Birger's NWN Blog-Archive

Hi everyone 😀 Yeah, you read that right -- another one of my modules is getting the EE-treatment (= is being updated to work with  Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition ) 😋 Since I currently have plans to write an E-book version of Surviving Horror 1 , I wanted to update myself regarding the story and areas of the adventure.  So, naturally - I found the best way to do that would be to actually play through it again (who would've thought!). 😄 I had actually forgotten how thick the atmosphere is in SH1... I love it! To my shock, though - I wasn't even able to get to the second area because the area transitions were all broken! 😅  This was actually my first time booting up SH1 in many years and I had NO IDEA this had happened. I'm so sorry for anyone who has tried playing it but haven't been able to! 😔💛 I thought to myself:  "Man, I can't just leave it like this... even though it probably works with the Diamond / Original version of Neverwinter Nights, but...

Hey everyone 😊, I hope everything is well with you, especially considering the current state of the world, and if you're having a tough time -- I send both power and positive energy your way! 💛 BLOG ANNIVERSARY Today, I'm having the great honor to write this blog's 100th post ( maan , how time has flown!). Yeah, it's been that many posts since I started this blog way back in 2008.  I did a bunch of posts before that on my old NWN blog though, which you can find a link to at the Blog-archive, at the bottom of this blog , in case you want to read about the development of Surviving Horror 2 , it's Beta-test or some other old-school stuff.  NEW BLOG LAYOUT (1-3) I've also updated the blog's layout , in order to make the blog work better for you all on both desktop AND  mobile . I'll give you a quick overview of the new layout below, in case you haven't familiarized yourself with it yet: 1. At the top of the blog:   ~ Searchbar ~ HOME button ~ Subs...

Hey everyone, glad you wanted to pay me a visit :) As you may or may not know, I wrote and designed NWN modules between the years 2003-2009 , and I've had a nagging feeling for a long time that I want to do something more with them.  But what,  has been the main question. I've finally come to a conclusion: I'm going to write e-book versions of them . And this is going to be the place where I tell you about it.  But what about the PC-character? Players have made their own hero or heroine while playing my NWN mods, so how would this take form within an e-book? Well, I need to cement some kind of main character in order for an E-book format to work.  I've reflected upon this a lot as well, and when it comes to other games, I usually tend to use the same name for my characters. And especially when it comes to the Mass Effect & Dragon Age games.  A recurring name, which I actually used for the very first time in NWN (namely in  Stefan Gagne's The ...

Hey everyone :) Today, first and foremost, I was pleasantly suprised to see that a new module has been released from one of my favorite NWN1 Authors -- namely --  Chris Huntoon!   This new module will definitely be on the forefront of my playlist for the coming weeks! :P  Chris just releasing a new module made me think of his older work ... one that, still to this day, is one of my favorites among NWN1 modules.  Namely Shadow from a Soul of Fire  (SSF), whose mere name sends chills down my spine. Yeah, that's how much I love it.  So... why do I love it so much? It's (1) mysterious ... it's (2) dark ... and (3) creepy, in a cozy way . A trinity that I personally prefer very much.  Most of Chris' work is, in one way or another, inspired by Lovecraft , so if you're familiar with Lovecraft's work, then you'll feel right at home.  If not... then you can feel intrigued, since Lovecraft is considered to be one of the worlds most influential horror auth...

Hey everyone, hope everything is well with you all! 😀  At the end of last year I actually began replaying the Official Campaign (OC) for Neverwinter Nights! I'm having a blast, at lot more fun than I thought I would, actually.  I mean, the campaign is old, the game was first released in 2002 and my first thoughts were: I really love playing Neverwinter Nights modules and I would really like to love the OC as well, but does it still hold today? And yes, in my opinion, it does.  I love the characters (especially Linu, she's my NWN-OC-waifu 😉) and I personally feel the Bioware writing in them.  Sure, they're more primitively written than characters from Mass Effect, but that isn't especially strange, since Neverwinter Nights actually has its 20th year anniversary this year . But for its time, the characters are really great. 😍  The OC is especially nice when played with Beamdog's Enhanced Edition . If you haven't picked it up yet, I really recommend that you do...

 Hi everyone. :) Thanks to NWN community member Mmat , I've just uploaded Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition versions of my duology modules, which consists of: Calm before the Storm   (Part 1 of the Duology) & A New Journey Begins (Part 2 of the Duology) If you already own Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition and want to try this duology out (or maybe revisit it with improved graphics and performance?), then click/touch on the two links above and in the Files section on each page, look for "The EE-version of CbtS" and "The EE-version of ANJB" , respectively.  If you don't own NWN: EE and want to buy it, you can do so through the links below: *  NWN: EE on STEAM *  NWN: EE on GoG (Includes the original Diamond Edition of NWN) In either case, if you decide to try them out or revisit them, then I'd appreciate if you'd leave a vote on the Neverwinter Vault once you're done. 💖 I personally see these two module adventures as my own ve...

Hi again, long time, eh? ;)  Just wanted to tell ya that I just submitted my Memorial Stone to the Sea of Stars Kickstarter game .  What's a memorial stone, you ask? Well, as a backer of the game (which I am) on specific backer tiers, you got the opportunity to design a grave stone with text that will be placed in a crypt within the game. I pondered for awhile what my memorial stone text would be and then it hit me -- of course, my NWN-modules needs to be honored. I mean, these modules are also ours (yeah, I mean you ;) ), since you too have a relationship to them after having played them. So, in a way, this memorial stone honors the memory of the adventures we've shared together in the NWN-modules that I created, for both you and me to enjoy. 💗 Here's how the memorial stone (with it's text) is going to look like  within the game : Sea of Stars is heavily inspired by Chrono Trigger and other similar 90s RPGs, so if that's your cup of tea, then be sure to wishlist ...