After the code for a classic D&D RPG was lost, its lead designer has a message for obsessive fans: "Check this out - I have never had the Icewind Dale 2 source code"

Nov. 14, 2023

“It was literally never on my computer”

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After the source code for one classic D&D RPG was confirmed to be lost, fans went about creating their own improved remaster with Icewind Dale 2: Enhanced Edition. In the wake of that release, lead designer Josh Sawyer has confirmed that he’s not to blame for the missing code.

“I thought it was very funny, there was some fucking obsessive dude on Twitter who was like ‘fucking imbecile Josh Sawyer lost the Icewind Dale 2 source code, because he’s a stupid fucking piece of shit,'” Sawyer said in a recent stream clip, which he shared toTwitter. “Check this out: I have never had the Icewind Dale 2 source code, because I’m not a programmer. It was literally never on my computer, and I don’t know why that guy would think that I was entrusted with the eternal safeguarding of the Icewind Dale 2 source code.”

While he’s credited as lead designer on Icewind Dale 2,Sawyer saysthere wasn’t a formal project lead on the game, and notes elsewhere in the clip that it’s pretty unusual - though not completely unheard of - for individual developers to keep back-ups of source code on their own computers.

This story now has a happy ending, however, sincefans recently released their own Icewind Dale 2: Enhanced Edition, playable on modern PCs with loads of quality-of-life tweaks and general gameplay improvements.

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