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| 356s | and welcome to another |
| 359s | Friday here at strangeloop games we have |
| 363s | yet another Community Spotlight here and |
| 367s | my name is Jones working for us lead |
| 370s | game designer here and we've got Toby |
| 372s | with us early in the morning from Down |
| 374s | Under |
| 375s | stream I'm awake |
| 377s | hello he's he's aware at least |
| 381s | and somewhat today we have |
| 384s | with us Jimmy and Sheamus from Dad speed |
| 388s | and we also have a couple of their staff |
| 390s | and volunteers with Earth shmuel and |
| 394s | armored Stone as well |
| 396s | uh |
| 401s | you wanna you wanna just introduce |
| 403s | yourselves and |
| 406s | sure yeah I can go |
| 408s | I'll go yeah I'm uh Jimmy uh one of the |
| 411s | founders here at uh dad speed and uh you |
| 415s | know we started about three years back |
| 418s | I can uh just saw an idea and an |
| 420s | opportunity to really push that economic |
| 423s | uh game style that we weren't really |
| 426s | seeing |
| 427s | and that's really how it started just uh |
| 430s | with one road to a neighbor |
| 434s | got Jeff as uh as we used to say in dad |
| 437s | speed one all roads lead to craftsmans |
| 441s | and that was the start of dad speed one |
| 443s | and as uh as Jimmy said we we started |
| 446s | this out because we wanted to have that |
| 449s | excellent Eco gameplay inside of an |
| 452s | economy-based community that favored |
| 456s | social interaction playing on the market |
| 457s | sharing of |
| 459s | um of of resources through a market |
| 461s | environment and persistent as well be |
| 464s | able to give players the ability to have |
| 466s | Creations long term |
| 469s | and we are now in season seven and we've |
| 472s | been running this uh for almost four |
| 474s | years uh in the dad speed seasons and in |
| 477s | season seven uh you know we maintain |
| 479s | that that Central dad speed ethos of |
| 482s | economy focused player driven gameplay |
| 485s | and bringing to the people the ability |
| 487s | to make their Creations in a market |
| 489s | economy with uh all other |
| 493s | uh players operating in a way that they |
| 496s | need you |
| 498s | meaning we have what's called a super |
| 500s | skill set here on Dad speed which means |
| 502s | we don't necessarily want you to be the |
| 505s | miner and the smelter in the same we |
| 507s | want you to have a skill and be good at |
| 509s | that skill but you have to sell your |
| 512s | products and services in that skill in |
| 514s | order for the next player beside you to |
| 516s | be able to push on their uh their craft |
| 519s | and so on and so forth throughout the |
| 521s | entire Tech Tree uh culminating in what |
| 523s | you see here on Dad speed |
| 526s | um and here we have in season seven as |
| 529s | you can see we we uh we had a nice |
| 531s | little lore aspect of a spaceship that |
| 534s | brought us |
| 535s | just switching over to the game view |
| 537s | here just soon okay sure |
| 541s | um yeah so we've got uh here in dad |
| 544s | speed we've got this lore the spaceship |
| 546s | idea that is what brought us in the |
| 548s | meteor destruction of season six to |
| 549s | season seven and from an admin and kind |
| 553s | of player and a season setup perspective |
| 555s | we just laid down this basic ship |
| 558s | a little receiving area to get you going |
| 560s | and then the rest of it is just the |
| 562s | general dad speed ethos and community |
| 565s | that starts it up player driven player |
| 567s | ran player managed |
| 569s | um every season is a completely |
| 572s | different experience but within that |
| 573s | same dad speed ethos that gives you that |
| 576s | long-term gameplay your ability to make |
| 578s | incredible Creations as I like to say a |
| 581s | lot is you know craft and enjoy and show |
| 583s | us your creations and the players here |
| 585s | in this community have absolutely |
| 587s | knocked it out of the park as they do |
| 588s | every season with seven and there are |
| 590s | some amazing Creations we hope to show |
| 592s | you today so I'll go ahead and pass it |
| 594s | off to a voice you've all heard many |
| 597s | many times before and uh who needs no |
| 599s | further introduction take it away Earth |
| 601s | hey thanks yeah so uh as these guys were |
| 605s | saying the admins I was actually looking |
| 607s | for a an Eco server and you guys know I |
| 611s | do you know video content for YouTube |
| 614s | but besides that just as a player I |
| 618s | wanted to find a server where it would |
| 620s | last a little bit longer than just you |
| 623s | know two three weeks uh and one that |
| 626s | also was kind of backed by you know good |
| 628s | administrators that wouldn't sort of |
| 630s | just drop the server after a while so |
| 633s | after playing a number of different |
| 634s | servers some that said long term some |
| 637s | that were short-term and so on I finally |
| 639s | wound up with these guys early on I |
| 641s | forget whether it was what season it was |
| 644s | either season one or season two but it |
| 646s | was writer season one yeah you're OG I |
| 649s | think it was right at the very beginning |
| 650s | there and I realized okay I've found a |
| 653s | little bit of a home because these guys |
| 654s | are dedicated to exactly what I'm after |
| 657s | you know uh good economy because uh you |
| 661s | know that can be a struggle when it's |
| 663s | player based there tends to be a |
| 666s | I'll say there tends to be kind of a you |
| 668s | win by conquering you know in the |
