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Akin C. Dev
@incrementis.bsky.social
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NOTE: I don't condemn the use of AI, but rather how (much) it is used.
I love and mod the Infinity Engine Games.
Studied CS/Game Engineering.
I rarely follow back(just put me on a list).
GitHub: http://github.com/Incrementis
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I've created my first model with animation in #Blender. It's not perfect, but for an IE AutoSpriter demo, I think it's pretty decent.
January 19, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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not my house, but I know my way around
Thieves' Maze
January 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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This website offers the possibility to crop an image so that it can be used as a portrait image in one of the IE games (see attached screenshot).
www.notra.fr
- Baldur's Gate - Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition - Baldur's Gate 2 Shadow of Amn - Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced Edition
January 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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Here are some IWD-inspired artworks by Igor Levchenko that can be used for character portraits, for example.

www.deviantart.com/igorlevchenk...

An example can be found in the attached image.
A man in steel plate armor with long hair holds a longsword in one hand, the other gripping the blade with his thumb and forefinger. His expression is arrogant, almost emotionless. He wears a long cloak.
January 11, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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The Baldur's Gate logo (a skull) features the year "2026" in gold on its forehead and the words "Happy New Year" at the bottom. Fireworks are visible in the lower section.
December 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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I can't confirm the authenticity of this second short interview with Brent Knowles, but if it's true, it's still interesting.
The specific question concerns a minotaur in BG2 that can be encountered in the sewers beneath the Copper Crown.

src: medium.com/covering-bal...
“Back then the individual designers were free to populate their areas with whatever they wanted, [...] so I took the liberty of including a lot of the D&D characters from my youth (i.e., the alter egos of my high school friends).” [...] “One of them, Andorian, the minotaur, still raises questions on the message boards. I love the speculation involving him, people thinking he belongs to a hidden quest and so on. Sorry to disappoint, he’s just the D&D character of one of my friends and I had nowhere else to put him.” src: https://medium.com/covering-baldurs-gate/unfinished-quests-and-inaccurate-rumours-inside-baldurs-gate-ii-s-minotaur-secret-cd98db0b388d
December 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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"BioWare: Brent Knowles Exclusive Interview". The interview contains information about BG2.
Here are some interesting quotes. The full interview can be found at src.

src: medium.com/covering-bal...
Question: Skin Dancing, played a major role in the creation of a quest, [...] What was it like, to see your previously created story, brought into life and added into the game? Answer: At the time it was very cool. [...] I think this became my “first story published” albeit in a very bizarre way. I really appreciated the effort of, I think, Luke Kristjanson and Kevin Martens to make the various subplots connected to this story work well together. Question: What did you like about working on Baldur’s Gate 2? Answer: Honestly, the team was amazing [...] we were all on equal footing. [...] Because it was an established engine we had more time to focus on the design, art, and story aspects… [...]. Question: You’ve also worked with Beamdog. What is Beamdog’s culture like? Answer: Beamdog was more relaxed than BioWare when I was there — generally a mix of veteran game developers and newcomers. Question: What’s your favourite (in-game) Baldur’s Gate 2 memory? Answer: [...] On a related note, I always enjoyed playing through other designer’s sections and we also tried to help each other, with suggestions and tweaks. However, there was maybe also a bit of rivalry when it came to boss battles. Some of those encounters went through dozens of iterations. [...] There are some players who thrive on min/maxing their combat builds and overcoming challenging encounters. [...] Others… not so much! Misc: More practically, being a writer, and having published an article in Dragon Magazine, helped me get the job at BioWare.
December 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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I've created my first effect in #Blender. It's a small demo for an export plugin specifically designed for IE games. This will be my last post for a while. Happy holidays to you all!
December 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Here's another fantastic BGEE fan art.This time it's by Andrii Safetov,"Lead UI Designer | previously at Ubisoft."You can find different versions of the image shown here on the website.It's worth checking out.It's incredible how many talented people enjoy BG.

src: www.artstation.com/artwork/wegyw
Top: Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition Middle: A warrior with a spear stands on the back of a wyvern. The spear is stuck in the wyvern's mouth, which is looking upwards. Right: DVD case Bottom: [Beamdog] Infinity Engine
December 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Part1:
I had completely forgotten about this promotional comic for the BG PC game. It was apparently released on January 1, 1998. The creators are Dean White and John Gallagher.
src: comicvine.gamespot.com/baldurs-gate...
Title above: Baldur's Gate An ogre attacks three adventurers. Left adventurer: Appears to be a wizard. Middle adventurer: Dwarven warrior. Right adventurer: Appears to be an elven warrior. Location: Dungeon/Cave
December 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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While browsing the internet for an interesting post,I came across this fantastic-looking journal.It's a grand prize from the SoD Collector's Edition,signed by the EE team, and the winner was chosen by forum members.

"The BEAMBLOG
Tuesday, November 28, 2017"

source:
blog.beamdog.com/2017/11/five...
"Minsc, Boo and Gram the Sword of Grief, by s0ulafein, is the winner of the Grand Prize (the Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear Collector’s Edition signed by the team, no less), chosen by forum members. The deciding votes for it arrived during the last twenty-four hours of the voting period, to make it 66 votes for the winner. Congratulations, s0ulafein!" source: http://blog.beamdog.com/2017/11/five-years-of-baldurs-gate-enhanced.html
December 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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All modders using an older version of Notepad++ are advised to manually update to the latest version from the official website due to traffic hijacking affecting Notepad++.

