BioWare Writing Contest Entries Now Available

[nein89]

As of this morning, the modules submitted for BioWare's writing contest (http://www.bioware.com/biozone/articles/2005_11_30_WritingContest/index.html) are available for download. You can look through them and cast your votes here. (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.List&category_select_id=28)

Anybody else from EA have an entry?

[bradlay]

What's the EA entry?

[PIPBoy3000]

I submitted my entry (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=4517). I think it turned out relative well, considering the extreme limits on the module. You can only use 3500 words, including dialog, journal entries, and so on. It must take place in a single 4x4 area. You can't have any combat.

I think my entry captured the main things I was shooting for. It's a preview of Dark Waters (http://adamandjamie.com/da), my NWN2 campaign, and has the proper piratey feel. There's lots of branching and options to resolve the quest (as many as fit within a 3500 word quest anyway). It also has a twisted sense of humor that's always fun to write for.

We're working on a version with voice acting that'll hopefully be released in the next few days. It's an aspect of the campaign that I very much want to highlight if I can. Good voice acting can really help with the immersion of a story.

[nein89]

What's the EA entry?

Well, mine's here (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=4588), but I decided against putting it in the news submission. I barely qualify as a lurker around here at any rate, so.

I'll be curious to see how it fares; by the time I finished, I felt like there probably wasn't enough structure to it. 3500 words sneaks up on you fast.

Good luck with yours, PIP. I'll be sure to take a look at it this evening.

[PIPBoy3000]

I actually started another submission, but quickly realized that I seriously underestimated the 3500 word limit. I think I got up to 4500 or more and realized that it just wasn't a good submission. Fortunately it's not all wasted - it'll work fine within the real module that we'll release.

And good luck to you too. Making this submission was an occasionally grueling process and I have great respect for those who made it through.

[[Jez]]

I wonder how many of these quests we will see in Dragon Age :p

[amusedtoe]

Oops, I totally lost track of working on my entry. :D