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| 20s | and welcome everyone to another live |
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| 24s | stream here in the world of Vera and |
| 27s | Boyd we have an exciting stream today |
| 30s | we are back again |
| 32s | looking at |
| 34s | one of the most defining features of |
| 37s | Ashes of creation the node system |
| 41s | and I am joined today by regular face on |
| 45s | the uh live stream one of our glorious |
| 48s | senior designers Mr Chris how you doing |
| 51s | Chris I'm doing SWAT I don't know if I'd |
| 53s | say regular though well I mean well you |
| 56s | know there's once before right there's |
| 57s | one other time that's that's regular now |
| 59s | it's two times that's a regular thing |
| 61s | right I don't know I feel like you're a |
| 63s | regular on the stream sure that's true |
| 65s | that's true all right I apologize we are |
| 67s | joined once again by one of our glorious |
| 70s | designers Mr Chris |
| 72s | hey little thanks thanks for having me |
| 75s | it's great to be here and for those of |
| 77s | you who don't know Chris is uh our |
| 79s | resident expert when it comes to nodes |
| 81s | he lives eats breathes and any other |
| 85s | normal bodily function that's required |
| 88s | revolves around the node system |
| 91s | um so I'm glad to have you with us |
| 92s | because |
| 94s | you know what there needs to be known |
| 96s | about notes where are we uh we're we're |
| 100s | yeah lots of things need to be known but |
| 102s | we're uh outside of a beautiful node |
| 105s | that's around the corner a little bit |
| 107s | okay and I believe I am the uh |
| 111s | self-appointed mayor of this node for |
| 112s | the purposes of what we're going to be |
| 113s | demonstrating a little bit later yeah |
| 115s | the citizens aren't super happy that you |
| 118s | um you know invalidated the election |
| 120s | process but wow wow it's not an |
| 124s | invalidation it's a uh reaffirmation of |
| 127s | the correct election process |
| 130s | so tell me what we're doing out here |
| 132s | today what are we going to be showcasing |
| 134s | here it's been a long time since we've |
| 135s | actually taken a look |
| 137s | um at nodes as many of you know |
| 139s | the last time we saw notes was back |
| 141s | during Alpha One in August of 2021 wow |
| 146s | um and nodes during that time were |
| 149s | you know relatively |
| 151s | early functional version they had a lot |
| 153s | of the core systems and functionality |
| 155s | present that we saw which was you know |
| 156s | constructing buildings and participating |
| 158s | in quest hubs uh they were able to |
| 161s | purchase housing and become citizens |
| 164s | there was all that there but they were a |
| 167s | very early representation of it and |
| 169s | definitely not visually or aesthetically |
| 172s | what we wanted to present that's going |
| 173s | to be part of what we're showing but |
| 175s | what are we doing out here today and let |
| 176s | me while you tell me what we're doing |
| 177s | I'm just going to adjust some of the uh |
| 179s | the wins yeah for sure |
| 182s | um well today we're gonna walk through |
| 184s | kind of the |
| 186s | General process of what it takes to |
| 187s | build a building |
| 189s | um you know we're gonna get some |
| 190s | materials uh we're gonna get the nodes |
| 193s | some materials we're going to get the |
| 194s | nodes some money |
| 196s | um and we're gonna build ourselves a |
| 197s | little service building nice so we're |
| 199s | gonna go generally around the loops that |
| 201s | players can expect and and obviously |
| 203s | nodes are a huge system they are as I |
| 206s | said one of the defining features of |
| 208s | Ashes of creation what sets us apart |
| 209s | from other MMOs they reflect the change |
| 212s | that exists within the environment based |
| 214s | off of player activity player actions |
| 215s | and players have governance over these |
| 218s | nodes both from a mayoral perspective |
| 220s | and the way that citizens interact with |
| 222s | the decisions that the mayor is is |
| 224s | utilizing and as a mayor one of those |
| 227s | core Loops is as you mentioned buy |
| 229s | orders tell me should I be starting one |
| 231s | of these how would I go about doing that |
| 233s | yeah so you probably should do that |
| 235s | um there is a lovely menu you can open |
| 238s | with the node button n okay all right oh |
| 242s | I see the node here |
| 245s | um and then you're gonna go to the |
| 246s | treasury page got it I am on the |
| 249s | treasury and I see there's a number of |
| 251s | different items in our node inventory |
| 252s | yeah so these are these are node |
| 255s | Commodities |
| 257s | um and they're the resources the node |
| 259s | uses for lots of things like |
| 261s | um Siege defense they're going to use it |
| 263s | for maintenance they're going to use it |
| 264s | to build buildings they're going to |
| 266s | trade it with other nodes |
| 268s | cool |
| 269s | and these are these are essentially the |
| 271s | resources that the node are going to be |
| 272s | using in order to initiate those |
| 275s | activities that like construction |
| 276s | projects you were mentioning or trading |
| 279s | with other nodes and how what is the |
| 281s | method by which we actually acquire as a |
| 284s | node these Goods because these goods are |
| 286s | not things that exist within player |
| 288s | inventories but rather they are |
| 290s | generated by players interfacing with |
| 293s | the environment in some way shape or |
| 294s | form and then bringing those materials |
| 296s | to the node to get transitioned into |
| 298s | these node inventory items exactly so |
| 301s | we're going to do what's called a buy |
| 302s | order so if you look in the bottom left |
| 304s | of your treasury screen you're going to |
| 307s | see a little plus button you can click |
| 309s | that and it'll open you up to a big list |
| 312s | of Commodities that you can select to |
| 316s | um kind of that's some settings on the |
| 319s | buy orders okay cool this is looking |
| 321s | good and just always as usual guys |
| 324s | um everything that you see is a work in |
| 326s | progress we are moving towards our Alpha |
| 328s | two so you get to see as part of our |
| 329s | open development you know things that |
| 331s | are still works in progress like the UI |
| 333s | this is a functional UI system but it is |
| 336s | not the version of our of our final UI |
| 338s | artistically same is true for everything |
| 340s | you see in the environments and in the |
| 342s | world |
| 343s | um so what should I be selecting today |
| 347s | what do we need what are we trying to |
| 349s | build you're gonna need some bins of |
| 351s | stone we're gonna build a forge today or |
| 354s | a Smithy we renamed it it's not a forge |
| 356s | anymore okay cool uh |
| 359s | and uh we need bins and stones for it |
| 362s | all right so I see bins of stone in the |
| 365s | industrial goods section and over on the |
| 368s | right hand side I see that I have the |
| 369s | ability as the mayor to customize |
| 373s | um the buy order and what elements of |
| 376s | this would I want to customize and why |
| 379s | yeah so um the first thing you see at |
| 382s | the top is the recipe right |
