Like An Ultra-Violent Spelling Bee

April 07, 2009 by Adam in NWN2

PJJ pointed out that a couple doors didn't work with the Alphabet Assault mini-game, an embarrassing newbie sort of mistake. That was quickly fixed, as well as adding "rest altars" where players could heal up before heading into the next big battle. Some of the fights in this area are immensely difficult, mostly to encourage players to use the word-spelling attack system.

In terms of the system itself, I personally enjoy reading a particularly verbose assault adjective and then bursting through the door like a crazed librarian. It's mostly optional, like many of the mini-games, and people can simply use brute force to make their way to their goal.

I've sent along the latest beta to PJJ, and hopefully this is the magic version with no show-stopping bugs. I mostly worry that he hasn't gotten to the final area yet, as that's bound to have an issue or two (if I'm lucky).

I'm still struggling to find a good place to post files, as 4shared ended up being painfully slow to download. I may end up posting open betas on the Vault, which is a fairly public way to show off my embarrassing mistakes. We'll see how it goes.