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| 380s | hello everyone and welcome to another |
| 382s | asian empire's four live stream here uh |
| 385s | been a little while since our last |
| 388s | stream |
| 389s | uh obviously for those who aren't aware |
| 391s | we were doing a bunch of streams during |
| 392s | season one for age rounders four here uh |
| 395s | and we |
| 396s | season two is well underway definitely |
| 398s | if you haven't had a few minutes ago |
| 400s | check that out get some sweet rewards do |
| 402s | that |
| 403s | uh but we're here actually today to talk |
| 407s | more about it joe empire's four |
| 408s | obviously i'm grant one of the community |
| 410s | managers here |
| 411s | on the relic side |
| 413s | and for those that don't know |
| 416s | just last week there was a little thing |
| 418s | called gamescom |
| 420s | and |
| 422s | just a few exciting announcements came |
| 425s | out from that and that's what we're here |
| 428s | to talk about so we're going to kick |
| 429s | things off |
| 430s | we'll take a look in just a second at |
| 432s | some of that stuff but later in the show |
| 434s | we're going to have some guests as well |
| 436s | from the relics side here to |
| 438s | chat uh about what went into that but |
| 441s | okay yes hello chat hello all of you and |
| 444s | i saw people trying to do giveaway in |
| 446s | chat there's no giveaway here on stream |
| 447s | but if you go over to our twitter |
| 450s | recommend doing that after the stream |
| 452s | you can go there now if you want but if |
| 453s | you go over there there is |
| 455s | a giveaway we're doing that's pretty |
| 457s | awesome there's a cool mouse you can go |
| 460s | get your hands on potentially |
| 462s | but let's get things going so just to |
| 466s | start off i just want to roll the |
| 468s | gamescom trailer most of you have |
| 470s | probably seen this by now but just in |
| 471s | case you're tuning in and |
| 473s | aren't a gamescom person aren't a |
| 474s | convention thing person just want to see |
| 476s | this again like i love this trailer and |
| 479s | i'm just gonna hit play and let you all |
| 482s | take a look at the awesomeness the |
| 484s | epicness so here we go |
| 488s | [Music] |
| 490s | there's more than one way to win a |
| 492s | battle |
| 493s | and every empire must find their own |
| 496s | path to victory |
| 506s | whether you strike from afar or ambush |
| 509s | up close |
| 510s | the malians will use wit and strategy to |
| 513s | out maneuver their opponents and gain |
| 515s | the advantage on the battlefield |
| 524s | with powerful siege tools and the |
| 526s | ability to rally large formations the |
| 528s | ottomans can keep the pressure on to |
| 530s | bring down their enemies defenses |
| 539s | [Music] |
| 544s | when the drums of war beat how will you |
| 547s | emerge victorious |
| 553s | history is in the making |
| 556s | and your place in it has just begun |
| 563s | [Music] |
| 567s | all right i don't know about the rest of |
| 569s | you in chat but to me that music there's |
| 571s | just such an epic feeling of battle |
| 573s | coming in here and as you saw these are |
| 576s | the two civilizations we have coming |
| 578s | later this year to aj members for in our |
| 580s | free anniversary update the ottoman and |
| 582s | malian civilizations here |
| 584s | uh yeah the music is |
| 586s | so great i've watched that trailer so |
| 588s | many times as we were getting ready to |
| 591s | unveil everything for gamescom for you |
| 593s | and it's just so nice that it's out |
| 594s | there that you can feel that epic epic |
| 596s | beat you can watch all this crazy stuff |
| 597s | going on and i mean the biggest thing |
| 600s | there's two sieves coming and they're |
| 602s | both part of our free update |
| 604s | can't you can't go wrong with free uh |
| 605s | but yeah so these are part the brand new |
| 607s | civilizations coming to aging fires for |
| 610s | later this year on october 25th now this |
| 613s | is part of the larger update we have our |
| 615s | free anniversary update with more |
| 616s | information on that |
| 617s | coming at a later time but these are |
| 619s | just we wanted to give you all a look at |
| 621s | these two sieves coming here |
| 623s | uh and to that note we do have oh let me |
| 627s | just go just keeping an eye on chat here |
| 629s | everyone but yes uh so to that note we |
| 633s | have some special guests joining us from |
| 635s | the relic side over here |
| 638s | i believe this is their first time on |
| 641s | stream i could be wrong we've done just |
| 642s | a few streams but i just want to pull |