| 383s | um the recipe is gonna change the mins |
| 386s | and Maxes of the parameters you see |
| 389s | below how much you can pay players for |
| 391s | these items how long you can keep them |
| 393s | active and |
| 395s | um the ingredients are options you have |
| 399s | for |
| 400s | um the recipe that you've picked right |
| 402s | for different materials so obviously not |
| 405s | all materials are going to be local to |
| 406s | all locations so kind of picking the |
| 409s | right things to either incentivize |
| 413s | players from a long distance to bring |
| 414s | things to you or picking things local |
| 417s | because you need them now and you need |
| 419s | them fast and you need them for a low |
| 421s | amount of uh investment okay so the |
| 424s | first thing I'm looking at is this |
| 426s | purchase price and is this what I'm |
| 428s | paying players essentially from the node |
| 430s | treasury uh on a per item basis of these |
| 434s | of these materials so uh a buy order |
| 438s | comes as a package so players uh deliver |
| 440s | them as a package so and they you're |
| 443s | paying per package functionally but that |
| 446s | is not in Gold it's in node currency |
| 448s | which is the primary way that nodes are |
| 450s | going to reward players okay cool and um |
| 454s | so when I'm purchasing that package is |
| 457s | it that I'm buying one Basalt and one |
| 459s | housing night and that is a package or |
| 462s | am I buying 50 Basalt and 50 house a |
| 464s | night and that is a package uh that's |
| 466s | going to depend on the recipe |
| 468s | um but uh so it's not exactly always |
| 472s | going to be the same amount of each and |
| 474s | it the amounts that's per package will |
| 477s | vary based on the amount of investment |
| 479s | the node has to uh put into the buy |
| 482s | order okay cool all right so I'm going |
| 484s | to set this |
| 486s | um you know because I am a benevolent |
| 488s | mayor and I believe that people should |
| 491s | be rewarded for their hard work and |
| 493s | effort and helping to establish what the |
| 495s | node that we are collectively a part of |
| 497s | needs and I'm going to set that to two |
| 500s | right just above the minimum |
| 502s | um just and I will say I love it the |
| 505s | more you pay the more it will cost the |
| 507s | nodes treasury oh okay maybe I'll set |
| 509s | this back down to one no I'm just |
| 511s | kidding just I'm just kidding now you |
| 514s | see why the citizens are mad |
| 517s | they're perfectly happy |
| 519s | make sure last week There's a 99 uh |
| 522s | um approval rating for me so and that |
| 524s | one percent they mysteriously left the |
| 526s | note I don't know where they went they |
| 528s | were in a plane uh no I'm just kidding |
| 530s | okay so all right duration wide uh |
| 533s | duration wise let's see three days now |
| 535s | is this the amount of time that players |
| 537s | have the opportunity to kind of turn |
| 538s | these these things in exactly so |
| 542s | um the last slider that you have there |
| 544s | is quantity |
| 545s | um and basically when you initiate a buy |
| 547s | order the node is paying for it right |
| 550s | um so regardless of whether players |
| 553s | finish it uh you've paid for it so the |
| 555s | longer it's up you know the more likely |
| 558s | you are to get paid out |
| 560s | um but the shorter windows allow people |
| 562s | to kind of capitalize it you know |
| 565s | capitalize on it sure you know the early |
| 567s | bird gets the worm and just to be clear |
| 569s | I know exactly what many of the people |
| 571s | in the audience are thinking that if I |
| 575s | was the mayor and I knew what types of |
| 577s | buy orders I was intending to launch at |
| 581s | some day Aid I could inform you know via |
| 584s | some type of insider trading uh what |
| 587s | that is going to be so that people had |
| 589s | time potentially to bring those |
| 590s | resources to the node in advance and |
| 593s | purchase out all the buyers |
| 595s | yeah that is definitely true the mayor |
| 597s | does have some power to |
| 600s | um |
| 602s | give people warning but they also have |
| 604s | the power to pull the rug out from under |
| 605s | those people too right tell him you need |
| 608s | bins of stone and you're gonna you need |
| 610s | you know |
| 612s | Basalt and halcyonite but you actually |
| 614s | use uh iron okay interesting and then |
| 618s | that way if there are bringing those |
| 620s | things usually via Caravan given that a |
| 623s | lot of the quantities for these types of |
| 624s | spiders are going to be relatively large |
| 625s | in order to accommodate the necessary uh |
| 628s | material components that the node |
| 629s | requires |
| 631s | um they might be subject to attack |
| 633s | potentially right so reputation matters |
| 635s | here so I see that that in choosing |
| 638s | quantity I'm choosing 116 different |
| 640s | packages which means I'll get 116 Basalt |
| 642s | and 116 halcyonite and that will help us |
| 645s | to |
| 646s | finish this project yeah correct all |
| 650s | right so I'm going to go ahead and |
| 651s | schedule this order |
| 652s | uh order details okay yes let's see |
| 656s | okay so this package has a it's not a |
| 659s | one to one per se this is 117 packages |
| 662s | which will constitute total of 696 the |
| 665s | salt to 232 halcyonite |
| 668s | um total Reserve cost is 25. I'm gonna |
| 670s | confirm this |
| 671s | all right there we go all right so it's |
| 675s | kicking off |
| 676s | all right so I assume you've brought me |
| 678s | out here and I don't normally |
| 679s | participate in direct menial labor as |
| 682s | the mayor of this node but for |
| 684s | demonstration purposes I will help you |
| 686s | uh um uh collect some of these resources |
| 690s | uh yes I see we're out here in a |
| 693s | beautiful part of the world this is |
| 694s | obviously the riverlands which many of |
| 697s | our audience are accustomed to seeing |
| 699s | this will be one of the primary |
| 701s | locations that we'll be testing for |
| 704s | Alpha 2. it is expansive it is large it |
| 707s | is probably larger than most MMOs just |
| 709s | as a single biome that people have |
| 712s | participated in but I see we have some |
| 714s | familiar house tonight here yep I've got |
| 717s | some Insider information from the |
| 718s | artisanship team on where we need to go |
| 720s | nice very cool |
| 724s | ah we've added some blue smoke I see it |
| 726s | to the uh |
| 728s | to the to the effects here |
| 731s | looks very good I see some there's some |
| 733s | basalts here as well and so players who |
| 736s | who are interested and see this kind of |
| 738s | update at the node |
| 740s | um of the the necessary |
| 744s | materials requested |
| 747s | not all the time will those materials be |
| 749s | in the locality of that node right |
| 750s | that's that's as you were mentioning a |
| 752s | bit strategic for the node to either |
| 754s | select material components that yield |
| 756s | the type of node inventory items |
| 758s | necessary or Commodities necessary based |
| 761s | on the geolocation of that |
| 763s | correct and uh they might not even have |
| 765s | access to buy orders for certain uh node |
| 769s | Commodities that are local to them right |
