Nicolas Samuel Lietzau
Nicolas Samuel Lietzau | |
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 Lietzau in 2023 | |
| Born | 25 May 1991 Munich, Germany |
| Occupation | Video game writer |
| Website | nicolaslietzau |
Nicolas Samuel Lietzau-Schreiber (born 25 May 1991) is a German video game writer. He worked on Enderal, a total conversion for the role-playing game Skyrim. He was also the lead writer for the role-playing/strategy game SpellForce 3 and worked on the Gothic 1 Remake.
Career
Lietzau was a project leader for Enderal, which had been in development since 2012. He led the development and the writing of Enderal's team SureAI.[1] In 2016, he worked on the downloadable content (DLC) Forgotten Stories for Enderal.[2] In March 2017, Lietzau worked as a writer on SpellForce 3. Due to the game's design being set in stone, he did not have complete creative control with the story, with his task being to bring the setting to life through dialogue writing.[3]
In December 2020, Lietzau published Dreams of the Dying, the first in a trilogy of novels set in the Enderal universe.[4] Initially published as a serial web novel in 2018, it was rewritten from the ground-up following positive reception in order to address what Lietzau felt were structural flaws in the web release.[5]
Lietzau worked on the remake of the role-playing game Gothic for Alkimia Interactive as narrative designer and writer. It was released in 2026.[6]
Works
Video games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Enderal: The Shards of Order | Project director, lead writer, game designer, programmer |
| 2017 | SpellForce 3 | Lead writer |
| 2019 | Enderal: Forgotten Stories | Project director, lead writer, game designer, programmer |
| 2019 | SpellForce 3: Soul Harvest | Lead writer |
| 2020 | SpellForce 3: Fallen God | Lead writer |
| 2026 | Gothic 1 Remake | Narrative design, writing |
Books
| Year | Title | Series |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Dreams of the Dying | The Twelfth World |
| 2026 | The Cure for Living, Part One | The Twelfth World |
| 2026 | The Cure for Living, Part Two | The Twelfth World |
References
- ↑ "30 000 Stunden für eine neue Welt", Münchner Merkur, 20 February 2017, archived from the original on 6 September 2024, retrieved 29 April 2017
- ↑ Yin-Poole, Wesley (19 December 2016). "Skyrim mod Enderal gets DLC expansion of its own". Eurogamer. Gamer Network Limited. Archived from the original on 6 September 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ↑ Weber, Maurice (16 March 2017). "SpellForce 3 - Enderal-Autor schreibt an den Dialogen mit". GameStar (in German). Archived from the original on 6 September 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ↑ "Dreams of the Dying, the first book of the Enderal trilogy, is now available!|SureAI". 24 December 2020. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
- ↑ "7 Answers from an Author: Nicolas Lietzau — Author Kim Catanzarite". Retrieved 11 June 2026.
- ↑ Alkimia Interactive (5 June 2026). Gothic 1 Remake. THQ Nordic. Scene: Credits.