{"id":176,"date":"2011-02-13T22:07:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T05:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2021-01-05T06:22:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T13:22:28","slug":"game-modules","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=176","title":{"rendered":"Game Modules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the\u00a0<em>Sanctum of the Archmage<\/em> saga was developed in the form of a pair of Computer-based Role-Playing Game\u00a0(CRPG) modules for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aurora_engine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Aurora Engine<\/em><\/a> and toolset used by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nwn.bioware.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Neverwinter Nights<\/em><\/a>. Earlier versions of these first two &#8220;module chapters&#8221; were available for download, and were inducted into the modules <em>Hall of Fame<\/em> at IGN&#8217;s (sadly now defunct)\u00a0<em>Neverwinter Nights Vault<\/em>.\u00a0(The top modules ranking has been preserved <a title=\"Top Modules List\" href=\"http:\/\/neverwintervault.org\/article\/reference\/nwn1-igns-top-module-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>; the Sanctum modules were listed at numbers 32 and 42, respectively.) With the disappearance of IGN&#8217;s NWN Vault, a new project page for the modules has been created here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neverwintervault.org\/project\/nwn1\/module\/sanctum-archmage-sight-and-quest\">Sanctum of the Archmage: The Sight and The Quest<\/a>\u00a0on the &#8220;new&#8221; <a title=\"The Neverwinter Vault\" href=\"http:\/\/neverwintervault.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neverwinter Vault<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The part of the saga developed in game module form corresponds roughly to the third volume of the planned Sanctum of the Archmage novels saga: <a title=\"Sanctum of the Archmage: The Novels\" href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=1415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Sight<\/em><\/a>. In them, the player assumes the role of the protagonist of the saga,\u00a0a mysterious figure\u00a0known as &#8220;The Miracle Worker.&#8221; Gifted with a unique kind of foresight that may prove to be the only hope for defeating the Warlord,\u00a0he\u00a0becomes\u00a0the close friend and ally\u00a0of the deposed princess (or prince) of Carlissa, now\u00a0the only surviving member of the royal family. And together, they\u00a0struggle to turn a fragile rebel force into a powerful alliance that could free their kingdom from\u00a0the ravages of the demon horde.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sanctum of the Archmage Game Modules:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 393px;\" width=\"546\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Chapter-Part\/Act\/Title<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Published Updated<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Platform \/ Availability<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=186\">The Sight<\/a>, v5.0 *<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">July 2006<br \/>\nJune 2018<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/neverwintervault.org\/project\/nwn1\/module\/sanctum-archmage-sight-and-quest\">Currently Available<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">2 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=193\">The Quest<\/a>, v5.0 *<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Sept 2007<br \/>\nJune 2018<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/neverwintervault.org\/project\/nwn1\/module\/sanctum-archmage-sight-and-quest\">Currently Available<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=212\">The Miracle Worker<\/a> I\u00a0 &#8211; Mission to Rayche<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0In Development<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>* Both Chapters (1 and 2) were updated to version 5.0 in June 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Other <em>Sanctum of the Archmage<\/em> game pages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=2179\">Game Videos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=226\">Cast of Characters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=414\">Awards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Update History\" href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=334\">Update History<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Current Development Notes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As of summer 2013, further work on the game modules was suspended until further notice.\u00a0 This included completion of Chapter 3 and any work on Chapters 4-7, and it was done in order to make time to complete and begin publishing the Sanctum of the Archmage novels. The v4.2 remake of Chapters 1 and 2 was made available on the new Neverwinter Vault in September 2017. I stated then that\u00a0I still had a strong interest in developing more of the story in RPG module form, and hoped that I would have the time and resources to return to it one day.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?p=1886\">As of early 2018<\/a><\/em>, and inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?p=1829\">the release of Beamdog&#8217;s Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition<\/a>, I&#8217;ve tentatively decided to resume work on Chapter 3 of the module series. Finding time to do this (along with my writing and day job) will be a challenge, and it will have to depend on the reception that re-release of the first two modules receives. But if there is sufficient interest, I would genuinely like to do everything I can to continue developing the series in game as well as in novel form. In the meantime <a href=\"https:\/\/neverwintervault.org\/project\/nwn1\/module\/sanctum-archmage-sight-and-quest\">a NWN:EE compatible version (5.0) of the first two modules was released on the Neverwinter Vault<\/a> in June 2018, and I&#8217;m hoping to release a version of it on the Steam workshop sometime in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Future Development Plans<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While I have ambitious plans to produce Sanctum of the Archmage as as a series of games as well as a series of novels, those plans have long had to remain secondary to my paying career and writing work. Here are my future module development aspirations, if I should one day find myself with the time and resources to pursue them. Together, the full game arc (completed and planned) would parallel, and tell roughly the same story as, volumes three through five of the <a href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=252\">planned novels<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=1415\"><em>The Sight<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=1419\"><em>The Miracle Worker<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=1427\"><em>The Alliance<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 393px;\" width=\"546\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Chapter-Part\/Act\/Title<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Published Updated<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Platform \/ Availability<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">4 &#8211; The Miracle Worker II &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=212\">Treason<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">TBD<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">TBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5 &#8211; The Alliance<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">TBD<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">TBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">6 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=221\">The Battle for Mount Cassandra<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">TBD<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">TBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a title=\"Copyright Notice\" href=\"https:\/\/andarian.net\/TheSanctum\/?page_id=124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copyright Notice<\/a>. 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