1) If I had this magic revival power, I would probably bring back Omid. I loved that guy, and he got a real rough ending. Having him teach Clem terrible dad jokes would be amazing. He just loved history and his wife! What a cruel world...
To the second one) AJ and Clem's relationship has been given a lot of thought. We were definitely worried that the premise COULD feel like we were repeating ourselves from S1, but we made sure AJ started as a very different character than Clementine. Because he's born into this world, he already knows many of the kind of practical survival lessons that Lee taught Clem about dealing with walkers, shooting guns, and so on. He however hasn't been around people hardly at all since he's been old enough to talk, and teaching him to deal with being in a society is a new kind of challenge Lee didn't face with Clem.
1) If you could bring any confirmed-to-be-deceased character (aside from Lee of course) from the previous seasons back to life for story pur… moreposes, who would you choose?
2) Clementine quickly became a beloved child character in season 1 for most players. Have there been any challenges in building AJ's character so he is liked by the players but faces different struggles than Clem?
There's sort of always a theme of 'family' running through the series, as the people Clem finds herself with form a family around her in these terrible situations. I'd say where we're different from that is with a theme of 'Home', what it means to find one, build one, fight for one.
Don't know if this counts as spoiler-ish, but I'm kinda interested to know what are the central themes you want to explore this season? The … morelast 3 installments always had a running theme of family, so will that be continued or will there be a new theme altogether?
Appreciate the AMA. Thanks.
How illiterate is Clem? Her education stopped at 8 years old and as far as I can tell she has not had much time in the past 8ish years to im… moreprove it much. I know she is an intelligent person but intelligence and education are separate things. At what grade level could we put her reading skills at; could she read a menu, could she read a YA novel, could she read Hop on Pop? Also how are her math skills?
You're welcome!
And just that I love Telltale Batman with all my heart, and if anyone hasn't played Enemy Within please do, so that you might also fall in love with that green haired murder boy.
It's been both a great honor and challenge to work with the team that gets to create an ending for Clementine's story. The pressure of expectation and history of the series is absolutely felt, but it only inspires us to work even harder. I hope the fans love it as much as we do.
I have a particular fondness for Chuck, the magic hobo, since I got to do cinematic work on his dramatic final stand in 104. He was taken from us too soon.
100% agreed and I have been saying the same thing for years.
I love a lot of the characters from the series, but I have a particular fondness for Chuck, the magic hobo, since I got to do cinematic work on his dramatic final stand in 104. He was taken from us too soon.
-Kent
Season 3 ends with Clem going to get AJ and her knowing that she has a safe place and a friend to return to when she finds him but season 4 … morestarts with Clem and AJ on the road, seemingly for about 4 or 5 years. Are we going to see why Clem and AJ aren't in Richmond with Javi? That seems like a huge thing just to ignore.
Many people on the forums have been arguing about the man at the end of the trailer. Some think he's Nate from 400 days, others say he's not. Assuming he is in fact not Nate, can you at least confirm that he is not Nate so people can stop arguing about it?
Is Clem going to have a determinant fate or will her fate be the same in the end no matter what we do?
Can you confirm how old Clem is in TFS? I haven't seen anything official but my best estimation is 17.
I love a lot of scenes but I don't want to spoil them! For a very minor not-spoiler though, there's a really fun bit where Clementine plays a card game with the kids at the school to get to know them. It's the kind of fun character building scene that I love having in our games.
Hi Kent, i know you are only answering spoiler free questions but a vague answer or a simple yes or no answer will be fine but my question i… mores are there any scenes or choices that you are particularly looking forward to seeing people react to in this episode.
I love a lot of scenes but I don't want to spoil them! For a very minor not-spoiler though, there's a really fun bit where Clementine plays … morea card game with the kids at the school to get to know them. It's the kind of fun character building scene that I love having in our games.
-Kent
Hello Kent! Thanks for this AMA and I have a silly question - out of all these teens you created as new characters for this season, who's your personal favourite and why (without spoilers)?
