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PDS is happy to present:
My name is: Sara Wendel-Örtqvist
My forum nick is: SolSara
At Paradox development studio I work as: Scripter
So what do I do, really – what does that mean? I script events, databases, anything that might need scripting, write events, do a lot of game writing, historical research and some design.
I have worked on: Victoria II, Hearts of Iron: Semper Fi, Europa Universalis III: Divine Wind, Crusader Kings II, Sengoku, Crusader Kings II: Sword of Islam, March of the Eagles, Europa Universalis IV.
Right now I´m working on: Super-Secret Awesome Game Project!
My best moment at Paradox Development Studio: The game project I am currently working on, and the trip to New York 2011.
My best game ever and why I like it: (that I did not create)There are so many! The Witcher games, Little Big Adventure 2, Grim Fandango... The Witcher games because I love the story and the fact that they took inspiration from the books and made it even better. Little Big Adventure 2 because it was the first "real" computer game I played, and I played it with my mother as I couldn't really understand English at the time. Grim Fandango because it is the only game that has ever made me cry (I was 10 when I got it).
My hobbies include: Kickboxing, floorball, skiing, reading, playing games.
If I was a game character, I would be: I would like to be Jade from Beyond Good and Evil.
I have decorated my desk with: Two stuffed Totoros, one Totoro in the shape of a moneybox made of clay, a bust of Caesar from Europa Universalis: Rome, a medieval tankard with a red bird stuffed into it, four Raving Rabbids (evil clown, Altair, cherry blossom and Cleopatra) and three toys from Kidrobot.
And out of the 7 deadly sins, I am definitely guilty of: Pride.
Little known fact about a Paradox Development Studio game: The elusive cat event in CKII was made upon podcat's request.

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SolSara said:
All I can say is that we have several secret projects currently in development, and I am working on one of those projects.
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;( still thank you for answering. On a other note I don't know much about modding Paradox games so I wanted to ask what are your primary tools when scripting by which I mean language?
 
rhinox said:
;( still thank you for answering. On a other note I don't know much about modding Paradox games so I wanted to ask what are your primary tools when scripting by which I mean language?
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We use our own scripting language for things like our history databases, decisions, events and anything else that we need to script. It is a declarative language, similar to LUA in syntax. Essentially, if you know a little bit of programming, in any language, you will be able to mod our games :)
 
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RedRalphWiggum said:
You were the first female dev, weren't you Solsara?
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Nope. The scripter on Rome and Europa Universalis for instance was Anna Drevendal (who no longer work here).
 
RedRalphWiggum said:
You were the first female dev, weren't you Solsara?
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There has been plenty of female developers before me, I cannot take credit for that :p
No, but seriously, when I got the job I actually replaced a girl named Anna. Don't know what she does now, but I heard that she got a bit burnt out after making all those provinces for Hearts of Iron III.

EDIT: Emu'd by Captain Gars.
 
Belgiumruler said:
The Witcher is fun indeed, altough I like Skyrim more
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I play Skyrim as well, just bought all expansions + the original game for 14 euro on Steam although I have owned it since it was released, just didn't own any of the expansions. I like the story in The Witcher I and II better than Skyrim's, but I would like an open-world The Witcher game. I try to stay away from news about The Witcher III, I already know that I will buy the game when it is released and I don't want anything to spoil it for me. Just need to upgrade my hard drive and graphics card before that, I want a SSD hard drive and a graphics card that is younger than five years.
 
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nOxr said:
How come your forum badge is different from the others?

Also, TOTORO!!
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When we released March of the Eagles, Adrenaline made it for us devs and I really like the look of it, brown and gold go well together. Perhaps I will succumb to peer pressure and change it to the regular, blue PDS badge someday, but not for a while :p

I have a larger, plushie Totoro at home, he guards my Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman books together with two Ravin' Rabbids and a Sackboy. He is my favorite character from the Ghibli studio, and I would love for a Kodama to join him.
 
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SolSara said:
When we released March of the Eagles, Adrenaline made it for us devs and I really like the look of it, brown and gold go well together. Perhaps I will succumb to peer pressure and change it to the regular, blue PDS badge someday, but not for a while :p

I have a larger, plushie Totoro at home, he guards my Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman books together with two Ravin' Rabbids and a Sackboy. He is my favorite character from the Ghibli studio, and I would love for a Kodama to join him.
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You have a Totoro guarding your Neil Gaiman books? I think you have earned the right to use a golden bagde. :)
 
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