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BioWare Seeking Out Writers... Through Contest
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Posted: 3rd December 2005 16:37
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BioWare, the folks behind several hit online roleplaying games such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and the upcoming XBox 360 title, Mass Effect, is holding a contest that could land you a job as a professional writer for the popular game company. How so? As part of their search for fresh and creative ideas to help inspire their future releases, BioWare is asking anyone interested in having their work noticed on a far grander scale to come up with unique concepts for a new Neverwinter Nights module using the Aurora NWN Toolset and Dialogue Editor. If your written work is chosen, you could soon find yourself as a part of the biz!
According to the contest parameters, the module description must contain a maximum of 3500 words or less, including all settings and dialogue in the story; the time period itself must be set within a medieval era, yet possess a fantasyesque atmosphere. Also, no more than four characters are allowed to be present in the module, with only one of which being playable. Additional requirements, guidelines and links to the downloadable tools needed to create a module are listed on the official site's contest page. A panel of judges on behalf of BioWare will select three of the best submissions as winners, and five more winners will be selected by the Neverwinter Nights community at NWVault. These final eight entries will then be reviewed by Kevin Barrett and James Ohlen - both of the development company's senior staff - with the ultimate prizes in mind: Rewarding the very best writers with an assortment of BioWare merchandise as well as the possibility of hiring the most talented participants as official writers for the company. "BioWare needs good writers to make the best games we can and we are asking all of you to tell us a story." The contest's submission deadline is January 30th, 2006. -------------------- Words of Wisdom: If something can go wrong, it will. If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. - Murphy’s Law Boing! Zoom! - Mr. Saturn |
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Posted: 3rd December 2005 17:08
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I checked this out earlier at RPGFan.com and I think it seems like a worthwhile endeavour except for the fact that they demand you create this story with their mod builder thing. I mean, I can understand that part too and whatnot, but kinda' sucks for those of us that don't have it. Unless it's a freeware download, I can't get my hands on it anytime soon, alas.
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Posted: 6th December 2005 12:58
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Yeah, that is kinda a bummer. I definitely woulda gone for it - well, if I had a regular Windows-based PC.
Although the page contains links to all sorts o' tutorials as well as links to the dialogue editor, existing modules and the like on the left of the page, I'm having a hard time trying to find the Aurora mod builder anywhere. They've claimed before that it's in their download section, but I have yet to come across it. Perhaps they stuck it somewhere else? -------------------- Words of Wisdom: If something can go wrong, it will. If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. - Murphy’s Law Boing! Zoom! - Mr. Saturn |
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