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Sanvean · 08-07-2007, 12:19 AM

When I worked on Dark Castle, I revamped a number of zones because the writing was so appalling and it ended up being a LOT of fun to do.

On Armageddon, I've rewritten several zones -- the most challenging was with a major city (Allanak), and managing to do so in a way that didn't interrupt play and making it part of a plot line was difficult, but we managed to pull it off. Another approach I've employed on there has been to introduce a rewritten zone (Tuluk) first in skeletal, unbuilt state and slowly move it towards the builder's overall idea.

The only time we've actually scrapped a zone, we had an earthquake (the same one that affected the major city, actually) that explained its disappearance.

08-07-2007, 12:19 AM	#12
Sanvean Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 99	Re: What to do about old content? When I worked on Dark Castle, I revamped a number of zones because the writing was so appalling and it ended up being a LOT of fun to do. On Armageddon, I've rewritten several zones -- the most challenging was with a major city (Allanak), and managing to do so in a way that didn't interrupt play and making it part of a plot line was difficult, but we managed to pull it off. Another approach I've employed on there has been to introduce a rewritten zone (Tuluk) first in skeletal, unbuilt state and slowly move it towards the builder's overall idea. The only time we've actually scrapped a zone, we had an earthquake (the same one that affected the major city, actually) that explained its disappearance.