| 671s | economy in a lot of games but but Eco is |
| 673s | different I realize it has that that |
| 675s | collaborative nature uh that Sheamus was |
| 678s | just talking about so I I really kind of |
| 681s | felt that and joined in with these guys |
| 683s | so uh fortunately they they've let me |
| 686s | play an active role I'll say in a lot of |
| 689s | the governments a lot of times I'll pick |
| 690s | up uh I guess what you would call the |
| 692s | treasury in the government piece because |
| 694s | that's another unique thing obviously an |
| 697s | Eco it has this government and the law |
| 700s | system and this really Dynamic economics |
| 703s | so you know I've kind of picked up that |
| 705s | treasury role and uh just to kind of |
| 708s | foster you know that whole thing that |
| 710s | that they were talking about it seems to |
| 713s | me a lot of this long-term gameplay that |
| 716s | they've set up here where things persist |
| 719s | it's it realized right on that the |
| 721s | government the in-game government needed |
| 724s | to provide opportunities you know |
| 727s | opportunities for both existing players |
| 729s | people that have maybe been on the |
| 731s | server for three months and okay what do |
| 733s | I do now |
| 734s | as well as new players and that was a |
| 737s | little challenging so |
| 738s | you know being involved to help put |
| 741s | together a lot of these kind of uh I'll |
| 745s | say sort of ongoing kind of |
| 746s | opportunities for players has been a |
| 749s | large part of what I've I've done here |
| 753s | you know uh if we were to talk about |
| 756s | what some of those things are you know |
| 758s | the currency you know we try to look for |
| 761s | an opportunity try to look for an |
| 762s | opportunity at each point you know |
| 765s | anything that we do here in dad speed |
| 768s | with the government so even with the |
| 770s | currency and how that's injected uh you |
| 774s | know we kind of just start there and |
| 775s | make an opportunity for players so we |
| 778s | don't just for instance just distribute |
| 780s | wealth freely you kind of have to work |
| 782s | for it you kind of to earn it and and |
| 785s | there's been several things we've tried |
| 786s | to do to uh kind of do that they've all |
| 789s | seemed to work we've on a couple |
| 791s | different seasons we've had a public |
| 794s | gold mine so to get money a player goes |
| 797s | to the public gold mine they mine some |
| 800s | gold you know they're starting out they |
| 801s | put it in their cart they drag it back |
| 803s | to the mint and so that's actually what |
| 806s | we use to make the currency and so |
| 808s | they're able to get a little bit of |
| 810s | daily |
| 811s | income each day just from this |
| 814s | interaction which feeds then the |
| 817s | government to be able to print more |
| 819s | money |
| 820s | um and that's something again that |
| 822s | people can do as existing players that |
| 825s | have been here for a while and maybe |
| 827s | they're having a shortfall in cash but |
| 830s | also a new player you can jump right in |
| 832s | here and day one okay you know how that |
| 834s | people will say well how do I get |
| 836s | started how do I make some money and so |
| 838s | we'll we'll give them two or three |
| 840s | options we'll say hey well you can start |
| 841s | by mining the gold and taking it to the |
| 844s | mint uh this season seven we've done it |
| 847s | a little different it's paper |
| 849s | so you can buy paper from there are |
| 853s | several people that are selling paper |
| 854s | and anyone can make paper as long as |
| 857s | they have the table for it some people |
| 859s | make it more efficiently if they've got |
| 861s | the right the paper Milling skill but a |
| 863s | lot of people will sell paper and so you |
| 866s | can buy paper and then take it to the |
| 868s | net and sell it for an incredible profit |
| 870s | the government is very generous we have |
| 872s | a incredible return on your paper |
| 874s | contribution to the government and so |
| 877s | they earn their money that way |
| 879s | there's also this uh Transportation |
| 883s | concept that we put into play so just |
| 886s | moving goods from one place to another |
| 889s | and transporting those things |
| 891s | one of the there are a couple of server |
| 895s | rules it's kind of part of that ethos |
| 897s | that was being talked about where we |
| 900s | always kind of encourage that your Buy |
| 903s | price for goods which could always be a |
| 906s | little bit higher than what someone |
| 907s | else's sell prices |
| 910s | and so that Delta there it seems a |
| 913s | little odd that you would do that you |
| 914s | know you might think well I'm just going |
| 915s | to match the sale prices someone has but |
| 917s | by wanting to buy the goods you need for |
| 921s | your own production |
| 922s | at a slightly higher price than what the |
| 925s | producer is selling them for rates at |
| 928s | Delta in in that sort of buy and sell so |
| 932s | a transporter can just come in with |
| 934s | their cart their truck by hand whatever |
| 936s | it happens to be buy something from one |
| 938s | person transport it somewhere else and |
| 941s | sell it for a profit |
| 942s | and so seeing that sort of |
| 945s | Transportation mechanism we uh bit on |
| 949s | that hook and ran with it and so we |
| 951s | actually enhance that even farther by |
| 954s | having what we call a master transporter |
| 957s | and trucker rolls we've actually kind of |
| 959s | created a a tertiary skill that people |
| 962s | can pick up uh so if you're new to the |
| 964s | server and you're not sure what skill |
| 967s | you want then you're just kind of like |
| 968s | checking things out you become by |
| 971s | default in the demographics and the laws |
| 973s | that we have set up you become a master |
| 976s | transporter |
| 977s | and the government subsidizes an |
| 980s | additional percentage of that profit |
| 982s | that you make whenever you buy and sell |
| 984s | Goods so you know you sell something for |
| 987s | let's say you know a hundred coins the |
| 990s | government will subsidize an additional |
| 991s | 15 on top of that |
| 993s | so people have actually made an entire |
| 996s | living on the server just by moving |
| 1000s | goods and making sure that everyone's |
| 1002s | being supplied with the demand that they |
| 1004s | need and moving Goods around |
| 1006s | so if you take no skills you get this |
| 1009s | extra bonus uh if you take one skill |
| 1013s | then you get kind of half that if you've |
| 1016s | kind of taken the |
| 1017s | on This Server we kind of have a two |
| 1019s | skill limit so if you've kind of reached |
| 1021s | your limit on two skills then then you |
| 1024s | don't get any of that so it almost |
| 1026s | encourages people to take only one skill |
| 1029s | or maybe take no skills and feed in so |
| 1032s | again that's another new player |
| 1033s | opportunity or we've had some people |
| 1035s | interested in just wanting to transport |
| 1039s | and I know at least one person has said |
| 1042s | hey when version 10 drops and we get |
| 1045s | some votes I think the votes are coming |
| 1047s | right guys you know they're coming |
| 1049s | they're on their way yeah so some people |
| 1051s | said hey I just want to transport and |
| 1055s | use my boat to move Goods like a barge |
| 1057s | from one place to another that's what I |
| 1058s | want to do so we kind of got that base |
| 1061s | mechanism in place with just a couple |
| 1063s | simple laws that help promulgate that |
| 1066s | you know and these Transporters also get |
| 1069s | uh you know there's a base currency we |
| 1072s | obviously have but we have a secondary |
| 1074s | currency which is uh we call it land |
| 1076s | tokens |
| 1078s | and so when uh players players do leave |
| 1081s | the server eventually you know they've |
| 1083s | played for a few months they've decided |
| 1085s | to move on so when we reclaim their |
| 1087s | property we again turn that into an |
| 1089s | opportunity |
| 1091s | and that opportunity is uh |
| 1093s | they get sold not for the base currency |
| 1096s | but the properties get sold for these |
| 1098s | land tokens so there's very different |
| 1100s | there's different ways that players can |
| 1102s | earn land tokens and this transportation |
| 1105s | is one of them so in addition to getting |
| 1107s | base currency you get special land |
| 1109s | tokens and you're able to then trade |
| 1112s | those in and buy a property Like a |
| 1114s | downtown nice uh nice well-suited yeah |
| 1116s | location location you know they get a |
| 1119s | great property right in the middle of |
| 1120s | town |
| 1121s | so we use uh we use the currencies again |
| 1124s | to kind of create these additional |
| 1126s | gameplay of real estate going on so you |
| 1129s | know properties just aren't uh you know |
| 1131s | there for I'll say up for grabs it |
| 1134s | becomes part of the whole uh part of the |
| 1136s | whole cycle you know okay I'm doing I'm |
| 1138s | doing things now I'm earning the special |
| 1140s | token credit so I can go buy stuff you |
| 1143s | know so um yeah that's one example of |
| 1147s | opportunity another one I'll kind of |
| 1150s | mention here is uh what we've done |
| 1152s | around oil |
| 1153s | production |
| 1155s | so I know this this has seemed weird to |
| 1157s | a lot of people coming in but we have |
| 1159s | actually especially coming into a game |
| 1161s | called Eco but we've actually limited or |
| 1165s | made it very hard let's say a little bit |
| 1168s | difficult to use Renewable Power you |
| 1171s | know the wind turbines and the solar |
| 1173s | panels |
| 1174s | and part of that is that you know that's |
| 1177s | like free once you create that it's like |
| 1179s | free energy |
| 1181s | so instead what we've done here is make |
| 1184s | it so those things are actually very |
| 1187s | either restricted or very expensive to |
| 1190s | create |
| 1192s | and so what we've done instead is kind |
| 1194s | of promote then the combustion |
| 1196s | generators and the use of oil |
| 1199s | and even though there are some recipes |
| 1201s | you know epoxies Plastics different |
| 1204s | things that use the oil if you I think |
| 1207s | if you relied purely on consumption of |
| 1210s | oil by that or even the trucks you know |
| 1213s | excavators skid steers that use it uh |
| 1217s | you actually could have one person on |
| 1219s | the server you know crank out a couple |
| 1221s | thousand Barrels in a stockpile and that |
| 1224s | would last a long time you know without |
| 1226s | it but with this uh needing power from |
| 1230s | combustion generators we create an |
| 1233s | opportunity and I put out a government |
| 1234s | contract to build a power plant it has |
| 1238s | six seven eight combustion generators in |
| 1240s | it so that's kind of a build project for |
| 1242s | the community and then every day that |
| 1246s | power plant can easily burn up a couple |
| 1249s | hundred barrels of oil in in a given |
| 1253s | power plant we might have two or three |
| 1254s | of these on the server all kind of |
| 1256s | churning at once |
| 1257s | and so you know that means the oil |
