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Writing Samples

Here, you can find a few samples of the writing from Draconic Echoes: The Ardent War.

**Spoiler Warning** The following files contain spoilers for:
Draconic Echoes: The Ardent War

World Building and Lore

Draconic-Echoes-Lore-SampleDownload

Dialogue

Draconic-Echoes-Dialogue-Sample-1Download
Draconic-Echoes-Dialogue-Sample-2Download

Games

  • Draconic Echoes: The Ardent War
  • Draconic Echoes: Fragments of a Shattered Mind

Game Content Samples

  • Quest Design: Draconic Echoes: The Ardent War Chapter 3 Side Quest 1
  • Quest Design: Draconic Echoes: The Ardent War Chapter 3 Side Quest 2
  • Quest Design: Draconic Echoes: The Ardent War Chapter 3 Main Quest
  • Writing Samples

Development Blogs

  • Retrospective Ramblings
    • On Designing a Super Move
    • On Random Encounter Rates
    • On Elemental Magic Systems
    • On Set or Scaling Enemy Levels
    • On Staling Encounters
    • On Theming The Narrative
    • On Creating a Hard Mode
    • On Merging Narrative and Mechanics
    • On Player Character Agency
    • On Class Fantasy: Warlord
    • On Class Fantasy: Draconic Knight
    • On Class Fantasy: Assassin
    • On Class Fantasy: Illusionist Rogue
    • On Class Fantasy: Songstress
    • On Class Fantasy: War Sorceress
    • On Time Management
    • On Spell Check: A Brief PSA
    • On Working Sick (Don’t Do It)
  • Contact Information
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