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A Moonless Night by Kevin Chan Interview by Jay Watamaniuk Go to (Previous - Introduction, Myranni's Magic, Walking with a Ghost, A Hero's Death, Firestarter, The Realm Below, A Moonless Night, Aspects, The Badger, the Cat and the Book, Grains of Truth, Find the Fish!, Ghosts of the Past, To Hell and Back - Next ) Where can I find your module A Moonless Night?My module can be found at NWVault. What was the toughest thing about writing a module with such strict parameters?
An immersive module needs a convincing atmosphere, the PC needs a motivation, and NPCs need personalities. To accommodate role-play, there has to be multiple dialogue threads (e.g. for good/evil PCs) and player decisions have to affect the outcome. All of this made the word count add up quickly. While I didn't want the module to be too verbose, it wouldn't be a BioWare-worthy entry if it wasn't descriptive. Many people thought my entry was too linear, and that there was too much running back and forth. I agree with them. Non-linearity needs more dialogue threads than I could afford. Would you turn this module into something longer at some point?I might expand this module as a full-blown side quest in a proper game, if I get back to module-making with NWN2. The module was too short to establish a big picture, but it's self-contained enough to fit any typical, high-fantasy setting. What are your favorite authors?I don't have any favorite authors. This will sound crazy for a module-maker who entered a writing contest: I don't read many books, and I've only played one fan-made module ever. I prefer creating on my own. Having said that, the most recent books I've enjoyed were The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) and Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden). Mr. Brown has compelling ideas, and Mr. Golden crafts believable characters. Go to (Previous - Introduction, Myranni's Magic, Walking with a Ghost, A Hero's Death, Firestarter, The Realm Below, A Moonless Night, Aspects, The Badger, the Cat and the Book, Grains of Truth, Find the Fish!, Ghosts of the Past, To Hell and Back - Next ) Related Links |
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The toughest parameter of the contest to work with was the word count. It was difficult to make the module immersive and write a story at the same time.