| 1260s | producers have a reason to come in every |
| 1262s | couple days crank out some more barrels |
| 1264s | of oil and that also feeds that supply |
| 1268s | chain once again creates an a demand and |
| 1270s | an opportunity for uh you know people to |
| 1274s | smelt the iron to make the barrels the |
| 1276s | people to mine the iron sell it to the |
| 1278s | smelters and so on so it kind of creates |
| 1280s | these Supply chains just through uh |
| 1283s | limiting things so in general our laws |
| 1287s | seem a little odd to people because |
| 1289s | we'll say okay you know that's that's |
| 1291s | going to cost you ten thousand credits |
| 1293s | of some sort to uh make a wind turbine |
| 1296s | we're gonna tax you massively for each |
| 1298s | one you put out |
| 1299s | and so they it seems limited but it's |
| 1302s | actually creating Opportunity by kind of |
| 1305s | uh doing these kinds of things so uh I |
| 1308s | don't know those are a couple different |
| 1309s | ways that we create those opportunities |
| 1312s | yeah I I think it's it's quite exciting |
| 1315s | to see |
| 1316s | just how different servers are running |
| 1319s | into kind of they're they're treating |
| 1321s | the same problems very differently and |
| 1323s | having different approaches to solutions |
| 1326s | to these |
| 1327s | kind of things and and you know one is |
| 1330s | doing limitations versus others |
| 1332s | subsidizing or |
| 1334s | um just kind of varying |
| 1336s | varying how they're resolving it |
| 1339s | um |
| 1341s | but you guys were running |
| 1343s | quite abnormally long compared to most |
| 1346s | other servers how long is your your |
| 1348s | usual kind of cycle length |
| 1354s | yeah so that's |
| 1356s | um yeah it's just something that we we |
| 1358s | as we start up the server with a player |
| 1361s | driven approach an economy similar to |
| 1363s | our run length |
| 1364s | um so really it's the player base who |
| 1365s | kind of decides that for us I think this |
| 1368s | is probably our longest we're at just |
| 1370s | about a year but typically we're at |
| 1372s | least 200 days I believe but yeah it's |
| 1374s | just it's a lot for as long as people |
| 1376s | are creating and having a an enjoyable |
| 1379s | experience we keep it running and and uh |
| 1382s | yeah go ahead of Earth |
| 1384s | oh no that's exactly what I was going to |
| 1386s | say that you know it's kind of player |
| 1388s | driven and so you know this this |
| 1390s | opportunity thing I was talking about it |
| 1393s | we've also realized it's really |
| 1394s | important to |
| 1396s | uh have things that new players joining |
| 1399s | in two three four months into the server |
| 1401s | that they can be just as productive just |
| 1403s | as contributory to the economy and be |
| 1406s | able to do things as much as those |
| 1408s | people that were here in the first |
| 1409s | couple of weeks |
| 1410s | so you know a lot of these kind of |
| 1412s | things that we have in place allow them |
| 1414s | to be able to do that and I would say |
| 1416s | the lifeblood is there's a few people |
| 1419s | that started first couple weeks and you |
| 1421s | know are still in there still in there |
| 1423s | months later they're logging back in |
| 1424s | doing their thing you know still |
| 1426s | building but I would say the lifeblood |
| 1428s | is really the new players that keep |
| 1431s | joining this instance and keep adding to |
| 1434s | it and expanding on it uh so not making |
| 1438s | sure that we don't just limit that to |
| 1441s | you you've been here a long time so |
| 1443s | you're going to be the most successful |
| 1444s | kind of idea uh making it so anyone can |
| 1448s | join three four months in and be just as |
| 1451s | productive feel just as contributory as |
| 1454s | someone from the beginning that's that's |
| 1455s | been really important |
| 1458s | and that's happening the community is |
| 1461s | really important you know the community |
| 1463s | is really what helps us drive it back in |
| 1465s | season one I think we only lasted like a |
| 1467s | hundred days |
| 1468s | um but back then uh servers it was 10 |
| 1472s | days was a meteor Run 10 days and Bam |
| 1474s | you're you're out the door uh so I mean |
| 1476s | it's as the community's grown and we've |
| 1479s | uh gotten gotten more people who agree |
| 1482s | with the framework we put forward each |
| 1484s | season gets more expansive lasts longer |
| 1487s | and draws more people and more people |
| 1489s | get hooked |
| 1493s | and we can see here some some miniature |
| 1496s | games as well |
| 1498s | um |
| 1499s | famous stream here with |
| 1502s | um |
| 1503s | that's cool |
| 1505s | how does the battleship work |
| 1508s | yeah game inside of a game uh I never I |
| 1512s | didn't quite finish that one yet |
| 1514s | um I the game's not loading anything |
| 1517s | uh so basically you would Place ashler |
| 1521s | pieces uh the white the sandstone and um |
| 1526s | uh sale uh against this this would be |
| 1529s | your ships and you have a coverage so |
| 1531s | people can't cheat and see where your |
| 1532s | ships are |
| 1533s | um |
| 1534s | but the yeah it's it's pretty simply |
| 1536s | just climb letters I'm just place blocks |
| 1539s | um a lot of my mini games |
| 1541s | um are based on block placement uh I |
| 1545s | actually have the whole spleefer in here |
| 1546s | too which I haven't seen in any other |
| 1548s | server |
| 1550s | that is pretty cool um yeah |
| 1553s | I didn't didn't realize that what that |
| 1555s | is that's um that's pretty smart that's |
| 1557s | cool |
| 1560s | I've got like a tiny little stream |
| 1562s | window in the corner of my screen so |
| 1565s | but yeah that's that's cool bacteria if |
| 1567s | you want to see that |
| 1571s | um |
| 1572s | yeah it's it's really impressive I mean |
| 1575s | like I can't say anything else really |
| 1577s | then then it's just it's amazing to see |
| 1579s | communities coming together like this |
| 1580s | and just |
| 1581s | pulling these amazing builds off and |
| 1585s | doing it with style really |
| 1588s | um |
| 1589s | and within an economy not like a |
| 1592s | Minecraft creative server yeah so I |
| 1594s | think that really that is really |
| 1596s | something else and something I enjoy to |
| 1598s | see personally from one season to the |
| 1600s | next |
| 1601s | yeah it's really just been that you know |
| 1603s | we we don't spawn anything in |
| 1606s | um this is as Earth mentioned like from |
| 1609s | the currency all the way through to the |
| 1611s | last tier four building block is through |
| 1613s | player generated labor and work |
| 1615s | everything is on a market economy at |
| 1618s | fair market prices |
| 1620s | um we you know we really do encourage |
| 1623s | that |
| 1624s | um kind of maximize capitalist economy |
| 1626s | here and just what yeah what the player |
| 1628s | basically pull off is just absolutely |
| 1630s | amazing |
| 1631s | you know we run various various events |
| 1633s | various things to try and uh motivate |
| 1636s | the the community to build things like |
| 1638s | here we have this Tower we have this |
| 1640s | concept of hey the four islands and the |
| 1642s | four governments you know the the |
| 1644s | meteors is coming you know our |
| 1646s | astrologists have said that hey this is |
| 1647s | this is something we need to be on the |
| 1648s | lookout for bring up your best defenses |
| 1650s | and we'll contract it out as a global |
| 1652s | defense weapon and that was kind of the |
| 1654s | the lore behind why some of these towers |
| 1656s | are created but just just various things |
| 1658s | to keep people creating and creating uh |
| 1661s | you know what they want to show the |
| 1662s | world |
| 1662s | yeah and you know that that tower that |
| 1665s | he has talked about it was also part of |
| 1667s | a uh you know because I'll say we jumped |
| 1670s | in advance of the all's uh Town County |
| 1673s | model that's coming up and so the the |
| 1675s | four continents kind of run as somewhat |
| 1679s | independent governments on this |
| 1681s | particular season |
| 1683s | and so with them each building their own |
| 1685s | Tower it was a little bit of a contest |
| 1687s | where the person that kind of built will |
| 1690s | say the best Tower there was some you |
| 1692s | know criteria behind what constitutes |
| 1694s | best uh they also got to design the |
| 1697s | roadway around Capitol Island the kind |
| 1700s | of the central island of the server so |
| 1702s | they got to design the roadway with uh |
| 1704s | whatever you know lights and and |
| 1706s | railings and whatever it is they wanted |
| 1708s | to put on that so the the winning |
| 1710s | continent that governor also received a |
| 1714s | portion of the revenue from laying down |
| 1717s | the blocks and creating that sort of |
| 1719s | loop around the capitol Island so you |
| 1723s | know we have these contests and things |
| 1724s | so it's like it gives them a reason to |
| 1727s | play there's a reason to do and then |
| 1729s | there's a kickback they they get some |
| 1730s | reward from that |
| 1733s | here for a second we got some |
| 1736s | we had some Underground |
| 1739s | underground stuff going on there as well |
| 1740s | just to kind of |
| 1744s | see how things are looking below the |
| 1746s | surface as things are quite excavated |
| 1748s | and it and the realities of all these |
| 1752s | nice builds and hollowing out yeah |
| 1756s | the ground there for all the materials |
| 1758s | used |
| 1760s | you can imagine you can get through a |
| 1762s | lot of materials over a like a couple of |
| 1765s | hundred day server |
| 1771s | we usually grow a pretty sizable slag |
| 1774s | mountain or a couple of them |
| 1779s | could we show them our tailings |
| 1782s | oh yeah I mean that's that's real |
| 1783s | progress |
| 1785s | so for say a new player coming in |
| 1789s | um you were mentioning just like you |
| 1792s | were you were kind of glossing over the |
| 1794s | um the superimposed |
| 1796s | kind of skill set restrictions |
| 1800s | um |
| 1801s | you want to just go over that a little |
| 1803s | bit on like more in detail of what type |
| 1806s | of restrictions are we talking about and |
| 1808s | you know how many Specialties you can |
| 1809s | pick and so on so forth |
| 1812s | yeah so it's it's definitely an |
| 1813s | iterative process is what we went |
| 1815s | through to kind of develop this out but |
| 1816s | generally what we call it is the super |
| 1818s | skill sets so what that generally means |
| 1822s | is if if you have a skill that plays |
| 1825s | into another skill generally they're not |
| 1827s | allowed we have some exceptions we even |
| 1829s | have some other skills that are not |
| 1831s | allowed to be paired together simply |
| 1833s | because they are too strong and they are |
| 1835s | that super skill which is the the name |
| 1838s | ontology of where that name came from |
| 1841s | um so what that really means is we want |
| 1843s | a minor to capitalize on mining be |
| 1845s | really well get to level seven on mining |
| 1847s | focus on setting up their their |
| 1849s | profession around that but they're not |
