NW Vault has posted its latest hall of fame interview with Alex "Hugie" Hugon, creator of the module series, "Tale of a Mage". Tale of a Mage 2 has more custom items as well as music incorporated into the module. Would you say you grew from chapter 1? My first release of ‘The Uvudry Threat’ back in June/July of ’05 was QUITE different from what is on the Vault today—this past summer, I completely re-vamped the adventure, to set the scene better for second chapter. The process of building (and re-building) ‘The Uvudry Threat’ was a great learning experience for me, as the creation of first mods tends to be for builders. I relied heavily on the built-in wizards for journal entries, etc. in Chapter 1, which limited somewhat the freedom I had in editing and customizing various quests. By the time I started Chapter 2, I had learned how to make everything from scratch, which was SO much easier and more satisfying. Also, my ability to script increased exponentially from Chapter 1 to Chapter 2, and I think it shows… Read the rest over at NW Vault. |