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| 366s | hello everyone and welcome back to |
| 369s | another stream here for age of empires |
| 371s | 4. uh it's been a little while since our |
| 374s | last stream |
| 376s | but we wanted to come back and get at |
| 377s | least one more stream in here for season |
| 380s | one as things are starting to wind down |
| 383s | uh season one festival of ages hopefully |
| 386s | you've been enjoying it so far uh the |
| 389s | season's been going on for quite a while |
| 390s | now and yeah we're gonna chat just a |
| 393s | little bit about season one |
| 395s | what we've had as a bit of a review |
| 397s | there we've also |
| 399s | got some talking about what's coming up |
| 400s | in the future |
| 402s | as well as a look at some ugc which |
| 405s | brings me to uh |
| 408s | what we're going on here so i'm grant |
| 409s | community manager for relic |
| 410s | entertainment obviously working on age |
| 412s | of empires four and we've got a special |
| 414s | guest you can see |
| 416s | beside me on the stream probably on the |
| 417s | webcam already chris rubior who is |
| 420s | joining us to talk a little bit more |
| 422s | about ugc and |
| 424s | some of the amazing content people have |
| 426s | made and what that looks like and what |
| 428s | where we want to go a little bit with it |
| 430s | so |
| 431s | yeah chris if you want to just maybe |
| 434s | introduce yourself and let us know a |
| 436s | little bit about what you do for the for |
| 438s | those here who might not know |
| 441s | sure um you know number one thanks for |
| 443s | having me i appreciate it |
| 444s | um |
| 445s | i'm what you would consider a designer |
| 448s | um you know i'll start by saying you |
| 451s | know i've been working in rts since 1994 |
| 453s | one of the first games that i ever |
| 455s | worked on |
| 456s | was dune to the building of a dynasty |
| 458s | for the sega genesis followed by command |
| 459s | and conquer thereafter i've uh i've |
| 462s | worked with the creative franchise |
| 463s | director adam eisegreen um for |
| 466s | some uh two decades now so been around a |
| 468s | long time uh love rts with a with an |
| 471s | undying passion worked on a lot of games |
| 473s | and uh pretty stoked about that so uh my |
| 477s | role on the world's edge team i'm more |
| 479s | of a tactical designer i work with our |
| 481s | various partners like forgotten empires |
| 483s | relic on a day-to-day basis |
| 485s | um working with them on systems content |
| 488s | creation uh bugs and just a variety of |
| 492s | issues that come up throughout the |
| 494s | development of the project i kind of |
| 496s | always like to say i work in the shadows |
| 498s | i just you know my goal is to |
| 501s | just work with the teams to drive for a |
| 503s | high level of quality and content and |
| 505s | then provide |
| 507s | experience and and help guide our design |
| 510s | teams to you know just deliver great |
| 512s | things so |
| 513s | um but yeah i've been on world's edge uh |
| 515s | for about three almost three years now |
| 517s | uh working on age four |
| 521s | awesome yeah and i i mean |
| 523s | a lot has happened i mean age four |
| 525s | you've worked on it obviously for three |
| 526s | years there so you mentioned that's kind |
| 528s | of before everything up and to launch |
| 530s | but also now we're obviously in the kind |
| 532s | of live operations the game is out but |
| 534s | we're we're still making content stuff |
| 536s | is still happening we're still putting |
| 538s | out updates stuff like the season here |
| 539s | and then the big thing obviously and |
| 542s | kind of what we want to talk about today |
| 543s | a little bit more is ugc |
| 544s | uh |
| 545s | so |
| 547s | definitely a really cool thing and it |
| 549s | lets people make what they want but |
| 551s | chris to you what makes ugc so special |
| 553s | like what does that open up for the |
| 554s | community |
| 557s | it's it's a huge part uh |
| 560s | of our age franchise all of our products |
| 562s | have it |
| 563s | um but that being said i think |
| 566s | above all else it definitely gives |
| 568s | players the ability to customize and |
| 570s | expand upon the contents |
| 572s | that that's there it allows them to take |
| 575s | this great foundation that we we built |
| 579s | and expand it with new ideas i love ugc |
| 582s | i've actually in the past hired |
| 584s | designers um into companies uh based off |
| 587s | the ugc content that they created um and |
| 590s | which you know usually starts with maps |
| 592s | or you know uh experiential content uh |
| 595s | like missions or or campaigns |
| 598s | uh but you know to |
| 600s | for us you know we we as a as a |
| 603s | publishing arm as a developer we |
| 604s | continue to you know release new content |
| 607s | but |
| 608s | you know it's amazing seeing all the |
| 609s | great ideas that our community has and |
| 611s | then giving them the power to be able to |
| 613s | implement those ideas |
| 615s | some amazing things for the game comes |
| 617s | out of that so |
| 619s | for us you know ugc is just |
| 621s | something that provides longevity for |
| 623s | years to come and i i will tell you you |
| 625s | know |
| 626s | unlike previous age games where the |
| 628s | tooling was a little bit simpler we |
| 629s | actually |
| 631s | have given the community and content |
| 632s | creators essentially uh the full-on |
| 635s | development tool minus a few things you |
| 637s | know a few tweaks here and there but um |
| 640s | so and and we worked very hard to try to |
| 642s | make it easier to use for players as |
| 644s | well which actually benefits the team in |
| 646s | the in the long run so |
| 648s | a lot of great stuff uh and we believe |
| 651s | i'm looking forward to seeing all the |
| 652s | great stuff that our community creates |
| 654s | going forward so we're only three months |
| 656s | in you know thousands of mods have been |
| 658s | created uh hundred a hundred thousand |
| 661s | plus downloads of mods i mean i i |
| 663s | haven't even looked at our latest uh uh |
| 666s | data yet but uh |
| 667s | players really dig this stuff and |
| 669s | there's a lot of great mods out there |
| 671s | and uh really impressive to see uh what |
| 673s | what our community has done |
| 674s | yeah it's definitely really really |
| 676s | exciting and i just i just saw in chat i |
| 678s | just want to mention yes the person |
| 680s | asking yes we are live this is not |
| 682s | pre-recorded both chris and i are here |
| 683s | live but also ugc we've been using that |
| 686s | term here a few times and this stands |
| 688s | for user-generated content uh |
| 690s | this is anything made in the adren |
| 692s | persport content editor beta uh this was |
| 694s | put out alongside season one when that |
| 696s | launched and we've definitely seen |
| 699s | a lot a lot of really cool stuff from |
| 701s | come from our community members so far |
| 703s | uh |
| 704s | there in the past stream we had michael |
| 706s | konkin come on and show a little bit of |
| 708s | a demo of how to create ugc and there's |
| 711s | a lot of documentation actually on the |
| 712s | website and from other creators out |
| 714s | there |
| 715s | to get you started it's it's not like |
| 718s | you can get something made pretty |
| 719s | quickly which is a nice thing you can |
| 720s | just hop in play around follow some |
| 722s | quick tutorials and you'll have |
| 723s | something and then it's |
| 724s | you can learn and continue to build as |
| 726s | chris says like this this is a thing |
| 728s | like realistically the more you do this |
| 730s | the more you'll customize and who knows |
| 731s | maybe there's a future for you at some |
| 734s | point down the line in kind of like the |
| 736s | design side of this if you if you really |
| 737s | enjoy it |
| 739s | uh here's you know |
| 740s | if you don't mind me jump it in there |
| 741s | grant go follow it one of the things you |
| 743s | know uh that is pretty amazing about the |
| 746s | tool is that we have these wizards that |
| 747s | essentially allow you to |
| 749s | you know for example creating maps |
| 751s | um it'll actually create uh the the |
| 754s | terrain off a template as well as uh |
| 756s | incorporate a palette of textures for |
| 759s | you you know many ages ago uh you know |
| 762s | we had to you literally take you know |
| 764s | great height maps shape all those height |
| 766s | maps and then come up with our own |
| 767s | textured palettes and as designers we |
| 769s | had to kind of do it all herself |
| 770s | uh but one of the things that's awesome |
| 772s | that we've done with this tooling is |
| 774s | that we essentially give you kind of |
| 775s | this really cool foundational head start |
| 778s | so you can generate a map |
| 780s | creates all the splats and palettes for |
| 782s | you as well as gives you it gives you |
| 784s | kind of a pre |
| 785s | uh edited uh height map that you can |
| 787s | massage and work um and modify which |
| 790s | i've done uh plenty of times and as |
| 792s | somebody that um you know |
| 794s | i come from the background of map making |
| 796s | map making is actually a passion of mine |
| 799s | for as a designer even though i do |
| 800s | systems and other types of design i |
| 802s | could make maps for days it's just |
| 805s | something that i just thoroughly enjoy i |
| 807s | love it when environments you can create |
| 808s | environments that tell stories but um |
| 811s | you know to be able to |
| 812s | basically use the tool use the wizard to |
| 814s | create um these maps just basically |
| 817s | generate a fully playable map and then |
| 819s | go into edit saves you days if not weeks |
| 822s | worth of work uh to get something up and |
| 824s | running and then be able to |
| 826s | export that up into our system so other |
| 828s | players can see it's kind of really cool |
| 830s | it's you know for me it's almost like |
| 832s | you know an old-school designer it's |
| 833s | like magic being able to see all this |
| 835s | come together so quickly so the team has |
| 836s | done an amazing job working to make the |
| 839s | tooling um easy for uh content creators |
| 843s | to get into |
| 844s | yeah i think that's nice thing is like |
| 845s | you mentioned that the generator like |
| 847s | the wizard tool there it is kind of |
| 848s | magic it gives you a good base to start |
| 850s | from you don't have to spend all that |
| 852s | time getting the fundamentals and |
| 855s | changing things one by one you're kind |
| 856s | of tossed into that you have something |
| 858s | to work with and you can customize it |
| 859s | how you want from that point |
| 862s | also really |
| 864s | really interesting thing i saw actually |
| 865s | come up in chat and this is part of |
| 867s | something i actually wanted to talk |
| 868s | about is |
| 869s | the map creation there's a huge huge |
| 872s | dedication in our community for it and i |
| 873s | see |
| 874s | dr dabstin in chat says they have a map |
| 877s | contest they're making which is really |
| 878s | awesome which means we'll probably see |
| 879s | some more really cool maps come from |
| 881s | there |
| 882s | but back actually in may aussie drongo |
| 884s | had a map making contest as well and it |
| 887s | was cool to see this being a community |
| 889s | led initiative by people passionate |
| 891s | about making these maps who want to see |
| 892s | what people can make |
| 894s | i believe there was a pretty decent |
| 896s | price pool i think it was around a |
| 897s | thousand dollars and people were told to |
| 899s | make their own maps and there were some |
| 900s | really cool entries in there uh some |
| 902s | people made stuff like throwbacks to |
| 904s | past age games uh oasis from age two for |
| 907s | example um yeah so it's just really cool |
| 910s | to see what the community is making and |
| 911s | like this dedication you can |
| 914s | just go at it hop in and start making |
| 915s | maps publish them in just a few clicks |
| 918s | and someone else can try it out which is |
| 920s | really cool how quick that turnaround is |
| 923s | yeah no no friction really easy to use |
| 926s | and uh it's you know if you haven't made |
| 928s | a map go give it a try it's really i |
| 930s | mean it it it's really just several |
| 932s | clicks and i think the the the hardest |
| 934s | thing that you're gonna struggle with |
| 936s | is uh |
| 937s | uh coming up with a name for your map or |
| 940s | or your tuning pack um or your mission |
| 943s | so uh but that being said it's it's |
| 945s | really easy um you know we love seeing |
| 947s | this content i i love browsing through |
| 949s | the mods section tuning packs generated |
| 951s | maps crafted maps |
| 953s | and just kind of |
| 955s | throughout the day maybe downloading |
| 956s | something and taking a taking a look at |
| 958s | it to see what our community is doing |
| 960s | and you mentioned something earlier uh |
| 962s | one of our community members held a |
| 963s | contest and i haven't seen those maps so |
| 965s | i'd love to work with the community to |
| 966s | take a look at those top rated maps and |
| 968s | you know with regards to you know uh |
| 971s | incorporation in the game that's |
| 972s | something we can talk about with our |
| 974s | community team and and and evaluate we |
| 976s | do have to make you know we do go |
| 977s | through kind of a quality check on a lot |
| 978s | of our content a rigorous quality check |
| 981s | so but that doesn't mean that there's |
| 983s | nothing we can't do down the road so |
| 984s | definitely we'll work with the community |
| 986s | to make sure we see those maps and get |
| 987s | them in front of my uh get them onto my |
| 989s | desktop |
| 990s | yeah definitely and as mentioned the |
| 992s | content editor currently is in beta |
| 994s | there's definitely going to be more work |
| 996s | more customization more stuff that |
| 997s | you'll be able to do with it in the |
| 998s | future uh we just wanted to get |
| 1000s | something to you to get your hands on to |
| 1002s | get those mods out there as quick as |
| 1003s | possible which is really awesome yeah i |
| 1005s | would like to highlight too i know beta |
| 1006s | you know it's like oh it's it's not |
| 1008s | finished yeah there's a lot we i i |
| 1010s | pushed hard for beta because i wanted we |
| 1012s | have a there's there's a lot of new |
| 1014s | features that we want to add over time |
| 1016s | there's a lot of improvements quality of |
| 1018s | life improvements so we felt that |
| 1019s | keeping it in beta was the best way uh |
| 1022s | to you know it was best for the |
| 1023s | community and and really kind of |
| 1025s | communicated that this is still work in |
| 1026s | progress we're still building on this |
| 1028s | tool to make it super awesome and just |
| 1031s | better for our content creators over |
| 1033s | time you know i i i'm always jealous of |
| 1036s | age two in the other games they've had |
| 1038s | you know two decades worth of time to |
| 1040s | kind of hone and shape their experiences |
| 1042s | we've you know we're at six seven months |
| 1044s | now so but um i can i can assure |
| 1046s | everybody in this stream and in general |
| 1048s | there's a we have you have a dedicated |
| 1050s | team across our partners and within |
| 1051s | world's edge that um is working to make |
| 1054s | this game apps continue to make this |
| 1056s | game amazing uh even more so than it is |
| 1059s | yeah and i i think that's the cool thing |
| 1060s | to think of is there's going to be more |
| 1062s | coming to the editor like this is this |
| 1064s | is not all you're getting there's going |
| 1065s | to be more options more things to do |
| 1068s | uh |
| 1069s | definitely something to look forward to |
| 1070s | with that but in the meantime like you |
| 1072s | can hop in you have this product you can |
| 1074s | start you can hop into this editor and |
| 1076s | start making something right now and as |
| 1078s | the editor changes or revolves over time |
| 1079s | you can continue to evolve or change |
| 1080s | your maps as well and |
| 1082s | take things in new ways which is awesome |
| 1084s | to see |
| 1085s | basically you're in charge of what you |
| 1086s | want to play as well and what you want |
| 1088s | to share with the community from your |
| 1089s | side |
| 1093s | indeed awesome uh so |
| 1096s | talking about some ugc |
| 1099s | chris i think there are a few different |
| 1101s | mods and pieces of ugc that you really |
| 1104s | liked uh from the community that you've |
| 1105s | taken a look at so far |
| 1107s | yeah i mean some of these you know go |
| 1109s | without saying they're really cool some |
| 1111s | are some age two |
| 1113s | uh you know inspired by uh when it comes |
| 1115s | to content you know nomad is one of |
| 1117s | those that's top of the list |
| 1119s | it's a great mode |
| 1121s | for those that aren't familiar with |
| 1122s | nomad basically you start with three |
| 1124s | villagers that are kind of scattered uh |
| 1127s | and uh basically you know you can kind |
| 1129s | of pick your location um where you want |
| 1132s | to set up your settlement essentially it |
| 1135s | reminds me of it's kind of it's very |
| 1137s | similar to how we used to do cnc back in |
| 1139s | the day where you'd start with an mcv |
| 1140s | and kind of drive it around and deploy |
| 1142s | it where you want it's a very similar |
| 1143s | concept |
| 1144s | simple mod but nonetheless a lot of fun |
| 1147s | a lot of download a lot of people a lot |
| 1148s | of players are enjoying this right now |
| 1151s | so if you haven't checked it out you |
| 1152s | want to try something a little different |
| 1153s | uh nomad is definitely a good way to go |
| 1156s | it's it's definitely it's a bit takes a |
| 1158s | bit getting used to because you have to |
| 1160s | kind of readjust your brain to how you |
| 1162s | allocate your resources early game |
| 1164s | because you have to build everything |
| 1165s | from scratch |
| 1170s | awesome yeah nomad is definitely like |
| 1172s | there are a lot of cool mods out there |
| 1173s | and definitely i think one of the cool |
| 1174s | things is just go take a look go look |
| 1176s | through the |
| 1177s | the browser see what's out there and try |
| 1179s | some of them out |
| 1181s | yeah and you know with |
| 1182s | i always look at everything as when it |
| 1184s | comes to h4 and how we have you know our |
| 1187s | interface and ui especially on the front |
| 1189s | end you know phase one phase two we're |
| 1191s | looking at ways that we can improve um |
| 1194s | access to the you know mods making it |
| 1196s | more accessible so this is something the |
| 1198s | team you know we're all exploring how |
| 1200s | can we make it easier for players to |
| 1201s | download mods you know basically |
| 1203s | reducing friction in the process it's |
| 1205s | everything that takes time and all of |
| 1206s | this comes based off of player feedback |
| 1208s | so |
| 1209s | um yeah it's and that's a great thing |