I love a lot of scenes but I don't want to spoil them! For a very minor not-spoiler though, there's a really fun bit where Clementine plays … morea card game with the kids at the school to get to know them. It's the kind of fun character building scene that I love having in our games.
-Kent
I love all our weird children, but I have a special spot in my heart for Louis. He's got some really funny lines, and he's just a sweet goofball.
-Kent
So this might be considered as a spoiler question, but I thought i would ask anyway.
So Aj has been shown to be curious of the world befo… morere the apocalypse happened and a big part of his character in this season is the fact that unlike other kids, he was actually born into this world.
At the boarding school we have kids that experienced the previous world like Clem did and even some trying to preserve it (Louis)
My question is:
Will there be opportunities where AJ will get to bond with the survivors and learn more about the past world?
Ok Kent this is more like it...Character building....Character is the center of TWD...if we never learn about people how do we feel anything for when you meanies kill them in horrible ways...Please don't kill Clem!
I love a lot of scenes but I don't want to spoil them! For a very minor not-spoiler though, there's a really fun bit where Clementine plays … morea card game with the kids at the school to get to know them. It's the kind of fun character building scene that I love having in our games.
-Kent
TFS is built in the Telltale Tool.
There may be outfit changes based on story, but there is not a system to customize Clem's style or car.
There are stat screens similar to the ones we had in Batman! I think they look even cooler than those did, thanks to the excellent work of our UI artists.
The rest is spoilers
Will telltale change their game engine to Unity?
Will we be able to customize our car and clothes we are wearing?
Will there be someth… moreing like Batman game when in the end of each episode we get stats how we left our characters like for example furious or honored based on our choices.
Will there be multiple branches and endings we can get based on our choices
I love a lot of scenes but I don't want to spoil them! For a very minor not-spoiler though, there's a really fun bit where Clementine plays … morea card game with the kids at the school to get to know them. It's the kind of fun character building scene that I love having in our games.
-Kent
We have an awesome team of animators with very creative (and horrifying) thoughts that use their awesome skills to make the sickest zombie kills imaginable.
* Any queer or (non-Clem) mentally disabled characters currently planned for this season?
* Any last names or heights for new or old characters? At least for Clem?
Y'all're cute!
I love a lot of scenes but I don't want to spoil them! For a very minor not-spoiler though, there's a really fun bit where Clementine plays … morea card game with the kids at the school to get to know them. It's the kind of fun character building scene that I love having in our games.
-Kent
TFS is built in the Telltale Tool.
There may be outfit changes based on story, but there is not a system to customize Clem's style or car.… more
There are stat screens similar to the ones we had in Batman! I think they look even cooler than those did, thanks to the excellent work of our UI artists.
The rest is spoilers
-Kent
That's all from me for this time! Thanks for all your awesome questions, sorry I didn't have time to get to more of them. I hope you're all looking forward to the game!!
TFS is built in the Telltale Tool.
There may be outfit changes based on story, but there is not a system to customize Clem's style or car.… more
There are stat screens similar to the ones we had in Batman! I think they look even cooler than those did, thanks to the excellent work of our UI artists.
The rest is spoilers
-Kent
Ok to recap from what he said...Walter is back and Chuck is back....Clem has no math skills...and the team is filled with sick minded people who animate dead human beings and have them dessecrated for our amusement.
I love a lot of scenes but I don't want to spoil them! For a very minor not-spoiler though, there's a really fun bit where Clementine plays … morea card game with the kids at the school to get to know them. It's the kind of fun character building scene that I love having in our games.
-Kent
Comments
1) If I had this magic revival power, I would probably bring back Omid. I loved that guy, and he got a real rough ending. Having him teach Clem terrible dad jokes would be amazing. He just loved history and his wife! What a cruel world...
