Thanks to my daughter who can only nap in the...

December 21, 2005 by Adam in NWN2

Thanks to my daughter who can only nap in the car, I put in an hour or so of quality writing time yesterday. I focused on the Bioware writing contest, putting myself further over the 3500 word limit. I'd like to consider myself beyond mere numbers at this point, though it still irks me how bad my estimation skills are.

I woke up this morning and turned my peak creative brain towards why the foes in the psionic combat were showing up invisible. Soon enough, my brain had the answer - they were doing it because they had no other choice. Soon enough, I realized the error of my ways and gave the NPCs the skill to change into other forms. I picked a third rank opponent and soon enough I was facing a red dragon and things were going poorly.

It still needs a lot of work. The PC can't change into all available forms due to a menu problem. The balance doesn't feel quite right. The AI needs tweaking in order to make it more intelligent. I need a lot more mental bursts (sort of like spells) to liven things up. I need to build up the island itself that hosts these initial combats. Still, progress is being made and it's turning out approximately how I envisioned.

I'm on the road tomorrow, travelling to Portland. That may mean more writing time or more interruptions to my project time. We'll see how it goes.