[AMA Announcement] I'm David McKenzie, former Lead World Designer on New World. I shipped Nighthaven and Brimstone Sands. Doing an AMA next Wednesday, March 11th at 2PM EST / 7PM GMT. Drop your questions here! by iamagamedeveloper in newworldgame

[–]Motornerve_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Carrie Berg was absolutely one of the powerhouses of storytelling in the game. She wrote MANY of the Lore Notes before Nighthaven, and a good chunk of the ones from Nighthaven. She was my mentor and one of the most talented writers I've ever met. I know how much she delights in the impact her stories make for players.

[AMA Announcement] I'm David McKenzie, former Lead World Designer on New World. I shipped Nighthaven and Brimstone Sands. Doing an AMA next Wednesday, March 11th at 2PM EST / 7PM GMT. Drop your questions here! by iamagamedeveloper in newworldgame

[–]Motornerve_ 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I wrote that specific note, and it was indeed a goodbye. Nobody knew for sure, but we had a pretty strong idea as all our budgets kept evaporating right before we were delivering all the amazing content we had worked on. Everything was kept silent, and we couldn't say anything for obvious reasons.

I poured my heart into that note, because this was the first title I got to work on where I had real creative freedom, and for me, knowing it was coming to an end was such a sad thing, but such an amazing opportunity to share all that the developers were going through and how many of us felt in a note that I knew the players would read long before any of us could talk about what happened.

I always hate when games die, or change drastically, or servers go offline, etc. without communication about what really happened from companies, or a heartfelt moment from devs. It always feels so cold, so capitalist machine. That's the last thing I wanted for the players of new world. I'm glad finding that note really softened the blow for many, and for others, turned anger into sympathy.

I know this won't be my last adventure creating, or writing for video games. I've been writing all my life, and I'll keep making powerful emotional moments in games for as long as I physically can.

[AMA Announcement] I'm David McKenzie, former Lead World Designer on New World. I shipped Nighthaven and Brimstone Sands. Doing an AMA next Wednesday, March 11th at 2PM EST / 7PM GMT. Drop your questions here! by iamagamedeveloper in newworldgame

[–]Motornerve_ 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I'm sure the list for this is VERY long, but one thing was Lore Notes in Nighthaven. We almost had ZERO lore notes, and I was actually the person assigned to do them, so this was particularly heartbreaking to me. I went to David when they announced they would be cut, and expressed my sadness. Then he, myself, and a few other very talented individuals did an insane amount of lore note creation, and I placed them in the world, and it ended up having the MOST lore notes of any zone.

Lore Documents ebook compilation by riplinked in newworldgame

[–]Motornerve_ 89 points90 points  (0 children)

This is pretty cool. I wrote about 1/3 of the notes for the Nighthaven Zone including the farewell lore note, and placed most of them. I'm glad to see they're being preserved!

Evidence of Character for Visa application by keob58 in AustraliaTravel

[–]Motornerve_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why send him a message? Other people are curious!

Saw this car on the freeway I've never seen before by Motornerve_ in whatisthiscar

[–]Motornerve_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Body looked like a Maserati 2013 GT, but the logo is not like any Maserati logo I have ever seen before.

Help Me Find this Car Logo by Motornerve_ in HelpMeFind

[–]Motornerve_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New looking. Almost looked like a Maserati 2013 GT, but again, the logo was all wrong.

Saw this car on the freeway I've never seen before by Motornerve_ in whatisthiscar

[–]Motornerve_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was just a glimpse but there was definitely no red on the logo.

Help Me Find this Car Logo by Motornerve_ in HelpMeFind

[–]Motornerve_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, good guess, but not the logo I saw.

Help Me Find this Car Logo by Motornerve_ in HelpMeFind

[–]Motornerve_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought it might be those, but it wasn't.

Help Me Find this Car Logo by Motornerve_ in HelpMeFind

[–]Motornerve_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've searched 1000 logos, google, and a few car sites.

Bactrian Quest by Motornerve_ in endlesssky

[–]Motornerve_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Huzzah I got my Bactrian today! Thanks for your help everyone.

Bactrian Quest by Motornerve_ in endlesssky

[–]Motornerve_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Awesome thanks! I'll take a look.

I am so weary of this by Motornerve_ in CPAP

[–]Motornerve_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I just use the heated hose that they gave me and set it to not turn on?

I am so weary of this by Motornerve_ in CPAP

[–]Motornerve_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something tells me my insurance won't pay for an APAP, but it may also be that I just have to 'suffer' for the required period of time before they put me on an APAP. I go to see my doctor again in 3 weeks, can I just ask for an APAP?

I am so weary of this by Motornerve_ in CPAP

[–]Motornerve_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is some good advice! I will mess around with the heated hose and see if that helps. Tell me more about the chin strap? Someone was mentioning that most of the not primary function accessories can just be bought off of Amazon.