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Hello everyone, welcome back to the channel of the game addict. Today I am going to talk about what got me into the field of game design, and how it did so. It was a cold December morning, after Christmas, I had gotten a video game for Christmas, The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. Some of the listeners out there may not be familiar with this game, so let me introduce you. You play as the Nerevarine, a hero out of Prophecy, and you have no idea who you are in the beginning of the game, and you start on a prison ship as a prisoner being released. It is a RPG style game with a sandbox nature, where you can do anything you like, and go anywhere in the world you like. Back to the story however, I was walking out of the starter town of Seyda Neen, when I was attacked by the most annoying creature in the game, the Cliffracer. The Cliffracer is a Pterodactyl like creature that there are literally millions of in the game, and they swarm all over you. They are very weak, but will attack you no matter how strong you are, and generally make your life harder in the game. I decided to go on the internet and see if I could find a cheat to make these pesky creatures vanish. I did not find one, however I did find something entirely better, a website that offered mod downloads. There were mods to erase the Cliffracers, but there was also so much more, such as mods that added NPCs, or Non-Player Characters, added cities, islands, even guns to a world that previously did not have guns. I was very inspired and decided to make my own mod, so I booted up the Construction Kit, which came with the game, and filled a previously abandoned dwarven tower with a group of bandits that would raid the countryside. However, after playing my mod for the first 30 minutes, I found something lacking, though I couldn’t place my finger on what that was. After playing other mods and the main story for a day or so, it hit me. I lacked a story line to my mod, there was no depth, no lore, nothing to pull the player in and never let them go. At this moment, I booted the kit up again, and created a lore, to make the bandits sort of like Robin Hood, and played again. The mod was much more enjoyable at this time, and I decided I liked doing this, and made up my mind to become a game designer, and design the main story of these types of games. Thank you for tuning into my channel today, see you on the other side.

Podcast (Game Addict no1, Morrowind)

Hello, welcome back to the channel of the game addict. Today I am going to tell you how the most annoying creatures in the game world inspired my artistic impulses, and set me down the path of the game designer. It was a cold December morning, after Christmas, I had gotten a video game for Christmas, The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. You may not be familiar with this game, so let me introduce you. You play as the Nerevarine, a hero out of Prophecy, and you have no idea who you are in the beginning of the game, and you start on a prison ship as a prisoner being released. It is a RPG style game with a sandbox nature, where you can do anything you like, and go anywhere in the world you like. Back to the story however, I was walking out of the starter town of Seyda Neen, minding my own business, when, SURPRISE, I was attacked by the most annoying creature in the game, the Cliffracer. The Cliffracer is a Pterodactyl like creature that there are literally millions of in the game, and they swarm all over you. They are very weak, but will attack you no matter how strong you are, and generally make your life harder in the game. I decided to go on the internet and see if I could find a cheat to make these pesky creatures vanish. I did not find one, however I did find something entirely better - a website that offered mod downloads. There were mods to erase the Cliffracers, but there was also so much more, such as mods that added NPCs, added cities, islands, even guns to a world that did not have guns. I was very inspired and decided to make my own mod, so I booted up the Construction Kit, which came with the game, and filled a previously abandoned Dwemer tower with a group of bandits that would raid the countryside. However, after playing my mod for the first 30 minutes, I found something lacking, though I couldn’t quite place my finger on what that was. After playing other mods and the main story for a few days, it finally hit me. I lacked a story line to my mod, there was no depth, no lore, nothing to pull the player in and keep them engaged. At this moment, I booted the kit up again, and created a story, to make the bandits like Robin Hood, and played again. The mod was much more enjoyable at this time, with the bandits only attacking you if you were a rich character, and actually giving you money if you were an impoverished player. I decided I liked doing this, and made up my mind to become a game designer, and design games that may never need improvement through mods, though I would welcome the artistic impulses used to create those mods. Thank you, see you on the other side.

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