Please note that new user registrations disabled at this time.

International One-Day NPC(tm) Day, February 15

This forum is to be used for all discussions pertaining to BioWare's Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
Post Reply
User avatar
jcompton
Posts: 427
Joined: Tue Apr 16, 2002 4:59 pm
Contact:
Contact jcompton

International One-Day NPC(tm) Day, February 15

Post by jcompton »

Every so often somebody asks me "How long did it take to write Kelsey?" or "How long have you been writing the Nalia romance?" and I answer "a very long time."

And then I sit and think about that, and realize that quite a lot of work gets done if I just sit down and work all day on something. The Banter Packs were written in just a few busy weekends, basically.

So I asked myself... "Knowing what I know by now, how thorough of an NPC could I make in one day, start to finish?"

So I'm going to find out, on Sunday, when I will write and release an NPC in one day, before I go to bed in any case.

I'm not organizing this as an Iron Modder-style "contest", although I certainly welcome others joining me in the exercise and making it a sort of international holiday. Or festival. (Celebration? Something.) I'll be happy to put any fellow One-Day NPC(tm) projects up for hosting.

To monitor the One-Day NPC developments, watch http://www.forgottenwars.net for details.
"t's a testament to the determined RPG fraternity that a number of Baldur's Gate II mods have been successfully produced. The best can be found at pocketplane.net." - PC Gamer UK
Top
User avatar
Mini Me
Posts: 535
Joined: Tue Sep 25, 2001 10:00 pm
Location: England
Contact:
Contact Mini Me

Post by Mini Me »

hahaha sounds like a great idea!
i can test through the day if need be?
'My pantaloons are full of weasels. Inform the Queen, so that she might shoo them away. Here we go 'round the mulberry bush. Go monkey GO!'-Wanev
Have you ever heard any more inspiring or logical words? I sure haven't.
Top
User avatar
CM
Posts: 10552
Joined: Fri May 18, 2001 11:00 am
Location: Here
Contact:
Contact CM

Post by CM »

Does that include character visualization and scripting?

PS. Bring back Fable to SYM!
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? - Khalil Gibran

"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
Top
User avatar
jcompton
Posts: 427
Joined: Tue Apr 16, 2002 4:59 pm
Contact:
Contact jcompton

Post by jcompton »

Visualization? Well, I've been doing some brainstorming but I haven't committed anything to paper or digital file.

But all the script/code work will be done in one day, yes.
"t's a testament to the determined RPG fraternity that a number of Baldur's Gate II mods have been successfully produced. The best can be found at pocketplane.net." - PC Gamer UK
Top
User avatar
Galmar
Posts: 122
Joined: Thu Dec 25, 2003 5:19 am
Contact:
Contact Galmar

Post by Galmar »

Should be interesting, will you continue to work on the NPC after the deadline, to fix bugs and just generally improve it. Or just forget about it all together and keep it as a 1 day project?
What goes around's been around.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn”