

Doug Avery Black Isle Studios Associate Producer - Icewind Dale II Additionally, they've added a new wallpaper, a new character portrait, and a few more screenshots.About This Game The Legendary RPG ReturnsOriginally released in 2000, Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition is the legendary Dungeons & Dragons RPG- freshly updated for modern adventurers.Ĭustomize a party of up to six heroes and venture across the icy tundra to battle monsters, plunder dungeons, and uncover secrets of the frozen wastes. I'll also be on the message boards to answer questions there. I'll keep you guys posted on what is happening periodically. to get all of the outstanding issues dealt with. Oz (Kevin Osburn) is, as usual, still beating on the buglist and working with Q.A. On the production side we are answering interview questions from many sources and working closely with our marketing department on the box and going over the possibility of a collector's edition. Programming is where we have allocated most of our resources to implement all of the 3E changes we're putting in. and have implemented a number of their suggestions for the areas. We've also gotten a lot of feedback from Q.A. All of the other designers are still polishing up theirs and concentrating on bug fixing.

On the design front, Rob Holloway and John Deiley are almost completely done with their areas. This will make Q.A.'s job much easier and will keep the game way more consistent with our 3E goals. We have also made the decision to cut the character kits and go with 3E multiclassing. You will be able to hide either of the two panels of the interface, the bottom portion with the text window and command buttons or the top portion with the character portraits. We are shrinking the character portraits down and putting them along the top of the bottom panel with their health bars underneath them. Artist Brian Menze is still working on the spell icons and they look fantastic, I can't wait to show them off. Over the course of the past few weeks, we've really been concentrating on getting the interface completed. Doug Avery paid another visit to the official Icewind Dale II website to let everyone know how development is coming along on the highly anticipated RPG:
