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| 8s | [Music] |
| 11s | hey survivors it's likely been a while |
| 14s | since you've last heard my voice my name |
| 16s | is Nick and I'm the lead developer of |
| 18s | dead matter |
| 19s | saying that there has been a lot of |
| 22s | change brought to dead matter over the |
| 24s | last few years is a bit of an |
| 26s | understatement |
| 28s | this Vlog aims to clarify the current |
| 30s | situation with the project what we've |
| 32s | been up to over the last few months and |
| 35s | the direction we're going to be heading |
| 36s | towards in the future all of the footage |
| 39s | in this Vlog is representative of what |
| 41s | is currently available in our nightly |
| 43s | build it's a sample of what's on the |
| 45s | plate for the next closed Alpha update |
| 47s | we also recently refactored all of the |
| 49s | materials in the game to use a small set |
| 52s | of Masters this is so we could set up |
| 54s | virtual texturing as well as additional |
| 56s | weather effect we should talk about the |
| 58s | zombies that you're seeing on screen |
| 60s | because there are quite a few of them |
| 62s | back in 2018 we established that one of |
| 65s | the most important things to debt matter |
| 66s | is that dead matter is a zombie game |
| 69s | it's not a survival game it's a Zombie |
| 73s | Survival game what you're looking at |
| 75s | right now is Pitbull AI Pitbull was |
| 79s | written entirely in-house we wanted to |
| 81s | build a total solution for zombies in |
| 84s | our game from the ground up this wasn't |
| 86s | our first time around the block trying |
| 88s | to pull something like this off though |
| 90s | we never really showed any of that |
| 92s | publicly because it honestly never |
| 94s | really went anywhere what you're seeing |
| 96s | on screen right now is the flocking |
| 98s | behavior for the AI zombies in Dead |
| 100s | matter will naturally form hordes and |
| 102s | they'll naturally dismantle them there |
| 104s | are different factors that feed into |
| 106s | what agents decide to form a horde but |
| 109s | generally they have a very temperament |
| 111s | and you should expect to see them moving |
| 113s | in groups around the map this next clip |
| 115s | is just basically a bit of a combat demo |
| 117s | unfortunately UV 5.2 actually ended up |
| 121s | blocking me from being able to show this |
| 122s | in the proper Vlog hence why I'm just |
| 124s | using an older clip to demonstrate that |
| 126s | the idea is there and it generally Works |
| 129s | any glitches and bugs that you're seeing |
| 131s | related to the position of the Ragdoll |
| 133s | is because I was actually working on the |
| 135s | networking module of pitbull at the time |
| 138s | that I recorded that video If you're |
| 139s | looking really close those aren't ants |
| 142s | they're zombies the session that I |
| 144s | recorded this in had |
| 146s | 2751 zombies to be exact this is just |
| 150s | for one town and the server is capable |
| 152s | of simulating a lot more this is without |
| 155s | any sort of system to enable or disable |
| 158s | simulation which means we have a lot of |
| 160s | room for optimization we are extremely |
| 163s | excited for the system Payton AKA |
| 166s | dogtooth CG is excited to be bringing us |
| 170s | a proper replacement to the prior Gore |
| 173s | system get your guns ready and plan |
| 176s | accordingly Grant polished up the hands |
| 178s | material because quite frankly the last |
| 180s | iteration really didn't look that great |
| 182s | for those of you that are out of the |
| 184s | loop since we rewrote the game shortly |
| 186s | after the closed off launch we actually |
| 189s | ended up going in a bit of a different |
| 191s | direction for the Player's character to |
| 192s | hand the camera and the controls we use |
| 195s | a sort of quote-unquote diet true first |
| 198s | person it's off by default but it's also |
| 201s | on in most of the footage that you're |
| 202s | seeing it's really subtle and it allows |
| 205s | us to really easily coordinate the |
| 206s | camera with the third person mesh |
| 208s | representation thank you there's a few |
| 210s | bugs here and there especially when the |
| 212s | camera doesn't align exactly what where |
| 215s | expecting it to be but it feels a lot |
| 218s | nicer you might have noticed that I just |
| 221s | walked up to that car got inside and |
| 222s | drove away this is all thanks to the new |
