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The original GURPS Fallout campaign predating the entire franchise still exists thanks to a handwritten note just found by co-creator Tim Cain
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Somewhere in the ether, there’s evidence of the Generic Universal Role Playing System, or GURPS, version of Interplay’s Fallout, in…
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says good level designers shouldn't "assume anything the player is going to do in a particular order"
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Fallout co-creator Tim Cain has stressed the importance of not assuming what the players are going to do if your…
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain is "looking forward" to generative AI for games, TV, and his doctor appointments in dire predictions: "Like a game and you want more content? It'll just generate it"
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Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says a world where AI generates games, TV shows, and even doctor’s appointments is inevitable, and…
D&D's most annoying rule helped Fallout co-creator Tim Cain get his big break at legendary RPG studio Interplay after he flexed on the job interview
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Fallout co-creator Tim Cain owes the job that truly got him started as a game developer to his ability to…
Fallout 3 is famously green, but series co-creator Tim Cain didn't even notice because he's colorblind: "I was blown away"
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Fallout 3 always has been and forever will be drowning in the color green – a visual hue that game…
Most of the original Fallout's "dark humor" was added just to make co-creator Tim Cain laugh: "We made this game for each other. When it shipped, we were like, 'Well, I hope other people like it!'"
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It turns out all it takes to make one of the most influential RPGs of all time is a team…
Fallout was a "B-tier side project" compared to the D&D "money teams" at Interplay, says series co-creator Tim Cain: "We're off in the corner"
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There was a time when Fallout was seen as more of a cute, playtime project than the multi-bajillion-dollar IP Bethesda…
Tim Cain worked 12 hour days and 7-day weeks making Fallout not because of crunch, but because "we loved what we were doing"
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Fallout co-creator Tim Cain has shared his memory of an average day making the original Fallout at Interplay Entertainment, revealing…
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says "there's so much arguing" about games to the point some fans and devs are leaving altogether, but his wisdom is "buy the games you want to see more of," especially indies: "It's the only way forward through this I can see"
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Tim Cain, who created the original concept for Fallout and led the development of the first game, has been around…