Part 1 of 4 by Ethan Levy
Orzammar, under the mountains to the west of Ferelden, stands as one of the last great Dwarven cities. 1,000 years have passed since The Blight last drove the proud dwarves to seal their roads and abandon their fallen colonies. Though forsaken and all-but forgotten by the men and elves who walk the surface, the Deep Roads still teem with darkspawn. Amidst the rise of dark omens you head into peril, into the depths, into the Deep Roads.
And so begins Dragon Age Journeys: The Deep Roads. Hey there BioWare fans. My name is Ethan Levy, I’m a producer with EA 2D, and I’m very proud to announce our newest game Dragon Age Journeys. At EA 2D it is our mission to create blockbusters for the browser; some will be original games created by our teams and some will be games within other EA franchises, such as Dragon Age Journeys. We broke ground on Journeys back in November 2008, and after so many months of blood, sweat and tears, we can’t tell you how excited we are to finally start talking about the game.
Dragon Age Journeys has been a collaboration between EA 2D, BioWare, and some of the hottest indie talent from the flash developer community. Over the coming days, we’ll be introducing you to the game, the talented team of developers behind its creation and some of the day-to-day craziness that goes into making a game. More than anything, we want you to get a feel for how much fun and passion goes into creating a game for the browser that can live up to the high standards set by BioWare’s illustrious history.
We have some big plans for Journeys. The first piece that we are currently building is a 3 chapter, single player, tactical rpg delivered in Flash. Right now we’re hard at work finishing the first chapter, Dragon Age Journeys: The Deep Roads. The game will introduce you to the dwarven city of Orzammar and the Deep Roads surrounding it where the dwarves face a persistent threat from the darkspawn hordes.
BioWare has been incredibly supportive in providing us with materials to work with in the creation of The Deep Roads. They have given us pages upon pages of reference materials, story documents, concept art and screenshots. We get invaluable feedback and insight on the game from members of the Dragon Age team, including Drs. Ray and Greg. The Deep Roads features character classes, talent trees, sound effects, music and user interface taken directly from Dragon Age: Origins. Thanks to all these resources and input from the BioWare team, it will serve as a solid introduction to the world of Dragon Age.
The leading force behind The Deep Roads is Daniel Stradwick, creator of the excellent flash rpg series Monster’s Den. Art and animation has been created by the illustrious Adam Phillips of Bitey Castle fame. Additional programming is being done by Andrew Sega, who created the Magic the Gathering inspired flash card games Mytheria and the multiplayer Armor Wars. The story is being penned by first time game writer Marcelo Poppi. You’ll learn more about them and the talented team at EA 2D in future posts.
Tags: BioWare, dragon age, Dragon Age Journeys, Ethan Levy, Flash Game, video game
October 15, 2009 at 7:30 am |
NICE!!! I’m a HUGE fan of Monster’s Den and am excited to see what you guys can do!
October 16, 2009 at 12:40 am |
So when can we expect this to be released?
October 16, 2009 at 8:44 pm |
Wish we knew when it was being released? They said before the game..but that’s just a couple weeks out..
October 17, 2009 at 7:01 am |
[...] was revealed on Bioware’s blog last week and picked up by Gamasutra earlier today, will be Dragon Age: Journeys, a 2D tactical RPG spin-off of the upcoming 3D console/PC RPG Dragon [...]
October 17, 2009 at 11:37 am |
Do want!!!
October 17, 2009 at 2:01 pm |
[...] [vía|BioWare] Post Relacionados:BioWare tiene planeado 2 años de DLC para Dragon Age: OriginsDragon Age: Origins es retrasadoDragon Age: Origins llegará a las consolas a finales de 2009Trailer: Dragon Age: Origins¿BioWare interesado en los controles sensibles al movimiento? [...]
October 17, 2009 at 2:35 pm |
From this post, i decided to check out Monster’s Den… it’s freaking awesome!
