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| 0s | welcome back survivors my name is Anton |
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| 2s | I'm a community associate here at Qi |
| 4s | games and I will be hosting today's Vlog |
| 6s | it's been a minute since we've done one |
| 8s | of these so let me briefly catch you up |
| 10s | to speed on what's been going down in |
| 11s | 2022 at the beginning of the year we |
| 14s | restructured Qi games in order to |
| 16s | achieve our goals for an early access |
| 18s | release over the past year we've hired a |
| 21s | new team tackled plenty of technical |
| 22s | debt and begun to mold the gameplay of |
| 24s | dead matter so it can live up to the |
| 26s | initial Vision we set out to accomplish |
| 28s | we've hired several industry veterans to |
| 31s | lead our company and their experiences |
| 33s | helped us expand our team size as well |
| 35s | as ensure that we have a steady |
| 36s | production Pipeline with more senior |
| 38s | leadership we've seen a huge boost to Qi |
| 41s | games productivity over the last several |
| 42s | months over that time we've managed to |
| 45s | launch three closed Alpha updates to our |
| 47s | backers with each update bringing |
| 48s | drastic changes to dead matter and with |
| 51s | the combined pedigree of new and old |
| 53s | staff laid a clearer path to Early |
| 55s | Access for today's Vlog we're going to |
| 57s | focus on where the game is right now and |
| 59s | the changes we're making for our next |
| 61s | closed Alpha update as well as the scope |
| 63s | for our initial Early Access launch what |
| 66s | you'll see today is the work we're |
| 67s | putting in to release a solid initial |
| 69s | Early Access version of dead matter |
| 71s | there's a lot to talk about so let's get |
| 73s | into it |
| 75s | first we're going to talk about infected |
| 77s | we're currently working on improving the |
| 79s | infected spawning system and AI systems |
| 81s | to increase the level of immersion in |
| 83s | dead matter what this means is that |
| 85s | infected should spawn in a way that |
| 86s | feels natural in the game World on top |
| 89s | of that our AI changes should improve |
| 90s | other infected behaviors for example |
| 93s | when you alert when infected they will |
| 94s | alert other nearby infected within a |
| 96s | certain radius causing them to form a |
| 98s | horde this also opens up our infected |
| 101s | Behavior so we can start to incorporate |
| 102s | different play Styles like stealth |
| 106s | aside from infected Behavior we've also |
| 108s | begun remodeling are infected using |
| 110s | unreal's metahumans but we're also |
| 113s | adding our own custom detailing to give |
| 115s | them that Undead look these new infected |
| 118s | models are already looking a lot better |
| 120s | and we're excited to expand these models |
| 122s | as development progresses it's not just |
| 124s | our infected models getting an upgrade |
| 126s | we've also done the same with our player |
| 128s | models our initial model set will be |
| 130s | limited but we will expand over the |
| 132s | course of development moving away from |
| 134s | our previous models is another step in |
| 136s | the right direction for improving the |
| 137s | overall look of dead matter the scope of |
| 140s | our initial Early Access launch is |
| 142s | something else we'd like to clarify in |
| 143s | this vlog |
| 145s | we've decided to limit the initial size |
| 147s | of the map for Early Access launch so we |
| 149s | can focus on refining key locations and |
| 151s | creating a more interesting and |
| 152s | immersive open World experience the |
| 154s | initial map will focus on the town of |
| 156s | Dead Man's Flats as well as some |
| 157s | surrounding locations outside of the |
| 159s | town and getting into the mountains |
| 161s | don't get it wrong this map is still |
| 163s | large and there will be plenty of things |
| 165s | to explore in this slice of the game |
| 166s | alone also as development continues |
| 169s | after Early Access launch and after our |
| 171s | full launch we will continue to expand |
| 173s | the map in future updates another thing |
| 176s | I'd like to announce is our composer |
| 177s | we've hired Alexander Brandon to score |
| 179s | dead batter we're excited to start |
| 181s | implementing these tracks into the game |
| 182s | and we're using some of the music he |
| 184s | wrote for dead matter in today's Vlog |
| 186s | now let's take a look at some of the |
| 188s | locations that will appear in Early |
| 189s | Access |
| 191s | keep in mind that all of these locations |
| 193s | are in our closed Alpha and therefore |
| 195s | still a work in progress as we highlight |
| 198s | a few of these locations I want to |
| 199s | discuss a few of the graphical changes |
| 201s | we've made as a team over the past |
| 203s | couple of months first off is the |
| 205s | implementation of lumen which allows for |
| 207s | far more Dynamic and realistic lighting |
| 209s | scenarios in dead matter we have also |
| 211s | spent our time creating a volumetric |
| 213s | cloud system and a retro reflector |
| 216s | system that improves the look of road |
| 218s | signs and other reflective materials |
| 220s | we've also optimized our virtual |
| 222s | texturing system which assists with the |
| 224s | amount of memory being used to render |
| 226s | Textures in our open world thereby |
| 228s | improving performance |
| 230s | this combination of Technologies is |
| 233s | really elevating our game into another |
| 234s | level of graphical Fidelity and it's |
| 237s | helping us achieve our goals for |
| 238s | capturing a realistic aesthetic for dead |
| 240s | matter now let's take a quick look at |
| 242s | some of the more subtle gameplay changes |
| 244s | coming to dead matter the first thing I |
| 245s | want to discuss is the changes to |
| 247s | looting that our team is currently |
| 248s | making loot is an important element of |
| 251s | any Survival game and we needed to |
| 253s | overhaul our looting system to improve |
| 255s | the gameplay of dead matter the first |
| 256s | thing our team did was redesign |
| 258s | containers to spawn loot based on the |
| 260s | container's location in the game world |
| 262s | so if you open a drawer in a hunting |
| 264s | cabin it will spawn loot that is |
| 266s | relevant for that hunting cabin whereas |
| 268s | a drawer in a town home will have a |
| 269s | different set of loot to draw from this |
| 271s | loot change is based on a dynamic loot |
| 273s | volume system in short this system |
| 275s | allows us to set loot spawning rules for |
| 277s | different locations all over the map |
| 279s | moreover we can add additional layers |
| 281s | like differentiating a kitchen and a |
| 283s | bathroom within that Dynamic Loop volume |
| 285s | as a result we can make loot spawn |
| 287s | randomly but also be much more |
| 288s | contextual to the location that you find |
| 290s | it on the map our team has also worked |
| 293s | hard on creating a tier system for loot |
| 295s | this tier system ranks items based on |
| 298s | their value it is important for us to |
| 299s | structure the flow of each player's |
| 301s | gameplay experience and having a tier |
| 303s | system helps us do that this Works hand |
| 305s | in hand with our map design and other |
| 306s | gameplay elements so players get a sense |
| 308s | a progression as they play the game when |
| 310s | you first spawn into the world you're |
| 312s | going to typically find lower tier loop |
| 314s | as you continue to explore you will come |
| 316s | across more dangerous locations that |
| 318s | will obviously have a much better loot |
| 320s | it's a simple concept but it gives the |
| 322s | game an actual sense of momentum as you |
| 324s | play through the game for several hours |
| 326s | the last thing you'll share today is the |
| 328s | changes we've been making to our medical |
| 329s | system our team is dissecting and fixing |
| 332s | our medical system to ensure that status |
| 334s | effects and damage are properly being |
| 336s | applied additionally our team is making |
| 339s | sure that these ailments to the player |
| 341s | character can be treated with bandages |
| 343s | or medicine and that those items are |
| 345s | having an effect on the player it sounds |
| 347s | simple but what we're going for here is |
| 350s | not a system that just works but one |
| 352s | that actually adds to the gameplay |
| 353s | experience of dead matter we're striving |
| 355s | for a fairly in-depth system here and we |
| 357s | want to ensure that this system is easy |
| 358s | to expand in the future and interesting |
| 361s | for players during gameplay we will have |
| 363s | more to share with you as this work |
| 364s | continues in the future that's it for |
| 366s | this road to Early Access Vlog I highly |
| 368s | encourage you to read our September blog |
| 370s | post written by our development team to |
| 372s | get a more in-depth breakdown of some of |
| 374s | the changes discussed in this Vlog by |
| 376s | the way dead matter is available to |
| 377s | wishlist on Steam so please consider |
| 379s | hitting that wishlist button so you can |
| 381s | be among the first to play the game when |
| 383s | it reaches its Early Access phase stay |
| 385s | tuned to our blog for more details about |
| 387s | dead matters development and we will |
| 389s | return with a new Vlog around closed |
| 391s | Alpha 0.10 thank you for watching |