| 1210s | about our community incredibly vocal |
| 1212s | which we love um and you know we're |
| 1214s | working hard to just make a better game |
| 1216s | for everybody so the next the next mode |
| 1219s | that i want to talk about it's called |
| 1220s | advanced game settings and i actually i |
| 1222s | this is this is great when i first saw |
| 1224s | them like holy cow how did they you know |
| 1226s | they really this this this uh this |
| 1228s | content creator went in and really made |
| 1230s | a bunch of of cool uh features |
| 1233s | uh basically it adds you know uh like |
| 1235s | what |
| 1236s | five five new win conditions to the game |
| 1240s | um gives you the option to uh you can |
| 1242s | either play nomad or when it comes to |
| 1245s | setting up your settlement |
| 1246s | um you have a bunch of different choices |
| 1249s | it adds treaty to the game so you can |
| 1251s | you can set a treaty for five to ten |
| 1253s | minutes before players attack you got |
| 1255s | different types of victory uh your you |
| 1257s | do have team victory conditions |
| 1259s | um as you know there's a team solidarity |
| 1262s | option so um if you're looking for |
| 1264s | something unique and to add a little bit |
| 1266s | more flavor to to the current offering |
| 1269s | um there's a lot here i mean there's |
| 1271s | even a regicide option which i'm kind of |
| 1272s | like wow that's awesome that they did |
| 1274s | that as well as an option to have a game |
| 1276s | only about score so if you haven't |
| 1278s | checked it out super easy to download um |
| 1280s | once you put it once you kind of |
| 1282s | downloaded and subscribed to it you |
| 1284s | would find this under game setup and |
| 1286s | you'd basically under you would change |
| 1287s | your game mode and you would find it |
| 1289s | under uh mode so it's super easy |
| 1293s | to access but does add a lot of flavor |
| 1295s | to the experience |
| 1297s | the next mod that that was really |
| 1299s | awesome to see of course was a castle |
| 1301s | blood automatic made its way into h4 |
| 1304s | inspired by h2 for those that don't know |
| 1306s | castle blood automatic um basically it's |
| 1309s | about destroying your enemy castles once |
| 1311s | the player loses all their castles |
| 1313s | they're basically defeated instantly |
| 1314s | everything's removed from the game |
| 1316s | that's it so |
| 1317s | an age 2 inspired mod kudos to the to |
| 1320s | the content creator that brought it |
| 1322s | forward there's there's a couple |
| 1323s | variants to castle blood automatic on |
| 1325s | the mod in the mod system right now so |
| 1328s | it's definitely something that you'd |
| 1329s | like to check out played a few games |
| 1331s | it's great the content creator did a |
| 1333s | great job uh bringing that forward and |
| 1335s | then of course it goes without saying |
| 1337s | the plethora of pop cap mods that you |
| 1340s | can find |
| 1342s | in the system which is great you can |
| 1343s | find it seems 300 is the magic number |
| 1346s | for a lot of games right now |
| 1349s | and that's awesome to see but there are |
| 1350s | pop cap mods for a thousand um just you |
| 1353s | know |
| 1354s | there's there's no shortage of mods to |
| 1357s | download in this area you even have some |
| 1359s | mods that combine pop cap with other |
| 1361s | ways to play um which i'll highlight in |
| 1363s | a second here i actually created a mod |
| 1365s | that does just that um so yeah a lot of |
| 1368s | really cool stuff and if you you're just |
| 1369s | looking for something to change the pop |
| 1370s | cap mod 300 seems to be the sweet spot |
| 1373s | for a lot of players out there so a lot |
| 1374s | of good games |
| 1376s | um it's great seeing |
| 1378s | to me when players make crafted maps |
| 1379s | that's there's a lot of work involved |
| 1381s | and i'm not you know i'm not saying |
| 1382s | there's not a lot of work involved in |
| 1383s | creating tuning packs you know |
| 1384s | manipulating data um can be a laborious |
| 1387s | task but uh you know creating a |
| 1390s | generated map or creating a crafted map |
| 1392s | from scratch is is a is a lot of work |
| 1394s | and and uh takes a lot of time and |
| 1396s | there's if you go into our system a lot |
| 1398s | of players getting their maps up right |
| 1400s | now even even generating maps and making |
| 1403s | modifications to those using our wizard |
| 1405s | is is really awesome to see we've seen a |
| 1407s | mount mountain pass with walls variant |
| 1410s | which is a play on a map that we shipped |
| 1412s | with |
| 1413s | basically a fresh take on an existing |
| 1415s | official map another map that i i've had |
| 1418s | a lot of fun with is called royal rivers |
| 1420s | basically river valleys |
| 1422s | just really cool how the designer went |
| 1424s | in and laid things out and the rivers |
| 1426s | that you have to cross and crazy's |
| 1427s | really cool kind of land obstacles that |
| 1429s | you need to |
| 1430s | move through so really good job there uh |
| 1433s | but you know if you're looking for a |
| 1435s | different way to play there was a lord |
| 1436s | of the rings map too that i was you know |
| 1437s | i i worked on a lord of the rings game |
| 1439s | many years ago called battle middle |
| 1440s | earth which was a lot of fun uh so i'm |
| 1442s | always always love seeing lord of the |
| 1444s | rings i'm a big fan of lord of the rings |
| 1445s | so i always love seeing uh inspired by |
| 1447s | maps and it was great seeing uh there's |
| 1449s | even helms deep i think that's work in |
| 1450s | progress as well so kudos to those |
| 1453s | content creators uh looking to have some |
| 1454s | fun |
| 1455s | um and then uh you know something that i |
| 1458s | put together with our production team i |
| 1460s | wanted to give our designers an outlet |
| 1463s | to be able to experiment with ideas um |
| 1466s | really radical ideas and |
| 1469s | not have to go through kind of the |
| 1471s | mainline version of the game where it |
| 1472s | has to go through an update patch and |
| 1475s | this is an idea i've always wanted to |
| 1476s | experiment with in rts games that i've |
| 1478s | worked on but it just we didn't have the |
| 1480s | right systems in place and age four |
| 1482s | brings all these great systems in play |
