John Epler @eplerjc A week of fantastic conversations and meetings with @patrickweekes and the rest of the writing and editing teams. There are weeks of work that are exhausting and draining, and weeks that are exhausting and heartening.
I am very lucky to work with such amazing people. Not just writing and editing, but folks like daniel_Kading as our Design Director, who has almost assuredly forgotten more about design than I will ever know.
Our games would not be what they are without the incredible editing ability of folks like @genevrael, @karinweekes and @el_cormier, even if Ryan mostly just uses Twitter to get angry about the Oilers.
And our writing team. People like @sherylchee , or @bbattye , or @sylvf1 , or @courtneywoods, or @biomarykirby, or @jaywatamaniuk - and others who are not on Twitter. They tell amazing stories and build incredible characters. I am very, very lucky that I get to work with them.
Anyways. My job is made infinitely easier by the fact that everyone I work with is vastly more talented than I am, and I succeed by being 'pretty okay' at a wide spread of things.
Jordan Palmer @jspalmeriv Damn if that’s means the Trespasser DLC is also ‘pretty okay’, then that is the new standard ‘mind-blowingly awesome’ to aspire to!🤩
John Epler @eplerjc Trespasser succeeded for exactly that reason - the people I work with did incredible work. daniel_Kading and his design team, @patrickweekes and his writing team, and I handled the cinematic side. A successful game is a team effort - no one person deserves credit.
Damn guys don't tease me like this. lol. If you manage to do it the last time I was this hyped for a game was ME 3...and well the endings kind of gave me a big ole deflation (until the EC of course).
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Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes We call this week Writer Voltron: writers and editors figuring out big stuff as a team. Thanks to @sylvf1 @el_cormier @sherylchee @bbattye @eplerjc @genevrael @karinweekes @courtneywoods, plus Luke and Dombrow. Exhausting but heartening, as Epler said.❤️
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This makes me very optimistic. Writing team looks really good (except for Courtney Woods, but only because I don't really know much about her works). Dombrow is amazing writer, he has been writing for many great games (ME3, Bioshok, Teltalles GoT. only MEA was kinda meh, but it's unclear what exactly he did there and this whole game was rushed). If they gonna give us the best game of series story wise, I'm willing to wait till 2012
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Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes We call this week Writer Voltron: writers and editors figuring out big stuff as a team. Thanks to @sylvf1 @el_cormier @sherylchee @bbattye @eplerjc @genevrael @karinweekes @courtneywoods, plus Luke and Dombrow. Exhausting but heartening, as Epler said.❤️
John Epler @eplerjc
This makes me very optimistic. Writing team looks really good (except for Courtney Woods, but only because I don't really know much about her works). Dombrow is amazing writer, he has been writing for many great games (ME3, Bioshok, Teltalles GoT. only MEA was kinda meh, but it's unclear what exactly he did there and this whole game was rushed). If they gonna give us the best game of series story wise, I'm willing to wait till 2012
Woods was one of the Descent DLC's writers. She also wrote Reyes for Andromeda.
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And our writing team. People like @sherylchee , or @bbattye , or @sylvf1 , or @courtneywoods, or @biomarykirby, or @jaywatamaniuk - and others who are not on Twitter. They tell amazing stories and build incredible characters. I am very, very lucky that I get to work with them.
Huh. Does that imply that Mary is back on Dragon Age after completing Anthem (hooray!!!) and that Jay Watamaniuk is now in their team too?
If so, that looks like a really neat Writer's Pit. (Obviously +Patrick Weekes. And I hope Lukas Kristjanson is back as well, but he's one of the ones not on Twitter AFAIK.)
"We call this week Writer Voltron: writers and editors figuring out big stuff as a team. Thanks to @sylvf1 @el_cormier @sherylchee @bbattye @eplerjc @genevrael @karinweekes @courtneywoods, plus Luke and Dombrow. Exhausting but heartening, as Epler said.❤️"
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"We call this week Writer Voltron: writers and editors figuring out big stuff as a team. Thanks to @sylvf1 @el_cormier @sherylchee @bbattye @eplerjc @genevrael @karinweekes @courtneywoods, plus Luke and Dombrow. Exhausting but heartening, as Epler said.❤️"
Sorry, I have no idea how to quote the twitter. 😁
So if we take both Patrick and Epler's tweets at face value, the writer team's got:
"We call this week Writer Voltron: writers and editors figuring out big stuff as a team. Thanks to @sylvf1 @el_cormier @sherylchee @bbattye @eplerjc @genevrael @karinweekes @courtneywoods, plus Luke and Dombrow. Exhausting but heartening, as Epler said.❤️"
Sorry, I have no idea how to quote the twitter. 😁
So if we take both Patrick and Epler's tweets at face value, the writer team's got:
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I mean, I could be wrong, but if I'm right, then this may be the biggest writing team I've ever seen for a DA game...