| 644s | them on here we've got matt mclean and |
| 647s | sean yesterday joining us today so thank |
| 650s | you so much for joining us here both of |
| 652s | you for taking the time out of your busy |
| 654s | day uh got some exciting stuff to talk |
| 656s | about but before we do i'd like to just |
| 658s | let you introduce yourselves and talk a |
| 660s | little bit about what you do here at |
| 661s | relic |
| 665s | uh should i go |
| 666s | yeah |
| 668s | yeah my name is sean um i've been a |
| 670s | designer here at relic for quite some |
| 671s | time working on a variety of our |
| 673s | projects such as company heroes dawn of |
| 675s | war space spring and finally age of |
| 678s | empires |
| 679s | uh most of the time i've been doing |
| 681s | system design army design so |
| 683s | yeah i've been at this quite a while |
| 685s | i'll hand it over to matt |
| 687s | yeah also quite a while uh not all here |
| 690s | at relic i've been here a relic about |
| 691s | three years i was working on the |
| 693s | campaign team before and |
| 695s | i'm a civ designer |
| 698s | awesome |
| 699s | well thank you so much for taking some |
| 701s | time i know we've got some exciting |
| 703s | things coming here and both of you are |
| 704s | also super excited about these two |
| 706s | sieves coming with this update here |
| 708s | oh yeah for sure |
| 710s | yeah and hey they're free did we say |
| 712s | free enough i know i i feel like that |
| 714s | just i should just toss free in here a |
| 715s | few more times have some like nice |
| 716s | pop-up graphics the nice little like 90s |
| 718s | pop-up free special today only |
| 721s | october 25th actually not today just for |
| 723s | everyone in chat they are not free today |
| 725s | they will be here with our anniversary |
| 727s | update uh and yeah so there is we we |
| 731s | have that trailer out and there are also |
| 732s | the civ pages on the age of empires |
| 734s | website if you haven't been there yet |
| 736s | definitely something you can check out |
| 738s | after the show again probably don't tune |
| 740s | in right now unless you you're really |
| 741s | really good at multitasking uh but |
| 743s | that's just on age of empires.com |
| 745s | if you choose age numbers 4 you can view |
| 747s | the civilization pages from there and |
| 750s | learn |
| 751s | a fair bit more as to what goes into |
| 753s | them and we're going to be covering some |
| 754s | of that today as well on the stream |
| 757s | here as we show off the ottomans and |
| 759s | malians |
| 762s | all right |
| 763s | so |
| 764s | sean matt i think probably a good time |
| 767s | to hop into |
| 769s | the first of the sieves here that are |
| 771s | coming the mallions |
| 774s | yeah absolutely uh |
| 776s | give me so a second there we go sorry i |
| 779s | took a second to get that up yeah so |
| 780s | we've got the maui here we go |
| 782s | uh so yeah if you're going to talk about |
| 783s | mali the griots of mali tell the story |
| 786s | of the empire's founding in their most |
| 787s | famous poem the epic of san dieta |
| 790s | in west africa in the mid 13th century |
| 792s | samaro kante who they in the story |
| 795s | called uh cruel sorcerer king had been |
| 797s | conquering and the pressing successor |
| 799s | states of the ghana empire |
| 800s | in response the exiled mandinka king |
| 803s | sandhya akita |
| 804s | rallied a coalition of the small |
| 806s | neighboring kingdoms returned at the |
| 808s | head of an army slayed the king with an |
| 810s | arrow tipped with a rooster spur and |
| 812s | freezes people and thus founded the |
| 814s | empire of mali |
| 817s | from there the empire grew into a uh |
| 819s | grew with vast gold deposits |
| 822s | in the jungles to the south and an |
| 824s | extensive trade network to the north |
| 825s | crossing the sahara desert by the 14th |
| 827s | century mali was one of the richest |
| 829s | nations of all time when mansa musa went |
| 832s | on his pilgrim pilgrimage to mecca in |
| 834s | 1324 he brought with him and then gave |
| 836s | away or spent so much gold that as he |
| 839s | passed through cairo he depressed the |
| 840s | gold economy of egypt for 12 years |
| 844s | with that in mind to do justice to the |
| 846s | empire in age of empires 4 |
| 848s | the malians have a military tradition |
| 850s | rooted in hit-and-run combat and tools |
| 852s | for a vast gold economy |
| 855s | on the gold side mali has a couple of |
| 857s | early additions that are going to help |
| 858s | out your income |
| 859s | they're going to have toll outposts |
| 860s | which are the replacement for the |
| 862s | outpost |
| 863s | when one of your traders passes by |