| 772s | so higher tier Commodities will be uh |
| 776s | you know further away |
| 778s | very cool |
| 780s | and will players around the world have |
| 782s | an opportunity to inspect the types of |
| 784s | bioters that are currently listed at a |
| 788s | um at a particular note yeah they will |
| 790s | be able to cool very cool so those of |
| 793s | you so Traders and are interested in |
| 795s | kind of I'm going to start moving down |
| 796s | this road now those of you who are |
| 798s | Traders and are interested in um |
| 801s | and actually capitalizing on the supply |
| 803s | and demand of nodes and you know their |
| 806s | competing interests and what they're |
| 807s | trying to accomplish will have an |
| 809s | opportunity to uh to move those goods |
| 812s | around the world take that risk |
| 813s | potentially but receive a high reward as |
| 818s | a result |
| 819s | exactly |
| 821s | oh I see we have someone up ahead here |
| 823s | who is this |
| 824s | oh |
| 827s | a lovely guard a guard doing his duty |
| 830s | let me let me pay him a visit and tell |
| 832s | him |
| 833s | how wonderful of a job he is doing |
| 838s | Fare Thee Well God |
| 840s | hello |
| 842s | stop when your mayor's talking hey |
| 845s | listen they're busy people does he not |
| 847s | recognize my authority |
| 849s | and is he stretching in front of me |
| 853s | do I bore you |
| 856s | unbelievable you're gonna have to talk |
| 858s | with his Commander this is beautiful |
| 861s | area |
| 862s | I mean the environment team did a |
| 863s | phenomenal job obviously always |
| 867s | and I think one of the big things that |
| 869s | people are going to be in |
| 871s | for a surprise here as we showcase uh |
| 874s | this glorious node where are we going by |
| 876s | the way this is Winstead this is the |
| 878s | lovely Winstead node |
| 880s | so one of the biggest |
| 882s | differences that people are going to |
| 884s | notice today and of course it's very |
| 887s | important to keep in mind |
| 888s | I'll go into walk mode here I don't run |
| 890s | into my own node |
| 893s | um it's very important to keep in mind |
| 895s | that nodes in Alpha One the last time we |
| 898s | saw them |
| 900s | or very placeholder right as I said they |
| 902s | were core functionality but artistically |
| 904s | they did not represent the aesthetic of |
| 905s | nodes that we were intending to to |
| 908s | create and the environment team uh has |
| 911s | been hard at work in creating obviously |
| 914s | the different stages of these nodes but |
| 916s | also in representing the type of visual |
| 918s | Fidelity that we want to represent |
| 920s | within the cities of our game and I |
| 924s | believe that we have arrived at Winstead |
| 928s | and we are joined by some additional |
| 931s | glorious members of the development team |
| 934s | I see two of them here we have Mr |
| 937s | Tristan our lead environment artist |
| 939s | Tristan how you doing buddy hello |
| 941s | welcome doing very well and how are you |
| 943s | I am doing very good we just went for a |
| 945s | little stroll got some resources and now |
| 947s | we're showing up back to the node you |
| 948s | got everything we need I do I think I |
| 951s | have everything we need all right we |
| 953s | also have with us I see Adam how you |
| 956s | doing buddy I am good thank you another |
| 959s | one of our glorious environment artists |
| 961s | yes |
| 962s | yes and there's one more missing he's |
| 964s | around here somewhere what where is he |
| 967s | let's see is he over here what is this |
| 969s | is this the care of answering by the way |
| 970s | it is the Caravan sorry |
| 974s | oh very cool hold on I'm gonna come look |
| 976s | over there but let me just take a look |
| 977s | at what's going on in here real quick |
| 980s | beautiful |
| 982s | and this is where players will have an |
| 984s | opportunity to reserve certain Caravan |
| 986s | stalls they'll be able to kid out and |
| 988s | we'll be showcasing this in a future |
| 990s | live stream probably a couple months |
| 991s | away or so |
| 993s | um where you can kit out your Caravan |
| 995s | with different components you can |
| 996s | upgrade these uh and this that is a |
| 999s | default building correct the nodes don't |
| 1001s | select and create those uh by agency but |
| 1004s | they come by default yeah that is a |
| 1006s | building that comes with the node though |
| 1007s | it is upgradable by the node I see now |
| 1010s | where where is our third where is |
| 1013s | James hello |
| 1016s | ah we have found him welcome James hey I |
| 1020s | was just uh doing some stuff at my house |
| 1021s | oh early citizen I was able to get some |
| 1025s | real estate very nice okay look at that |
| 1028s | beautiful little house you have there |
| 1030s | it's quaint I think that's the |
| 1032s | appropriate term right quaint are you |
| 1034s | putting your taxes on that you don't |
| 1035s | really pay us enough so unbelievable |
| 1038s | unbelievable it is not the mayor's job |
| 1041s | to assign these salaries this is a |
| 1043s | purely capitalist Society those are that |
| 1046s | you can either speak to your your |
| 1047s | corporate head |
| 1049s | I didn't vote for him |
| 1051s | oh |
| 1053s | no uh |
| 1057s | we gotta hit with some bad news uh James |
| 1060s | is invisible oh James where are you I |
| 1064s | drank a potion of invisibility oh very |
| 1067s | nice I can see you James I think you |
| 1069s | look you look very nice that's because |
| 1071s | you're the mayor yes that is correct I |
| 1074s | see all I'm the mayor of Sauron no I'm |
| 1076s | just kidding well let's let's head into |
| 1079s | um the node and and take a look here |
| 1082s | this is I mean truly a sight to see I |
| 1087s | love the layout I love the aesthetic you |
| 1090s | guys did a phenomenal job |
| 1093s | um with actually representing I think |
| 1095s | what we want out of the out of the node |
| 1098s | I mean the visually it's just it looks |
| 1100s | great oh look at a little piglet |
| 1103s | yeah you might find a few little small |
| 1105s | farm animals to hang out with |
| 1107s | Town those guys are great |
| 1110s | little piglet talk to me a little bit |
| 1112s | about what it what it took to bring this |
| 1113s | note online into the to the visual |
| 1116s | Fidelity that we wanted to a lot |
| 1122s | seven years there's far more than just |
| 1125s | making the art here |
| 1126s | um look good it's also anticipating how |
| 1129s | we're gonna approach uh eight different |
| 1131s | races or more in terms of the amount of |
| 1134s | assets we have to create so it's more of |
| 1136s | a it's not just an artistic problem it's |
| 1139s | a logistic problem right so we have so |
| 1142s | much to do |
| 1143s | when it comes to |
| 1145s | the world in terms of the biomes and |
| 1147s | making this all work and functional |
| 1149s | because they're all this is dynamic you |
| 1151s | know this isn't set in stone this is |
| 1153s | something that's going to be spawned and |
| 1154s | created by the players and pulled up out |
| 1156s | of players and that of course makes it |
| 1158s | entirely more complex 100 like yep we |
| 1163s | had to develop new systems for how we |
| 1165s | developed the art how we lay out the art |
| 1167s | how design can use the art just so that |
