Interviews

Neverwinter Nights (NWN) was supposed to be the best multiplayer Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) role-playing game (RPG) ever made. Not only were we going to tell a story of our own creation, but we were going to enable others to tell their stories, on their own servers. It sounded pretty cool to us -- then we realized that we had the task of making it! This article addresses the design for user-created content, design limitations imposed by the multiplayer focus of the game, the staffing requirements required to fulfill this vision, developing the game for multiple platforms simultaneously, and reputation systems.