| 865s | nearby it instantly generates 10 of the |
| 868s | carried gold it has goes right into your |
| 870s | bank up to 50 per trip it also retains |
| 873s | all the vision weapons upgrades that you |
| 875s | usually have so it pulls double duty and |
| 877s | defends that trade route for you as a |
| 879s | unique building they get to pit mine so |
| 881s | this can be built on a gold deposit |
| 883s | similar to how the mongol ovu is built |
| 885s | on a stone deposit |
| 887s | it generates gold over time however it |
| 889s | unlike the ovu it does not deplete the |
| 891s | gold deposit we start off laying you do |
| 894s | one in the dark age and then you get an |
| 896s | additional one per age as you advance |
| 898s | maxing out obviously at four in the |
| 900s | imperial age |
| 901s | uh the villagers can still access the |
| 903s | deposit under the mine so if you need a |
| 905s | lot of gold fast you can double up in |
| 906s | manual harvest as well |
| 908s | that's awesome so that means actually |
| 910s | because it doesn't deplete that it's |
| 912s | basically free gold |
| 913s | it is it is free gold uh it's the |
| 916s | passive generation starts pretty small |
| 918s | uh but it scales up actually with any |
| 920s | houses or mining camps you build around |
| 922s | the pit mine uh it kind of encourages |
| 924s | you to go out on the map expand build up |
| 927s | these little mining communities and then |
| 929s | you know you have to defend them |
| 930s | obviously |
| 932s | so you know you've got the gold what are |
| 934s | you going to do with it we have |
| 936s | traditional options for technologies and |
| 937s | units with the gold cost but the malians |
| 940s | they have other options to invest that |
| 942s | gold including the new gaia cattle which |
| 946s | is a food economy source |
| 948s | so you build them at your mill and they |
| 950s | cost gold and |
| 951s | immediately as soon as they pop out |
| 953s | they're worth about twice as much as a |
| 954s | sheep if you start gathering from them |
| 956s | immediately |
| 957s | starting in feudal vote you can start |
| 959s | building ranches nearby which lets you |
| 961s | put your cattle on the ranch and |
| 963s | generate that gold over time and it's |
| 964s | better for long-term growth |
| 967s | uh but obviously they're still there if |
| 969s | you want that food now to uh to get your |
| 971s | army going |
| 972s | uh other gold sources there's some or |
| 975s | sorry other gold uh spins there are some |
| 978s | landmark options for leveraging that uh |
| 981s | in age four you can build the griobara |
| 983s | which lets you spend gold to launch |
| 985s | festivals that temporarily buff your |
| 987s | entire army with uh food gathering |
| 989s | military production siege damage |
| 990s | whatever your focus is right now |
| 992s | and then in age three uh you have the |
| 995s | option of building the farimba garrison |
| 997s | which |
| 998s | can build packs of your infantry units |
| 1000s | at a discounted gold only cost so you |
| 1002s | can pump out archers or don so just with |
| 1005s | a bunch of surplus gold |
| 1007s | speaking of units there's a lot going on |
| 1009s | in the mountain roster they've got a |
| 1010s | bevy of unique infantry |
| 1012s | uh mali introduces our first javelin |
| 1014s | thrower unit which is an anti-ranged |
| 1016s | ranged unit |
| 1018s | the donso is a spearman replacement that |
| 1020s | does everything that you expect a |
| 1021s | spearmint to do in that role but they |
| 1023s | also get a javelin that they can throw |
| 1025s | that's on a moderate cooldown any time |
| 1027s | they're not in melee |
| 1028s | like their melee spear the dancers |
| 1031s | javelin is also also anti-cavalry so uh |
| 1035s | if you're charging them with a pack of |
| 1036s | knights you're to eat that javelin |
| 1038s | volley then you're going to hit their |
| 1039s | spear wall then you're going to start |
| 1041s | getting stabbed it's going to be a bad |
| 1042s | time |
| 1044s | probably the most unique uh infantry |
| 1046s | units for mali though are the mussofa d |
| 1048s | warriors and gunners |
| 1050s | fearsome female hunters |
| 1052s | and they're the man at arms and hand |
| 1054s | cannon replacements uh respectively the |
| 1056s | gunner starts uh in h4 standard as your |
| 1059s | gunpowder comes in |
| 1060s | uh the warrior however is a fast melee |
| 1063s | attacker that starts in feudal and it |
| 1065s | counters armored units |
| 1067s | uh both both musso 5d units share a new |
| 1070s | cooldown ability to enter stealth for a |
| 1072s | time regardless of your train no stealth |
| 1075s | force required |
| 1076s | uh and so this pair of units can appear |
| 1079s | out of nowhere launch devastating sneak |
| 1081s | attacks disappear into the fog |
| 1083s | in terms of counter play the stealth |
| 1084s | units can be exposed a lot in the same |
| 1086s | way as and if they were in stealth force |
| 1088s | scouts and outposts are effective |
| 1090s | outspotting them |
| 1091s | and |
| 1092s | they can't enter stealth while they're |
| 1093s | in active combat if you like the stealth |
| 1096s | and you want to double down on ambushes |
| 1097s | in age four you can build the fort of |
| 1099s | the hundreds |
| 1100s | uh this lets all nearby malian infantry |
| 1102s | enter stealth around the landmark but it |
| 1105s | also adds a big damage bonus to the |
| 1106s | musso 5d for those first attacks coming |
| 1109s | out of stealth it'll uh it'll kind of |
| 1111s | nuke them as you pop out |
| 1113s | uh and that's that's a taste of the |
| 1115s | malians there's really more to them than |
| 1117s | i have time to talk about but uh you'll |
| 1119s | all have them in your hand soon enough |
| 1121s | yeah there's definitely a lot more to |
| 1123s | them and we're going to give more |
| 1124s | information obviously as time goes on as |
| 1126s | we get closer to this update there'll be |
| 1127s | a lot of information for all of you |
| 1129s | but it |
| 1130s | it's such an exciting sieve and it's |
| 1132s | such a unique use of that stealth there |
| 1134s | like it's definitely a fun a fun way to |
| 1136s | get in there cause some trouble |
| 1139s | just mess things up a little bit yeah |
| 1141s | you don't see them coming for sure |
| 1144s | all right uh |
| 1146s | yeah i think that's pretty much |
| 1148s | a good gist of it for the malians there |
| 1151s | uh so we actually have the opposite side |
| 1153s | of this of these two sieves here now |
| 1155s | uh we have the ottomans |
| 1157s | yeah uh so for the ottomans we're |
| 1159s | telling kind of the story of uh |
| 1162s | osmond the first who was a leader of an |
| 1164s | anatolian turkic tribe um |
| 1167s | modern-day turkey |
| 1169s | which founded a |
| 1171s | long-running dynasty |
| 1173s | there's no primary sources of osman's |
| 1176s | life so he's almost almost a mythic |
| 1179s | figure |
| 1180s | um but uh |
| 1181s | the established dynasty and um |
| 1185s | and kind of uh continued and expanded |
| 1187s | the rule |
| 1188s | um uh with rulers uh |
| 1191s | kind of |
| 1193s | taking over um until we get to mebid ii |
| 1197s | who captured constantinople um which |
| 1201s | ended the byzantine empire |
| 1204s | and kind of drove the ottomans into |
| 1206s | basically a superpower status i renamed |
| 1209s | istanbul the |
| 1211s | it became a city that's the key center |
| 1213s | of trade and culture |
| 1215s | and the ottomans are |
| 1217s | established a powerful |
| 1220s | military tradition |
| 1222s | and and really a lot of uh the firsts of |
| 1225s | kind of modern era military |
| 1229s | so |
| 1230s | supporting that um we'll talk about the |
| 1232s | first system |
| 1234s | which is the military school |
| 1235s | um so for the ottomans |
| 1238s | they're not going to have a lot of |
| 1239s | economic bonuses |
| 1241s | it's mostly going to be tied into the |
| 1243s | structure called the military school |
| 1245s | so the military school can be built |
| 1247s | directly from age one |
| 1250s | it is limited in the amount that you can |
| 1252s | produce |
| 1253s | based on |
| 1255s | one each age |
| 1257s | but it will |
| 1258s | when after it's built it can be assigned |
| 1260s | to produce a unit and it will slowly |
| 1262s | produce that unit for free continuously |
| 1264s | until you reach pop cap or |
| 1267s | um |
| 1268s | you know until you |
| 1270s | change to a different unit |
| 1273s | so this is obviously a strong advantage |
| 1275s | its weakness is a little bit of its cost |
| 1278s | its slow rate that slow rate can be |
| 1280s | improved through use of their influence |
| 1283s | system |
| 1284s | but |
| 1285s | if you give the ottomans time then |
| 1287s | they'll they'll feel the a tremendous |
| 1289s | military and you'll be in trouble so if |
| 1291s | you're playing against ottomans early |
| 1293s | aggression tends to be |
| 1296s | wise |
| 1297s | um so another system that |
| 1302s | is represent of the history is the |
| 1304s | imperial council |
| 1306s | so the imperial council plays into a |
| 1308s | little bit of the military focus |
| 1312s | when you produce a military unit you get |
| 1314s | a little bit of experience that |
| 1316s | experience |
| 1317s | will gradually build up and at a curtain |
| 1320s | certain key intervals you'll get access |
| 1322s | to |
| 1323s | what we call visio points which can be |
| 1325s | used to unlock |
| 1327s | powerful global |
| 1329s | technologies |
| 1331s | um these uh |
| 1334s | can allow uh |
| 1336s | yeah they'll |
| 1337s | prove one of them will improve the uh |
| 1341s | give you access to another military |
| 1342s | school or improve the production rate |
| 1345s | but they'll have a big impact and this |
| 1347s | is kind of a nod to |
| 1349s | the sultan and vizier system that was |
| 1351s | set up by osman and continued forth |
| 1355s | in the ottoman history |
| 1357s | um so moving on to some of their unique |
| 1360s | units uh first one to mention is the |
| 1361s | great bombard |
| 1363s | so these were special cannons that were |
| 1366s | actually |
| 1370s | built |
| 1371s | for |
| 1372s | the siege of constantinople |
| 1375s | they they were huge massive cannons that |
| 1378s | shot thousand pound projectiles |
| 1381s | um so this will be |
| 1382s | one of the strongest seized weapons that |
| 1384s | we have in the game |
| 1387s | the siege weapon that you'll see on the |
| 1389s | ottomans almost doesn't do the real life |
| 1391s | thing justice uh just because we have a |
| 1393s | little bit of limitations with our |
| 1395s | pathfinding and whatnot |
| 1396s | uh but this cannon will be very powerful |
| 1399s | um and it's gonna be a very expensive so |
| 1402s | it's going to be a focus of for the |
| 1404s | ottoman player to protect it or it's |
| 1406s | going to be a focus of attack to really |
| 1408s | put the ottoman player in economic |
| 1410s | disadvantage if you can kill this thing |
| 1412s | before it has time to set up and siege |
| 1414s | down your city |
| 1416s | the meta is a is a |
| 1419s | unique ottoman unit that isn't really |
| 1421s | right |
| 1422s | it's not an archetypal class |
| 1424s | so this is a buffing unit it's a |
| 1426s | horseback ward drummer |
| 1429s | the meta is uh were war drummers that |
| 1431s | were used uh that were kind of uh |
| 1434s | originated with the ottomans um they |
| 1436s | were used in combat to kind of organize |
| 1440s | the troops or strike fear into the uh to |
| 1443s | the enemy troops they were also |
| 1446s | used on parade when uh the ottoman |
| 1449s | armies left city or entering the city so |
| 1452s | they have a strong history there |
| 1455s | in game |
| 1456s | it is uh you have three toggles on the |
| 1459s | unit that can be used to buff nearby |
| 1462s | troops um so it can be used to buff the |
| 1465s | attack uh the melee defense or the range |
| 1467s | defense of the nearby units |
| 1469s | only one you can have multiple matters |
| 1472s | but only one |
| 1473s | buff can be applied to any one unit a |
| 1475s | particular time so you have to be |
| 1477s | careful about how you organize |
| 1480s | these amongst your troops and make them |
| 1482s | dispersed so you can get the greatest |
| 1484s | possible effect um there's also an |
| 1488s | imperial council technology that allows |
| 1490s | you to |
| 1491s | [Music] |
| 1492s | increase the movement speed of any units |
| 1495s | that's in formation with the matter |
| 1497s | so this is kind of |
| 1499s | um fast marching your troops up to the |
| 1502s | front |
| 1504s | so you can move your |
| 1505s | large army around |
| 1507s | the last unit that i'll be talking about |
| 1508s | is the sapahi this is a replacement for |
| 1510s | the light |
| 1511s | horsemen |
| 1513s | the sapahi |
| 1514s | uh |
| 1516s | it has an ability that allow it to |
| 1518s | attack uh |
| 1520s | quicker for a period of time um |
| 1523s | but at the cost of fatigue of uh |
| 1525s | increased |
| 1526s | uh taking increased damage from melee |
| 1528s | attacks so |
| 1529s | generally this is a rating unit you'll |
| 1531s | want it there to kind of protect the |
| 1533s | flanks of your large formation |
| 1535s | um really go in hard on those archers |
| 1538s | but uh be careful when you use this |
| 1540s | ability because it could end up |
| 1541s | backfiring |
| 1543s | uh yeah and uh that's uh |
| 1546s | that's all i mentioned about the |
| 1548s | ottomans uh and we'll move on to |
| 1552s | more general topics i think yeah i think |
| 1554s | so thank you so much just for those a |
| 1556s | bit of a dive here into these units |
| 1559s | obviously there's a lot more that we |
| 1560s | haven't shared here that you'll learn in |
| 1563s | coming time about these units uh and the |
| 1565s | civilizations here for all of you |
| 1566s | watching the stream but hopefully this |
| 1567s | gave you a little bit more taste of what |
