Looking for modders (for science)
Maarud
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I’m posting here as someone who needs your help to shed some light on the works of the awesome BG/IWD/PST/NWN modding communities.
I’m an academic involved in the project(s) aimed at critical assessment of D&D-based/inspired digital games. Right now, I’m specifically looking for modders and community members who have contributed to modifications/modules based on Infinity Engine and Neverwinter Nights games.
If you wish to help me out and are willing to take a quick questionnaire or get involved in a short, semi-structured conversation, please contact me here or at mfelczak@swps.edu.pl. All the data from the study is anonymized by default. If you wish your input to be de-anonymized in the future research outcome (which would likely include peer-reviewed papers), you will have an option to do so. In exchange I can offer my never-ending gratitude and eternal (albeit symbolic) glory ?
If you wish to know more about the project(s) or myself, feel free to contact me via mail/PM or post in this thread. I hope this is not against any forum rules, but in case it does, please accept my apologies. Again, thanks for your interest!
I’m an academic involved in the project(s) aimed at critical assessment of D&D-based/inspired digital games. Right now, I’m specifically looking for modders and community members who have contributed to modifications/modules based on Infinity Engine and Neverwinter Nights games.
If you wish to help me out and are willing to take a quick questionnaire or get involved in a short, semi-structured conversation, please contact me here or at mfelczak@swps.edu.pl. All the data from the study is anonymized by default. If you wish your input to be de-anonymized in the future research outcome (which would likely include peer-reviewed papers), you will have an option to do so. In exchange I can offer my never-ending gratitude and eternal (albeit symbolic) glory ?
If you wish to know more about the project(s) or myself, feel free to contact me via mail/PM or post in this thread. I hope this is not against any forum rules, but in case it does, please accept my apologies. Again, thanks for your interest!
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Hello! The study is mostly about the interplay between tabletop D&D and digital games which adapt the D&D ruleset. We're also interested in modding culture in general, e.g. the workflow, inspirations etc., especially in cRPGs with such a long history of continuous interest from the players and modders alike.
If someone agrees to help us out in this research, I will send a file with a short list of open-ended questions (up to 10) which can be answered at the recipient's discretion - which means, basically, that you can pick-and-choose on which topics you would like to elaborate. There's also an option to arrange a call via Skype/Zoom, should the written format be less convenient.
The bottom line is that it's very much a humanities-focused research, so no experimental treatments nor invasive data gathering methods would be implemented, we'd just like to get some first-hand accounts of IE/Aurora engines modding