| 224s | vehicle system that Sasha has been |
| 226s | putting together they use chaos physics |
| 228s | and serve as a stable foundation for our |
| 230s | vehicles moving forward Cody one of our |
| 233s | coders implemented a new harvesting |
| 236s | system for the game this means that |
| 237s | bushes and even trees can now be |
| 240s | interacted with you can pick grapes and |
| 243s | berries from bushes or you can get an ax |
| 246s | out and start chopping some trees down |
| 248s | using an ax to deal damage to the logs |
| 250s | will result in firewood spawning there's |
| 253s | still a few more particles and a bit |
| 254s | more polish to go but overall the system |
| 257s | works and we're excited to bring it to |
| 258s | the next patch |
| 260s | the next system that we're talking about |
| 261s | is actually something that was developed |
| 264s | almost two years ago we did show it off |
| 266s | in a few of the blog posts that we were |
| 267s | doing recently however in 2022 the |
| 271s | feature was cut entirely Braden AKA |
| 274s | Nomad has been hard at work in fact he's |
| 278s | created multiple NPCs that you can |
| 281s | interact with in the world not only that |
| 283s | you can actually do jobs for them jobs |
| 286s | can also be triggered from Random |
| 289s | Encounters of the world such as the |
| 290s | strong jobs can also have branching |
| 292s | storylines which is something that we're |
| 294s | really excited for granted these |
| 296s | probably won't feel like a million |
| 297s | dollars until they're properly voice |
| 299s | acted but we do feel that they give our |
| 302s | players a lot more to do in the world |
| 304s | than the current version of the game |
| 305s | offers |
| 307s | next up we have a tour of the entire map |
| 309s | I'm going to cover each individual |
| 311s | region of our world currently we have |
| 314s | three primary regions in our world the |
| 316s | regions are dead man's flat x-shaw and |
| 320s | CB there is also a fourth region that is |
| 322s | currently in production right now that |
| 325s | region is Canmore |
| 327s | currently what you're looking at is the |
| 329s | CB region of the map it's characterized |
| 332s | by its large hydroelectric Dam |
| 335s | EB also features a summer camp a small |
| 338s | rural region campgrounds as well as a |
| 341s | quarry there's honestly too much to |
| 344s | actually show here in one Vlog so we |
| 347s | highly encourage that people download |
| 349s | 0.10 and give the area a tour for |
| 352s | themselves |
| 353s | if you are currently not a backer of the |
| 355s | project well there's no Indiegogo link |
| 358s | to go to anymore since we are nearing |
| 360s | the end of the closed Alpha for dead |
| 362s | matter if you do not already have access |
| 364s | to it we may actually consider lending |
| 367s | you a key keep in mind that we have |
| 369s | limited quantities and we are generally |
| 372s | prioritizing people that have made |
| 373s | themselves visible in the community next |
| 376s | up on the map tour we have the one and |
| 378s | the only Dead Man's flat |
| 381s | oddly enough a lot of people actually |
| 383s | think that we renamed the town that this |
| 385s | is based off of but no dead men's Flats |
| 388s | is an actual town in Alberta near |
| 390s | Canmore and near extra it's actually |
| 393s | right in between the two while all of |
| 395s | the Town names in dead matter are up for |
| 396s | grabs by backers that paid for them the |
| 399s | region will still be referred to as dead |
| 401s | men's flats for realism purposes the DMF |
| 404s | region also includes Pasco Lake this |
| 407s | part of the map has plenty of hiking |
| 409s | trails for you to follow as a player |
| 410s | there's also a few other locations in |
| 413s | the area such as this massive Timber |
| 415s | yard as well as the Mountain Gate Resort |
| 417s | one of the first few additions that we |
| 420s | made to dead men's Flats in the original |
| 422s | version of the game another blast from |
| 424s | the past is that there are a few crashed |
| 426s | military helicopters in the area the |
| 429s | next area on the map tour is extra known |
| 432s | famously in Alberta for its massive |
| 434s | concrete plant if you're from the region |
| 436s | and if you've ever driven to Banff then |
| 439s | you've actually likely seen one of the |
| 440s | buildings that I'm about to show off in |
| 443s | real life however that depends on |