| 1851s | going to be able to just feed those ores |
| 1854s | into a blast furnace for their own |
| 1857s | smelting gain because this is an economy |
| 1859s | driven server so if we have a minor |
| 1863s | who's able to supply all their own or as |
| 1865s | a smelter as well then that really just |
| 1868s | takes out the market ability for any |
| 1870s | other Miner to enter that market there's |
| 1872s | a there's an inherent moat beyond the |
| 1874s | already existing modes of upgrades and |
| 1876s | leveling |
| 1877s | so what we sought to do there was just |
| 1880s | take that away and make it so that you |
| 1882s | had to participate in this economy you |
| 1884s | have to sell what you make and with the |
| 1887s | services that you provide in order for |
| 1889s | the next player to be um successful what |
| 1891s | they do and in doing that that's what we |
| 1894s | hope to to not have a moat not have a |
| 1896s | long-term mode where somebody's joining |
| 1898s | on day 150 and they're intimidated but |
| 1901s | we've really I think proven over this |
| 1903s | last year that that's not really the |
| 1904s | case we have players who join there's no |
| 1907s | special starter packs there's nothing |
| 1909s | that you get you start and you lay down |
| 1911s | your land and you start building and |
| 1913s | creating and enter the economy and those |
| 1915s | entry barriers are quite low uh you know |
| 1918s | players are encouraged to to sell every |
| 1920s | single item that they make and produce |
| 1923s | every single research paper they're able |
| 1925s | to and use their skills to gain |
| 1927s | resources on Dad speed we we try to |
| 1930s | focus on your labor is what's valuable |
| 1932s | not walking up to a table and just |
| 1934s | loading labor via your cheap calories |
| 1936s | onto the table but your time spent |
| 1938s | Gathering raw resources your time moving |
| 1941s | materials from one shop to another |
| 1943s | that's what we try to Value here and |
| 1945s | hopefully we provide that experience to |
| 1947s | players when they join they're able to |
| 1949s | enter into that economy at any level in |
| 1951s | any profession and it really is what |
| 1953s | keeps transactions in the server going |
| 1957s | um and and that plays into |
| 1959s | when you become abandoned as a player |
| 1961s | and as Earth was starting to mention |
| 1963s | there that your your assets are Stripped |
| 1966s | Away your money is stripped away and |
| 1968s | those resources are added back into the |
| 1970s | server so that even though we operate a |
| 1972s | large world that world would become |
| 1973s | overpopulated if we if we allowed |
| 1975s | everything to remain so we do that |
| 1977s | cleanup |
| 1979s | um of land resources and assets and |
| 1982s | players are able to jump back in and |
| 1984s | reclaim old lands you know my first oil |
| 1987s | drilling uh path that I started on this |
| 1989s | server on day one uh is now I believe |
| 1992s | just a general workshop and Cafe |
| 1998s | cool it's obviously working because like |
| 2001s | just anywhere you go on this map there's |
| 2003s | just an amazing |
| 2005s | like the infrastructure and the actual |
| 2007s | buildings and the decorative items |
| 2012s | it's um |
| 2014s | that's always been a thing like if you |
| 2016s | kind of jump into a server that's this |
| 2018s | far along it's it is very intimidating |
| 2021s | um or it can be so |
| 2024s | just those those |
| 2025s | um steps you've got set up there like |
| 2027s | it's um |
| 2028s | definitely seems to be working |
| 2031s | congrats yeah it's uh really you know |
| 2034s | like Sheamus said focusing on that labor |
| 2036s | we really want you to be able to go mine |
| 2038s | or go chop trees or we created like |
| 2041s | Earth talked about the transporter role |
| 2043s | which has been hugely important you know |
| 2045s | we've been able to allow a new player to |
| 2047s | just hey you can go sell a couple land |
| 2049s | claims you know or there's other ways |
| 2051s | you can go sell a couple of your starter |
| 2052s | land claims and you have enough to get a |
| 2053s | truck pretty quickly and you're able to |
| 2055s | start transporting goods around and that |
| 2057s | keeps that keeps all the stores churning |
| 2059s | and moving and the economy running |
| 2061s | everybody driving their trucks around |
| 2063s | and and uh you know getting those |
| 2065s | deliveries in place |
| 2070s | yeah I I concur with Toby they're like |
| 2073s | you know |
| 2074s | the recipe you have here is clearly very |
| 2077s | successful and is working quite well |
| 2080s | um |
| 2082s | and it's just outstanding to see |
| 2084s | everything that's been created and |
| 2088s | like you said it's the seventh cycle so |
| 2091s | it's been going on for quite a while |
| 2094s | um |
| 2096s | yeah it's just overall overall you know |
| 2100s | it's taking me back a bit because it's |
| 2103s | just there's so many things to look at |
| 2106s | and so many things to kind of |
| 2107s | investigate and see |
| 2109s | you know where where is this staircase |
| 2111s | leading down to and then it's a secret |
| 2114s | sneaky Hideaway Cafe or something and |
| 2117s | and just like you never know what's |
| 2118s | around the corner when you're walking |
| 2120s | around |
| 2121s | yeah no our players have found bedrock |
| 2125s | they have exploited Bedrock to the |
| 2127s | maximum extent |
| 2129s | um but yeah that's that's the beauty I |
| 2131s | think of Eco is really that |
| 2133s | we we have a recipe that we believe |
| 2135s | works for our community and there are |
| 2138s | many communities out there that want to |
| 2139s | have their specific game plays and and |
| 2142s | uh you know that's a reason why we've |
| 2144s | maintained this but also a reason why we |
| 2146s | just recently uh launched another server |
| 2148s | that we're also hosting called Mom speed |
| 2150s | is we we realize that you know Dad speed |
| 2152s | was made for that player who you know |
| 2155s | because Jimmy and myself we were kind of |
| 2157s | younger dads when we assumed we were |
| 2159s | still our younger devs but with very |
| 2161s | young children when we first started |
| 2163s | this because we just didn't have the |
| 2164s | time we did not have the time to |
| 2166s | participate in those 30-day runs We join |
| 2168s | on day one for three hours and by day |
| 2170s | four the next time we have time we're |
| 2173s | it's it we're overcome by by other |
| 2175s | events that made us not competitive in |
| 2177s | the market so that's what Dad speed was |
| 2179s | about it Still Remains today but we |
| 2182s | realized there are players out there who |
| 2183s | want to have that Speed Run they want to |
| 2184s | say hey let's go as fast as possible |
| 2186s | because on Dad speed we do everything we |
| 2188s | can to slow you down and to make sure |
| 2190s | that people are pulling carts for as |
| 2192s | long as possible so that's why we |
| 2194s | started mom speed where we took away |
| 2198s | um a bit of that but also with the dad |
| 2200s | speed challenges of slow skill gains one |
| 2203s | skill only but you can Team you can |
| 2206s | build uh with ever share whatever with |
| 2209s | whomever you want and you've got to |
| 2210s | build an insane laser recipe in 30 days |
| 2213s | and honestly I don't know if they're |
| 2215s | going to be able to hit it in 30 days |
| 2216s | and that's just one example of a very |
| 2219s | recent development that we're exploring |
| 2221s | to try and make sure that we can capture |
| 2223s | uh an experience in the dad speed |
| 2226s | ecosystem that can be used by anyone who |
| 2230s | steps in here and also keep people and |
| 2231s | players and aged for the years that we |
| 2234s | have and plan to keep hosting gaming |
| 2237s | environments for the community here |
| 2242s | oh yeah the the world size was |
| 2245s | impressively small as well |
| 2248s | or for the new experimental server |
| 2252s | yes I think you can run end to end in |
| 2254s | less than 300 meters around the equator |
| 2256s | it's it's quite small |
| 2259s | yeah so with that Mom speed or between |
| 2261s | the size and like I said just the slow |
| 2264s | very slow progression and then you've |
| 2268s | also as he said we've really jacked up |
| 2270s | what you need for the recipe for the |
| 2272s | laser so you got to put in some strange |
| 2274s | ingredients here you need like I don't |
| 2276s | know a thousand pairs of pants you know |
| 2278s | in there you know we kind of made it so |
| 2281s | every single skill has to contribute to |
| 2283s | the laser which keeps everyone involved |
| 2285s | right to the very end |
| 2287s | uh and so you know with that and the |
| 2290s | small size resources are now very |
| 2293s | limited and so you have to start to |
| 2295s | barter deals with your neighbor to mine |
| 2297s | under his shop you know and uh you guys |
| 2300s | have the housing thing I love the |
| 2301s | housing uh you know skill point thing |
| 2305s | that you have so now with limited space |
| 2308s | having a vertical high-rise apartment |
| 2310s | building and having one person on the |
| 2313s | server maybe supply three or four |
| 2315s | housing things housing benefits to |
| 2319s | other players that don't have the space |
| 2321s | because they're using their space for |
| 2322s | their workshop you know it kind of |
| 2324s | Fosters that gameplay even yeah now you |
| 2326s | can become a landlord |
| 2330s | yeah I think I think space is probably |
| 2333s | one of the |
| 2334s | one of the more underrated difficulty |
| 2337s | obstacles that a lot of servers |
| 2340s | never really run into in that particular |
| 2343s | level |
| 2345s | um because |
| 2347s | there's there's only really a couple of |
| 2349s | a couple of really dense servers where |
| 2351s | there's a large world where there's a |
| 2355s | high population that is super active |
| 2357s | enough to kind of fill that space |
| 2359s | whereas |
| 2361s | a server would say you know 20 30 active |
| 2364s | people playing on a one and a half |
| 2366s | kilometer two kilometer world is never |
| 2368s | going to run into space issues yeah you |
| 2370s | might butt heads with your neighbors a |
| 2371s | bit |
| 2372s | to you know have Monopoly of that |
| 2375s | cornfield or you know that specific |
| 2377s | super awesome oil spot |
| 2380s | um but you're always gonna be able to |
| 2382s | find the resources you require and the |
| 2385s | space you need to build your Workshop or |
| 2387s | your industrial kind of sector or even |
| 2389s | as you say residential housing |
| 2392s | to get those bonuses as well |
| 2394s | but on a smaller world where you're |
| 2397s | suddenly always kind of bumped up |
| 2399s | against someone and you need to either |
| 2401s | you know collaborate or come to an |
| 2404s | economical understanding about |
| 2406s | permissions or being allowed to do XYZ |
| 2410s | on that property is something that we |
| 2413s | took into consideration in particular |
| 2415s | for some of the Town stuff that we're |
| 2416s | working on so hopefully that'll that'll |
| 2419s | also present a lot of interesting |
