BioWare including toolset with Dragon Age Origins

by Justin McElroy { Aug 29th 2008 at 10:00AM }

Though we're sure BioWare PC fans appreciated how free it was, having to wait for Mass Effect DLC must have been tough for them after getting used to creating their own content in Neverwinter Nights. Today, the company announced it would be returning to form with Dragon Age Origins, revealing the content creation tools that will be packed in with the game.

We've put full details after the jump, but expect to be able to fully customize and create your own Dragon Age adventures and share them with the rest of the community. If you want an early look at the tools, you can head to PAX, where they'll be on display Sunday afternoon.

Create Original Adventures - Using the rich set of Dragon Age assets and locations as starting blocks, users can modify these stunning areas by adding new quests, characters and scripting to craft their own adventures, fate-defining conversations and cut-scenes.
Powerful Script Editor - Users can fully customize combat and creature AI, allowing them to create detailed action sequences full of heart-pounding party-based tactical combat.
Content Creators Community - BioWare plans to have a dedicated community area online where content creators can share content easily and get content updates for the toolset. -- On-Going Toolset Content Updates - BioWare plans to release additional assets and features for the toolset in the future, allowing for expanded creation of new areas.

Tags: bioware, dragon-age, dragon-age-origins, ea, pax-2008, ugc

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jakka(Naked Peach Brigade) @ Aug 29th 2008 10:10AM

Kudos to Bioware. More Devs should release the SDK for their games.

Durinthal @ Aug 29th 2008 10:30AM

While I rarely take advantage of it myself, it's always nice to see developers releasing tools that let players expand their game.

deadjesterx @ Aug 29th 2008 10:34AM

Awesome. My anticipation for this game just keeps getting higher.

Yubastard @ Aug 29th 2008 10:33AM

yeah, yeah, this is awesome! creating new quests is enough to make it really compelling

Maverick Saturn @ Aug 29th 2008 10:56AM

Omgzorz! It's Michael Jackson's final transformation!

theturtle363 @ Aug 29th 2008 10:59AM

While usually I love Bioware and whatever they make, Dragon Age looks kinda bleh.

Sagan @ Aug 29th 2008 12:00PM

This was mentioned before (for example in the 1up Show E3 interview) and is simply awesome.

Bioware has been great about this with Neverwinter Nights, too. They just released a 350MB patch, that adds mounts to the game. Yes, 6 years later they are still adding major new features to the game.

Snowblind @ Aug 29th 2008 12:20PM

Hopefully they make this one easier to use. In Neverwinter Nights, it was too awkward to do basic things like make a character move, speak to you, or attack at certain points.

Placing buildings should be as easy as drag and drop as well, I shouldn't have to lay the foundations, brick up the walls, etc..

Jawknee @ Aug 29th 2008 3:34PM

While Dragon Age doesn't look terribly enticing I may just buy it for this. Bioware is definitely my favorite developer, and NWN remains my most cherished purchase of yesteryear.