Travis Stout is a developer who worked at Obsidian Entertainment on Fallout: New Vegas and its add-ons as a writer and area designer.
Biography[edit]
Travis is originally from Florida.[Dev 1] He graduated from Full Sail University with an Associate of Science in Computer Animation in 2000.[Ext 1]
Career[edit]
Early on, Stout worked at pen-and-paper RPG companies as a writer. At first it was at a small company before working at White Wolf Games, which ended with him creating several White Wolf and Dungeons and Dragons tabletop scenarios and adventures.[Dev 1] He joined Obsidian Entertainment in September 2005, and work there until October 2011. He worked as a writer for a few companies before joining Massive Entertainment in 2016, where he works to the present day as an expert narrative designer.[Ext 1]
Fallout Series[edit]
Stout is credited as an area designer, and writer on Fallout: New Vegas, and as an area and narrative designer for its DLCs.[1]
Stout wrote the dialogue for Raul Tejada, Lily, all of the intelligent appliances in The Sink, the Brain Tank, the Lonesome Road version of ED-E,[Dev 1] Waking Cloud, Follows-Chalk, Salt-Upon-Wounds[Ext 2] and Bert Gunnarsson.[Dev 2]
He also wrote The Misfits, and co-wrote Goodsprings with Eric Fenstermaker.[Dev 3] He also worked on the dialogue and quest design for the Great Khans.[Dev 1]
Stout is included in the "Special Thanks" section of the All Roads graphic novel.[2]
Employment History[edit]
| From | To | Company | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2005 | October 2011 | Obsidian Entertainment | Designer |
| October 2011 | March 2013 | Undead Labs | Writer |
| March 2013 | May 2016 | Ubisoft | Scriptwriter |
| May 2016 | Present | Massive Entertainment | Senior writer |
Credits[edit]
Fallout Series[edit]
| Year | Title | Credited |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 |  Fallout: New Vegas | Writer Area designer |
| 2011 |  Dead Money | Area and Narrative Designer |
| 2011 |  Honest Hearts | Area and Narrative Designer |
| 2011 |  Old World Blues | Area and Narrative Designer |
| 2011 |  Lonesome Road | Area and Narrative Designer |
Other Work[edit]
| Year | Title | Credited |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Neverwinter Nights 2 | Additional Design |
| 2010 | Alpha Protocol | Writer Designer |
| 2011 | Dungeon Siege III | Writer |
| 2013 | State of Decay | Writer |
| 2014 | South Park: The Stick of Truth | Additional Design |
| 2014 | Assassin's Creed: Unity | Story Scriptwriting |
| 2015 | Assassin's Creed: Syndicate | Scriptwriting |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Profile On: Games Writer Travis Stout
- ↑ Fallout: New Vegas Developer Statements - Characters; Joshua Sawyer: Bert Gunnarsson Writing Credit and Cut Mormonism Dialogue, 2013 May 5
- ↑ Fallout: New Vegas Developer Statements - Miscellaneous; Joshua Sawyer: Main Game Credits, 2012 June 23
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Travis Stout's Linkedin
- ↑ Fallout: New Vegas 10th Anniversary Charity Stream (reference starts at 2:45:28)
Joshua Sawyer: "Travis Stout wrote Waking Cloud and Follows-Chalk. [...] And I think Travis also wrote Salt-Upon-Wounds."