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IWD Completed Mods => Icewind Dale NPCs => Topic started by: Kulyok on February 22, 2008, 02:11:22 PM
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Basically, I could release it today - without the expansions, portraits, voicing, proofreading, editing, testing, and checking interjections for bugs(and there is at least one, I recall), but with all content for the original campaign.
Of course, I won't; won't even think about it. :) Still, good news!
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...wow. Is that some kind of writing record? Congratulations!
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Amazing :)
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Good jorb!
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Wow, indeed!
(You would never do it, but still, I know the feeling, it is tempting.)
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Hey, that's amazing news. Time for me to fire up the ol' PC and install my IWD again. Ever efficient, Kulyok: good job. :)
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I just saw the project and it's in alpha already...I must be in heaven by now ;D
Cheers!
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So, tell us - how many months from conception to first alpha?
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Congratulations! I don't play IWD, so not likely to see it, but congratulations nonetheless.
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So, tell us - how many months from conception to first alpha?
I've been thinking about the characters in December. I was head over heels busy with Angelo at that point, so it was hopeless to try to do something else(It was something like: Me: "Look, I've got to write some IWD NPC content over the New Year holidays, so let's resume work on Angelo around January 10, right?" - SisterV: "Sure, of course. By the way, here's another encounter for Angelo, and, please, code these additional lovetalks." - Me: "Grr."). But I more or less started writing at the beginning of the New Year.
And thank you, everyone.
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That's.... fast work.
Having never completed even the main game I have no idea how long the expansions are, but I would assume they're smaller than IWD and youre well on your way to completion.
That must be some kind of record.
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It's not, honestly. Flirt Pack and Banter pack were completed in a couple of weekends. Many writers/modders write as fast or faster; or much faster. The thing is, they may have other obligations, children, shifting code for other projects, etc. I'm only interested in telling stories. :)
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I think we have already got used to your amazing quality AND quantity writing in such a short periods of time... Once you have the beta, I volunteer for testing. If you plan to test it officially, that is.
The one thing that bugs me about this mod is the number of characters available -- 5. But, oh well, you can't have everything.
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I will test it, of course, and thank you very much for the offer.
The one thing that bugs me about this mod is the number of characters available -- 5. But, oh well, you can't have everything.
That's the thing: IWD is not geared towards replayability as much as BG2, and so is IWD NPC.
Besides, you see people arriving to IWD2 NPC forum and stating from the start: okay, I read your character outlines, and I didn't like them; will there be more characters? I want a different char! Nooo, I say, it won't do. Try these five first.
I could easily add a few more outlines, the obligatory dwarf, another female, etc, but it'll turn to obligatory "and now I must fill these gaps, and now I must complete his/her banters; gods, I am tired of this" soon enough.
Which is why I didn't go forward with "BG1 NPC in IWD" idea. Overall, I've done about 10% of writing for BG1 NPC, and with the exception of Xan stuff, it was a job to finish; an enjoyable one, but not pure, unadulterated fun, the way it is/was with Xan, Dungeon Crawl, or IWD NPC. Same with RE: at the end of July, I felt my energy was running out, so it was time to stop and release/code and test something others made, and release, not to push for quantity(though, yes, just like with BG1 NPC, RE materials are very diverse).
I believe in the rule "when the modder/writer is having fun, it shows". Let's hope you'll believe me when you see the end result. :)
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Don't know if you already got one, but here's a banner with those amazing portraits from Mrs. Cake:
http://i31.tinypic.com/oe8ax.gif
As always, suggest/flame away.
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edit: nvm
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Wow! jcomptooooooooooooooon, look at this!
Thank you, I liked it a lot - great stuff.
Now, I guess, only Tiax and Xan Friendship for BG1 remain non-covered. :)