Hello all,
Hopefully I am following the community guidelines properly. I do not want to offend. However, I am building a prototype for a game and I am wanting to create a Norse based game. However, I do not know enough about the history or traditions to really claim accuracy. I have been trying to scour the internet and such and find good sources but it can be quite the undertaking trying to find accurate info, especially while trying to develop a game.
I was wondering if anyone would be okay with me sharing the overall idea and gist of the game with and ask a few questions about a couple things here and there? This game isnt going to be 100% historically accurate but I would like to be as close as possible where it counts.
Also I am a single developer doing this in my free time. I would love to learn about the Norse culture but that in its self would eat up more time than I can devote. I also do not want to publicize all the details in this subreddit as it wouldn't be appropriate imo, but what I can say is think of the game Sea of Thieves but instead Norse culture during the Viking Era and no gun powder.
Hi there - we're happy to approve your question related to your creative project, and we are happy for people to answer. However, we should warn you that many flairs have become reluctant to answer questions for aspiring novelists and the like, based on past experience: some people working on creative projects have a tendency to try to pump historians for trivia while ignoring the bigger points they were making, while others have a tendency to argue with historians when the historical reality does not line up with what's needed for a particular scene or characterization. Please respect the answers of people who have generously given you their time, even if it's not always what you want to hear.
Additionally, as amazing as our flair panel is, we should also point out that /r/AskHistorians is not a professional historical consultation service. If you're asking a question here because you need vital research for a future commercial product such as a historical novel, you may be better off engaging a historical consultant at a fair hourly rate to answer these questions for you. We don't know what the going rate for consultancy work would be in your locality, but it may be worth looking into that if you have in-depth or highly plot-reliant questions for this project. Some /r/AskHistorians flairs could be receptive to working as a consultant in this way. However, if you wish for a flair here to do this work for you, you will need to organize this with them yourselves.