Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion gets a whole gamejam dedicated to Persuasion Pie, co-hosted by a Don't Nod developer
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Summary
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion’s persuasion wheel allows players to increase an NPC’s affection through interactions labelled “Admire”, “Joke”, “Coerce” and “Boast”
Developers obsessed with this highly specific mechanic are staging a game jam dedicated to Bethesda’s persuasion pie called Wheeljam 2025, which runs from 13 March to 20 March, coinciding with the 19th anniversary of Oblivion’s launch
It is hosted on Itch.io and encourages participants to “iterate on the original persuasion-puzzle concept” with the winner to be decided by the hosts, although there will be prizes in the form of 3D-printed Oblivion Persuasion Models for particularly noteworthy entries
Categories include “Hotwheels” for extravagant graphical enhancements, “Reinvent The Wheel” for unusual implementations of the mechanic, and “Put The We In Wheel” for games with multiple wheels.