| 1569s | to expect |
| 1571s | but i think now yeah as you mentioned |
| 1573s | we'll try to go a bit more and have more |
| 1574s | of a discussion here about what goes |
| 1576s | into making a sieve and some general |
| 1577s | discussion because obviously |
| 1579s | hearing both both of you talk matt and |
| 1582s | sean there is |
| 1583s | and i can hear it in both of you but |
| 1584s | there's this huge passion for history |
| 1586s | there's there's a lot that goes into |
| 1587s | making these like there's |
| 1589s | so much research uh just open up to the |
| 1592s | two of you to tell us like a little bit |
| 1594s | of how |
| 1595s | how your experience has been and what |
| 1597s | goes into all of that |
| 1599s | yeah i mean it's got to start with the |
| 1601s | history uh |
| 1602s | when we pick up a new civ it's just a |
| 1604s | big deep dive on research we're looking |
| 1606s | at books articles |
| 1608s | journals art architecture uh as we're |
| 1611s | pouring through it all trying to get a |
| 1612s | sense of the timeline and the big |
| 1614s | players in an empire we're flagging |
| 1615s | anything that jumps out as interesting |
| 1617s | we're looking for major figures weapons |
| 1619s | technology |
| 1620s | the language the government the religion |
| 1622s | tactics major battles anything that |
| 1625s | might spark kind of a gameplay idea |
| 1627s | uh |
| 1628s | eventually at the end of it we have a |
| 1630s | kind of a tome of historical research at |
| 1632s | hand and then uh with a good overview uh |
| 1636s | we get that we enlist the help of our |
| 1638s | passionate team here and we start to |
| 1640s | distill that into a form that fits into |
| 1642s | age of empires |
| 1643s | uh |
| 1644s | we start to establish okay uh i feel |
| 1647s | like these guys are gonna be cavalry |
| 1648s | focused or you know this is really |
| 1651s | defensive or relics are gonna be a big |
| 1653s | deal in the case of like hre |
| 1656s | and then anecdotes from a battle become |
| 1657s | a unique unit uh you know you find |
| 1660s | abandoned blueprints for a tower and oh |
| 1662s | that'll make a great landmark |
| 1664s | uh maybe oh a nomadic culture sure pack |
| 1667s | up all your buildings move them anywhere |
| 1669s | how hard can that be right |
| 1671s | uh and then |
| 1673s | we eventually have a consolidated design |
| 1674s | and then we can start running that by |
| 1676s | our subject matter experts |
| 1680s | yeah despite you know uh what matt |
| 1683s | mentioned where we delve into the |
| 1685s | history we don't consider ourselves |
| 1687s | experts so |
| 1688s | uh we want to vet those uh kind of our |
| 1691s | ideas |
| 1692s | we want to vet our distillation of |
| 1694s | history |
| 1695s | and the ideas that we |
| 1697s | generate from that with subject matter |
| 1699s | experts |
| 1700s | which we specifically |
| 1702s | seek out um historians |
| 1705s | that have a wide |
| 1708s | breadth of knowledge in the area that |
| 1710s | we're talking about |
| 1712s | um so we can make sure that we're not |
| 1715s | you know we're not missing anything |
| 1717s | important |
| 1718s | that we could |
| 1721s | use to represent these civilizations and |
| 1724s | obviously that we're ensuring that |
| 1726s | everything is an honest respectful |
| 1729s | representation of the civilization that |
| 1731s | we're trying to |
| 1733s | to uh depict in the game |
| 1735s | um |
| 1737s | we uh kind of continue that |
| 1739s | collaborative |
| 1740s | effort with uh the rest of our team as |
| 1743s | well we make sure that the art is uh |
| 1746s | kind of vetted top to bottom the |
| 1748s | architecture |
| 1749s | is uh representative we have our our |
| 1753s | ages which represent different |
| 1754s | historical periods |
| 1756s | um |
| 1757s | so we have to kind of maintain that |
| 1759s | consistency |
| 1760s | um and that identity but |
| 1762s | uh bring the basically the |
| 1765s | characteristics that are were most |
| 1767s | common to those civilizations |
| 1769s | um |
| 1771s | audio is is a very important things uh |
| 1775s | in |
| 1775s | terms of history so |
| 1777s | we always want to may have a good |
| 1778s | conversation about speech |
| 1781s | and music |
| 1783s | since those are big factors in our game |
| 1786s | with the speech kind of evolving as you |
| 1788s | get through the later ages |
| 1792s | that |
| 1792s | that can be tricky without the help of |
| 1795s | experts to help us along the way |
| 1797s | um and just general collaboration with |
| 1800s | sip design we definitely don't do it all |
| 1802s | ourselves |
| 1803s | we get the supports of our gameplay |