| 1484s | being able to auto you know download a |
| 1486s | mod and then it automatically updates |
| 1488s | when the content creator uh creates an |
| 1490s | update so we have a really awesome back |
| 1492s | end so but this mod um it's basically |
| 1495s | aoe 4 mod labs and this this alias is |
| 1498s | set up to allow designers both myself as |
| 1501s | well as partner teams to create |
| 1504s | just really fun radical mods and then |
| 1507s | get it out there for individuals to try |
| 1509s | the reason i say the reason why we |
| 1511s | created this is because we want to |
| 1513s | experiment with ideas are there new ways |
| 1515s | that we you know that maybe ideas that |
| 1516s | we have that we want to see what players |
| 1518s | think about you know is there a new way |
| 1519s | to play age uh a new way you know do |
| 1522s | players like you know fully symmetrical |
| 1524s | maps uh you know we we but this is an |
| 1527s | opportunity for us to try new things and |
| 1529s | we have a couple mods out there right |
| 1530s | now one i created called age plus which |
| 1533s | basically shortens all of the |
| 1535s | uh build times for units and structures |
| 1537s | to accelerate gameplay and this is |
| 1539s | something that you've seen in other |
| 1541s | games as well as i moved walls to age |
| 1543s | three and and tweak some siege |
| 1546s | based off of what i saw in the community |
| 1547s | so but more so um i wanted to experiment |
| 1550s | with what players thought of build times |
| 1553s | do they want a faster paced experience |
| 1555s | that maybe would kind of accelerate it |
| 1558s | to about 20-25 minutes i don't know we |
| 1560s | don't know so we're in a kind of a data |
| 1562s | gathering mission to help kind of inform |
| 1564s | our decision-making uh going further so |
| 1567s | and this is a great place to do it |
| 1568s | because it doesn't impact the mainline |
| 1570s | version of the game |
| 1571s | so expect to see more from us in the |
| 1573s | future as it relates to mods and cool |
| 1576s | ideas and we'll work with the community |
| 1577s | team to potentially promote those so we |
| 1579s | can get your thoughts and and see what |
| 1581s | you like and what you don't like |
| 1583s | yeah that's that's such a cool different |
| 1585s | kind of channel to get these experiments |
| 1587s | almost out to the community there so |
| 1588s | this is just the aoe 4 mod labs is the |
| 1591s | creator so they can kind of keep an eye |
| 1593s | for what's coming from there right |
| 1595s | absolutely and that's you that's a |
| 1597s | variety of designers it's an alias i |
| 1599s | manage but you know the idea is to work |
| 1600s | with content |
| 1602s | our designers across all of our partners |
| 1604s | as well as if i get some just radical |
| 1605s | idea on the weekend and decide to upload |
| 1607s | something |
| 1609s | then i'll do it so |
| 1610s | fun stuff something i don't think many |
| 1613s | devs have tried before and i think it's |
| 1614s | uh we'll see if it works hopefully |
| 1616s | players uh you know hopefully it does |
| 1619s | yeah hopefully some people here on the |
| 1620s | stream who want to take a look at what |
| 1622s | we've just talked about and we'll give |
| 1623s | that a subscribe check it out in game |
| 1625s | and try it out yeah you know the tooling |
| 1628s | it's a great tool um super awesome to |
| 1631s | use uh and i know that they're you know |
| 1632s | for some if you're coming from age two |
| 1634s | or or you've never worked in develop you |
| 1636s | know with a tooling before like this it |
| 1638s | can be a little bit it can be there's a |
| 1640s | little bit of a challenge there um you |
| 1642s | know uh outside of the wizard like |
| 1644s | creating a map or it's just some very |
| 1646s | templatized uh content so but you know |
| 1649s | my advice would be stick with it |
| 1651s | especially you know this is a great |
| 1652s | opportunity especially if you're looking |
| 1653s | for a games you know a job in the games |
| 1655s | industry um having you know like i said |
| 1658s | i hired designers that have created mods |
| 1660s | in the past really great mods you could |
| 1661s | tell that a lot of passion was put into |
| 1664s | this content um that you know scored it |
| 1666s | landed them a job at uh at a publisher |
| 1669s | developer so there's a lot of |
| 1671s | opportunity but more so you know |
| 1673s | it's a great way artistically to express |
| 1675s | yourself um and you know it's a way it's |
| 1677s | a great way to to to just you know keep |
| 1680s | the game that you love and enjoy live i |
| 1682s | i content mod creation is is such an |
| 1685s | awesome thing especially when it's it's |
| 1686s | easy so but i will tell players content |
| 1688s | creators with time the tools will get |
| 1690s | better um we will we're going to |
| 1692s | continually improve them we have we have |
| 1694s | dedicated resources to this i'm working |
| 1696s | very closely with these teams |
| 1698s | you know i want to make the tools easier |
| 1699s | to use as well |
| 1701s | you know |
| 1702s | so definitely stay tuned i would love to |
| 1704s | talk about a roadmap but just not quite |
| 1707s | there yet so we're still gathering |
| 1708s | feedback from our content creators and |
| 1710s | players and internal teams to kind of |
| 1712s | hash out and plan out exactly what we |
| 1714s | want to do but there are a few things |
| 1716s | that i could |
| 1717s | uh probably call out eventually towards |
| 1718s | the end grant whenever you want uh that |
| 1721s | that are highlighted since we're talking |
| 1723s | about ugc and that i think dow's a good |
| 1725s | time yeah go for it yeah |
| 1727s | yeah so um you know i can i can't say on |
| 1729s | our our future facing |
| 1731s | plans um you know we are looking at |
| 1734s | incorporating state tree support which |
| 1735s | would give content modders uh much more |
| 1738s | uh flexibility in um |
| 1742s | managing |
| 1743s | and creating new types of units and |
| 1745s | functionality so we're gonna go even |
| 1747s | deeper with that tool we don't have a |
| 1748s | timeline for it but uh it's it's |
| 1751s | definitely hot on my list to get in |
| 1753s | asset swaps so you can re-skin your |
| 1755s | units structures i'm sure the community |
| 1757s | is going to love that one when that |
| 1758s | comes out |
| 1759s | yeah as well as providing some options |
| 1762s | for camera tuning so you can tune the |
| 1764s | camera however you want again no eta |
| 1766s | just yet but uh as soon as we have more |
| 1769s | details we'll definitely share that with |
| 1770s | community but that being said i can tell |
| 1771s | you we have a list of over 50 60 items |
| 1775s | that we want to get done and that's just |
| 1776s | the start |
| 1778s | yeah and that kind of comes down to |
| 1780s | again talking about how this is |
| 1782s | kind of a beta of the content editor |
| 1784s | there and it's going to continue and |
| 1786s | it's going to evolve and we're going to |
| 1787s | see where |
| 1789s | where we can take this over time |
| 1791s | yeah absolutely i'm excited you know i |
| 1794s | love the tool uh with a passion i do |
| 1796s | stuff on the weekend i make mods on the |
| 1797s | weekend |
| 1798s | um so it's it's definitely a lot of fun |
| 1801s | it's a great tool the team at relic did |
| 1803s | a great job uh putting it together and |
| 1805s | you know a lot more to come so super |
| 1808s | excited |
| 1809s | yeah and i just see i just want to give |
| 1810s | a shout out right now i see in chat |
| 1812s | k-a-s-v kaz v aoe uh has joined us with |
| 1815s | a rating party so 107 people are coming |
| 1818s | to join us from them thank you so much |
| 1820s | to all of you tuning in uh |
| 1823s | if for those of you coming in now kind |
| 1824s | of midway through the stream towards the |
| 1826s | end dish we're |
| 1828s | we're talking about both season one uh |
| 1831s | just a little bit of what's been going |
| 1832s | on with that as we approach kind of the |
| 1835s | wind down period and season ones coming |
| 1837s | to its end in the near future uh as well |
| 1839s | as been talking here with chris rubio |
| 1841s | from world's edge he is a senior design |
| 1843s | director talking about |
| 1845s | ugc user generated content the content |
| 1848s | editor that's in beta as well as just |
| 1851s | kind of a little bit of where |
| 1852s | where things want to go |
| 1855s | uh yes so |
| 1857s | i think that's |
| 1859s | probably a good spot for us to switch |
| 1862s | over our discussion here a little bit |
| 1865s | uh to talk about this uh so |
| 1868s | if we look season one is coming to its |
| 1870s | close very close |
| 1873s | to us it's just a few days away season |
| 1876s | one closes on the 30th at 10 a.m uh |
| 1879s | definitely want to hear all of your |
| 1881s | feedback on the season this was our |
| 1884s | first of them there are going to be more |
| 1886s | uh some of you probably seen the roadmap |
| 1887s | there are more seasons planned more |
| 1889s | content more fun but we do want to know |
| 1891s | what you think about the season so the |
| 1892s | best spot for that if you're not |
| 1894s | is already there is to go over to the |
| 1896s | age of vampires forums and |
| 1899s | basically share your feedback there |
| 1900s | there's going to be different threads |
| 1901s | people have already created uh so that's |
| 1903s | a good way to get your feedback to us on |
| 1905s | the community team as well as to the |
| 1907s | developers we share all of that with |
| 1908s | them |
| 1910s | and then there's also the age of empires |
| 1912s | discord which is not necessarily meant |
| 1914s | for communication with the developers |
| 1916s | directly but it's a good way to talk to |
| 1917s | other members of the community as well |
| 1919s | you can share feedback you can share |
| 1921s | your mods there with each other like |
| 1922s | it's a great way to get that going as |
| 1924s | well |
| 1925s | yeah so that is kind of as we come |
| 1928s | towards the end of season one here uh |
| 1930s | let me just grab the next little thing |
| 1933s | here so this is |
| 1934s | just gonna pull up our road map that we |
| 1937s | revealed earlier uh so this is the |
| 1940s | current road map we recently shared |
| 1942s | talking about what's coming for age of |
| 1944s | empires four here uh the fun it the fun |
| 1947s | well season one is over the fun is not |
| 1948s | ending we're still going uh and this was |
| 1950s | over on the age of empires.com blog |
| 1952s | where we shared this |
| 1954s | uh so it gives us a glimpse of what's |
| 1957s | coming in the near future as you see the |
| 1960s | show map goes from june all the way |
| 1961s | through november and beyond |
| 1963s | so |
| 1964s | definitely if you want to read there is |
| 1966s | a good post on the age of empires |
| 1967s | website you can read in depth as to |
| 1969s | what's coming we break down a little bit |
| 1970s | more about some of these things on here |
| 1972s | but |
| 1973s | very very near is we've got the season |
| 1975s | two public update preview beyond that |
| 1977s | there is going to be season two which |
| 1980s | obviously is going to have ranked season |
| 1981s | two |
| 1982s | uh seasonal events |
| 1984s | new there is a new map coming called the |
| 1986s | pit which looks really cool uh |
| 1988s | definitely get some more information on |
| 1990s | that for all of you soon uh and then so |
| 1993s | this is the big kind of theme of season |
| 1995s | two is customization and we've heard |
| 1997s | that you want to be able to customize |
| 1999s | the game you there are some of these |
| 2000s | things you've wanted for quite a while |
| 2001s | and we've heard and we wanted to work |
| 2002s | with the team to make sure we get these |
| 2003s | out but not just get them out but get |
| 2005s | them out in the right way where it makes |
| 2008s | sense and that it it feels kind of |
| 2010s | familiar and at home to the community so |
| 2012s | you can just use these features and |
| 2013s | understand how they work so some of |
| 2015s | those include the fully remappable |
| 2017s | hotkey system that's mentioned there uh |
| 2019s | some of you are already seeing this if |
| 2020s | you're part of the pup uh the |
| 2022s | public update preview uh definitely |
| 2024s | something to sign up for if you're not |
| 2026s | already part of that there will be more |
| 2027s | of them in the future uh player color |
| 2029s | picker and the map preference system so |
| 2032s | these are all great ways to customize |
| 2034s | kind of |
| 2035s | how you'd like to play the game uh |
| 2037s | that season two more information on that |