| 445s | whether or not you've taken Highway 1 or |
| 447s | Highway 1A both of which are represented |
| 450s | in dead matter if you've driven on 1A |
| 453s | then you might actually recognize this |
| 455s | plant with all the green Windows on it |
| 457s | this plant is a lot lesser known but it |
| 459s | is a lot prettier in our opinion Ken and |
| 462s | Patrick both did an excellent job on |
| 463s | these locations I personally cannot wait |
| 465s | to hunt down players in my own game at |
| 468s | these locations I guess if you've ever |
| 470s | really wanted to kill me you'll finally |
| 471s | get your chance good luck though you'll |
| 473s | need it |
| 477s | and this is the plant that I was |
| 480s | referring to earlier if you've driven to |
| 482s | Banff you've definitely seen this in |
| 484s | real life speaking of banth and other |
| 486s | towns that are near Banff the last place |
| 488s | that I'll be taking you to on the map |
| 489s | tour will be Kenmore however this part |
| 492s | of Canmore isn't actually a part of |
| 495s | Canmore proper which is actually going |
| 497s | to be the games for small sized city no |
| 500s | these are actually a suburb that exists |
| 502s | outside of Canmore Ken Patrick and Dusty |
| 505s | have done a fantastic job on this part |
| 508s | of the map Ken and Patrick have been |
| 510s | working on a lot of the exteriors Ken |
| 512s | has been working on blocking out all of |
| 514s | the different buildings Dusty has been |
| 516s | primarily focusing on environment art to |
| 519s | make sure that the level designers can |
| 520s | work ahead of the art team this allows |
| 523s | us to get a feel for the region as well |
| 524s | as allowing the level design team to |
| 527s | work ahead of the art team |
| 529s | is crucial because level design often |
| 531s | involves far more iterations than |
| 532s | environment art will not only that we're |
| 535s | actually creating buildings because we |
| 537s | need them rather than the other way |
| 539s | around where we were creating buildings |
| 541s | and then finding a use for them on the |
| 543s | map while this is much more of an |
| 545s | industry standard approach and we're |
| 547s | pretty much anything but industry |
| 548s | standard at this point we found that |
| 550s | this is an approach that works really |
| 552s | well as seen by the school that Dusky |
| 555s | has been working on originally created |
| 556s | as a blockout by Ken and then passed |
| 558s | over to Dusty for completion there's |
| 560s | still a bit of work that needs to be |
| 562s | done to make sure that it fits the |
| 563s | setting but overall this is actually one |
| 567s | of the largest if not the largest |
| 568s | building in the game right now it also |
| 570s | wouldn't have been possible without our |
| 571s | pipeline changes we hope you're as |
| 573s | excited as we are for the direction that |
| 575s | the game will be going in moving forward |
| 577s | we decided to go down a lot more of a |
| 580s | realistic simulator style direction does |
| 583s | that mean that we're not a game no not |
| 586s | necessarily does this mean that we are |
| 588s | deviating from the original vision of |
| 590s | the game no we feel that this actually |
| 592s | all lines us more closely to the |
| 594s | original vision of the game realistic |
| 596s | simulation but also we want to remain |
| 600s | realistic as playable which is a key |
| 602s | element for us lastly I really wanted to |
| 605s | thank everyone from the bottom of my |
| 607s | heart for tagging along for the journey |
| 609s | most of us on the team were about 18 19 |
| 611s | years old when we originally started and |
| 613s | committed to this project while there |
| 615s | have been some Peaks and valleys on the |
| 617s | way to getting dead matter onto steam we |
| 620s | are incredibly grateful to have the |
| 621s | amount of support from the community it |
| 624s | really means a lot to us once again |
| 626s | thank you guys so much we really really |
| 629s | appreciate it if you're interested in |
| 631s | helping the project in any sort of way |
| 633s | or if you're interested |
| 634s | this is normally where I would show the |
| 636s | Indiegogo scroller but since we don't |
| 639s | really have an Indiegogo page anymore if |
| 641s | you want to support Us wishlist us on |
| 643s | Steam sharing the video also helps us |
| 645s | tremendously until next time stay safe |
| 648s | survivors |