“In the first years you would have new exciting releases by community members every week, many which equaled professional products in quality. I think many people expected NWN to be a sort of spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate (and were consequently somewhat underwhelmed by NWN’s official campaign), but to those that took part in the custom content (modding) community, the true potential of NWN very quickly materialized,” said Søren Møller, the admin of Ravenloft, a prominent persistent world in Neverwinter Nights that will soon make the transition into the Enhanced Edition framework. “Initially, what attracted me to NWN was the opportunities it offered of unfolding your creativity. Three top investment pros open up about what it takes to get your video game funded.Ĭommunity in creation seems to be the common denominator in why the game is so beloved. Without it and the new Neverwinter Nights Vault it might not have survived.” At a time when the old Neverwinter Nights Vault at IGN and the predecessor of the BioWare Social Network closed, soon to be followed by the Bioware Social Network itself, the Custom Content Challenge was exactly what was needed to keep the community strong. There were discussions about what was being made and what the community would like to be made for Neverwinter Nights. “People took an interest in what others were creating instead of just downloading the finished product. “I think the Custom Content Challenge was the reason I became a member of the community and not just someone who created stuff for a game.” The Custom Content Challenge is a community-driven monthly design prompt that asks creators to make content around a given theme, and it’s still going strong to this day. Jörn Preine, a popular tileset creator otherwise known as “Old Inventory” in the Neverwinter Nights community, was initially drawn in by the allure of creation and the community interest in each other’s work. Neverwinter Nights brought out people’s creative and technical sides.
Above: The original Neverwinter Nights came out in 2002, and was a big leap forward for D&D games in terms of presentation.
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