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Drunken Irishman · 02-26-2008, 10:00 AM

"...but I think that "writer" and "designer" aren't the same thing."

Depends really on the developer. I'm going to use Knights of the Old Republic games as examples. Bioware has writers and designers separated, while Obsidian has no writer credits. Thing is in Obsidian the designer is also the writer.

So when you see in Kotor 1 credits "lead designer - James Ohlen, lead writer - Drew Karpyshyn" then it's obvious that Drew is behind the stuff that really matter (them story and twists thingies). Whereas in Kotor 2 credits you see "lead designer - Chris Avellone, no writer credits" then the only thing to deduce from it is that the lead designer is also the lead writer (this actually holds true in Kotor 2's case).

Fake edit: Gosh, I hope I haven't sound condescending or anything. I'm just trying to work up my post account while sounding intelligent.

02-26-2008, 10:00 AM	#15
Drunken Irishman Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 31	"...but I think that "writer" and "designer" aren't the same thing." Depends really on the developer. I'm going to use Knights of the Old Republic games as examples. Bioware has writers and designers separated, while Obsidian has no writer credits. Thing is in Obsidian the designer is also the writer. So when you see in Kotor 1 credits "lead designer - James Ohlen, lead writer - Drew Karpyshyn" then it's obvious that Drew is behind the stuff that really matter (them story and twists thingies). Whereas in Kotor 2 credits you see "lead designer - Chris Avellone, no writer credits" then the only thing to deduce from it is that the lead designer is also the lead writer (this actually holds true in Kotor 2's case). Fake edit: Gosh, I hope I haven't sound condescending or anything. I'm just trying to work up my post account while sounding intelligent. Last edited by Drunken Irishman; 02-26-2008 at 10:02 AM. Reason: Unitelligible sentences.