| 1806s | teams uh the programmers um the balance |
| 1809s | team obviously crucial um |
| 1812s | you've seen them before on the stream |
| 1815s | they |
| 1816s | we work in collaboration with them to |
| 1818s | make sure that |
| 1820s | everything that we put out uh |
| 1823s | though it seems strong on paper such as |
| 1824s | the military schools uh we work closely |
| 1827s | with the bounce team to make sure that |
| 1828s | uh they're as balanced as possible when |
| 1830s | they get to |
| 1832s | get into the game |
| 1834s | yeah and they all those teams do great |
| 1836s | jobs like have you seen the malleon art |
| 1838s | those walls |
| 1840s | yeah |
| 1841s | yeah i think that's the great thing of |
| 1842s | seeing all of this to come together all |
| 1844s | these different teams within the studios |
| 1847s | all this knowledge this expertise |
| 1849s | kind of all this passion comes together |
| 1851s | into this nice package like it it feels |
| 1854s | so satisfying when you have your hands |
| 1856s | on it when you see not just not just the |
| 1858s | final product like final |
| 1859s | what you end up with but watching the |
| 1861s | process as well watching these things |
| 1862s | come together seeing |
| 1864s | like the |
| 1866s | things from design like as soon as you |
| 1867s | have like a rough idea seeing that |
| 1868s | evolve and over time make sure from the |
| 1870s | balance side like is this fun to play is |
| 1872s | this what we're looking for the |
| 1873s | experience for our players in the game |
| 1875s | and watching it all kind of come from |
| 1877s | there from all these different |
| 1878s | disciplines and seeing everyone's kind |
| 1880s | of craft specialty here |
| 1885s | it's definitely a wild ride to go from |
| 1887s | writing on your notepad but what if cow |
| 1891s | months later here we go |
| 1893s | yeah |
| 1894s | yeah there's a lot of important steps in |
| 1896s | there um especially with things like |
| 1898s | readability |
| 1899s | um there's a lot of back and forth |
| 1901s | between uh |
| 1903s | you know the concept |
| 1905s | as it is generated by the arts uh i mean |
| 1908s | informed by the history as is generated |
| 1909s | uh by the art into kind of |
| 1912s | just uh drawing concepts to |
| 1915s | the actual readable object in the game |
| 1917s | uh there's a lot of uh kind of back and |
| 1919s | forth and important steps that |
| 1922s | really go into |
| 1924s | making these sieves play well |
| 1927s | but stand out |
| 1931s | awesome yeah no it's definitely exciting |
| 1933s | i really just can't wait for everyone to |
| 1934s | get their hands on these sieves here and |
| 1936s | check them out themselves in game |
| 1938s | obviously this is coming october 25th as |
| 1940s | part of our free update i see some of |
| 1942s | you in chat chatting with ashley lynn |
| 1944s | here uh if |
| 1946s | if you're interested definitely do check |
| 1947s | out the ig empire's website and take a |
| 1949s | look at the public update preview |
| 1950s | program the pup there you may |
| 1953s | find yourselves with opportunities to |
| 1955s | test content before it kind of comes up |
| 1957s | through that program it's a great thing |
| 1959s | if you're really interested in the game |
| 1960s | and want to help us as well along the |
| 1963s | way |
| 1964s | but otherwise keep your eyes peeled for |
| 1966s | october 25th as we get closer and as we |
| 1968s | get closer again there'll be more and |
| 1970s | more information we're able to share |
| 1971s | with all of you as well |
| 1975s | uh yeah so |
| 1977s | sean matt i just want to say like thank |
| 1980s | you so much for the the dive into this |
| 1982s | if there's anything else you want to |
| 1983s | chat about otherwise like i'm totally |
| 1984s | fine if we want to |
| 1986s | wind things down end up with the trailer |
| 1988s | again just for everyone but yeah i'll |
| 1990s | leave it if if there's anything else |
| 1993s | i don't know the excitement's pretty |
| 1994s | real for me like i'm just |
| 1996s | it's |
| 1997s | seeing seeing the announcement seeing |
| 1999s | all of it at gamescom come to be a |
| 2000s | reality is just it's so satisfying |
| 2003s | watching all of the chats all like |
| 2005s | watching reddit feedback everywhere |
| 2006s | everyone's just like oh my god it's free |
| 2008s | i didn't expect that |
| 2010s | yeah uh trust me we were |
| 2013s | pinned to those reddit threads and uh to |
| 2016s | all the youtube reactions and twitch |
| 2018s | reactions it was uh it was a big day |
| 2020s | yeah a lot of fun to see |
| 2022s | yeah and to all of you |