Cant wait now for “DA: Journeys” when’s Release day? (If it’s after Nov 3rd, i may be too busy with “DA: Origins”)
October 17, 2009 at 8:18 pm |
[...] Dragon Age: Journeys [BioWare Blog via Game Stooge] Tagged:biowarebrowserdragon age: originseaelectronic artsflashpcrpgs [...]
October 18, 2009 at 1:00 am |
[...] esto debería convertirlo en una buena introducción al mundo de Dragon Age, según dicen en el blog de BioWare. En los próximos dias, se irá colgando más información sobre el juego, y yo os la iré [...]
October 18, 2009 at 4:30 am |
[...] [...]
October 18, 2009 at 9:40 am |
[...] They're going to do a prequel on the web, using flash, too. [...]
October 18, 2009 at 11:57 am |
[...] no me sorprendería en absoluto. Por cierto, miren que cosa más graciosa vía Flash llamada Dragon Age Journeys. Página [...]
October 18, 2009 at 3:27 pm |
Released? Ha! We said we were developing it, we never said we planned to release it!
October 18, 2009 at 11:30 pm |
[...] BioWare анонсировала новую игру, которая будет браузерной MMORPG под [...]
October 19, 2009 at 12:41 am |
Great!
I have already had to quit playing 3 browser games because they are so addicting, but it looks like i will have to try this one out too!
good luck and let me know when the game will start!
October 19, 2009 at 2:49 am |
[...] The game will be available from http://www.dragonagejourneys.com and you can keep updated on its progress at the BioWare Blog. [...]
October 19, 2009 at 4:02 am |
[...] explains a bit more about the project on the BioWare blog: “Dragon Age Journeys has been a collaboration between EA 2D, BioWare, and some of the [...]
October 19, 2009 at 6:36 am |
[...] Sursa: Bioware Blog [...]
October 19, 2009 at 7:48 am |
jestem polakiem możecie to pżetumaczyc na polski
October 19, 2009 at 12:12 pm |
[...] wasn’t intended as promotional material for one of their larger console-based games (example: Dragon Age)? Needless to say, it will probably be indie devs who take us to th next level of browser [...]
October 19, 2009 at 8:46 pm |
Any news?
October 20, 2009 at 5:08 am |
Ouch.. I always hate these teasers
Make me want to play something so much and then giving me a very high expectation 
October 20, 2009 at 8:51 am |
You had me at hexgrid.
October 22, 2009 at 6:52 pm |
I’ve started this to collect extra ingame items, but this is accually an allright game.
I really am looking forward to what Journeys is gonna become, and how much it will interact with Origins.
October 23, 2009 at 3:37 pm |
it is cool and fun I play as sora.
October 23, 2009 at 3:38 pm |
go to http://www.dale-game.com and play my game
October 23, 2009 at 3:40 pm |
dale-game.com is cool go to webkinz.com and play my game too.
October 23, 2009 at 3:42 pm |
go to http://www.webkinz.com it is cool.
October 24, 2009 at 3:01 pm |
Oh Bioware, your such a tease.
October 25, 2009 at 6:48 pm |
This is GREAT!!! Stumbled upon it by accident, spent hours playing. Amazing Flash work. Grats!
October 27, 2009 at 6:25 pm |
When will this continue? I am finished with the warden task and now it´s all finished =(
October 29, 2009 at 8:18 am |
WAY TO CHANGE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BONUS ITEMS! BOYCOTT THIS SH!T! HALFWAY TO THE AMULET AND NOW I GOTTA START ALL OVER ON HARD! BULL-ISH!
November 3, 2009 at 11:03 am |
@MAD Wut? I played through easy and unlocked all 3 items and all 5 achievements! No hard setting needed!!!!
November 14, 2009 at 3:30 pm |
How do get the Bard to join you?
November 8, 2009 at 8:38 pm |
I am curious if the unlockables can be downloaded onto the PC DA:O AND the XBox 360 versions…
I bought both versions (PC and 360) and I am curious if I’ll be able to download the items on both systems, or should I just download the items on one system.
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!.