| 1170s | you know it can be dynamic it can be |
| 1173s | different races right and it can show up |
| 1176s | in different biomes yeah |
| 1178s | yeah not to mention we had to build up a |
| 1181s | new aesthetic good you know |
| 1183s | really sell and Ashes of creation look |
| 1186s | uh Stephen before you go any further can |
| 1188s | I show you something real quick yes |
| 1190s | absolutely |
| 1191s | right back over here |
| 1194s | we just come back here I am |
| 1199s | where oh this is cool so there's like |
| 1202s | these little back alley areas where you |
| 1204s | know Tristan why don't you go with them |
| 1205s | no no no it's okay we posted something |
| 1209s | up here oh what is this oh who's that |
| 1212s | little fella who is Tristan have you |
| 1215s | seen me how is that |
| 1219s | who is that guy is that Tristan yeah is |
| 1223s | that Lord himself oh wow I am currently |
| 1227s | on the uh Missing board you're on the |
| 1229s | missing board |
| 1230s | it's all right at least people care |
| 1232s | about me hey oh they're too sad that I'm |
| 1235s | I'm missing yes no you're you have a |
| 1237s | bounty on your head yeah the rewards the |
| 1239s | board is 10 cents |
| 1242s | well I'll take it |
| 1244s | at least somebody's paying attention to |
| 1246s | me and where I am and where my |
| 1247s | whereabouts are oh that is hilarious |
| 1251s | so talk to me a little bit about um you |
| 1254s | know we're going to get back to your the |
| 1255s | systems real quick uh in a second guys |
| 1257s | but I wanna I wanna just kind of go over |
| 1259s | what are some of the unique hurdles that |
| 1262s | we are accomplishing through the |
| 1264s | development of these nodes especially |
| 1265s | considering that they have to go through |
| 1267s | multiple different stages of development |
| 1270s | from you know Crossroads to encampment |
| 1272s | to Village to town to City to |
| 1274s | eventually these large metropolises |
| 1277s | um and how that makes this a very |
| 1279s | complicated process for you guys |
| 1282s | yeah I mean essentially we have to plan |
| 1284s | for the buildings being able to expand |
| 1287s | to get taller to get bigger and that has |
| 1289s | to happen from day one right like we |
| 1292s | need to talk to concept and figure out |
| 1294s | how we get from we said Camp |
| 1297s | to Metropolis and then kind of work |
| 1300s | within those bounds |
| 1302s | um and you know there's been a lot of |
| 1304s | discoveries and and pain and Jubilation |
| 1308s | along the way and this patches died |
| 1311s | um I don't know but uh yeah it's you |
| 1315s | know it's it's a work in progress like |
| 1316s | it is for every stream right like um but |
| 1319s | I think we've have a good start here and |
| 1322s | we'll be able to really kind of push |
| 1324s | forward and show progress yeah it's in |
| 1327s | the future full absolutely it is it is a |
| 1331s | beautiful view this this area and I know |
| 1335s | that you know there's been some changes |
| 1336s | kind of in how we anticipated node |
| 1339s | expansion working |
| 1341s | um and then utilizing a more |
| 1344s | district-oriented approach where |
| 1347s | expansions kind of are previewed or at |
| 1350s | least telegraphed to the to the node as |
| 1353s | development continues uh as expansion |
| 1356s | grows players start to see construction |
| 1359s | taking place within the node to |
| 1361s | represent those expanding areas yeah |
| 1364s | that's right um as as the mayor and the |
| 1367s | citizens start you know bringing more |
| 1370s | online with their node you'll start to |
| 1372s | see the outskirts of say like this |
| 1374s | Village for instance start to have |
| 1376s | little construction projects grass will |
| 1378s | be cleared you'll start to see you know |
| 1381s | scaffolding and other things being |
| 1383s | placed as well as materials and we'll |
| 1385s | start to see the The Village expand into |
| 1388s | a town and then a town into a city and |
| 1390s | so forth and so on |
| 1392s | um |
| 1393s | it's really exciting to be able to kind |
| 1395s | of build those systems and Visually |
| 1397s | they'll have them look you know |
| 1400s | well you can see how it looks but yeah |
| 1402s | absolutely |
| 1404s | and it's not just you know obviously for |
| 1407s | those of you who might be a little bit |
| 1409s | newer to the audience in the project |
| 1412s | the systems that are in place to |
| 1414s | accompany this node progression these |
| 1417s | City progressions across the world are |
| 1419s | really intended to to be defined by |
| 1422s | player activity player action player |
| 1425s | choices |
| 1426s | um oops I have a little bit of a weird |
| 1428s | mesh issue over there but that's okay |
| 1431s | um the uh really meant to reflect the |
| 1434s | player choices right and that includes |
| 1436s | building construction and as we were |
| 1439s | talking about earlier these buy orders |
| 1441s | are the primary method by which |
| 1444s | nodes can procure the resources |
| 1447s | necessary one of the other methods by |
| 1449s | which nodes can help |
| 1452s | kind of |
| 1454s | utilize that expansion is through |
| 1456s | treasury acquisition with taxation with |
| 1459s | trade agreements and other nodes Chris |
| 1461s | we have some resources we've collected |
| 1463s | where are we going to head to next to |
| 1466s | kind of utilize that well if you'll |
| 1468s | follow me over here alrighty uh we're |
| 1470s | gonna go to the warehouse |
| 1474s | all right I'm on my way with you to the |
| 1477s | warehouse |
| 1478s | uh now this is a building that you're |
| 1480s | gonna you know manage your material and |
| 1483s | item storage uh you're going to |
| 1486s | obviously interface with the buy order |
| 1487s | manager uh I think he's called the |
| 1490s | requisition agent these days all right |
| 1495s | cool so if we're going to want to talk |
| 1497s | to this lovely fellow over here |
| 1500s | this guy here yep |
| 1505s | see here okay here we go all right and |
| 1507s | as you see kind of the portrait still |
| 1509s | you know outstanding you're gonna see |
| 1510s | that some of the UI greetings citizen |
| 1513s | I'm tasked with purchasing Goods which |
| 1514s | I'm how dare him refer to me as a |
| 1516s | citizen we need to fix the uh the |
| 1518s | greeting tables I mean really the |
| 1521s | disrespect okay uh I am passive |
| 1523s | purchasing Goods which the node uses to |
| 1526s | construct to maintain its varied |
| 1527s | Services would you like to see our |
| 1529s | current requisitions I wouldn't indeed |
| 1533s | exchange rate okay all right and so now |
| 1537s | anybody who is participating uh as a |
| 1540s | citizen or as just a player in the game |
| 1542s | can go to these locations and they can |
| 1544s | fulfill these buy orders so right now |
| 1545s | I'm seeing that I can adjust the |
| 1547s | quantity of goods that I'm going to be |
| 1549s | offering to the node |
| 1552s | and we might have a little bit of a |
| 1554s | problem here because it's saying that |
| 1555s | the total value of goods I want to |
| 1556s | contribute are 232 currency were a gold |
| 1559s | worth uh to the to the node well you're |
| 1563s | exchanging two for every you're getting |
| 1565s | two for every package you're fulfilling |
| 1567s | and you can fulfill all of them it looks |
| 1570s | like |
| 1571s | should I do that |
| 1573s | I mean do you want to share the love |
| 1577s | um |
| 1578s | okay I'll do that so exchange confirm |
| 1581s | let's see here total materials process |
| 1583s | this order for 232 I will confirm that |
| 1587s | boom done so now so now I have acquired |
| 1591s | node currency in exchange for this |
| 1595s | for these materials correct uh also you |
| 1600s | did all of it you didn't share anything |
| 1603s | uh oh what does that mean uh well the |
| 1606s | currency is bound so you can't trade it |
| 1608s | with anyone so you fulfilled the whole |
| 1611s | buy order and you took all the reward oh |
| 1616s | I thought you meant share as in like I |
| 1618s | would take that and then later I would |
| 1621s | use what I received and give those to |
| 1624s | other people in other means like through |
| 1626s | you know servitude as a servant-oriented |
| 1628s | type leader |
| 1629s | you know what I mean like I didn't know |
| 1631s | you meant actually not fulfill the order |
| 1632s | listen I need I need some node currency |
| 1635s | oh |
| 1638s | I'm sorry I didn't know that's what you |
| 1640s | meant I thought you meant shares and |
| 1641s | like me give more resources I didn't |
| 1643s | okay will that be a problem or are we |
| 1646s | good no we're good we're good okay okay |
| 1648s | I'm just a little hurt oh I'm sorry I |
| 1651s | didn't know that well I can speak with a |
| 1652s | guy I know some people here at this note |
| 1654s | okay okay for sure hook me up all right |
| 1657s | so we fulfilled this buy order what is |
| 1659s | next in this Loop so now |
| 1662s | um we are going to talk about taxes |
| 1665s | you just spent as a node 25 gold to uh |
| 1669s | initiate that borrower buyer to write |
| 1671s | yes eventually we're gonna need the |
| 1673s | treasury says I have 75 remaining yeah |
| 1675s | and that should be enough to build the |
| 1677s | building but you probably want to start |
| 1678s | replenishing now right yeah um so you're |
| 1681s | going to open up your uh node panel |
| 1684s | again okay and take yourself to the |
| 1686s | treasury page done |
| 1689s | uh and you're gonna look there's a taxes |
| 1691s | area |
| 1693s | taxes area taxes this is tax rates oh I |
| 1696s | see that okay |
| 1698s | I mean you can you're going to be able |
| 1700s | to adjust those as the mayor do I want |
| 1702s | to go to Advanced details yep |
| 1704s | okay oh I see okay perfect and so this |
| 1708s | is I see that there are a number of |
| 1710s | different uh potential modifiers |
| 1712s | these probably are going to be offered |
| 1716s | out |
| 1717s | um as either the node levels up or as |
| 1720s | upgrades how does that work talk to me a |
| 1722s | little bit about these yes |
| 1724s | so at a high level |
| 1727s | um in early node development you're not |
| 1729s | going to get access to a lot of these |
| 1731s | right this is probably pretty close to |
| 1733s | what a node level 3 is going to end up |
| 1734s | getting |
| 1736s | um and we've broken the things that cost |
| 1738s | money in the node into different |
| 1739s | categories right |
| 1741s | um as the node uh levels up you're gonna |
| 1743s | get access to kind of deeper controls on |
| 1746s | the taxes so that you as a mayor can uh |
| 1750s | kind of incentivize players to come to |
| 1752s | your node to do certain things right if |
| 1755s | you're a node that loves |
| 1757s | um you know smithing you're probably |
| 1759s | going to want to lower your taxes on |
| 1760s | artisanship to incentivize players to be |
| 1763s | here |
| 1764s | um but then you might want to drive up |
| 1766s | taxes and other avenues that players |
| 1768s | aren't necessarily coming to your node |
| 1770s | for but are using out of convenience |
| 1772s | right |
| 1773s | Okay cool so we need to generate some |
| 1776s | more income |
| 1777s | yep so I would recommend cranking those |
| 1780s | taxes |
| 1781s | oh my God oh man not again now here we |
| 1785s | go this is not me this is it takes a |
| 1789s | village |
| 1790s | literally right that's what we're doing |
| 1791s | right now it it takes from a village it |
| 1794s | takes from a villager and it goes to the |
| 1797s | roads right yes it goes to the potholes |
| 1799s | and the roads there's seems to be quite |
| 1802s | a lot of them here I have adjusted the |
| 1804s | tax rate to 75 percent all right now if |
| 1807s | we go over here to this guy |
| 1810s | all right you can go ahead and |
| 1813s | buy some stuff and |
| 1814s | 75 of the base cost of these items is |
| 1818s | going to go to the uh is gonna go to the |
| 1822s | treasury |
| 1827s | let's see here |
| 1833s | uh this is a bit grayed out for me maybe |
| 1836s | I don't guys again you're going to see |
| 1837s | some placeholder stuff |
| 1839s | uh it looks like |
| 1841s | I don't have room for some stuff so I'm |
| 1843s | just gonna be killing some things |
| 1846s | nobody |
| 1847s | pay any attention to the non-existent |
| 1851s | icons yeah some of that art is still |
| 1854s | pending |
| 1856s | um okay I will now interact with this |
| 1858s | gear vendor and let's see if he can sell |
| 1861s | me some items |
| 1864s | you know these are grayed out for me do |
| 1866s | you have any money |
| 1868s | oh my God I have no money it looks like |
| 1871s | you probably only have node currency I |
| 1873s | need some money |
| 1876s | I'm gonna use cheat panel nobody look |
| 1879s | this is a little bit of a cheat panel |
| 1881s | okay you're gonna see uh where I can |
| 1884s | you're saying your mirror is broke right |
| 1887s | now right we'll just we'll just pixelate |
| 1888s | it yeah yeah nobody nobody sees anything |
| 1890s | uh maybe you did need that node currency |
| 1893s | more than I did yeah so uh character |
| 1897s | gold let me guess let's get some gold |
| 1901s | um give gold you know I'm gonna give |
| 1902s | myself a thousand |
| 1906s | and I will now speak with this |
| 1908s | individual again who was so rude and |
| 1910s | Curt with me when I tried to buy stuff |
| 1912s | from him |
| 1913s | didn't know who I was |
| 1915s | as the mayor |
| 1916s | um Okay cool so we want to generate some |
| 1919s | currency for the node we're just going |
| 1920s | to demonstrate here making some |
| 1922s | purchases |
| 1925s | um oops I probably need to hold on sorry |
| 1929s | my bad |
| 1931s | I'm going to select |
| 1935s | some of these |
| 1938s | different items |
| 1941s | how do I make that purchase |
| 1944s | so I'm just selecting these items |
| 1947s | yep you should just be able to right |
| 1949s | click them |
| 1950s | all right click oh there we go yeah yeah |
| 1952s | my bad |
| 1954s | okay how much gold do we need for the |
| 1956s | note right now oh this is more not for |
| 1959s | you to just make a bunch of gold right |
| 1961s | away but just to make sure we're getting |
| 1962s | more gold over time we have enough to |
| 1964s | make the building |
| 1965s | okay let me check the no Treasury |
| 1968s | the no treasury now has 112. that should |
| 1972s | be plenty |
| 1973s | um so now |
| 1976s | you want to build a building Steven I |
| 1978s | want to build a building |
| 1979s | all right well |
| 1980s | let's go have a nice little Waltz uh |
| 1983s | well actually open your open your mayor |
| 1986s | panel here for us okay mirror panel is |
| 1988s | open |
| 1989s | uh and you're gonna hit n and go to the |
| 1992s | buildings tab done |
| 1995s | now here you're going to see a list of |
| 1997s | all the buildings we currently have |
| 1998s | constructed uh since this is a pretty |
| 2001s | new node all the buildings in this list |
| 2003s | are uh what we call default buildings |
| 2007s | which means they come pre-constructed |
| 2009s | with the node |
| 2010s | but if you scroll all the way down to |
| 2011s | the bottom you're going to see the empty |
| 2014s | plots okay very cool and just to be |
| 2018s | clear the default buildings are offering |
| 2020s | default Services as you were saying |
| 2022s | Apartments |
| 2024s | warehouse for storage or the caravansery |
| 2028s | for the um the Caravans and reception of |
| 2031s | those Caravans like all nodes will have |
| 2034s | a base default list of services that are |
| 2037s | offered regardless of type and then what |
| 2040s | we're doing now is we're specializing |
| 2042s | the node to cater specific services in |
| 2046s | order to draw traffic of players to us |
| 2049s | correct yeah all the services that come |
| 2052s | default with the node we've kind of as a |
| 2054s | design team deemed essential right |
| 2056s | um we want Caravans to move around the |
| 2058s | world so everyone should have a care of |
| 2060s | answer you want players to have storage |
| 2061s | so everyone should have a warehouse |
| 2063s | right but that doesn't mean those |
| 2064s | default buildings can't be upgraded and |
| 2067s | specialized themselves right |
| 2069s | awesome |
| 2070s | um but the empty plots are where you |
| 2072s | really get to start specializing your |
| 2074s | node |
| 2076s | all right and I see a Smithy under |
| 2079s | artisanship |
| 2080s | correct |
| 2083s | okay I've selected the building |
| 2085s | yep |
| 2087s | oh okay here we go we have a little bit |
| 2089s | of a tree here that talks about its |
| 2091s | expansions yeah so uh buildings can |
| 2094s | expand as I kind of alluded to the |
| 2096s | default buildings they specialize as |
| 2098s | they expand right so this isn't like a |
| 2100s | traditional |
| 2102s | um steel traits it's exclusionary more |
| 2104s | like a tech tree right so selecting uh |
| 2109s | the next upgrade for it will lock out |
| 2112s | the other two paths right |
| 2115s | um so as you get better with the |
| 2117s | building it will continue to narrow |
| 2119s | which allows lots of nodes to carve out |
| 2122s | lots of niches in the world |
| 2124s | very cool and so because of this because |
| 2127s | it's exclusionary it would be relevant |
| 2130s | for certain nodes in order to achieve a |
| 2134s | broader spectrum of upgrade potential |
| 2137s | within a particular |
| 2139s | building type to potentially build |
| 2142s | multiple of these buildings |
| 2144s | yeah exactly right if you want to be the |
| 2146s | home to weaponsmithing in your node |
| 2148s | you're probably going to have three |
| 2150s | smithies to capitalize on uh slashing |
| 2154s | bludgeoning and piercing weapons right |
| 2157s | um and there are other things you can do |
| 2159s | with the policy system or with the Relic |
| 2161s | system to kind of amp that up even |
| 2163s | further |
| 2164s | very cool |
| 2166s | very cool and so let's say and I know we |
| 2169s | don't have this |
| 2171s | or I'm not sure if we have this yet |
| 2173s | implemented but let's say for example I |
| 2176s | as the mayor I'm about to start this |
| 2177s | build right I'm going to enjoy just |
| 2180s | click on this build right now yep all |
| 2182s | right |
| 2183s | okay here we go uh construction |
| 2185s | requirements so I have the bins of stone |
| 2188s | and it looks like we have the cords of |
| 2191s | wood yep citizen contribution so the |
| 2194s | citizen contribution that is in |
| 2195s | reference to when this construction |
| 2197s | project begins citizens will need to |
| 2200s | come to the building and and contribute |
| 2202s | resources to Aid in its development yeah |
| 2206s | so um unlike buy orders you're not |
| 2208s | directly rewarded for this right |
| 2210s | um as a player this is uh kind of our |
| 2213s | way of ensuring that citizens want the |
| 2216s | thing that the mayor is asking them to |
| 2218s | do or is spending resources on right so |
| 2221s | if you're a mayor and you're just like |
| 2222s | I'm going to build a bunch of this uh |
| 2225s | building that no one wants |
| 2227s | um then players aren't going to |
| 2229s | contribute to it and they're not going |
| 2230s | to get built |
| 2232s | good call very cool all right let me |
| 2234s | confirm this |
| 2235s | players will have two million days to |
| 2238s | provide the resources for construction |
| 2240s | well that's good you know I want to be a |
| 2242s | lenient mayor |
| 2244s | um and I you know as many in the |
| 2246s | audience know we expect Ashes to have a |
| 2249s | very long and fruitful lifespan as a |
| 2253s | product and two million days is a bit on |
| 2256s | the you know maybe conservative side of |
| 2258s | what we'll actually see overall but I |
| 2261s | think it's a worthwhile time |
| 2264s | are we good with that what do you think |
| 2265s | Chris yeah that's that sounds great okay |
| 2268s | two million days it is |
| 2272s | okay where do we go to see this building |
| 2274s | uh so we've constructed it over here |
| 2278s | uh if you want to follow me this way all |
| 2280s | right I am I'm falling I don't normally |
| 2282s | run in my hometown but I will I will run |
| 2285s | listen up I got places to go people to |
| 2288s | see people to see |
| 2290s | you work at the best of the mayor |
| 2293s | uh so you notice there's a gentleman |
| 2295s | here you can talk to |
| 2297s | um and this is also work for me just to |
| 2299s | be clear he does he does technically he |
| 2302s | works for the city uh I am the city |
| 2308s | um and uh this gentleman is the |
| 2310s | construction Foreman so this is where |
| 2311s | players will get to go to donate |
| 2313s | resources to the construction of a |
| 2315s | building okay all right let's see here |
| 2318s | so he has nothing of nothing acquired |
| 2320s | but what is it you say you do here Mr |
| 2323s | construction form and he hasn't |
| 2325s | collected yet any resources |
| 2327s | oh you just initiated it do I have to do |
| 2330s | everything myself should I give him a |
| 2332s | hundred uh of the oak log |
| 2334s | I mean I think that's a fair thing to do |
| 2336s | all right |
| 2337s | let us donate |
| 2341s | we shall donate to the foreman |
| 2346s | oh it's beginning to construct |
| 2351s | now Bruno and Scott did a great job with |
| 2354s | this uh construction animation of visual |
| 2358s | effects |
| 2359s | um as you will see you're going to see a |
| 2361s | sped up version of this here but |
| 2363s | typically Chris talked me a little bit |
| 2364s | about the time expectation for these |
| 2367s | types of projects and of course how |
| 2369s | that's a variable depending on the stage |
| 2371s | of the node and the building type itself |
| 2374s | yeah so um you know we want this to be |
| 2377s | an exciting thing so once materials are |
| 2381s | kind of contributed to it and it's ready |
| 2383s | to finish |
| 2384s | um there's gonna be you know any kind of |
| 2387s | variable from like 15 to 20 minutes to |
| 2390s | even a couple of days for it to finish |
| 2392s | constructing depending on kind of the |
| 2394s | power that the building offers to the |
| 2396s | players right |
| 2398s | very cool |
| 2400s | and and |
| 2402s | um James Adam Tristan talk to me a |
| 2404s | little bit about how you guys go about |
| 2407s | constructing these different you know |
| 2410s | more modular sets of building creation |
| 2413s | and and what it takes to kind of you |
| 2416s | know master that across the multiple |
| 2418s | different cultures that we're |
| 2420s | anticipating uh uh to to to present |
| 2423s | Within These villages |
| 2427s | yeah sure I mean it's it's a lot of |
| 2430s | trial and error but you know the it took |
| 2433s | a lot of practice to figure out you know |
| 2434s | what the correct size of the buildings |
| 2437s | and the plots the walls the doors all |
| 2440s | those things |
| 2441s | are and then to dial them in so that |
| 2444s | going forward any future races it's all |
| 2447s | kind of somewhat plug and play as long |
| 2450s | as we're making them to those specs the |
| 2453s | big thing is the aesthetic and how that |
| 2456s | will change between races which is you |
| 2459s | know Bill will work in progress but |
| 2461s | like this for example this one is a lot |
| 2464s | of anglo-saxon type architecture |
| 2466s | influence |
| 2468s | yeah and Kayla absolutely yeah but |
| 2471s | that's that's that's how how it works in |
| 2473s | the most part and it's all modular so we |
| 2476s | can make these buildings and |
| 2478s | mostly any size we want so it could |
| 2481s | reach all the way up to the sky multiple |
| 2484s | floors if we wanted to not saying we |
| 2486s | would but |
| 2487s | uh and that's that's the idea so then |
| 2490s | this right here will construct those |
| 2493s | pieces |
| 2494s | for the player one piece at a time very |
| 2497s | cool |
| 2498s | very cool |
| 2499s | yeah I love the uh you know we we |
| 2501s | previously had a different version of |
| 2503s | this in in |
| 2505s | um oh look it has a little fireworks |
| 2507s | playing above the building that's |
| 2509s | awesome |
| 2511s | so it's drawing attention kind of to the |
| 2513s | uh to the construction |
| 2514s | um we had a version of this obviously in |
| 2516s | in Alpha One and |
| 2519s | um |
| 2520s | you know that was very sped up for what |
| 2522s | we were trying to accomplish there this |
| 2524s | technique is uh you know meant to more |
| 2527s | represent that that longer period of of |
| 2531s | construction requirement yeah |
| 2534s | um and a lot of what you see right now |
| 2536s | it's technically being generated |
| 2538s | procedurally by the tech from our Tech |
| 2541s | art team which is Alberto has been |
| 2543s | putting together which is like basically |
| 2545s | we kind of took a |
| 2547s | an approach similar to other games that |
| 2549s | you might see in like strategy games and |
| 2550s | stuff like that so there's a scaffolding |
| 2551s | approach that kind of builds things up |
| 2553s | and forms around and you'll see some |
| 2555s | people kind of working hammering it's |
| 2557s | very rudimentary at this current point |
| 2558s | in time but yeah no the the goal is to |
| 2561s | have it be as versatile as possible so |
| 2564s | that when we actually need to make |
| 2566s | a hundred of variations of these we |
| 2570s | don't have to sit there and make |
| 2571s | animations one by one which we did in |
| 2573s | the past |
| 2574s | which gets very complicated very |
| 2576s | expensive in this case it's more of a |
| 2578s | procedural you know you plug and play |
| 2580s | like right but I do run I do want to |
| 2583s | clarify that we're not saying that these |
| 2586s | nodes are fully procedurally generated |
| 2589s | it's |
| 2590s | the building aspect is but |
| 2593s | the nodes themselves still have a |
| 2597s | handmade aspect to it right correct yeah |
| 2600s | this is all just for the construction |
| 2601s | phase so we can kind of have things done |
| 2604s | in a way that feels natural but doesn't |
| 2606s | really take |
| 2607s | years and years to actually complete the |
| 2609s | final product right awesome |
| 2612s | um absolutely very very impressive work |
| 2615s | so Chris now that we have |
| 2618s | constructed this Smithy |
| 2622s | what are we doing do you have a little |
| 2624s | duckling following you |
| 2625s | the ducklings are very aggressive right |
| 2627s | now I have one following me right now oh |
| 2630s | my oh my God but that can be fixed no no |
| 2633s | no no no no no no no no no no no no no |
| 2639s | do it do not kill that duck oh my God oh |
| 2644s | God |
| 2647s | what are you doing you just murder that |
| 2651s | duck you you just murder our tax rate |
| 2654s | just oh my God you can't kill innocent |
| 2656s | animals over your disgruntled as tax |
| 2658s | rates I would I would say that's more |
| 2660s | for food for the village but and you |
| 2663s | know Rebellion I'm trying to what have |
| 2665s | you done |
| 2666s | you can't even eat that there's not |
| 2669s | valuable meat on this creature yet |
| 2682s | fair enough |
| 2685s | all right it needs to be done Chris what |
| 2688s | are we gonna do with this Smithy well |
| 2690s | what do you want to do we can uh do some |
| 2693s | armor smithing we can do some |
| 2694s | weaponsmithing I I honestly think after |
| 2697s | that heinous act against that duck you |
| 2699s | really needed some better weapons to |
| 2700s | defend the uh Beautiful Creatures of |
| 2703s | this node agreed I am so angry I could |
| 2706s | just scream oh |
| 2710s | I'm sorry uh well over here is the |
| 2712s | weaponsmithing station all right cool I |
| 2715s | was looking at this a little bit earlier |
| 2717s | whoops I turned off my UI |
| 2719s | all right what do we have uh well I hear |
| 2722s | the artisanship team hooked you up with |
| 2725s | the ability to make a blood sword oh do |
| 2728s | I have materials oh I do have some |
| 2731s | materials what should we do oh the |
| 2733s | sandals of holding bag it's like |
| 2735s | Infinite Space |
| 2737s | that is a GM pack |
| 2739s | um okay so I do have some materials what |
| 2741s | do we want to do with this material |
| 2744s | oh do you want a blood sword or not well |
| 2746s | I mean I don't know do I want a blood |
| 2748s | sword is a blood sort of good is it |
| 2749s | better than what I already have where is |
| 2751s | the blood sword crystallized blood sword |
| 2755s | okay I see it's gonna be a pretty spicy |
| 2759s | sword |
| 2762s | okay very cool |
| 2767s | um yeah let's try this what are we gonna |
| 2769s | do here so I already have the materials |
| 2771s | for it |
| 2773s | can I just go to |
| 2775s | craft one quantity hold on it says I |
| 2777s | can't craft this yes you gotta add your |
| 2779s | molds to it |
| 2781s | um |
| 2785s | oh I have selected my iron weapon mold |
| 2790s | and I'm using |
| 2792s | that mold and crafting |
| 2797s | oh I do have a crystal blood sword now I |
| 2800s | shall rule with a mighty fist let me |
| 2802s | equip this |
| 2807s | do I actually have oh I do have it |
| 2811s | oh okay that's pretty sweet |
| 2813s | I like that |
| 2816s | looks great |
| 2818s | very cool |
| 2820s | all right so now now that we have |
| 2822s | constructed this building there are also |
| 2825s | a number of upgrade paths that players |
| 2827s | can utilize to specialize the building |
| 2829s | further we previewed that in the tech |
| 2831s | tree for the building and each building |
| 2833s | comes with that sort of customizable |
| 2836s | um uh path of upgrades that are possible |
| 2839s | and those |
| 2840s | continue to give the node a higher |
| 2844s | specialization which makes it relevant |
| 2846s | for player traffic |
| 2848s | right and the idea with that too is no |
| 2851s | one node can do anything right so it |
| 2854s | kind of is leaning into this idea that |
| 2857s | you need to gobble your goods around the |
| 2859s | world and go to a lot of places to do a |
| 2862s | lot of things right |
| 2864s | yeah absolutely |
| 2866s | absolutely this is a beautiful I mean |
| 2869s | gosh this is just |
| 2871s | I love the atmospherics |
| 2873s | I love the the more nature oriented |
| 2876s | aspects of the interior of the node now |
| 2879s | this node uh Tristan and Adam James this |
| 2882s | has a bit more topography than what we |
| 2886s | were seeing in Alpha One it talked to me |
| 2889s | a little bit about |
| 2890s | the types of node templates and |
| 2893s | footprints that we are leveraging with |
| 2897s | the design of these of these Villages |
| 2900s | and cities |
| 2903s | um yeah so there should be |
| 2904s | um |
| 2905s | kind of a handful of different types |
| 2907s | that you'll experience in the world and |
| 2909s | they all have their different benefits |
| 2910s | so in this case we kind of have a |
| 2912s | plateau landscape layout for this one um |
| 2916s | it's not like we said the flat |
| 2918s | Landscapes that we've done in the past |
| 2920s | um we've also got ones that will be like |
| 2923s | Rivers flowing through it and as well as |
| 2925s | like being nudged up against say like a |
| 2927s | body of water or like a cliff face sort |
| 2931s | of style so in this case it's this is a |
| 2934s | pretty one of the more basic versions |
| 2936s | that you'll see for the current |
| 2939s | um layout styles that we have but yeah |
| 2940s | yeah not only that the the dote itself |
| 2943s | will have its own type that that's best |
| 2945s | suited to you know develop into |
| 2949s | um I think this one's an academic node |
| 2951s | yeah this one is academic so |
| 2954s | um I see we have kind of a placeholder |
| 2957s | node type building here yeah that's the |
| 2959s | town hall oh is that the town hall I |
| 2961s | apologize this is a placeholder one over |
| 2963s | here the kind of Citadel looking one |
| 2964s | yeah yep yeah that is a work in progress |
| 2969s | um so we have that standing in for now |
| 2971s | beautiful so this is kind of where all |
| 2973s | the activities take place for you know |
| 2975s | citizenship interactions the paying of |
| 2977s | these dues the opportunity for players |
| 2980s | to kind of interface with their local |
| 2981s | government and the custom uh request |
| 2984s | arcs that are available based off of the |
| 2986s | surrounding pois |
| 2988s | um you know up here is kind of the city |
| 2990s | center so to speak |
| 2993s | right right this is where you know |
| 2996s | elections happen right |
| 2999s | um normally |
| 3003s | when you don't GM command yourself mayor |
| 3008s | oh unbelievable I just sat down you guys |
| 3010s | told me did you have myself there |
| 3013s | um there's also a place where you know |
| 3015s | punishments Could Happen ah where's that |
| 3018s | are like Gallows over here or something |
| 3020s | yeah |
| 3022s | is that the type of Mayor that I am do I |
| 3024s | just have like public hangings or |
| 3026s | something I mean if you're that type of |
| 3028s | mirror you could just hang anyone |
| 3029s | anywhere yeah unbelievable depends upon |
| 3032s | who messes with the ducklings that's all |
| 3033s | yep I gotta go |
| 3038s | I noticed that we have a bit of homage |
| 3041s | that we're paying to the |
| 3042s | excusing to the windmill monster that |
| 3045s | many players experienced in our |
| 3047s | pre-alpha testing yeah okay and you guys |
| 3049s | remember that that was like two days |
| 3050s | straight of us getting stuck at a |
| 3052s | loading screen back in like 2018 2017. |
| 3055s | that was a fun time I love it they mimic |
| 3060s | the size of the windmill would be pretty |
| 3062s | I think we actually did turn so at some |
| 3065s | point we updated that image to be a |
| 3068s | windmill monster that was eating out |
| 3070s | pre-alpha players when they tried yeah |
| 3071s | that was great it was really good oh |
| 3075s | it's beautiful this is absolutely |
| 3076s | beautiful so |
| 3078s | um |
| 3079s | you know what |
| 3081s | I would like to thank each of you for |
| 3085s | showing our players the update to nodes |
| 3089s | this is one of the one of many updates |
| 3092s | that players will be seeing over the |
| 3094s | course of the next |
| 3096s | um |
| 3097s | time till Alpha two and as it relates to |
| 3100s | kind of the systems design of these |
| 3103s | nodes showcasing the core loops with the |
| 3107s | Mayors helping to initiate buy orders as |
| 3110s | well as Commissions in order to generate |
| 3112s | these node Commodities these node these |
| 3115s | node inventory items by which then the |
| 3117s | node utilizes to kick off certain either |
| 3120s | events or service building constructions |
| 3122s | that the uh that create an additional |
| 3125s | Loop for players to participate in I |
| 3128s | think that this is very exciting that |
| 3129s | the node is absolutely beautiful and it |
| 3131s | hits the aesthetic that we want but |
| 3133s | what's most important is to get your |
| 3135s | guys's feedback in the community uh the |
| 3137s | you guys as our players giving us your |
| 3140s | thoughts about the visual Fidelity that |
| 3142s | these Villages are representing you'll |
| 3144s | have an opportunity to see additional |
| 3146s | node stages as we progress this is a lot |
| 3150s | of work that the environment team has |
| 3151s | been doing a phenomenal job in my |
| 3154s | opinion in creating |
| 3155s | but you guys need to give us your |
| 3157s | thoughts you like what you see here what |
| 3159s | can be done better and then we are going |
| 3162s | to chat a little bit more about some of |
| 3164s | the system changes that we have |
| 3166s | introduced as part of our road to Alpha |
| 3169s | 2 as it relates to the nodes so yes go |
| 3173s | ahead yeah this is notes part for part |
| 3176s | five |
| 3180s | this is you're gonna kill me I hope |
| 3184s | you're okay this is not yet nodes part |
| 3186s | four but this is getting close Okay no |
| 3189s | you guys did a great job yeah I'm sure |
| 3191s | everyone will get that reference there |
| 3192s | yes exactly but Chris and I will be |
| 3196s | joining you guys in just a moment to |
| 3198s | talk a little bit more in detail about |
| 3201s | these systems in just a moment thanks |
| 3203s | guys for joining us appreciate it thank |
| 3205s | you thank you bye |