| 2039s | will be coming in the near future as we |
| 2041s | share that with you and then after that |
| 2043s | there'll be another public update |
| 2044s | preview we're trying to currently have |
| 2046s | these before each season so we can get |
| 2048s | some of these updates out and let you |
| 2050s | check them out |
| 2052s | and then the next season after that |
| 2054s | would be season three again seasons |
| 2056s | they're here to stay we really do think |
| 2058s | that seasons are a lot of fun for the |
| 2060s | community we've seen people really enjoy |
| 2061s | them the there's different rewards you |
| 2063s | can kind of go through this see your |
| 2064s | ranking it's always fun uh |
| 2066s | definitely it was fun watching elliot in |
| 2068s | the past with some of his road to rank |
| 2069s | streams and maybe we'll look at doing |
| 2071s | something like that in the future |
| 2073s | who knows maybe we'll find someone we'll |
| 2074s | just hunt down one of the game designers |
| 2076s | developers get them to do some play time |
| 2078s | but for season three we have a lot more |
| 2081s | coming as well these are a little bit |
| 2083s | a little bit more like less cemented |
| 2086s | some of the concepts there's there's a |
| 2087s | whole and more which there's definitely |
| 2089s | going to be a lot to talk about but |
| 2090s | ranked team games are one in there |
| 2093s | taunts and cheats i know these have been |
| 2094s | something the community's been talking |
| 2095s | about for quite a while as well and then |
| 2099s | number balance changes bug fixes those |
| 2100s | are kind of we try to have those |
| 2102s | whenever possible always a good thing to |
| 2104s | fix bugs i'm sure our team would also |
| 2106s | agree and all of you do |
| 2108s | and a lot more so that's kind of what's |
| 2110s | going to be coming in |
| 2112s | season two and three in the near future |
| 2113s | and this this is our current road map we |
| 2115s | will continue to update road maps and |
| 2117s | share them whenever it makes sense |
| 2118s | whenever it's possible and we have |
| 2119s | something |
| 2120s | new to share |
| 2122s | um |
| 2123s | yeah so |
| 2125s | i guess that's pretty much the big thing |
| 2128s | there so today's stream we wanted to |
| 2129s | talk about season one see how |
| 2132s | how that's all unfolded with that ending |
| 2134s | very soon uh have chris join us to talk |
| 2137s | about the ugc the mods and the different |
| 2139s | amazing content all of you in the |
| 2141s | community have made and then give you |
| 2143s | this little look at |
| 2144s | if you haven't yet checked out the |
| 2146s | website this is kind of just the roadmap |
| 2147s | we're looking at definitely do head over |
| 2149s | to agentvampires.com you can read |
| 2152s | more in depth into some of these things |
| 2155s | shown on this image it's a pretty decent |
| 2157s | breakdown and then as soon as more |
| 2159s | information on stuff like season two or |
| 2162s | all of that is available we will be |
| 2163s | sharing those with you as well and |
| 2165s | throughout this roadmap there will |
| 2167s | continue to be patches including balance |
| 2169s | updates and bug fixes all throughout as |
| 2171s | well |
| 2172s | uh yeah so i guess this |
| 2176s | brings us pretty close to the end of the |
| 2178s | show i know originally we were thinking |
| 2180s | this was going to be just a little bit |
| 2182s | of a shorter stream but we thought it |
| 2183s | was worth coming on to get a stream to |
| 2185s | be here with all of you in the community |
| 2187s | and share this and kind of thank all of |
| 2190s | you for taking part in season one for |
| 2192s | playing this for sharing your feedback |
| 2193s | and if you haven't yet please do share |
| 2195s | your feedback it means a lot to our team |
| 2198s | we we do share it we do read everything |
| 2200s | that comes in |
| 2201s | forums are |
| 2203s | honestly one of the better places for |
| 2204s | that if you haven't yet shared your |
| 2206s | feedback there uh |
| 2207s | but yeah season one |
| 2209s | it's been a lot of fun i think we've |
| 2210s | seen a lot of you have fun and |
| 2213s | yeah our season two is coming we don't |
| 2215s | have a release date announced just yet |
| 2217s | but stay tuned |
| 2218s | uh season two will be coming |
| 2221s | and |
| 2221s | that brings as that the new map there as |
| 2223s | well the pit which looks really cool i |
| 2225s | can't wait to show more of that to all |
| 2227s | of you in the near future |
| 2229s | if if i if i may add correct um |
| 2232s | with regards regards to the seasons um |
| 2235s | the team is really dedicated to |
| 2237s | continuing to improve |
| 2239s | uh the overall experience you know the |
| 2241s | first one out the door we knew that |
| 2242s | there would be additional improvements |
| 2244s | that we had to make so it was great that |
| 2245s | we got the feedback but |
| 2247s | with each new season uh that we that we |
| 2250s | kind of launch it's just going to get |
| 2251s | better and better i mean we have there |
| 2253s | are individuals that are incredibly |
| 2255s | passionate about making this a great |
| 2257s | experience for for all of our players so |
| 2260s | just expect to get better with them uh |
| 2262s | expect these to get better with time um |
| 2265s | you know love i was going through the |
| 2266s | chat i loved you know love seeing things |
| 2267s | like oh new sieve |
| 2270s | you know you got dlc all that good stuff |
| 2273s | um you know waypoints visible waypoints |
| 2277s | i can there's a lot of great stuff |
| 2279s | that's in the works right now um that |
| 2282s | you know we can't necessarily talk about |
| 2283s | but i read a lot of this and i can say |
| 2285s | we're looking to address that we're |
| 2286s | looking to address that i'm looking to |
| 2288s | address that so |
| 2289s | um we hear you we definitely hear you |
| 2291s | and the team is working really hard to |
| 2294s | to make these |
| 2295s | to make it happen so |
| 2297s | just a lot of work big game |
| 2298s | lots of features and uh but i i |
| 2301s | the team is is is they want to we're |
| 2304s | going to continue to make this great so |
| 2306s | yeah |
| 2307s | that's the thing is like the feedback |
| 2308s | you share with us makes all the |
