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Game Narrative Summit: Labor of Love: The Story of "Date Night" in 'Star Wars: The Old Republic'

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Since its launch in 2011, Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) continues to deliver high quality narrative content to players, with regular updates that include cinematic storytelling and new game features. The game offers many role play opportunities for players within the Star Wars galaxy, including romance with player companions. Narrative Director Ashley Ruhl discusses a new feature in SWTOR called Date Night, which exists largely because of unrelenting enthusiasm from both developers and players for a thing like this to exist. Ashley details the gifts and pitfalls of getting a passion-project into your game, and how Date Night's path from internal game jam to live feature was truly a labor of love.

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