Overview
- In a new interview, the BioWare veteran said the job left him running on fumes and hurting his health.
- He described constant creative compromises as studio head, with his vision challenged on a big-budget project.
- He said contract talks to bring author Peter Hamilton onto Exodus were grueling and nearly killed him.
- Exodus remains in development as a sci-fi RPG with time-dilation gameplay, with Wizards of the Coast reported as the funder and a 2027 target.
- Ohlen has shifted to writing RPG adventure books at Arcanum Worlds, while cofounder Jesse Sky now leads creative on Exodus.