| 2310s | difference like we do listen to it uh |
| 2312s | from the community team we look through |
| 2313s | it regularly and we share with the |
| 2314s | developers but they're also there they |
| 2316s | have full access they can check out the |
| 2317s | forums they can |
| 2319s | go read stuff and very often they do |
| 2320s | i'll have a member of the development |
| 2322s | team reach out to me being like i saw |
| 2323s | this on the forums can you get me more |
| 2325s | information or can you reach out and |
| 2326s | figure more about this and we do like |
| 2328s | they they are reading it it's not just a |
| 2331s | community team the developers are in |
| 2332s | there as well uh pretty much anyone |
| 2334s | who's here working on agent fires we |
| 2335s | want to see this game be the best it can |
| 2337s | be so we're we're all out there reading |
| 2338s | your feedback yeah it's and it's great |
| 2341s | stuff keep it you know keep the feedback |
| 2342s | coming um you know in the mod forms on |
| 2344s | the official forums you know |
| 2346s | on steam wherever you want to post um |
| 2349s | you know please if you have feedback um |
| 2351s | some suggestions |
| 2353s | please post it up there because that's |
| 2355s | you know it's it's that feedback in |
| 2357s | addition to you know all the things that |
| 2358s | we find that's just gonna help drive to |
| 2360s | make this a better product so uh you |
| 2362s | know i know some sometimes it's kind of |
| 2364s | tough to hear certain things but that's |
| 2365s | just you know we're here to make a |
| 2367s | better game for our players and that's |
| 2368s | that's the most important thing so |
| 2370s | um yeah i can't stress enough that we |
| 2373s | our team is incredibly passionate and |
| 2375s | dedicated to making this an awesome |
| 2377s | experience and |
| 2378s | i wish i could talk about all the cool |
| 2379s | things that are in the works but |
| 2382s | i know our production team would just |
| 2383s | kill me yeah they would hunt you down |
| 2385s | it's one of the things like we do |
| 2386s | there's a lot of cool stuff coming and i |
| 2388s | know all of you |
| 2389s | are looking forward to it we are too and |
| 2391s | as soon as there's stuff we can share we |
| 2393s | we very we love to share these updates |
| 2396s | with you when we're ready um so |
| 2398s | definitely stay tuned uh but otherwise |
| 2401s | definitely season two season three |
| 2403s | definitely some cool stuff there i again |
| 2405s | head on over to the age of her website |
| 2407s | you can read all about what's what we've |
| 2409s | announced there and |
| 2411s | yeah we'll have more information as well |
| 2413s | as soon as we can share |
| 2414s | and you know with regards to like ugc |
| 2417s | ugc stream uh you know let us know what |
| 2419s | you what you all would like to see in |
| 2421s | the future uh with regards to you know |
| 2424s | content creation would you like to you |
| 2426s | know have one of our designers come on |
| 2428s | talk through some more of the systems |
| 2429s | you know let us know what you'd like to |
| 2431s | see and maybe we can we can kind of work |
| 2433s | that out to to to you know |
| 2436s | build uh to create a tutorials or or |
| 2438s | just uh just streams that can walk |
| 2440s | players through the process maybe to |
| 2442s | potentially make it easier i don't know |
| 2443s | love to hear what you guys think on how |
| 2444s | we uh on cool ug streams uh ugc streams |
| 2447s | that we could potentially do in the |
| 2448s | future yeah definitely to all of you |
| 2450s | again for chat ugc user generated |
| 2452s | content uh anything created with the |
| 2454s | content editor there mods all of that |
| 2456s | but also if there are things you'd like |
| 2458s | to see on the stream let us know hop in |
| 2459s | the |
| 2460s | the forums discord anything tweeted at |
| 2462s | us just let us know like hey you want to |
| 2464s | see this and we can see about making it |
| 2466s | happen we're all about |
| 2468s | these streams like we're doing these for |
| 2469s | you we want to be giving you the kind of |
| 2471s | content you want to see so if it's |
| 2472s | something you're interested in we'd love |
| 2474s | to try and make it happen |
| 2476s | uh yeah and |
| 2478s | if that means having special guests on |
| 2480s | we're totally happy to make that happen |
| 2481s | might take a little bit of time just to |
| 2483s | figure out everyone's busy schedule you |
| 2484s | know our teams are always quite hard at |
| 2486s | work and i wanna do say a huge thank you |
| 2488s | chris for joining us today uh it's been |
| 2490s | great to have you here to chat about |
| 2491s | some of this ugc i know the community |
| 2493s | from chat they they love just hearing |
| 2495s | this and |
| 2497s | having someone as passionate as you |
| 2498s | talking about this it's great |
| 2500s | i i love i love age of empires you know |
| 2503s | a fun tidbit i actually worked |
| 2505s | on a game called star wars empire at war |
| 2507s | with one of the original ux designers |
| 2510s | from age of empires i know a few guys |
| 2512s | from the team um you know back back in |
| 2514s | the late 90s i met a few of them um |
| 2517s | just great you know it's a great great |
| 2519s | franchise great |
| 2521s | and for me it's an honor and a privilege |
| 2522s | to be part of it um so uh looking |
| 2524s | forward to making great things for |
| 2526s | everybody out there |
| 2529s | awesome and to all of you in chat i know |
| 2531s | it's been a little while since our last |
| 2532s | stream so i do want to say thank you for |
| 2534s | taking the time to tune in again if |
| 2536s | there's other stuff you'd like to see in |
| 2537s | the future let us know uh we'll continue |
| 2539s | to take a look and get streams going |
| 2541s | whenever possible |
| 2543s | uh yeah but that pretty much brings us |
| 2546s | to the end of the stream so thank you |
| 2549s | so much for tuning in everyone thank you |
| 2551s | for playing season one and for |
| 2553s | enjoying the game and sharing with us uh |
| 2555s | keep that feedback coming our way and |
| 2557s | we'll see you in the future for more |
| 2558s | streams and for season two and beyond |
| 2562s | thanks everybody thank you so much |
| 2563s | everyone see you next time |
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