[2022] Development Update with Tech Tool and First Look at Tulnar - 11AM PT Friday, July 29, 2022 | Ashes of Creation Dev Tracker

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1s	[Music]
21s	hello and welcome
24s	salutations everyone welcome to our
26s	ashes of creation july development
28s	update we hope everyone has been well
30s	and safe over the month
32s	as always it's exciting months for us
35s	a lot we blink and the month goes by uh
38s	but we always have
40s	so much excitement in the office and
42s	hubbub as we're uh you know
46s	prepared to showcase all the cool stuff
48s	for you guys very exciting it's been hot
51s	actually in san diego this july yeah my
54s	plants uh oh no having the struggle bust
57s	but it's okay plants are struggle
59s	busting
60s	it's okay i'm giving them a lot of water
63s	and nutrients
64s	um
65s	minus the birds trying to eat them which
67s	i didn't even know birds birds eat
69s	plants they are attacking my tomato
72s	plant leaves
74s	but oh no yeah so i bought a little
76s	greenhouse and put them in it that's odd
79s	and i wonder what kind of bird bird is
80s	attacking the tomato tomato plant yeah
82s	man yeah the tullnar attacking
85s	[Laughter]
88s	but
89s	you know as always we'll just go through
91s	all of our quick reminders today we are
93s	going to be showing off some more techie
95s	stuff you all said you want to see more
96s	so
97s	we're going to be showing off a tech art
99s	tool and we have a few different people
101s	joining from our team who will be
102s	discussing that with stephen and so
104s	we'll be playing a video for you all on
106s	that
107s	yes very exciting stuff and by the way
110s	you know we uh in the past we've we've
113s	seen as the community responded
114s	positively to any technical discussions
116s	and you guys have asked for us to kind
118s	of do a little more of that in the
120s	future and so today's that day we're
121s	going to have a very technical
123s	discussion
124s	and if you have questions and stuff pop
126s	them in chat
127s	i know we'll try to answer what we can
130s	i usually try to pull questions as well
133s	if they're pertinent to what we're
134s	discussing um but yeah it's going to be
137s	exciting and then of course we have a
139s	character art update which includes a
142s	race that you haven't really seen much
143s	of so i'm sure you guys will enjoy that
147s	and it's one that people have been
148s	discussing a lot lately um bachner and i
151s	were chatting about that so i think it
153s	would be exciting for you guys to see
154s	where we're
157s	and then of course we have our studio
158s	update which will be pretty quick and
160s	then we'll do our q a which will try to
162s	answer as many as we can from the forums
165s	that were new questions but as always if
168s	you ask a question that we've already
169s	answered vechnar is amazing and goes
172s	through and answers all of them for you
174s	so or it gives you the direction of
176s	where you can find the answer as well so
178s	yeah very cool so to kick things off we
181s	have our reminders
183s	first and foremost
185s	we have our spotlight question from
187s	youtube and we do this every stream so
189s	all you have to do is subscribe to us
191s	over on youtube and leave a comment on
193s	the video that is our development update
196s	and you can do that for this one it's
198s	too uh as well whenever we upload it but
201s	today's highlight is from wyatt parks
204s	and they're they actually have a
205s	question this time they said here's a
206s	question as a crafter
209s	artisan etc well i be able to give my
214s	goods to someone else and pay them to
216s	transport it via caravan system or
219s	something to market or will i have to be
222s	one
223s	or will i have to be the one to
225s	do the caravan myself that's a very good
228s	question actually and i don't think we
231s	have
232s	talked about since that system has had a
235s	little bit of a redesign um several
238s	months ago
240s	but yes there is a
243s	um system driven way for players to
246s	co-op um caravan
249s	trips and essentially you have the
252s	driver or the owner of the caravan
254s	preps the caravan for launch at the
256s	caravan series which is the node
258s	building
260s	that launches the caravans
262s	and he can make a selection to allow
265s	designated players or members of his
268s	party
270s	excuse me
272s	to
272s	uh
273s	to reserve space within the caravan and
276s	they may then upload their goods into
278s	the caravan at the carabantry by
280s	interfacing with the ui there
283s	and there can even be an agreement for
285s	insurance should the caravan be
287s	destroyed let's say you find a driver
290s	who's run many successful missions and
293s	you're confident in their ability to
295s	deliver you may not ask for insurance
297s	but if this is a new person who doesn't
299s	have an established reputation on the
301s	server for being a successful caravan
303s	driver um then you can request insurance
306s	and that's an option that the uh that
308s	the owner of the caravan has to enable
311s	uh and when you interface with that ui
313s	window
314s	um there will be the amount of insurance
317s	that will be uh placed in escrow and
319s	given to you should the caravan not make
320s	it to its destination or or should the
323s	caravan's goods be lost um so there is
326s	there is mechanical systems in place uh
328s	to provide that type of interaction we
330s	feel that interaction is good it's fun
332s	it helps encourage um um the social
335s	interaction that's important to an
336s	mmorpg but also it provides an outlet
339s	for players who may not wish to actually
341s	drive a caravan or launch a caravan or
343s	own a good caravan to transport their
344s	goods to kind of piggyback with other
346s	players as they do those things as well
349s	so steven um
351s	have you paid your caravan insurance
353s	because i wanted to collect
356s	i didn't lose a caravan i don't have to
357s	make pay i don't have to make good on
359s	that payment
361s	i'm good
362s	i'm just imagining
363s	all the
365s	memes um of course and that is from
368s	wyatt parks thank you wyatt for being a
370s	subscriber over on our youtube channel
372s	we super duper appreciate it and we look
375s	forward to the next questions that will
377s	or comments that will be coming our way
379s	from this update
380s	and of course we have our reminder that
383s	our thunder at the gate cosmetics will
386s	be swapping over august 10th at 11 a.m
388s	pacific
389s	little turtle dude i like his tail and
392s	his little
393s	mouth look at that
394s	it looks like a baby turtle but actually
396s	it's big yeah it's it's a mount uh so
400s	yeah
401s	it would be interesting if it was a
402s	little baby turtle um
405s	and a reminder that all of these
406s	variants all the variants that are made
408s	from these you'll see in-game as npcs
410s	creatures buildings etc which is really
413s	very exciting for us
414s	you're helping us build the world of
416s	vera
417s	and we also have our latest dev
419s	discussion up which is about world map
422s	discovery we'd like to know would you
424s	like to see a traditional map
426s	world or mmo world map that once
429s	explored updates with the ever-changing
430s	state of the world or would you prefer
432s	to see more innovative ways of keeping
434s	maps up to date and you all have already
437s	provided a ton of feedback but we would
439s	love to see some more so if you haven't
441s	headed over on over to our forums please
443s	do so and of course our next topic will
446s	be regarding tank participation and i'm
449s	sure y'all will have tons of feedback
451s	for us on that uh so prepare yourself it
454s	has been a lively discussion in the on
456s	the design team as well actually that's
458s	why we have it as a dev discussion i
460s	know yeah it's going to be exciting to
461s	see what people think about that
463s	stephen's like let's see if you guys
465s	agree with me no no no we cannot load we
468s	just have to load the question nobody
469s	knows who stands where
472s	i know i'm not saying i'm not saying how
474s	what you think i'm just saying like
476s	it'll be interesting to see if people's
478s	ideas or thoughts uh coincide with what
482s	you guys as a development team think
484s	and of course for those of you who are
486s	content creators you're always asking us
488s	you know where you can apply we haven't
490s	started invitation phase yet but we are
493s	accepting applications so if you head on
496s	over to
497s	our website and or even our support page
500s	and you type in you know content creator
502s	program it'll come up with a link where
503s	you can apply
505s	for
506s	a part of that which will be very
507s	exciting
508s	and without further ado
511s	uh we are ready to
513s	head into our tech art tool discussion
516s	do you want to preface this first video
518s	and then we'll
519s	i would love to so
521s	what we're going to see first here is a
523s	very brief preview a sneak peek
527s	at the
529s	desert zones in alpha 2.
532s	and um
534s	you know they're
535s	we don't want to obviously give away all
536s	the secrets and show you know everything
539s	that's that is intended there for alpha
541s	2. uh but you will likely see some
544s	interesting um uh
547s	buildings that might be indicative of
549s	some points of interest of some dungeons
552s	you might see a little glimpse at a raid
555s	boss that lives in the desert
558s	um it's really kind of uh you know
561s	tristan snodgrass our lead environment
563s	artist did an uh an outstanding job uh
566s	putting together this this little um uh
569s	video showing you guys what the
571s	environment team and the tech art teams
573s	have been have been working on and
575s	building as part of the alpha 2 world um
578s	so big big hearts in chat for tristan he
580s	spent a lot of time on this he was up
581s	late last night getting the final
583s	touches
584s	uh put on it and everybody who
586s	participated in it um but i think you
588s	guys are going to enjoy it it's going to
590s	be a brief showcase and then after that
593s	we will show
594s	a technical discussion uh about one of
597s	our internally created tools from some
600s	of our very talented
602s	senior technical artists and how
605s	we are developing these internal tools
607s	to really help build a giant mmo world
610s	like ashes of creation
612s	and
613s	um you know create better efficiency in
616s	our workflow processes right in the in
618s	the pipeline of what goes into making
621s	these beautiful environments and and
623s	these beautiful places in the world um
626s	so you know incredibly impressed always
628s	with with the
629s	talent that our team has
632s	and is constantly showing and i think
634s	you guys are going to be impressed as
635s	well they are amazing i mean
638s	we all talk about it every day but uh
640s	even in the office when you're like
641s	eating lunch with someone it's just
643s	great to work with people who are super
644s	passionate because
646s	you know every time you talk to somebody
647s	or ask them for something it's not you
648s	know like a chore it's like everyone's
650s	excited to do it which i think is you
653s	know great
654s	absolutely no and it's always so fun to
656s	to really just see
658s	you know these these dreams that we've
660s	talked about um you know for years now
663s	starting to come to a a quality level
666s	that's indicative of what players yeah i
668s	want to play
669s	students
671s	what do you want me to do you need to
672s	see me everyone
678s	i know i'm just saying from like just so
680s	the players realize like we also want
684s	this just as badly as you guys we want
686s	to create the game that we all want to
688s	play so just
689s	just we're bearing with you all as well
692s	um but with that i'm going to play a
694s	cinematic video and then we'll return
697s	and we'll chat a little bit and we'll
699s	head into the tool discussion keep an
701s	eye out for some interesting things you
703s	might discover in this video what are
705s	these structures
708s	all right we'll see in a moment
712s	[Music]
722s	so
749s	[Music]
768s	[Music]
776s	[Music]
808s	[Music]
831s	[Music]
853s	[Music]
856s	all right well it seems like people
858s	liked it also they love this the
861s	whispering well the yes
864s	it is the snores as the community has
866s	called it oh my gosh the sounds so good
870s	i love it so much cat did a great job
874s	everybody did a great job kind of in
876s	this in this sneak peek i i can see the
878s	the absolute excitement from the
881s	community just
882s	dying to get into this zone um but you
886s	know just to give you guys context next
888s	video we're going to show is about 20
889s	minutes long and it's going to talk
891s	about some of the tech that's been
894s	internally developed uh to work in
896s	concert with unreal engine and helps
899s	remove some of
900s	the workflow barriers that typically
903s	exist as part of the process of making
906s	these virtual worlds
908s	and our tech our team has done a
910s	phenomenal job um in in
914s	in helping create
916s	um tools that our artists can use um to
921s	to essentially keep that creative
922s	process within the engine as much as
925s	possible um so you're going to hear a
927s	lot of technical jargon and and
930s	words perhaps that that might be a
932s	little foreign we'll do our best to try
934s	to clear some of that stuff up after the
936s	video
937s	but i think you guys are going to enjoy
938s	watching you know what goes into making
940s	such environments like this you know
942s	what what goes into making the world of
944s	vera
946s	all right
947s	we'll see on the flip side
950s	hello everyone and welcome to another
953s	live stream day very excited to be with
955s	you we have a little bit of a different
958s	demonstration to show you all today we
960s	you know we've in the past we've shown
962s	kind of um tech that we're using to help
965s	build the world of vera and today i am
968s	joined by three of our extremely
970s	talented senior technical artists on the
973s	team i am joined by john
976s	bruno and alan hey guys how are you
979s	doing hey good stephen
984s	now you guys have been working on
986s	something um for the past little while
989s	that
990s	um is actually is very excited and as i
993s	understand it
994s	um
995s	alan this was something that
998s	you
1000s	began to think about um as a tool that
1003s	our artists could use in the studio to
1005s	help with the development of a world
1007s	like ours as big as ours of an mmo
1010s	that of course is a difficult difficult
1012s	world to build amongst the games that
1014s	are out there tell me a little bit about
1016s	where this idea came from for our
1019s	landform tool
1022s	hello uh yeah sure uh so i was in the
1025s	studio
1026s	um
1028s	just trying to
1029s	figure out a way to kind of speed up
1033s	my process other artist process of
1035s	creating uh you know art essentially and
1038s	then
1039s	i know
1041s	essentially how big our world is going
1042s	to be
1043s	so
1044s	you know i really wanted to kind of
1045s	think about that as well as my
1047s	constraints you know
1049s	and so
1051s	it kind of just dawned on me as i was
1053s	working through building art for us
1056s	um about this idea i had which is
1059s	land form which you know thankful uh you
1062s	know
1063s	hats off to bruno for um you know the
1065s	name i think it's fantastic it's awesome
1068s	i like it too it's it's perfectly app
1071s	for what it does too yeah totally for
1073s	sure
1074s	um and so i was just trying to think of
1077s	you know those ideas and so i was like
1080s	just trying to think of like uh the the
1082s	awesome programs or the softwares that i
1084s	use
1086s	and you know how can i speed up that
1088s	that flow right
1090s	so and tell me a little bit about the
1092s	flow right um john bruno allen you guys
1095s	have have been working for a long time
1097s	in this industry and you've built a lot
1099s	of games and you know
1101s	i think you guys even have some mmo
1103s	experience some of you in the past that
1104s	i think alan you worked on um new world
1107s	uh was your last project correct yep
1109s	yeah and tell me a little bit about what
1112s	that workflow actually is on other
1114s	projects that you guys have worked on
1116s	so
1117s	with you know other projects i worked on
1119s	essentially you would build your asset
1121s	you know your model essentially in a
1123s	third uh
1125s	third-party application like my or
1127s	something and then you would actually
1129s	start going in and start detailing it up
1131s	like in programs like zbrush
1134s	or whatever programs that you want to
1136s	use and then go in and start um
1138s	texturing after uv and so then you could
1140s	jump into like quicksilver mixer or
1142s	substance painter or you know if you're
1145s	even trying to do like a tileable or
1146s	something like that you go into designer
1148s	and
1149s	make that so you're going to a lot of
1151s	these different programs
1153s	and um you know you're spending your
1155s	time doing those processes to create
1158s	your art but essentially each time and
1160s	each time you kind of move to a
1162s	different middleware program that's
1163s	that's an interruption in the workflow
1165s	right yeah yeah so like as i'm building
1168s	something i'm you know artists have like
1170s	this rhythm you know it's like this flow
1172s	that we get into that kind of just help
1175s	create a create this thing that we're
1176s	making you know and
1178s	for me it's like as i'm building
1179s	something i'm in this flow and it's like
1181s	i'm getting in this rhythm if i have to
1183s	separate and go to another application
1185s	i'm starting to do like really technical
1187s	work i start that idea that that flow
1190s	kind of like dissipates you know it kind
1192s	of gets more uh softer and vague you
1194s	know and then before you know it's like
1195s	out in the midst and it's really hard to
1197s	grab it and then bring it back into
1199s	vision uh once you're going through all
1201s	these applications
1203s	[Music]
1205s	so this workflow allows us to
1207s	essentially speed that up and so that's
1209s	what i was working looking through uh in
1211s	my ideas and stuff about like you know
1214s	how can we stay in an engine you know
1217s	build a material a process as well that
1220s	allows us to create art um but really
1223s	get the high fidelity that we're looking
1225s	for and as well
1227s	speed right iteration that we just
1229s	talked about for like you know hey does
1231s	this look good oh no
1233s	that looks great but what about this and
1234s	you're like oh yeah yeah change that up
1236s	and then before you know it you're like
1237s	okay and then you have to go back and
1239s	you're out of that application or out of
1241s	you know the engine into another
1242s	application and then it just goes
1244s	through this big long process so if you
1245s	can do that and build it inside the
1247s	world that you're you're making then
1249s	that flow like really that rhythm starts
1252s	to come a lot easier and before you know
1254s	it you know if you come to me stephen
1255s	you're like hey alan i want this cliff
1257s	to be
1258s	you know a little bit higher you know
1260s	i would have to get out of the
1261s	application
1262s	or the engine and into my application
1264s	and do that but now with this tool that
1266s	we're making in this process that we
1267s	have really defined uh now we don't have
1269s	to do that
1271s	bruno tell talk to me a little bit about
1274s	what made this possible with unreal
1276s	engine 5 our migration over to ue5 as
1279s	opposed to previously with ue4 yeah
1282s	absolutely so um
1285s	that is something that
1286s	of course became available
1289s	quite recently with uh with uh uh uh
1292s	geometry scripting
1294s	within uh uh u5 and that's basically
1296s	like the two set that we're using to
1298s	create landform
1300s	so that's actually something that's like
1302s	really really fresh and new and like
1304s	like cutting edge technology kind of
1305s	thing
1307s	so
1308s	before of course you could like like
1311s	alan said we could do this uh outside of
1313s	outside of unreal and
1316s	go to external programs and stuff like
1318s	that but of course we wanted to keep
1319s	that to keep that flow going we wanted
1322s	to keep the artist uh uh really
1324s	connected with the
1326s	the asset that they are working with
1329s	so uh yeah we use this this like fresh
1332s	new tools from from ue5 to to create uh
1335s	live form
1336s	and uh yeah you know we're
1339s	it the two is here now and it's it's
1341s	been amazing too to work with them yeah
1343s	just having a really good time
1345s	it's seeing
1346s	exciting um you know kind of seeing our
1349s	artists react to
1351s	this tool's availability now
1353s	as part of their workflow and kind of
1356s	replacing as you guys described that
1358s	that external sculpting software like
1360s	zbrush or
1361s	or maya and and creating really high
1363s	resolution geometry to break it down in
1365s	this
1366s	in this
1367s	making it usable essentially in the game
1369s	in the actual engine itself john talk to
1371s	me a little bit about um you know how
1373s	how this has impacted
1376s	um the team's workflow and and where
1379s	it's really viable for an mmorpg like
1382s	ours
1384s	well so
1385s	one of the things that makes it really
1387s	viable for an mmorpg
1390s	in this case is
1391s	the
1392s	performance side of it so
1395s	i remember i was mentioning something
1397s	earlier about how
1398s	like i've been wanting to work on an mmo
1400s	since i was eight years old but
1403s	once i
1404s	became an adult and became a 3d artist i
1406s	realized i wanted to work on an mmo but
1409s	i didn't want to be an artist on an mmo
1412s	because of the limitations
1414s	now one of the things that our tool does
1417s	here is it allows us to grab that higher
1420s	fidelity not just in the textures but
1423s	the actual geometry so you see
1426s	the
1427s	silhouettes of all the details that
1431s	you know you might go and play your
1433s	favorite mmo that you've been playing
1434s	for 15 years and everything's all flat
1438s	um you know there's no bumps there's no
1441s	ridges or anything like that
1443s	but then now here we are trying to
1446s	bring in that extra
1448s	dimension
1450s	essentially and uh absolutely right
1453s	before
1454s	you know joining intrepid i spent some
1456s	time in film
1458s	and doing a lot of you know that film
1462s	level
1463s	scenery
1465s	and
1466s	you know i wanted to bring that into
1469s	the game and i didn't think that was
1472s	possible and so we until we started
1474s	really working on this and then so
1478s	you know alan's got his ideas that he's
1480s	putting forth and bruno is building
1481s	these tools here that's actually making
1484s	it possible and then one of the main
1487s	things i'm doing over here is uh you
1489s	know making sure that it's optimized and
1492s	we're reaching that level of performance
1495s	that is still going to
1497s	be able to run on mmo
1499s	you know i've i've got a lot of friends
1501s	that want to play this mmo so badly
1506s	but they're still
1508s	yeah they're still running their 10
1510s	series graphics cards you know they they
1512s	haven't been able to uh either find
1514s	their rtx's or
1516s	afford them even you know because they
1518s	got really expensive there and so for me
1521s	it's really important that
1523s	we reach that fidelity
1526s	but we do it in a way where
1529s	you know those people can still play it
1532s	because when every time you try to
1534s	increase the fidelity in a game you run
1536s	the risk of alienating a part of your
1539s	potential player base right and
1542s	for me the most important thing you know
1544s	yeah i wanted to look good but i also
1546s	don't want to alienate any of these
1548s	people that want to enter the world of
1550s	vera absolutely part of our community
1553s	yeah i mean we've all played mmos right
1555s	we're all mmo gamers i remember um
1557s	you know we
1558s	we've talked about the kind of games
1560s	that we played and and one of the
1561s	biggest components of a fun experience
1564s	in an mmo is having a very high
1566s	population having a lot of people around
1568s	you and the more that are capable of
1571s	playing an mmo that's in unreal engine 5
1574s	which you know this this this type of
1577s	tool allows us to as you just described
1580s	make this a viable application on lower
1584s	end spec machines
1586s	and that's and and that is really
1589s	alleviating a barrier to entry that a
1591s	lot of newer generation games have that
1595s	that we're trying to lower
1597s	um so so tell me a little bit about um
1600s	you know what we're seeing here with uh
1602s	with this modeling you know you guys are
1604s	watching um you know some of these
1606s	demonstrations of the
1608s	of these uh of the manipulation of the
1610s	tool actually in the in the engine
1612s	itself talk to me a little bit about
1613s	what we're looking at sure
1617s	yeah we yeah we can jump into uh looking
1620s	at the tool here and uh
1623s	you know essentially what we're doing is
1625s	we're taking a lot of
1627s	uh if we have any 3d artists or you know
1630s	game developers out there watching today
1633s	we're taking a lot of that
1634s	external painting aspect
1637s	and bringing it into
1640s	the engine you know we're
1642s	we're not using painter we're not using
1644s	mixer for this uh but both of those were
1646s	inspirations
1648s	on what we're doing here absolutely and
1651s	just you know the end result is going to
1653s	be that
1655s	we're
1656s	essentially displacing
1658s	this
1660s	texture into actual geometry but
1663s	i'll let alan
1665s	jump in and talk a little bit about what
1667s	we're looking at here sure sure
1670s	um
1671s	so i think the one of the things that uh
1673s	was big for me is is the ux part of this
1676s	right is bringing the
1678s	the the user experience of how these
1680s	programs work within unreal so what
1682s	we're looking at is essentially me
1685s	painting
1686s	texture sets
1687s	on this model that allows us
1690s	to basically duplicate
1693s	how
1694s	you know painter would be uh or mixer
1697s	essentially but now we're able to do
1699s	that within unreal and i'm able to use
1702s	mega scans assets you know they're
1704s	tileables essentially
1706s	and i'm able to paint layers on this
1708s	which are you know what we're looking at
1710s	right here
1710s	and then
1712s	you know you have a way to blend between
1714s	uh the height so in and out there's a
1717s	lot of dynamic masking going on
1720s	and all this is basically allows the
1722s	artist to
1724s	create the thing that they want to in
1726s	engine which is fantastic and right now
1728s	what you're looking at is i was able to
1730s	sculpt inside of unreal push in the
1733s	inside
1734s	before i'd have to go to like zbrush you
1737s	know and then you know with the tool i'm
1740s	able to
1741s	uh get the things i need to to bake out
1744s	and i'm being a little you know
1745s	descriptive there you know
1747s	um
1748s	so we can hide a little bit of our
1750s	secrets
1753s	and i'm able to displace it and then i
1755s	can keep on using unreal's tools to keep
1758s	on refining my process you know in the
1761s	mesh and the asset you know in any time
1764s	through this and the big part of this
1766s	and bruno can talk about that and even
1768s	john is that this is a non-destructive
1771s	workflow and that was really important
1773s	to us because this allows me to be free
1776s	of that i don't have to worry about oh
1779s	shoot did i do the wrong thing you know
1781s	am i iteration is king right exactly
1785s	so this just allows us to to move
1787s	forward and then also move back um
1790s	without any hiccups and it's just
1792s	fantastic
1793s	[Music]
1795s	a little bit more about that yeah i can
1797s	yeah i can comment on it real quick uh
1799s	but basically uh what alan's saying is
1802s	that you can always go back to your your
1803s	original matches and to your original
1805s	assets and and
1807s	redo the process or create an entire new
1809s	match based on that same you know
1811s	starting point
1812s	um and it's always going to be there for
1814s	you it's not like uh
1816s	basically this is what a non-destructive
1818s	workflow is you can always go back and
1820s	undo or or you know start again from
1822s	scratch if you if you want to do another
1824s	iteration of it uh it's just really
1826s	powerful it gets that that that
1829s	uh uh gets the artist like more relaxed
1832s	about like oh i'm not gonna break
1833s	anything you know
1834s	and so i say like go and break things
1836s	because you can always go back
1838s	right and and john you were talking
1840s	about you know iteration as king and and
1842s	boy is that true especially on an mmorpg
1846s	where let's say designers might come to
1848s	you and want this cliff face to be
1851s	looking a little bit different for the
1853s	needs of their quest or the pathing that
1856s	they might want to have a certain
1858s	monster take around a particular poi or
1861s	some statue like this right and you guys
1863s	have with the ease of this tool the
1865s	ability to make those iterations
1867s	actually an engine
1869s	yes absolutely so
1871s	one of the things here you know going
1873s	through and you know
1874s	painting on something and you know
1878s	sculpting on it and trying to get all
1880s	those details and you know you spend a
1882s	lot of time doing that and in
1884s	traditional workflows where you do it in
1886s	external sculpting software and things
1888s	like that
1890s	you know it was a headache when somebody
1892s	would come to you and want some kind of
1894s	iteration but that's the reality of the
1897s	industry it's it's all about inter
1899s	iteration you know the first version is
1901s	never the version that makes it in
1903s	um and if anybody tells you it is and
1905s	they're lying to you
1907s	absolutely you know so it's like
1910s	one of the things uh i always tell my
1913s	students that i mentor is that you know
1916s	the key to being a 3d artist in this
1920s	industry is you cannot get married to
1923s	your work you have oh you know what
1925s	that's so funny john
1928s	at the start of every design meeting i
1931s	make each of our designers go through
1933s	and say i am not my design and my design
1936s	is not me
1940s	this is my asset there are many like it
1943s	that's fine
1944s	that's fantastic
1946s	yeah so but but that's the thing you
1948s	know there's there's the iteration side
1950s	of it but then there's also
1952s	uh the variation side of it one of the
1954s	things that i
1956s	personally wanted to
1959s	use this tool to
1961s	approach was variations so
1964s	like one of the things we can do with it
1966s	is we can take an asset that's
1968s	essentially built clean
1970s	and then we can go in and we can
1974s	use the landform tool to essentially
1977s	create a duplicate of that asset
1979s	go in and start doing sculpting on it
1982s	we can add these um extra details we can
1985s	add damage we can add a buildup of some
1989s	kind of gunk or something like that
1991s	save that out and then
1994s	set that aside as variant a then we can
1997s	go back in
1998s	grab the asset again start over paint it
2001s	a completely different way create
2004s	another variant of it so
2006s	we could
2007s	uh boy is that important for an mmo
2010s	where reusability is key into in
2013s	managing this giant world we have to
2016s	make yeah and so let's say that you have
2020s	uh you have a hall of statues like 10
2023s	statues on either side in you know
2025s	traditional games
2027s	you walk through there and you see 10
2029s	repeating statues on each side 20
2032s	repeated statues
2033s	now
2034s	you could go in and you could sculpt in
2037s	all kind of damage detail to create
2039s	variants but
2041s	a problem that you run into on the
2044s	performance side is that now you're
2047s	adding a lot of resource overhead and
2050s	then that tanks things down
2052s	your frames per second goes down some
2054s	engineer comes screaming at you yeah or
2057s	the
2059s	the tech artist starts like shooting you
2061s	with a nerf gun and you know giving you
2063s	the
2065s	but what we can do here is we can have
2068s	uh an artist sculpt out something
2071s	beautiful
2072s	and then we get it into the engine you
2074s	know they sculpt that beautiful statue
2076s	and then
2077s	you take that statue
2080s	and you can create even 19 more variants
2083s	of it right quickly
2085s	and you can go through and you can use
2087s	the tool to paint it in a different way
2089s	to create damage in different places
2092s	and then have those all lined up but
2096s	every single one of those
2098s	is using the same set of textures
2102s	tileable textures and everything
2105s	that were used to
2107s	use the tool on it
2108s	and so
2110s	traditionally you couldn't do this
2111s	because you would have to have 20
2113s	different bespoke
2115s	texture sets and now you have one
2118s	that is used across all 20 of those
2120s	statues but they still look different
2122s	because of
2124s	you know
2125s	the extra detail that we're adding for
2128s	the variations so yeah iterations and
2131s	variations i think are the key component
2133s	here
2134s	yeah the other thing let's go ahead
2136s	sorry i was just going to see if i can
2137s	add to that a little bit there's a
2139s	there's a big aspect of this tool that
2141s	is a you know like the procedural
2143s	workflow that we're using here
2145s	uh but i just wanted to comment real
2147s	quick that even though yes we're using
2149s	like all of this like procedural
2151s	uh uh uh techniques in it it still gives
2155s	the ex the the artist
2157s	all of the power so there's still
2159s	someone curating that
2161s	that procedural workflow right so it's
2163s	not like we're pressing a button
2165s	generate statue there's someone still
2167s	going in there and painting that detail
2169s	and adding that detail where where it
2170s	needs to be right there's an artist
2172s	behind every part of it yeah it's
2174s	observated
2175s	absolutely and that's exactly what i was
2177s	going to mention too is that it's
2178s	basically procedural with hand-painted
2180s	work so you're able to
2182s	get a best of both two worlds you know
2184s	get something that's done very quickly
2186s	because it's procedural and then have
2188s	the artist control that and paint out
2190s	what they want to see
2192s	absolutely phenomenal well guys i i
2195s	think i speak for the community when i
2197s	say
2198s	that
2199s	we are incredibly impressed with
2202s	not just the the hard work that you're
2203s	putting forth in helping make ashes of
2206s	creation reality but also
2207s	the way in which you're you're using
2210s	your minds to create more efficient
2213s	workflows so that the task of creating a
2216s	world as big as ashes as big as
2219s	hello and welcome back
2222s	um we hope that you all enjoyed a little
2224s	bit more of a tech heavy uh piece i know
2227s	there weren't a ton of questions i
2229s	didn't have i had a feeling that there
2231s	weren't going to be a ton there are a
2232s	lot of people asking who is she
2235s	the sand mom statue lady
2238s	yeah
2241s	well we can't answer that um that's
2243s	something that you will need to discover
2245s	in the world
2246s	[Laughter]
2247s	but uh she does have significance
2250s	absolutely oh my gosh sandal queen i
2252s	like that one too it was it was great
2257s	um but yeah i thought i would ask it
2260s	even though i know we won't won't
2261s	believe you to answer quite yet but
2263s	you'll you'll find out i'm sure
2265s	uh absolutely yeah no you know it's it's
2268s	always great to have these um you know
2270s	technical showcases as well i know in
2271s	the past we've done
2273s	developer diaries and we want to get
2275s	around to doing those again but um you
2277s	know there's a lot that goes in to
2279s	making
2280s	an mmorpg but especially in making a
2284s	large
2284s	open world
2287s	and there are not a lot of
2290s	out-of-the-box tools
2291s	that help with that process so
2295s	it's important that
2296s	you know as a studio as a development
2298s	team that we're conscientious of our
2301s	workflows of the pipelines that require
2304s	us to think outside the box in making
2307s	um specially curated tools to improve
2311s	that to make it scalable to make it
2313s	possible within the amount of time we
2316s	want
2317s	to build the types of things that we
2318s	want to do and
2320s	a lot of that for especially the
2322s	creative realm of game creation you know
2326s	it is about keeping the consistency of
2329s	that creative workflow in place and
2332s	oftentimes some you know
2334s	the middleware software that's available
2336s	out there is amazing it is incredibly
2338s	versatile there's never going to be a
2340s	way that you will entirely remove that
2342s	from i think the process elite at least
2344s	not for some time but
2347s	where we can mitigate that at least on
2349s	an iterative level
2351s	that's where it's very fruitful to an
2354s	artist or to the development team to be
2357s	able to stay within the engine for those
2360s	iterative processes right um and and the
2364s	landform tool is is really useful and in
2367s	fact you know this is and i know it was
2369s	said in the in the discussion but this
2371s	is just
2373s	the early application of that landform
2376s	tool um there's a lot more that's
2378s	planned to make that tool very versatile
2382s	in its capabilities within the engine
2386s	and it's going to be exciting to see
2388s	it incorporated further in our pipelines
2392s	so very impressed by
2395s	the incredible work that
2396s	uh our technical art teams as well as
2399s	our teams in general are doing to bring
2401s	ashes of creation the world of vera to
2403s	life um and i know you guys appreciate
2406s	kind of getting insight under the hood
2408s	especially those of you who are amateur
2410s	developers or who are just getting
2412s	started in the industry or who might be
2414s	at other studios this is also an
2416s	incredible recruitment tool so that you
2419s	know one thing that is the lifeblood i
2422s	think of any project out there in game
2424s	development is the tools
2426s	the tools that you have access to to
2428s	help ease uh to help scale to help uh
2432s	inform
2433s	what it is that you're developing and
2437s	you know here at this studio we we put
2439s	tools on a pedestal right we we want to
2442s	make sure that um we are providing our
2444s	developers with the tools that they need
2446s	and that's why we have a very we're very
2448s	technical teams that are that are
2449s	conscientious of how we can apply the
2452s	the the technical art knowledge or the
2454s	engineering knowledge um to facilitate
2456s	that tools development um and we also
2459s	want that to be uh
2461s	a high point when we prospect new
2463s	developers to join our team that they
2465s	get to see the types of tools that are
2467s	available when working not only with
2469s	unreal engine 5 which is an incredible
2471s	engine created by epic but also within
2474s	the
2475s	the tool sets that we're creating
2476s	internally as well to interface with
2478s	unreal engine 5. um and that's a very
2481s	important aspect so
2483s	um happy to share that stuff with you
2484s	guys and i hope you guys are excited to
2486s	to see that and learn about it and and
2488s	it's it's a fun aspect of making games
2491s	and i think one of the main things that
2493s	we've been trying to show you guys is
2494s	like
2495s	the journey of creating a product
2498s	creating an uh a game you know i don't
2500s	think a lot of people get to experience
2502s	that um and you're getting to see not
2504s	only
2506s	you know the outcome of what is the
2508s	creation but the process of creation um
2511s	and also
2512s	if you want to see more of those things
2513s	do let us know um
2515s	we all know this because we're all
2516s	gamers but yeah
2518s	games are the future i mean
2521s	the gaming market today is larger than
2523s	any other form of entertainment combined
2526s	um and it's only going to continue to
2528s	grow as
2530s	you know more and more people get access
2532s	and familiarity with computers and
2534s	consoles and whatnot so um you know it's
2537s	kind of like being on the cutting edge
2538s	of
2539s	you know the advent of the internet or
2541s	of computers gaming is in and of itself
2544s	something that is the future and we're
2546s	going to see more and more development
2548s	teams continue to
2549s	to become uh
2552s	you know
2552s	worthwhile investments on the gaming
2554s	side um for us to participate in the
2557s	development and the journey of
2559s	and it's it's great that you guys i
2561s	think it's great that
2563s	one of the things i love about ashes is
2565s	the ability to interface with the
2566s	community and being having that open and
2567s	transparent development process because
2570s	i just think about how you know 15 20
2573s	years ago when i was playing games you
2575s	know at 18 years old
2577s	that i didn't you know get this type of
2579s	insight right i just i just grabbed the
2581s	title when it released now there's an
2583s	opportunity to kind of watch the
2585s	progress to watch the development to
2586s	learn and understand um and i think
2589s	that's a really cool aspect not for
2590s	everyone of course um but it is
2593s	something that those of us who are
2594s	interested in have the opportunity to do
2596s	so now more and more today than we ever
2598s	did in the past
2600s	and i think from a developer standpoint
2603s	as like a person working at a company
2605s	i've worked you know at quite a few and
2608s	when you don't have the right tools it
2610s	can be very frustrating so you know
2612s	praise stephen for allowing developers
2615s	to have the opportunity to spend time to
2617s	create tools i think a lot of the times
2620s	were
2621s	you know
2621s	they're like okay well access is your
2623s	tool you have to use that and you're
2625s	basically just like pasting spreadsheet
2627s	data and then like you're crossing your
2629s	fingers hoping stuff doesn't break right
2631s	and that's that's the age that i've come
2633s	from is you know you know 16 years ago
2636s	it was not this way uh having tools that
2639s	we can utilize and make processes faster
2641s	i think you mentioned being scalable you
2643s	know as we pull more people on or not
2645s	needing as many people because you have
2647s	great tools that do things faster i
2650s	think it's just trying to like you know
2651s	explain that to folks who you know maybe
2653s	don't get to
2655s	you know be in the day-to-day of
2657s	creating a pro like a game or any
2660s	product
2661s	absolutely all right with that
2663s	uh unless you have anything else you
2664s	want to add stephen
2667s	we shall move on to our character art
2670s	update which
2672s	to preface first we will be showcasing
2675s	a new
2676s	race that we haven't really well
2678s	we've shown
2680s	some things
2681s	on the interior in the past no we're not
2684s	showing the toilet oh okay oh the tool
2686s	noir we're gonna show you like a toe to
2689s	start with
2695s	so
2696s	cool my team is just like losing their
2698s	mind but not today not today
2702s	i know maybe we can just show them the
2704s	the concepts let's just maybe we can
2705s	just show them the concepts can you pull
2707s	that in like live maybe do you have that
2710s	i don't have it
2712s	i can i can send it to you right now if
2714s	you want me to
2715s	uh i feel like that we could do
2716s	something cooler yeah i don't know i
2719s	feel like
2720s	maybe dispersing parts to conte creators
2723s	and they have to like put the puzzle
2724s	together or something
2726s	do you want to do that or do we want to
2728s	show them the concepts
2730s	it's i'm going to leave it in your hands
2731s	what do you want oh my gosh that way i'm
2733s	not the bad guy no no if i choose not to
2735s	i'm not the bag it's all you now
2738s	okay well let's start with what we've
2740s	got and then we can decide at the end uh
2743s	and i'll let um
2745s	maybe bacnar can dm me and tell me he's
2747s	like i wasn't prepared for this uh what
2750s	he thinks um in a dm do it live
2753s	so
2754s	first and foremost let's show off the
2756s	imperium i'm gonna be having so much
2758s	trouble after this you guys if you don't
2760s	see me for a week call for help no i'm
2762s	just kidding
2764s	i mean i work for you man you tell me
2767s	what you want
2769s	so here's a look at the empyrean we've
2772s	had a lot of questions about the
2773s	mirroring i've heard a lot of people
2775s	asking about them
2777s	people want to have that more high elf
2780s	elven look
2782s	there were some questions in regards to
2783s	whether the headpiece part is
2786s	part of them but i think margaret
2788s	someone just screamed give us the toe
2791s	just the toe
2792s	all right
2793s	wagner get me an image of the toe i
2796s	would love to showcase the tower now but
2798s	guys so remember the important part here
2800s	is
2801s	we've always said this that that art is
2804s	is always improving it's always a work
2806s	in progress um and and part of the art
2811s	that
2812s	excuse me manny and the character team
2814s	have been doing has been
2816s	taking a doing an audit of our character
2819s	races and you guys saw this
2821s	first with the um with the pi i think
2824s	was was it first with the pirate or
2826s	first no first was the dwarves yeah
2837s	um now you're seeing the empyrean and
2839s	these are these are updates to to give
2842s	some more character
2844s	unique character to each of the
2846s	individual races um and also to to bring
2849s	them up to a quality level um that is
2853s	that is um respective of the of the
2856s	world we're creating um so you guys see
2858s	this concept these concept pieces right
2860s	here which is the reimagining that that
2862s	manny's done kind of of the empyrean um
2865s	uh elves uh and you guys will recall
2868s	when you saw the pirate concept to the
2872s	pirate model it is very similar it is
2875s	almost one to one between concept and
2878s	model
2879s	so this gives you a very good idea
2883s	what these what these models are going
2885s	to look like which we will show you soon
2887s	they're they're almost done not quite
2889s	yet as a matter of fact
2891s	margaret you threw them on the uh run of
2893s	show but i think i
2894s	took them off
2896s	uh because they have a little just a few
2898s	other things
2899s	the um empyrean
2901s	models
2903s	oh yeah
2904s	the models yeah i had the actual models
2906s	but you yeah you had me pull them
2908s	they're almost almost done almost done
2912s	um
2912s	i always like showing you guys the
2913s	concept and then what the what the ink
2915s	name looks like because it's like they
2917s	look so similar it's so good
2919s	um next
2921s	we have shown the renkai before you all
2924s	gave us a lot of feedback on it um
2927s	we are making a lot of changes to all of
2929s	the races to make them more unique um
2933s	each of them having their like i mean
2934s	you've seen like the building culture
2936s	and how different each of those are and
2938s	steven's really driving the direction
2939s	for the art now so this is kind of the
2942s	new direction of the renkai
2945s	um it's not finished but yes
2948s	and yes you will be able to still have
2950s	red skin too
2952s	um but this is just the green skin
2954s	showing you that yeah you know there's
2956s	going to obviously be
2957s	a lot of customization options where
2960s	uh you know you will have some direction
2962s	on skin pigmentation for uh the
2965s	different races you're not just going to
2966s	be delegated to green orcs you're going
2968s	to have options there where you can
2970s	where you can customize those things
2973s	and
2974s	but this is the
2977s	recently work in progress touched up
2980s	concepts for the renkai and i i love it
2983s	i think they're i love it matches kind
2985s	of the vibe they have with all their
2987s	architecture like the very swampy like
2989s	pagoda style like i feel like it just
2993s	this feels more like what they should be
2995s	like absolutely absolutely
3000s	that's cool
3001s	all right and of course we will have
3003s	threads going up for both of these as
3005s	well as for
3006s	our um
3009s	desert biome goodness so if you do have
3011s	thoughts on any of these things please
3013s	please uh feel free to pop over to our
3016s	forums and give us some feedback
3019s	next just in case just in case you
3020s	choose to pull that trigger um on the
3023s	telner i've added it to uh yours mine
3026s	and rise um
3028s	dm and slack so you have it there oh
3031s	ryan's out today he's oh okay sorry here
3034s	let me i'll send it i'll send it
3035s	directly to you okay
3037s	there we go
3041s	i will download that
3043s	um okay so
3044s	this is the guys of the negotiator
3049s	set very very cool
3054s	i love this set who worked on this one
3056s	by the way um i believe this was jeremy
3062s	jeremy
3063s	no
3065s	for design uh but eli worked on it for
3067s	the arts eli nice
3069s	yes
3070s	jeremy on the design side and eli on the
3072s	modeling side so this i love this set
3074s	it's it's just so and it's and it's
3076s	appropriate that it actually
3078s	lined up with the desert bio it did it's
3081s	perfect
3082s	yeah
3083s	um
3085s	yeah and i got to see my whispering
3087s	whelk that i designed
3089s	[Music]
3090s	i thought you were gonna say no the
3091s	first time i was putting that together
3093s	because i was like is he gonna think i'm
3094s	crazy i'm putting a horse and a snail
3096s	together i didn't know that you love
3098s	snails until after like i like
3100s	kickbashing real animals together into a
3102s	fantasy uh you know that's where the
3105s	bagora they brought it to life and it's
3107s	just like it's when you design something
3109s	and then when you see the art and then
3111s	the like the concept and then the art
3112s	and then you get to see it like
3114s	working and oh my gosh
3116s	makes you cry
3118s	i like the little shoes on this guy by
3120s	the way yeah the little
3122s	like pearl
3127s	it's very good eli you killed it nailed
3129s	it
3130s	um and then of course the lovely desert
3132s	statue that you've all seen in the video
3135s	but here's the model of it desert
3139s	the sand mama yeah the sand mama who is
3142s	this yeah i don't know and jincy worked
3144s	on this one
3146s	yes jinzy modeled this one
3149s	and then we've got
3151s	our lightfoot leverage i'll give i'll
3153s	give a hint there is some importance to
3157s	the
3158s	um
3159s	iconography on her circlet on her um oh
3164s	sorry i didn't mean to
3165s	no i just hit the wrong button there we
3167s	go so there there is some there is a
3169s	symbol that is present on the front of
3171s	her of her circlet and there is a
3174s	there's something relevant there
3175s	everyone's gonna be zooming in and
3177s	looking i know
3181s	all right all right
3182s	uh and then this is the light but uh
3185s	leverage
3186s	which is actually i don't know if i'm
3188s	saying i cannot wait for the animations
3190s	but i don't i can't wait for the
3192s	animations for this one
3195s	oh i know it's gotta have
3197s	it's gotta hop it's gotta hop and be a
3200s	fast little little rabbit oh i'm so
3202s	excited i love the ears
3205s	yeah they are great it'd be cool if you
3207s	could grab the ears as part of the
3208s	writer's isolation like when you sprint
3211s	you grab them and pull it and it's just
3212s	like you're holding on for dinner
3214s	instead of having rains you grab the
3215s	ears that'd be cute
3219s	next up we've got a little farm
3222s	ducklings
3224s	they're so cute
3226s	this reminds me of the ducklings that
3228s	john and i had over last summer that all
3230s	got eaten by those falcons stephen
3234s	well
3238s	short but sweet lives
3240s	it's a circle of life you know that kind
3242s	of stuff happens you know we looked it
3244s	up actually afterwards only 10 percent
3246s	of ducklings born in the wild survived
3248s	to adulthood
3249s	doesn't surprise me i see lots of like
3252s	peregrine falcons in my backyard and
3254s	they just like take babies or oh yeah
3257s	mama birds it's crazy we walked outside
3259s	like the day they were born there were
3261s	falcons just circling above
3263s	and i and i totally tried to like steal
3266s	the ducklings to raise on our own but
3268s	john did not allow me to do that he was
3270s	like you're never at home you're always
3273s	at the office there's no way we're going
3274s	to be able to care for these things you
3277s	just have to let them be eaten and and
3279s	it was really difficult it was hard for
3281s	me but it was
3282s	what it was
3283s	um
3284s	and stephen did kind of give you a
3286s	little teaser of the shade duckling
3290s	um
3291s	on twitter
3292s	if you saw that oh look at him and his
3295s	flower
3296s	i like that when you teased it someone
3298s	replied and tagged me and was like this
3300s	seems like something margaret would have
3302s	gotten i was like yeah i did
3304s	i love the blue i love the blue the blue
3307s	i think it's purple
3308s	it's like a yeah it's like a purple
3310s	purple
3312s	something
3313s	it is it is very soft it is nice it's
3316s	watery
3318s	and i love the animation for it yeah
3320s	here you go oh
3324s	ginseng did such a good job it's so cute
3326s	i think i need to get my screen checked
3328s	on the
3329s	to your monitor if it's showing blue for
3330s	you having problems it's like a a
3333s	purpley blue so i could see that if if
3335s	your monitor is a little more blue
3338s	yeah
3340s	it's very cute
3341s	um and that is that
3344s	i'm just kidding
3346s	give me a second and we will be showing
3349s	are you guys ready for this i don't know
3351s	sorry we're ready i don't think they're
3353s	ready fechner you're gonna have to
3356s	put another thread together can we just
3357s	breathe together first before yeah we
3359s	can breathe together let's just breathe
3361s	for a second okay so i want to talk
3363s	about the tallner before we show this
3365s	okay
3366s	or the toenail
3371s	okay
3372s	so
3373s	now remember
3375s	the
3376s	had to suffer
3378s	you know
3379s	some
3380s	significant amount of time
3383s	left to their themselves as they were
3386s	essentially left behind during the
3388s	exodus from from vera
3391s	and it wasn't a pretty existence for the
3393s	first
3395s	several
3396s	hundred years um
3398s	and there was a culmination remember the
3400s	background for the culinary there's a
3402s	number of minor races and major races
3405s	that all sought refuge
3407s	within the underrealm
3409s	and
3411s	um
3412s	we talked about how this particular
3415s	player character race was going to have
3417s	a a pretty unique approach when it comes
3420s	to character customization because
3422s	with that background
3424s	there comes different
3426s	species influence
3429s	in the race itself
3431s	and we want players to be able to dial
3434s	up or down those influences as they see
3437s	fit between
3438s	the
3439s	uh
3440s	you know the humanoid the
3442s	simian or mammalian and the reptilian
3446s	influences
3447s	and as you dial those things up your
3450s	base body
3452s	if it if it exceeds
3454s	a certain percentage threshold threshold
3457s	will assume the form and stance
3460s	of one of three primary types of
3462s	influences that exist for the tulnar
3465s	and now what you're going to see is
3468s	those three distinct
3472s	influences and you can be of course a
3475s	hundred percent in one if you wish and
3478s	you'll be very similar to what you're
3479s	going to see
3481s	um
3482s	you'll be very similar what you're going
3483s	to see here from the concepts uh or you
3486s	can mix and match and you can blend
3488s	between the different influences
3490s	um so you guys are about to see and it's
3492s	been how many years and we've never
3494s	actually shown
3496s	the tolnar
3497s	so
3498s	wow
3499s	i had a big plan for this for the toner
3502s	well hold on now we can do that we can
3503s	do that for the model this is just okay
3505s	all right so the when the models are
3507s	ready and we do the character
3509s	customization that's the big pomp and
3511s	circumstance we can show them
3513s	um and whatnot but here this is just i'm
3516s	showing you more than a toe i'm going to
3518s	show you an entire face
3520s	three faces so
3522s	and this is not
3523s	the limited edition yeah necessarily
3526s	uh all right you ready are you prepared
3528s	take a deep breath
3530s	i can't believe you're making this
3531s	decision that's crazy
3534s	here we go
3537s	there we go
3539s	i'm waiting oh my god there they are
3544s	they have arrived
3546s	they are so cool
3549s	welcome
3550s	to the talnar
3552s	a proud
3554s	noble
3555s	underground dwelling race
3560s	they bring with them the history and
3562s	background
3563s	of those who came before their ancestors
3566s	all from different walks of life
3569s	and you get to carry those footsteps
3571s	forward
3573s	maybe now all the hate for the telner
3575s	will stop yeah i think that i think i
3577s	think people are going to be changing
3580s	180 yeah
3581s	i think we're going to see a little bit
3582s	of a 180.
3584s	yeah the toner are really cool so
3587s	uh
3588s	and that's this is
3590s	this is just concept so far so um just
3593s	wait till you see the models it's
3595s	madness
3596s	and again those of you who want to see
3598s	what the what the transition from
3600s	concept to model is going to look like a
3602s	great reference is to take a look at the
3604s	pi ray concept and what became the pi
3606s	ray model because you have those
3608s	available and you can see how similar uh
3611s	you can do that with the dwarf for the
3612s	junior and the nikuen and those are
3615s	getting some updates as well which we'll
3617s	showcase once uh steven approved the
3619s	approve those uh obviously empyrean as
3622s	we go forward with those the pirate
3625s	and you know we do have the klr and the
3626s	value as well so
3628s	uh yes and wait until you see how the
3632s	blend occurs between these three very
3635s	distinct and unique racial influences
3638s	within one race the tulnar
3641s	i think it's going to be exciting
3642s	yeah i'm very excited
3644s	all right with that
3646s	we're going to move over to our q a
3649s	where we're going to try to power
3650s	through as many of these forum questions
3652s	as we can uh so if you submitted a forum
3655s	question thank you so much we always
3657s	appreciate you guys doing that
3659s	we try to get to as many as we can
3662s	first and foremost our first one here is
3664s	from george black and they want to know
3666s	about mounts will mobs knock back people
3670s	off their mounts or will mounted players
3672s	bypass all mobs easily
3675s	no no
3676s	there is danger to traversing areas with
3679s	enemies nearby
3681s	and there are
3682s	specific abilities uh that uh knock a
3686s	rider off of their mount um should they
3689s	venture too close to enemies
3692s	oh yeah good point someone in chat was
3693s	like studio update oh yeah do you have
3696s	any updates for on the studio front i'm
3699s	i got too excited after the tournament
3701s	i just got last question mind frame yeah
3704s	i went into question mind frame after
3705s	the the tool nar sorry um studio updates
3708s	is relatively short i mean um we've been
3711s	of course continuing uh to have
3713s	incredible results from our recruitment
3715s	processes uh again cameron stacy and the
3718s	hr team in general have been doing an
3720s	incredible job in in sourcing talent um
3723s	we have
3724s	you know several hundred natural
3725s	applicants that come in each month
3727s	i believe in july we've hired so far
3730s	about eight people a little bit slower
3732s	than the beginning of the year at the
3733s	end of the year of course that's natural
3734s	when it comes to job searches i do
3736s	however want to take this moment to note
3738s	um those of you who are watching and can
3740s	help spread this word we did put out a
3742s	psa announcement a few days ago on our
3744s	aoc support twitter if you're not uh-oh
3748s	my light just went out oh
3750s	i thought you lost power i'm like and
3751s	there goes the stream
3755s	being weird and these are like wi-fi
3757s	lights oh interesting um
3760s	to to once again uh state we did put out
3762s	a a psa on this there are some very
3765s	unfortunate people in this world who
3769s	take it upon themselves to attempt and
3771s	scam others we all sometimes get those
3774s	spam calls that are pretending to be
3776s	people they're not
3777s	but now it's begun to encroach in on the
3779s	territory of job recruitments and there
3782s	are some people out there on linkedin
3783s	and other platforms that are pretending
3785s	to be intrepid studios recruiters and
3788s	they are asking for information that
3789s	intrepid studios would never ask for as
3791s	part of the job application process so i
3793s	want to make sure that those of you who
3795s	are out there who are looking for jobs
3796s	not just you know within this industry
3798s	but any industry always be cognizant of
3800s	the information that you share with
3801s	others um it is it should never be
3803s	appropriate that um you pay a fee or
3806s	you're requested to pay for equipment um
3809s	or provide social security numbers or
3811s	identification or copies of passport in
3813s	order to apply for a job um and and one
3816s	other thing that's very unique to our
3818s	studio um i think is that no one ever
3821s	gets an offer from intrepid studios
3823s	unless you've had either a video chat or
3824s	an in-person uh interview with myself um
3827s	so these people have been pretending to
3829s	do actual interviews as well full-on
3831s	interviews which is just crazy madness
3834s	it is crazy
3836s	yes so so help us spread that word um it
3839s	it breaks my heart when i see you know
3841s	we've we've had a few couple dozen
3843s	people who've been affected by this uh
3844s	we did put out that announcement on our
3846s	twitter we are updating our
3847s	intrepidstudios.com website to reflect
3849s	some um
3850s	also that psa and it is a part of our um
3853s	knowledge base article uh yeah we put it
3855s	on our knowledge base article it's up on
3857s	twitter pinned on our support we
3858s	retweeted it we have it pinned on our
3860s	linkedin
3861s	um and it is on our intrepid site but
3864s	we're having a little problem with the
3866s	hyperlinks that the web team is fixing
3868s	but it is on there and links to it so
3870s	and and i am going to say i i you know
3872s	i'll just take this very brief
3874s	opportunity to to say something if you
3876s	are one of the people who perpetrates
3877s	this whether for you know our industry
3880s	or any other industry or you're part of
3881s	anything along those lines just try to
3883s	remember we all have families we all
3884s	have moms who all have you know children
3886s	or brothers or whatever and and now is a
3888s	very difficult time in our economy um
3891s	there's other stuff you can be doing
3892s	with your life on this so
3895s	let's think about that
3898s	that is the studio update yes
3900s	um
3901s	all right we'll get back to the other
3903s	questions robert said we all have toes
3905s	including toner taller
3907s	well some people don't have toes so now
3909s	they're going to be called tonar i'm
3910s	sorry
3912s	i'm just kidding
3914s	i was joking i was like we just show
3915s	mattel or something you know cheese give
3917s	them a tease
3919s	we give you more than a tease
3921s	next up we have a question from uh zivan
3924s	and magic man about combat abilities
3926s	considering the recent update we've seen
3928s	to combat has the team decided on if
3931s	there will be a global cooldown or not
3934s	that's a very good question was a hot
3935s	topic several months ago um as we've
3937s	been refactoring um
3940s	yes i think that um you know we've we've
3943s	kind of gone back and forth of this it's
3944s	something that we're going to be testing
3945s	as part of alpha 2 and and combat in
3948s	general
3949s	is how we surface these these global
3951s	cooldowns um and whether or not we
3953s	categorize um these um
3957s	uh gcds across essentially uh different
3961s	types of abilities so i would look
3963s	forward to more of our combat
3965s	demonstrations in alpha 2 to understand
3966s	you know what approaches we're going to
3967s	take and then offering feedback as part
3970s	of those approaches
3971s	from our testers is going to be very
3973s	important in in that decision
3975s	all right
3976s	and our next question is regarding
3978s	animal husbandry from ultra red and they
3981s	want to know will there be a cap on how
3983s	many times an animal can be bred in
3985s	animal husbandry
3987s	um yes there will be a cap absolutely
3990s	that cap is going to be defined by both
3992s	the type of animal the quality of that
3993s	animal
3994s	and for what purposes it's being used in
3997s	the animal husbandry system
4000s	and then we have unknown one who wants
4002s	to know about naval content
4004s	will we be able to fly flags on ships
4007s	such as coats of arms indicating
4009s	association to guilds nodes or other
4011s	groups such as pirates
4014s	that is a very interesting question um
4016s	we actually uh are not likely going to
4019s	have it be a flag based system
4022s	but i believe there will be within our
4024s	sales the opportunity to um utilize
4028s	unique emblems
4029s	and custom images potentially
4032s	for players to designate as well as
4034s	potentially some locations on the hull
4037s	for names and emblems as well
4041s	as a decal all right and then nick would
4043s	like to know about combat corruption we
4046s	know that party raid guild ally maids
4048s	can't flag against each other but what
4051s	about if one of them is a pk or in other
4053s	words can your guild mate help you
4056s	remove corruption by killing you
4059s	you're like can i exploit
4061s	this that is
4062s	that's a very good question um we've
4065s	also gone back and forth on that in the
4066s	past as well um as it stands currently
4069s	yes the uh the affiliation uh between
4072s	guilds or citizenships um is is trumped
4076s	by the uh uh status condition of your um
4080s	uh corruption and anybody can kill a
4082s	corrupt player um
4084s	but again that's that's something that
4086s	we're going to be testing as part of
4087s	alpha 2 um as well uh there are some
4090s	different approaches that we can think
4092s	about for that system um and how it
4094s	interfaces with our uh uh affiliation
4096s	system um but it's important to note
4099s	that you know even if you are capable of
4101s	let's say killing your friends we have
4104s	very unique systems in place with
4106s	regards to the bounty hunter systems
4107s	that locate individuals where they are
4111s	on the map and there is always going to
4113s	be that that tense that anxiety even as
4118s	you're facilitating the kill from from
4120s	other players
4122s	that someone can drop in on you and pick
4124s	up the items you may drop or kill you
4126s	themselves
4128s	all right
4129s	and then our next question here is from
4132s	lineker asking about alpha 2 primarily
4135s	because i think a lot of content
4136s	creators have been talking about this
4139s	will alpha 2 be feature complete before
4142s	betas or launch
4145s	before beta yes the game will be feature
4147s	complete before beta um
4149s	that is something that is necessary uh
4152s	beta really is intended to to
4155s	identify last minute bugs
4158s	to
4159s	kind of make sure that everything is
4161s	ready for launch um and it's important
4163s	that all features are complete by beta
4165s	one yes but we'll be making updates to
4167s	alpha two while as it's live
4170s	to get to that two will not be alpha two
4172s	will not be feature complete at the
4173s	start of alpha 2. um there are going to
4175s	be updates that are going to be
4176s	incorporated as part of the alpha 2
4178s	process um and there are going to be
4180s	additional features that come online
4181s	that get fleshed out between that time
4183s	and and beta 1. um there's going to be
4185s	regions of the maps that aren't going to
4186s	be accessible of course during alpha 2.
4189s	um so so that is absolutely an important
4191s	distinction yeah and alpha 2 is kind of
4194s	like our persis the start of our
4196s	persistent world where you're gonna the
4198s	servers will be up
4199s	day and night until and the other thing
4201s	is that we go to launch but we'll have
4202s	some down times in between for patches
4204s	and stuff right yeah and the other thing
4206s	that's important to note is that alpha 2
4207s	will remain even post launch as our
4210s	public test server um and that's an
4213s	important thing to note as well
4216s	just wanted to clear things up on that
4218s	front because there was some extra
4219s	additional content or context um and
4222s	then we have our next question from
4223s	schwann36 who wants to know about naval
4225s	ships
4226s	will larger ships both frigates and
4229s	galleons have a minimum capacity
4231s	requirement in order to be mobile
4235s	um
4237s	in order to be mobile no you need a you
4239s	need a captain to drive the ship um in
4241s	order to be effective there is a scaling
4243s	amount of additional personnel that are
4245s	required on each ship type or class
4250s	in order to be most effective
4253s	and that scales of course based on the
4254s	size of the ship
4256s	yes and we don't have an alpha 2 day yet
4258s	yet when we are ready we will let you
4260s	know but i i see all the albuquerque
4263s	yeah i see all the alpha 2 wins uh trust
4266s	us when we are ready to tell you we will
4268s	tell you we've we made a commitment uh
4271s	several years ago
4272s	not to mention dates until we are we're
4275s	as close to certain as we can be with
4276s	those dates actually being hit um and we
4279s	want to make it that way also we don't
4281s	want to be rushed in this process we are
4284s	we are a quality first game studio not a
4288s	dates first game studio and what that
4290s	means is we will take the time that's
4292s	necessary to ensure the product is ready
4293s	for those release cadences um and alpha
4296s	2 is a big one and we need to make sure
4298s	that that alpha 2 hits all the marks we
4301s	want it to hit both from an internal
4303s	testing perspective
4304s	but is also representative of the
4306s	promises we've made to the community and
4308s	as a result of that we are going to
4309s	continue working on the product until we
4311s	feel it is ready and when we do that's
4313s	when you guys will hear it especially
4315s	since alpha 2 is when basically we're up
4318s	for you all right
4320s	our game for a long time so uh we just
4323s	want to make sure we're fully ready and
4324s	we're going to it's going to be a great
4325s	experience for you all um absolutely
4328s	this is a marathon not a race yeah
4331s	our next question is from fatal
4332s	syndicate asking about castle events
4335s	um when it comes to castle nodes and
4338s	castle sieges are the weekly node events
4340s	and or monthly castle sieges a guarantee
4343s	or is it possibly that a castle siege
4346s	slash castle note event uh i think they
4349s	mean siege event uh could have no
4352s	challenger and therefore not take place
4354s	at
4355s	all um so castle sieges are on a monthly
4360s	um schedule and those sieges will
4363s	will always occur on the monthly
4365s	schedule um events and node-based events
4370s	those are predicated upon certain world
4372s	state conditions right certain world
4374s	conditions being met
4376s	so it's not always guaranteed that a
4378s	node is going to suffer some type of
4379s	event
4380s	unless a predicate for that particular
4382s	event or story arc is met within the
4384s	world
4386s	but castle sieges aren't a regular cycle
4389s	all right
4390s	and then uh our next question is from
4392s	warth asking about node leveling when it
4394s	comes to mayoral construction projects
4397s	that players can bolster how long would
4399s	you say it will take players on average
4402s	to fill slash build up a node completely
4404s	so that's you know
4407s	from
4408s	wilderness to metropolis
4411s	oh so the question is uh
4413s	uh node level advancement or within the
4416s	level building all the buildings that
4418s	they have i mean i'm sure people will
4419s	want answers to both of those stephen if
4421s	you're willing oh i just want to make
4422s	sure i'm giving the right answer um okay
4425s	so
4425s	we've we've already discussed in you
4427s	guys great resource to utilize as the
4429s	ashes of creation wiki um you should go
4431s	take a look at that for some of these
4433s	questions because there's a lot of
4434s	content there even if not all of it is
4436s	still up to date um it is constantly
4440s	kept up to date by lex and his team so
4442s	uh amazing job to dem a little shout out
4444s	to lex yes go check out the wiki it's
4446s	amazing yeah so when we talk about
4449s	what's the expected time range for node
4451s	advancement um
4453s	you know it ranges from from hours from
4455s	a crossroads perspective to to several
4458s	weeks from a
4461s	city excuse me a city to metropolis
4464s	perspective um and the reason for that
4466s	is of course you know these are the
4468s	dials in which the worlds advances um so
4472s	we want it to be something that is both
4474s	gradual but also uh reflects the effort
4477s	that players have to incorporate as part
4479s	of of of getting nodes to those next
4481s	stages when we talk about what it takes
4484s	to actually develop a node at a certain
4486s	stage and the available
4489s	uh progression points that that node has
4491s	access to whether it's establishing
4493s	embassies or relationships with the
4495s	castles or
4497s	reputation with other nodes so that
4499s	alliances can form or trade agreements
4501s	can be utilized and mayoral caravans can
4503s	be kicked off or building up certain
4505s	types of player buildings so that new
4507s	services can be unlocked
4509s	or developing the story arcs out so that
4511s	there's hooks into the relevant pois and
4514s	dungeons nearby you know that is a big
4517s	process it's one thing to get a node to
4519s	a certain level it's another thing to
4521s	develop the node and i can't really give
4523s	you an on average expectation because
4526s	there's a lot of variables at play there
4528s	there's how many citizens does the node
4529s	have attracted to it what's the type of
4532s	traffic that the node is um is
4534s	attracting to it based on like things
4536s	like it's uh it's uh tax rates or the
4539s	specialization that it's chose to spec
4541s	into based on the building types it's
4543s	chosen to build all of those things are
4545s	variables that that that can affect the
4548s	average quote-unquote average um build
4551s	out time of a particular node so it's
4553s	kind of difficult to give you an average
4555s	when there's so many variables along
4556s	those lines um but the idea is that if
4559s	there is a particular project that
4560s	players are interested in in developing
4562s	based on the node stage
4564s	that they would have the ability to
4565s	complete several of those projects as
4568s	projects within a single term of a mayor
4570s	and a term of a mayor is one month
4573s	and that's an important heartbeat for
4574s	the node's progression internally
4580s	all right it's cool hopefully that
4582s	answered your questions
4585s	i mean
4586s	i think people will experience it in
4588s	game and obviously as we go into alphas
4590s	and betas we'll be adjusting those
4591s	timelines
4593s	you know and making sure that we test
4594s	them and getting a lot of feedback on on
4596s	that stuff as well so things are subject
4598s	to change too
4600s	uh from classes or from
4603s	about classes sonic explosion's asking
4606s	if a martial dps archetype takes a
4609s	magical dps secondary archetype for
4611s	example a knight spell which is a rogue
4613s	plus a mage will its scale off of the
4617s	physical stats magical stats or both
4620s	when it comes to damage and ability and
4622s	abilities
4625s	and i want to reserve the answer for
4627s	that when we do our deeper dive into
4629s	combat
4630s	because that is a particular point of
4632s	contact or particular point of
4633s	information um that's related to some
4636s	future demonstrations we have regarding
4638s	combat um that i think is going to be
4639s	important people going to be very
4640s	interested in so
4642s	look forward to to when we do deeper
4645s	dives into the into the combat and
4646s	that'll be we'll be showing class kids
4648s	stuff yeah in the next few months which
4650s	is exciting
4652s	um and then we have kraken who wants to
4654s	know about inventory management will
4656s	there be an in-game tool for keeping
4658s	track of where you store your items so
4661s	for instance like if i have items in my
4662s	stash or in my freehold versus like in a
4666s	bag or at a bank like is there a one
4668s	place i can look and be like
4670s	search to find where i can where i have
4672s	the item so i know where to find it yeah
4674s	absolutely i mean that is just a user
4676s	experience that we don't want to make
4678s	cumbersome right we want you to know
4680s	where the things are and then the
4682s	meaningful aspect of that thing is
4683s	traveling to those locations
4685s	to access some of those things
4688s	particularly as it relates to materials
4691s	and raw gatherables that's the important
4693s	thing one thing that we are absolutely
4695s	including is when you're within a a node
4699s	or an economic region when you're within
4701s	the node you are at let's say you go to
4704s	a crafting station you have access at
4706s	that crafting station to pull from your
4708s	personal storage and warehouse storage
4710s	at the node um and you don't have to do
4712s	the run back and forth constantly that
4714s	all of us are accustomed to in games
4716s	where ah damn i forgot the four pedal
4719s	leaves that i needed to make this you
4720s	know oil or something i need to run back
4722s	to the warehouse grab the thing run back
4724s	to the workbench and start the thing um
4727s	that is something that is a just a uh uh
4730s	um what's the word
4733s	cumbersome no what is that time
4736s	constraint yeah yeah but um
4739s	my mind is tedious this morning yeah
4741s	it's tedious but it's an ease of
4744s	ease of like quality of life thank you
4746s	it is a quality of life feature that i
4748s	think is important say words out of him
4750s	and tell you it's the one but that's
4752s	where i was going my mind is like i said
4754s	it's been a long week oh yeah for sure
4757s	i'm not uh doubting that
4760s	um
4761s	and i think that on the inventory
4764s	management side just in general we're
4765s	going to have a lot of ui
4767s	customization options for you all so i
4769s	know that that
4770s	is a question
4771s	we don't want to allow add-ons so if
4774s	there's things you want and features you
4775s	want our goal is to implement those
4777s	features absolutely yeah especially when
4780s	you know we were talking a little bit
4781s	about user experience and ui
4784s	a second ago and and part of that is is
4786s	really coming to life with what the ui
4788s	team has been doing at the studio and
4790s	boy is our ui team kicking butt i can't
4792s	wait to show you guys what they have in
4794s	store for you um here with the with the
4797s	new ui rollout um but
4799s	you know
4801s	part of that is of course
4804s	providing as much customization option
4806s	as possible um
4808s	to the user i know that that leads a
4809s	little bit into the into the add-on
4811s	world um but i i think it's it's you
4814s	guys are going to be pleasantly
4815s	surprised with that yeah i just wanted
4817s	to make it clear because people were
4818s	like uh talking about it in chat uh
4820s	there's a lot of new people joining us
4821s	so welcome new folks um next up we have
4824s	for noni
4826s	pony who wants to know about monster
4827s	coins during monster coin events will
4830s	the hate list for npcs restrict or
4833s	affect the buildings players can target
4836s	and disable
4838s	this is very specific i hate lists i'm
4841s	sorry say one more time
4843s	will the hate list
4845s	for npcs restrict or affect the
4847s	buildings players can target and disable
4850s	for monster coin events
4852s	interesting it's a very specific
4854s	question that i'm uncertain
4856s	i'm not sure the i'm not sure the
4857s	correlation between the hate list of the
4858s	npcs and the objectives of the event but
4862s	it is important to note that when events
4863s	occur there are very prescribed and
4866s	specific
4867s	uh number of objectives that can be
4870s	targeted right you aren't streamlined
4872s	into one particular you have an option
4874s	in front of you
4876s	to select from
4878s	but those aren't affected by any type of
4880s	hate list that might be
4881s	incurred from npcs
4884s	so when you're playing as a as a monster
4887s	from the monster coin uh use as part of
4890s	an npc event that might be targeting a
4892s	node um or other some other open world
4896s	objective or poi or dungeon
4899s	you get to participate as a monster and
4901s	your your focus is is completing
4904s	objectives that have already been
4905s	prescribed as part of the event um and
4908s	that so for instance like if you
4910s	are part of a monster coin event that is
4912s	attacking a node and you're specifically
4915s	to take down a specific building
4917s	yeah like let's just let's just workshop
4919s	it let's say for example you have an
4920s	event that is um you know the predicate
4923s	for this event kicking off was that a a
4926s	raid boss was killed in a nearby dungeon
4928s	and it was killed for the you know 50th
4930s	time or it was killed by uh some
4932s	particular storyline end or whatever
4934s	whatever the predicate system is in the
4936s	world state to say hey kick this event
4939s	off well when that event kicks off a
4941s	number of spawners activate around the
4943s	node and npcs start uh moving towards a
4946s	node the node is notified like hey
4948s	there's something happening here you
4949s	guys should put up your defenses focus
4951s	on this thing and those with monster
4953s	coins who are within the area and are
4954s	not a citizen of the node or an
4955s	affiliated node
4957s	can choose to activate the monster coin
4959s	to become one of the monster types that
4961s	exist within that event and that event
4964s	has a number of targets and let's say
4965s	for this particular story arc um the
4967s	thing was we need to find you know
4969s	artifacts and better weapons in order to
4971s	defeat these bosses at the bottom of
4972s	this dungeon and a lot of players went
4974s	through that process they found those
4975s	weapons and whatnot well those things
4976s	might be stored in three buildings that
4978s	exist within the node they might be
4980s	stored within the armory they might be
4981s	stored within the barracks and they
4982s	might be stored at a workshop that has
4984s	access to a workbench that they've
4985s	chosen to build and that could also
4987s	potentially serve as a predicate and
4989s	when you become the monster those are
4991s	your three objectives and you don't need
4992s	to destroy all three you potentially
4994s	just need to destroy one or you destroy
4996s	as many as you can if it's a time
4998s	selected event
4999s	and you might have targets that are npc
5001s	related as well such as the uh
5004s	blacksmith that's at the workbench or
5006s	the captain of the guard who's at the
5008s	barracks or whatever who's at the armory
5009s	right and you get to go in and you get
5012s	to kill other players potentially during
5013s	this who are helping to defend the city
5015s	and you can also make it to the
5017s	objectives and potentially help in
5018s	destroying the building or killing the
5020s	npcs that is the type of objectives that
5023s	would exist within a monster coin system
5024s	for an event
5027s	all right all right so there will be
5029s	some semblance of restriction to answer
5031s	their question incorrect depending on
5033s	what the event is yes uh
5036s	the next question is from lashing and
5038s	they want to know about ai behavior will
5040s	mobs be able to buff each
5043s	buff each other up when grouped up like
5045s	an npc bard buffing its allies
5048s	oh yeah absolutely there are social ai
5050s	systems they want to
5052s	yeah it's important to note that our
5053s	that our ai system that
5055s	russ and and chong have been working on
5057s	is extremely versatile um and it also
5061s	provides the capability of having a
5063s	scoring system when it when it comes to
5065s	the behaviors that the monster is going
5067s	to utilize
5069s	and it can do some of those behaviors in
5071s	parallel depending on how that scoring
5073s	system comes out
5076s	and part of the interaction that we want
5077s	to have existing between
5079s	groups of of ai or groups of monsters is
5082s	the ability to support other monster
5085s	types or classes that might be a part of
5087s	that social group not just from a social
5089s	agro perspective but from a social
5091s	support perspective as well um that is
5094s	an important component of the ai system
5095s	absolutely
5097s	and our final question
5099s	is regarding leveling up and this is
5101s	from min 0
5103s	with with leveling set to take a while
5106s	will each level have a reward attached
5108s	to it such as learning an ability a
5110s	talent point or perhaps class quest etc
5113s	or
5114s	will there be levels where you don't get
5116s	something
5117s	no i think um
5120s	i mean
5122s	they're gonna you're gonna get something
5124s	for each level um there are going to be
5126s	some levels that are more monumentous in
5128s	your progression than other levels um
5131s	but i don't like the drought between
5134s	leveling process where you get nothing
5135s	for a level um i think that's
5137s	anticlimactic climactic i think it is um
5140s	it is not indicative of a of a good
5142s	reward system or a good progression
5144s	system um i think you can emphasize some
5147s	levels more than others and that's a
5148s	great way to do progression um but i
5150s	think ultimately that you should see a
5153s	reward for your progress or effort spent
5156s	um at a granular level um and that's
5159s	something that's that's quantitative and
5161s	compels you to continue progressing
5164s	yeah
5164s	of course
5166s	we want to keep you wanting to level up
5168s	yep um and of course uh that is going to
5171s	wrap things up for our july development
5174s	update we hope that you all
5176s	enjoyed it you got a little ex something
5178s	a little extra than what we had
5180s	originally planned but
5182s	of course we will have some feedback
5184s	threads up please head on over to our
5186s	world map discovery dev discussion we
5188s	would like to kind of start putting that
5190s	report together so if you have thoughts
5192s	please go over there and pop them over
5194s	there and of course we'll have a
5195s	feedback thread up for the desert biome
5197s	empyrion rankai and now the newly
5200s	revealed tulnar as well so please
5203s	provide your feedback and we'll be
5205s	putting those reports together for our
5206s	teams um and as a reminder the thunder
5209s	at the gate cosmetics will be swapping
5211s	over on august 10th at 11am and
5214s	we will see you all next month for
5216s	another dev update and
5218s	thank you for tuning in
5220s	thank you to stephen for his time it's
5222s	very valuable uh and of course be you
5226s	know stay
5227s	safe and healthy and if
5229s	you are watching this live we will have
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5279s	as well so come hang out with us we're
5281s	excited for you to join our journey and
5283s	we will see you next month as we show
5285s	some more progression for ashes of
5287s	creation yay have an awesome weekend
5289s	everyone
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5298s	so
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5331s	you

[2022] Development Update with Tech Tool and First Look at Tulnar - 11AM PT Friday, July 29, 2022

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