A holiday walkthrough
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 17:08 I'm on holiday. Obviously.
First clue: This.
Second clue: I'm blogging, so I'm either on holiday or it's the End of Days, and while it may still turn out to be the latter, it's also the former. Which means that, while I was steaming like a particularly pale pork bun in the stifling heat of southeast Asia, I missed out on all the fun:
(That was the Polaris, by the way, and not the Savage Coast. They are two very different areas.)
The crew did a fantastic job, and you'll see and hear more of lead designers Martin and Joel (and a bit less of me) in the months ahead. Once the summer holidays are over. Because even obsessively workaholic game developers need a break. To recharge those batteries or, in my case, to tend to the creative well.
(But more on that next time.)
Recently, I was lucky enough to spend a couple of days with my friend John Walker from Rock, Paper, Shotgun. We spent a couple of days talking about The Secret World and mysteries (and, okay, yeah, The Longest Journey and Dreamfall). It's one of the most interesting discussions I've had about the work we do, and you can read the excellent two-part interview here and here. John also posted his thoughts about The Secret World in a separate preview, which is certainly worth a read.
In addition to putting my bare and deathly pale feet up and catching up on my reading (just finished Patrick Rothfuss' The Wise Man's Fear; currently halfway through Embassytown by China Mieville) I've also finally fulfilled one of my childhood dreams: I bought a cheap remote-controlled helicopter and learned how to perform a smooth landing. This impresses no one but my almost-four-year-old daughter, but that's the joy of children: it doesn't take a lot to get them excited, and they have a way of making you feel good about yourself.
tsw in The Secret World 
Reader Comments (20)
First of all, welcome back Ragnar!
Second, enjoy your holidays!
Well I'm REALLY looking forward to TSW, but ofcourse I didn't forget TLJ aswell and speaking of which: This might be interesting: http://forums.longestjourney.com/showthread.php?t=8682. I also want to point out that the TLJ forums really need MODS right now becuz of an spam 'invasion'. But let's get back to topic. TSW seems to be a great, promising game and I love EVERY aspect of the game so far! Altough most people on this blog only care for TLJ (which I think is unfair) I think everyone in here should check out TSW!
And last but not least...
Illuminati FTW!
I start to belive this game just is a "madeupstory" to get reputation for the blame you did on Age of Conan since it's no releasedate in how long? 5 years? You told it should be released in 2010?
Im tired to just see videos where YOU are playing it..
One thing I can say about TSW is that I'm more excited for this than I have ever been for any other game. It has to do with the ARGs (that I haven't participated in, because I didn't know about them until recently), they seem like they're a great way to market the game. You get people to "play the game" before it's even done, so you've already got a community before the game launches. I love it so far!!!
Any possibility there is a beta key as a prize for figuring out where you are?
But seriously, the game looks amazing and I'm thrilled someone is finally making a an MMO for adults which actually requires a bit of thinking.
In the meanwhile I'm playing the "waiting for TSW" game over on the forums, theorizing over every last bit of information we get.
Oh and btw.. Any books you recommend reading in preparation that might be helpful in solving a few of the mysteries?
It's been a while!
I still keep an RSS feed so I know when to drop by :P
Liked the interview. Reeeealy waiting for Dreamfall.
For TSW as well, but my heart is with TLJ :)
I start to belive this game just is a "madeupstory" to get reputation for the blame you did on Age of Conan since it's no releasedate in how long? 5 years? You told it should be released in 2010?
Im tired to just see videos where YOU are playing it..
Wow! This game is looking sharp! I'll have to pick it up as soon as I have a computer to run it and the free time to play it. Keep up the good work Ragnar! I really hope this game succeeds, and not just because I'm still looking forward to that Dreamfall sequel.
Savage Coast looks great, if only because it reminds me of "Cthulhu: Dark Corners of Silent Hill". That alone makes me want to play it. It appears to have taken the best of both mythos, and added much, much more. If only we didn't have to wait so many years between Ragnar games.
Oh, I'm really glad that you came back from the virtual beyond! Finally!
I know: this post is about TSW, but! - Me and thousands of people are still waiting for "Dreamfall: Chapters"! I hope you and your team will get to work with Chapters as soon as it's possible!
Keep making games! ...and write something from time to time!
This is a great post.I like how you put this piece together.You have great writing skills.Thanks for this info.
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Hi Ragnar,
I have been reading your blog for many years now (pretty much since i finished both of the longest journey and dreamfall), and now I have the honor of working alongside you... It really is a dream come true!!... The Secret World is really becoming more and more impressive and will be a fabulous game next year! :)
Please tell us already when you work on The Longest Journey again, so we can stop searching for it and always just hear about the secret world instead when we visit this site. As the time passes I care less and less about the mmo.
I keep the RSS feed open.
That's a real awesome video game! I hope I could play it too!
Enjoy the rest of the summer holidays!
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рагнар, выходи.
Should it not be a clue that people keep asking you about The Longest Journey? I really hope when you're finally done with this MMO-experiment, you'll work on a more traditional adventure again.
There are apparently a lot for me to learn outside of my books. Thanks for the wonderful sharing.
Please focus on a new TLJ game, this seems like a distraction.
The screen in this game look great, I look forward to the birth of
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