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Forging New Worlds

Candlekeep

Overview

Software Framework: TESV: Skyrim Creation Engine
Project: Skyrim Overhaul Mod: Baldur’s Gate
Duration: August 2016 - Present

Candlekeep is an exterior city world space, developed for the Skyrim TESV Engine using the Creation Kit. This level is designed on the original Candlekeep zone from the 1998 CRPG Baldur's Gate 1. As part of the development challenge, only 3D assets packaged with the Creation Kit were used for development. The area features more than 30 unique NPCs, multiple AI packages and quests, and significant cinematic quest-sequence scripting.

Level Panorama

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The Candlekeep Library during a rainy day.
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Speaking to a Candlekeep Tutor.
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The Candlekeep Inn at night.
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Fuller the Guard in the Candlekeep Barracks.
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Looking at the Candlekeep Library from the Candlekeep Inn.
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The armoring workshop at during a storm.
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The walls of Candlekeep at dusk.
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The Candlekeep Inn during the afternoon.
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The armoring workshop at dusk.
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Winthrop, the Barkeep, in the Candlekeep Inn.
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The Candlekeep Barracks at dusk.
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A sunny day at the Temple of Oghma.
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Night falls on the fortress of Candlekeep.
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A private room in the Candlekeep Inn.
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Outside the Priests' Quarters.
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Dreppin stares into his empty cup.
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The Priests' Quarters.
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The armory by the Candlekeep Gates.
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The peaceful Candlekeep Library during the day.
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Reevor keeps an idle presence at the Storehouse.
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Inside the quiet Candlekeep Barracks.
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Fuller keeps watch in the Barracks.
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A warm hearth for the nobles in the Candlekeep Inn.
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Reevor defends the people of Candlekeep.
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A calm look at the Temple of Oghma.

Candlekeep is a small fortress-city centered around a keep that houses a large library. This city is the starting location for the game, and provides a safe space for the player to learn the controls and interface. Candlekeep includes an inn and a shop, a temple for healing services, and a handful of tutorial quests for the player to explore.

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