I think Patrick probably mentioned and thanks people who were on the meeting, with Epler mentioning writers across different franchises.
That makes more sense.
Although I was kinda hoping for Kirby to return to DA. I heard she was the one who came up with the ideas for most of Qunari society. (not to mention Varric and Vivienne)
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I think Patrick probably mentioned and thanks people who were on the meeting, with Epler mentioning writers across different franchises.
That makes more sense.
Although I was kinda hoping for Kirby to return to DA. I heard she was the one who came up with the ideas for most of Qunari society. (not to mention Varric and Vivienne)
I'm fairly certain that if there are some questions about the Qunari they can just ask her
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Although I was kinda hoping for Kirby to return to DA. I heard she was the one who came up with the ideas for most of Qunari society. (not to mention Varric and Vivienne)
Although it isn´t obligatory but i hope she can atleast write Sten/Arishok for DA 4.
I don´t think that any of her other characters (Ser Cauthrien, Loghain, Merrill, Vivienne and Varric) will return or even get a cameo.
John Epler @eplerjc Anyways. My job is made infinitely easier by the fact that everyone I work with is vastly more talented than I am, and I succeed by being 'pretty okay' at a wide spread of things.
Mark Darrah @biomarkdarrah Aww thanks John, I AM awesome.
I think Patrick probably mentioned and thanks people who were on the meeting, with Epler mentioning writers across different franchises.
That makes more sense.
Although I was kinda hoping for Kirby to return to DA. I heard she was the one who came up with the ideas for most of Qunari society. (not to mention Varric and Vivienne)
I’m also really hoping we get Mary Kirby. I believe she also did a lot of the Chant?
John Epler @eplerjc Anyways. My job is made infinitely easier by the fact that everyone I work with is vastly more talented than I am, and I succeed by being 'pretty okay' at a wide spread of things.
Mark Darrah @biomarkdarrah Aww thanks John, I AM awesome.
John Epler @eplerjc Anyways. My job is made infinitely easier by the fact that everyone I work with is vastly more talented than I am, and I succeed by being 'pretty okay' at a wide spread of things.
Mark Darrah @biomarkdarrah Aww thanks John, I AM awesome.
Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes Happy birthday to daniel _Kading, our fantastic Director of Design. Here’s hoping for a year full of kickass stuff we can only allude to vaguely!
Daniel Kading daniel _Kading I know it’s vexing but I promise you’re gonna love what Patrick’s doing with the person with the thing. (You know the one. Wears a shirt I think sometimes?)
Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes Well, we’ve ruled out Bull.
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The Inquisitor with the awesome new prosthetic hand, maybe? That would qualify as a person with a thing who also wears a shirt.
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One day, the magic will come back. All of it. Everyone will be just like they were. The shadows will part, and the skies will open wide. When he rises, everyone will see. -Sandal Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a world to save. Again. -Inquisitor
Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes Happy birthday to daniel _Kading, our fantastic Director of Design. Here’s hoping for a year full of kickass stuff we can only allude to vaguely!
Daniel Kading daniel _Kading I know it’s vexing but I promise you’re gonna love what Patrick’s doing with the person with the thing. (You know the one. Wears a shirt I think sometimes?)
Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes Well, we’ve ruled out Bull.
John Epler @eplerjc We really should've given him a shirt just for his romance scenes.
seb hanlon @hanlsp A mesh shirt, maybe.
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“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”
Eric Anderson @ericander94 Not sure if this question is taboo... but I’m curious—what happens to Skyhold after Trespasser?
Does the Inquisitor rent it out as an air bnd? Is it abandoned and now a squatter’s paradise? Or is it a Thedas tourist attraction/museum kind of situation?
Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes Hopefully this is something we will get to address in the future.
Eric Anderson @ericander94 Not sure if this question is taboo... but I’m curious—what happens to Skyhold after Trespasser?
Does the Inquisitor rent it out as an air bnd? Is it abandoned and now a squatter’s paradise? Or is it a Thedas tourist attraction/museum kind of situation?
Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes Hopefully this is something we will get to address in the future.
We go back to Skyhold and the Inquisitor walks the PC to the war room. Your character looks up as they pass through the hallway, and the player can see the hole in the wall there has finally been fixed. Roll credits.