Source:
notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v889-re...
Some security experts recently reported incidents of traffic hijacking affecting Notepad++. According to the investigation, traffic from WinGUp (the Notepad++ updater) was occasionally redirected to malicious servers, resulting in the download of compromised executables. The review of the reports led to identification of a weakness in the way the updater validates the integrity and authenticity of the downloaded update file. In case an attacker is able to intercept the network traffic between the updater client and the Notepad++ update infrastructure, this weakness can be leveraged by an attacker to prompt the updater to download and executed an unwanted binary (instead of the legitimate Notepad++ update binary). To mitigate this weakness and address the hijacking’s concerns raised by the security researchers, a new security enhancement is being introduced in this release of Notepad++. Mitigation: Starting with this release, Notepad++ & WinGUp have been hardened to verify the signature & certificate of downloaded installers during the update process. If verification fails, the update will be aborted. Status: The investigation is ongoing to determine the exact method of traffic hijacking. Users will be informed once tangible evidence regarding the cause is established.
December 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Looking at my profile,it's clear that it's primarily about IE games.What I really want is a fundamentally reworked&improved engine so that modders can create more content more easily.Ideally,this would be accompanied by another standalone game that also demo the capabilities of the updated engine.
All Infinity Engine games including the listed DLCs. Source: https://lilura1.blogspot.com/2019/10/RPG-Rankings-Infinity-Engine-RPGs-Baldurs-Gate-Icewind-Dale-Planescape-Torment.html
December 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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The pictures are fantastic to look at. I wouldn't be surprised if this particular image was inspired by Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss" from 1908.
December 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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If you see this, post a robot
"The Machine of Lum the Mad": It has six visible mechanical arms, each ending in a pair of pincers. At the front is a kind of cockpit made of blue glass. Its legs are metal, crab-like structures. Pipes resembling organ pipes are mounted on top.
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Time to post another mod. There are some IE players out there who still play classic BG,so here's a mod for them:

"Support for widescreen resolutions...Increased refresh rate...Seamless alt-tabbing / fullscreen <-> windowed"-Bub13

Further information in the Readme file.

github.com/Bubb13/Enhan...
Changed user interface for oBG1
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Jaheira and Minsc are characters that have been around since BG1. Here are their portraits from earlier games. This brings back a bit of nostalgia. Great characters!
Minsc Jaheira
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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The ring of the ram is also found in BG2:EE. The ability to push enemies away can be useful for mages to keep them out of melee combat, or in situations where a party member is seriously wounded and needs distance from the enemy.
Also known as the Breaker of Castles, with one word, this ring can unleash fantastic and deadly powers. When it is triggered, a barely discernible, ram-like shape billows forth from the ring. This force can potentially knock opponents off of walls, destroy castle gates, or crush enemies, but it is damaging as well in its own right. STATISTICS: Charge abilities: – Ram once per day Damage: 5d6 magic Special: Pushes target away from user Range: 60 ft. Area of Effect: 1 creature Weight: 0
November 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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November 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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This post also covers the VA of one of the antagonists in the IE games. This time it's about Sarevok, the main villain in BG. I've created a short video with two sayings from the game. I'm not sure if Bluesky supports the format. Let's find out. Spoiler alert.

- Voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Post someone who looks good in black
Sarevok from BG1 with full black plate armor.
October 5, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Here's a map of Toril, the world where the stories of BG, BG2, IWD, and IWD2 take place.
The approximate location of the city of Baldur's Gate on the map is in "Fearun -> Sword Coast," and Athkatla is in Amn (just below the Sword Coast).

Source:
atlasoficeandfireblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
* World Map of Toril - The Forgotten Realms * c. 1372 Dalereckoning * Map by Adam Whitehead 2023 * https://atlasoficeandfireblog.wordpress.com/
October 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Both BG games feature the famous drow Drizzt Do'Urden as side content. The author of this character and the books is R.A. Salvatore.
"...The Crystal Shard from TSR in 1988, ...acclaimed Icewind Dale Trilogy...an enormously popular...dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden."
Source:
rasalvatore.com/biography.aspx
The book cover of "Crystal Shard." It depicts Drizzt, Bruenor, and Wulfgar. Their location is presumably the icy tundra of Icewind Dale.
September 28, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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If you're interested in historical information on individual Infinity Engine games, "The CRPG Book Project" is an helpful resource. It's not overwhelming, feels like a review that can be helpful for beginners, and includes mod suggestions.
crpgbook.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
BG: Page 254 BG2: Page 282 IWD: Page 294 IWD2: Page 316 PST: Page 264
September 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Grimstome Grifhand's Portrait:

Grimstome is a classic dwarf,a true son of the dwarven people.Despite his boasts of battlefield prowess, Grimstome has never truly faced the crucible of war.In the past, he worked as a miner for his clan and also as a priest to heal the miners when accidents occurred.
A dwarf with a long beard wearing plate armor.
September 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM