I've been going through the entire game, test...

May 17, 2003 by Adam in NWN1

I've been going through the entire game, testing out all the areas in preparation for a bigger test by others. I'm finding that the game is simply huge. After two hours, I barely got halfway through the game, even though I knew what to do and ignored much of the dialog. I have about a half a page of things to fix, from balance issues to show-stoppers where the player isn't moved to the next area properly.

I've fixed some of them already, jumping back and forth to take care of problems as I find them. Some were easy and mostly cosmetic. A few may take some research on my part. The hardest thing is that it's getting to the point where I'm not sure it'll be fun for others to play. I'm so immersed in getting it working that the "cool" effect has long since faded. I did chuckle at a few lines of dialog I'd forgotten, so I suppose it's not all bad.

I'm basically done with development at this point. Yesterday I fleshed out a few areas that were otherwise boring, putting in some treasure, tricks, and traps. I also spent a bunch of time testing the Summer Palace assault map, fixing a game-crashing bug that was fairly annoying.