer, James Ohlen. There are only two tiers of unlock left: www.kickstarter.com/projects/arc...kickstarter.comOdyssey of the Dragonlords: Remastered EditionAn epic Greek-inspired 5E campaign updated for the 2024 rules. Challenge gods, titans, and fate itself. 010
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 24/08/2025After my time in Cologne: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, the wisdom to know the difference. And the confidence of a Cologne Uber driver” 010
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 24/07/2025I finally set MythForce to the price I think it should have launched at, $19.99 we set out to do a lot of things and some we did well, others, less so, but I think for a fun , multiplayer dungeon romp at this price it is a good value. 060
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Scouting out where in the office to hang our signed poster from Obsidian for Avowed. We were happy to work with their team on such a fun project 050
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 25/04/2025He had a great arc. I think he was easy to sympathize with, for a monster. 110
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 24/04/2025With the recent chat with @davidgaider.bsky.social I did some digging. Here's a rough concept mock we did a long while back for a potential Planescape Sequel. (We were doing Illithid before they were cool) 3493
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 17/04/2025While I do think capital is over-valued, capital goes away quickly when you make bad bets. 040
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 17/04/2025AAA right now is a bloodbath between ever-rising expectations and ever increasing dev costs. If you assume a 30% platform cost, a premium $60 game is at best, $40 a copy to the publisher. A $200M dev cost + $100M marketing title needs 7.5M units to break even. The risk is too great. 150
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I think people just lie. During the Bioware heydays, you knew a Bioware game was going to cost double what we said and would take twice as long. We built a full projection for NWN, taking five years, Greg and Ray had us cut it to three for the pitch. We shipped it in five. 120
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 16/04/2025All the publishers want an almost complete game they can snag for $1-$2M. For all the talk of the "AA" space, there isn't anyone actually funding it. Maybe at some point Beamdog can go back to Unraveled or Cold West, but for the moment, they are buried and sadly, decaying from inattention 140
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I had high hopes for both titles, but the challenges of building a new team, learning a new engine and finding funding were just too much. I'm actually the worst fund-raiser of all time. I have never successfully gotten funding for a game or company from anyone. All the things we shipped we paid for 110
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The funding issue had a few faces, one was nobody wanted to spend their money to increase the value of an IP they didn't own. The second major issue was a perception that RPGs had to be massive cinematic things and you had to spend $100M to make them. The scope we were pitching at was in the $20-$30 140
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 03/04/2025At the gym, thinking about distilling my workout (and life) philosophy into a simple basis. It basically breaks down to “Hit the big stuff hard while you still have a steam”. I hit the biggest muscles (glutes/quads) first with squats. After that, chest or back, then calves and shoulders. 000
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The world needs more of this against Trump. Shut down his misdirection 030
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Is it wrong I just looked at buying a domain: whatdumbshitdidtrumpdotoday.com? It suggested the .Today could be the suffix. I think it needs to be shorter. The downside is I'd feel like I had to keep up on his dumb shit.whatdumbshitdidtrumpdotoday.com 110
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Here is the first Bioware staff picture. I think this was taken in the summer of 1995, soon after we founded the company. Left to right: Brent Oster, Al Theriault, Rob Mackay, Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, John Winski and me, Trent Oster. 060
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Congratulations to Obsidian on the launch of #Avowed We at Beamdog we were happy to lend our strength on the oars to help on the game under your direction. Great team, great people makes for a fun game 010
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Just a heads up, the NWN2 stuff isn’t us. We can’t answer any questions about it as we are not involved in the game. 120
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 31/01/2025THAC0 had a good run in the sun. I think it is where it needs to be 010
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 27/11/2024I have to say I’m not impressed with Canadian politicians rushing to throw Mexico under the bus with regards to Trump’s promised tariff threat on immigration. 020
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Felt like I was missing out. Twitter was making me give up on social media as the pain / positive ratio was poor. This seemed like a new start 000
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Sometimes the reason your old workstation will not boot is not immediately obvious. Sometimes a dead data drive is the cause. 010
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Just starting to post over on this side of the interwebs. #GameDev I started typing up my history and got lazy, so here's what Mobygames had: I may have aged a bit in the 15 years since the picture they pulled. www.mobygames.com/person/52489...mobygames.comTrent Oster - Video Game Credits - MobyGamesTrent Oster has 51 credits on 18 games 050
Trent Oster @trentoster.bsky.social · 04/07/2023I was enjoying Diablo IV, and then Mr dickinmypants rode by me on his horse. I didn’t want him in my world. It made my game worse, not better. I just wanted a game to play solo and maybe with friends. Randos not welcome 100