To the second one) AJ and Clem's relationship has been given a lot of thought. We were definitely worried that the premise COULD feel like we were repeating ourselves from S1, but we made sure AJ started as a very different character than Clementine. Because he's born into this world, he already knows many of the kind of practical survival lessons that Lee taught Clem about dealing with walkers, shooting guns, and so on. He however hasn't been around people hardly at all since he's been old enough to talk, and teaching him to deal with being in a society is a new kind of challenge Lee didn't face with Clem.
-Kent
There's sort of always a theme of 'family' running through the series, as the people Clem finds herself with form a family around her in these terrible situations. I'd say where we're different from that is with a theme of 'Home', what it means to find one, build one, fight for one.
-Kent
Clementine can read. I cannot confirm her math skills. (but she's got less fingers to count on in some of the branches)
-Kent
You're welcome!
And just that I love Telltale Batman with all my heart, and if anyone hasn't played Enemy Within please do, so that you might also fall in love with that green haired murder boy.
-Kent
TOO SOON KENT!!
It's been both a great honor and challenge to work with the team that gets to create an ending for Clementine's story. The pressure of expectation and history of the series is absolutely felt, but it only inspires us to work even harder. I hope the fans love it as much as we do.
-Kent
100% agreed and I have been saying the same thing for years.
I can confirm that the man at the end of the comic con teaser trailer is NOT Nate from 400 days. He's a brand new character.
-Kent
Walter has returned...CONFIRMED!!
That sucks
I love a lot of scenes but I don't want to spoil them! For a very minor not-spoiler though, there's a really fun bit where Clementine plays a card game with the kids at the school to get to know them. It's the kind of fun character building scene that I love having in our games.
-Kent
Euchre?
I love all our weird children, but I have a special spot in my heart for Louis. He's got some really funny lines, and he's just a sweet goofball.
-Kent
Is Kenny's hat forgotten? Will it appear in TFS?
I honestly love the sound of that, can't wait to play it.
That's everything I wanted him to be thank you.
There will be scenes about AJ bonding with the new cast of survivors, and learning things about the world from before he was born.
-Kent
Ok Kent this is more like it...Character building....Character is the center of TWD...if we never learn about people how do we feel anything for when you meanies kill them in horrible ways...Please don't kill Clem!
No. I just love bricks.
-Kent
Not expecting an answer, just want you to see this.
Please reference Luke in TFS. He's the best season two character and I miss him.
TFS is built in the Telltale Tool.
There may be outfit changes based on story, but there is not a system to customize Clem's style or car.
There are stat screens similar to the ones we had in Batman! I think they look even cooler than those did, thanks to the excellent work of our UI artists.
The rest is spoilers
-Kent
That sounds like a fantastic character-driven scene! I can't wait to play it!
We have an awesome team of animators with very creative (and horrifying) thoughts that use their awesome skills to make the sickest zombie kills imaginable.
-Kent
How far in development are episodes 2-4?
I can imagine TFS now being just as good as the first season.
I am dying over here from all the Louis love this AMA is giving us.
YEEET BOI WALT'S BACK
1) I can confirm queer character(s) in the season!
re cute: Aw shucks
-Kent
that sounds really cool. Oh, you designers with your creative ideas.
Pizza with Pineapple YAH
-Kent
Outfit changes in regards to game choices? That sounds interesting.
Sinner.
That's all from me for this time! Thanks for all your awesome questions, sorry I didn't have time to get to more of them. I hope you're all looking forward to the game!!
Signing off-
-Kent
Yes, holy crap the hype levels are too high. Can't take it.
Thank you for answering both of my questions!
I actually have one last question to ask though.
Will the end credits music return this season like it was in S2?
He was real close to my question. Oh well, hope we can do this again before august 14.
Ok to recap from what he said...Walter is back and Chuck is back....Clem has no math skills...and the team is filled with sick minded people who animate dead human beings and have them dessecrated for our amusement.
20 days. HYPE
I hope it's spades. I'm gonna run a freakin' Boston on them kids.
what was your question...I am a genius when it comes to ferreting out the "truth"*