| 2023s | like our team we understand there's so |
| 2026s | many different places for you to share |
| 2027s | feedback there's all of you like we we |
| 2029s | do scour we look at what you say in |
| 2031s | every venue whether that's reddit on |
| 2032s | random twitch videos we're out there |
| 2034s | taking a look at this but also the age |
| 2036s | of empire forums are a great place to |
| 2038s | share your feedback or even discord as |
| 2040s | well we have the age of empires discord |
| 2042s | and it's a great place to chat with |
| 2043s | other players as well and you can also |
| 2045s | get paint of any updates to end that |
| 2047s | there as well |
| 2048s | uh yeah |
| 2050s | so i think |
| 2052s | with that said i might just hop over and |
| 2055s | take a look at this trailer one more |
| 2057s | time with everyone here on this it's |
| 2059s | just so satisfying let's take one more |
| 2061s | look i know everyone's like smoke on the |
| 2063s | water it's the drumming time here we go |
| 2066s | [Music] |
| 2069s | there's more than one way to win a |
| 2071s | battle and every empire must find their |
| 2074s | own path to victory |
| 2085s | whether you strike from afar or ambush |
| 2087s | up close |
| 2088s | the mallians will use wit and strategy |
| 2091s | to out maneuver their opponents and gain |
| 2093s | the advantage on the battlefield |
| 2102s | with powerful siege tools and the |
| 2104s | ability to rally large formations the |
| 2106s | ottomans can keep the pressure on to |
| 2109s | bring down their enemies defenses |
| 2117s | [Music] |
| 2123s | when the drums of war beat |
| 2125s | how will you emerge victorious |
| 2131s | history is in the making |
| 2134s | and your place in it has just begun |
| 2142s | [Music] |
| 2147s | all right i just i had to play that one |
| 2149s | more time for all of you it's so |
| 2150s | satisfying i |
| 2152s | i am just so thrilled with how it turned |
| 2153s | out and i know all of you are pretty |
| 2154s | excited here as well uh so just to recap |
| 2158s | this is part of our free anniversary |
| 2160s | update coming october 25th |
| 2162s | if you're interested at all in checking |
| 2164s | things out uh keep an eye to our socials |
| 2166s | hop on the discord join the pop the |
| 2168s | public update preview program there if |
| 2170s | you can on the agenda's website we'll be |
| 2172s | getting tons and tons more information |
| 2174s | about not just these civilizations what |
| 2176s | you're seeing with the malians and |
| 2177s | ottomans but also |
| 2179s | with the free anniversary update and all |
| 2181s | that that entails there's a lot of |
| 2182s | exciting stuff uh definitely stay tuned |
| 2186s | to all of you here in chat i just want |
| 2187s | to say thank you so much for tuning in |
| 2190s | thank you for joining us for the ride |
| 2192s | that is aj vampires 4 here and seeing |
| 2194s | all of the exciting stuff coming we |
| 2195s | can't wait to get it in all of your |
| 2197s | hands |
| 2198s | i also do want to give a huge shout out |
| 2201s | to our guests sean and matt to thank |
| 2203s | them both for taking time out of their |
| 2205s | day to be here with us on stream uh sean |
| 2208s | matt thank you so very much |
| 2212s | and that was a pleasure yeah thank thank |
| 2215s | you so much i'll pull you back up on cam |
| 2216s | one more time as we sign off from this |
| 2218s | so thank you so much everyone thank you |
| 2220s | for tuning in we will definitely look to |
| 2222s | have more streams in the future as well |
| 2224s | and give you more up more information on |
| 2226s | this content as soon as we can |
| 2229s | so thank you so much for tuning in |
| 2231s | everyone |
| 2233s | alright see you next time |
| 2235s | bye everyone |
| 2238s | [Music] |
| 2241s | there's more than one way to win a |
| 2243s | battle and every empire must find their |
| 2246s | own path to victory |
| 2257s | whether you strike from afar or ambush |
| 2259s | up close |
| 2260s | the mallions will use wit and strategy |
| 2263s | to out maneuver their opponents and gain |
| 2265s | the advantage on the battlefield |
| 2274s | with powerful siege tools and the |
| 2276s | ability to rally large formations the |
| 2278s | ottomans can keep the pressure on to |
| 2281s | bring down their enemies defenses |
| 2289s | [Music] |
| 2294s | when the drums of war beat |
| 2297s | how will you emerge victorious |
| 2303s | history is in the making |
| 2306s | and your place in it has just begun |
| 2313s | [Music] |
| 2339s | [Music] |
| 2353s | my |
| 2354s | [Music] |
| 2389s | [Music] |
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| 2505s | [Music] |
| 2538s | you |