Building the Dragon Age Keep
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Dragon Age fans have made some tough decisions over the years – choosing who to kill, who to save, and how to shape their world. Your actions have changed Thedas, and BioWare is making it easy to bring those years of choices into the upcoming Dragon Age: Inquisition. Instead of relying on you keeping your save files for nearly a decade, it has built a tool that will let you redesign the world to match your choices. It’s called the Dragon Age Keep, and Origin.com caught up with Leah Shinkewski (Producer) and Fernando Melo (Director of Online Development) to find out what inspired the creation of this exciting tool.
The inspiration for the Dragon Age Keep started many years ago. For a franchise like Dragon Age, your impact on the world of Thedas is a core part of the experience - driven by the choices you make. And when Dragon Age II shipped, the complex nature of our plot flag system and the save import really hit home.
The challenge was not only the complexity and subjective nature of the data itself, but also that having the import logic (or evaluation rules) happening inside the game client meant it would be very difficult - if not impossible - to fix. We tried, but usually ended up introducing new ripples into the data sets.
The team knew this was a serious problem, and one that would only continue to grow exponentially. That’s why throughout Dragon Age II we began to work on a concept called the World Vault. After many, many months this eventually became the pillar feature for what we today are calling the Dragon Age Keep.
Since then, with the help of the community we've worked to ensure that going forward, the Keep will stand as the record of your impact in the world of Thedas - dutifully preserved and accurately represented in future products, limited only by creative aspiration of the game team.
You'll be able to explore the Dragon Age Keep later this month, so keep an eye on @DragonAgeKeep to find out exactly when you can start crafting your world. And don't forget – pre-ordering the Dragon Age: Inquisition Digital Deluxe Edition gives you access to a suite of fantastic gear, including exotic mounts, a skull-carved throne, and specialized gear from the Flames of the Inquisition Arsenal.
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