| 2421s | aspects for you guys |
| 2422s | once we push that out to be able to do |
| 2425s | like localized loss or specific |
| 2428s | permission reasons |
| 2430s | um and I think that's that's an |
| 2431s | important aspect for us as from the |
| 2434s | development team to |
| 2435s | you know really keep in mind being all |
| 2438s | of these things and seeing kind of how |
| 2439s | space is also a limited resource |
| 2444s | um |
| 2445s | especially with those those those really |
| 2447s | really tough requirements that you put |
| 2448s | out |
| 2449s | uh no I I agree land land is underrated |
| 2452s | as it's kind of like in real life it's |
| 2455s | it's very much the the one limiting |
| 2457s | thing that you can't make more of in the |
| 2460s | game really it's kind of it's kind of |
| 2462s | there you know all on this Dad speed |
| 2465s | this long speed server we even uh |
| 2468s | created a agricultural landlord system |
| 2472s | here |
| 2474s | so you've got Farmers gatherers that are |
| 2477s | doing their thing but if a person that's |
| 2481s | not involved in agriculture you know |
| 2483s | they're a smelter and a tailor or |
| 2485s | something uh they but they have some |
| 2487s | extra land they have some you know |
| 2489s | they've been making good money they buy |
| 2490s | some land and it's a good agricultural |
| 2492s | land they can rent that out we have some |
| 2495s | laws in place we've leveraged the Great |
| 2498s | Law system to allow them to become an |
| 2500s | agricultural landlord and so they can |
| 2503s | sort of rent their land out for |
| 2505s | agricultural use by those other players |
| 2508s | so you know again just kind of providing |
| 2510s | another opportunity there for because |
| 2511s | here on this long-term server Big World |
| 2514s | lots of space so use the space and let |
| 2518s | people have fun with uh again sort of |
| 2521s | making a tertiary sort of unnamed skill |
| 2524s | as a landlord |
| 2527s | I know that really comes into a very |
| 2529s | difficult part you know of how do you |
| 2530s | manage Mining rights |
| 2532s | um you know do I want a player to just |
| 2534s | be in the mind but not have access to my |
| 2537s | chests above and trying to navigate that |
| 2539s | through both you know development uh as |
| 2542s | a core part of the game as well as just |
| 2544s | you know a law implementation I can only |
| 2546s | imagine |
| 2548s | um but you know we we tried to we try to |
| 2550s | do our best to kind of navigate through |
| 2552s | those limitations here on bad speed and |
| 2554s | and make sure that our ethos is held up |
| 2557s | but also players are you know effective |
| 2560s | contributors into the economy |
| 2563s | um you know and as you can kind of see |
| 2564s | here with with some of the things that |
| 2566s | we've got we have certain rules like we |
| 2568s | have a physics rule in the game where |
| 2570s | you know we have it as you know no |
| 2571s | floating structure things have to be you |
| 2574s | know reasonably uh you know adhering to |
| 2576s | the laws of physics so that required |
| 2579s | bridge is you know Bridges weren't |
| 2580s | allowed on the server for the first |
| 2583s | um you know x amount of days until the |
| 2585s | proper supports could be made because |
| 2586s | human logs couldn't support a bridge it |
| 2588s | had to be Stone and it had to be certain |
| 2590s | tiers |
| 2591s | um and you know because of all that |
| 2593s | people are are ramping up materials and |
| 2595s | pumping CO2 into the world and we've |
| 2598s | jacked up CO2 production |
| 2600s | um and and we really made it so that it |
| 2603s | was going to be challenging and it was I |
| 2604s | mean how many meters of sea rise did we |
| 2606s | have this season |
| 2608s | I don't think we saw any this season run |
| 2610s | we got close |
| 2612s | very close here yeah |
| 2615s | um but yeah that just kind of goes into |
| 2618s | um you know making it challenging enough |
| 2619s | uh that it you remain engaged long term |
| 2623s | but also that you know it is achievable |
| 2625s | it is not an impossible task which I |
| 2627s | think is something that remains to be |
| 2629s | seen on Mom speed we'll see how we did |
| 2630s | on that one |
| 2632s | uh but yeah |
| 2635s | no it's looking it's looking quite nice |
| 2637s | and on on the the sea level threat I see |
| 2640s | that you built a defensive Quay |
| 2643s | along the entire Coastline just gonna |
| 2646s | protective measure yeah I remember the |
| 2649s | chat was crazy |
| 2650s | lessons learned from last season yeah |
| 2655s | yeah there was some sea rides there and |
| 2657s | I think the chat was just going insane |
| 2659s | with like oh my God we're at this people |
| 2660s | they passed laws you know you can't run |
| 2662s | or you get taxed if your machines are |
| 2664s | running when the global parts per |
| 2666s | millionaire is at a certain level |
| 2669s | um but yeah the players were able I mean |
| 2670s | that was player driven you know as |
| 2672s | admins we did nothing we just sat by in |
| 2674s | fact I think I was pumping my oil |
| 2677s | um refineries as much as I could uh |
| 2679s | because I had to play in the economy I |
| 2680s | had to get money and here's my old oil |
| 2682s | refining pad which is no longer an oil |
| 2684s | refining pad it is it is now a comfy |
| 2687s | little Lounge to sit in and read your |
| 2688s | books reclaimed by a new player |
| 2692s | yeah quite amazing and you know we we |
| 2695s | try to also have the best experience for |
| 2697s | players you know we run this this server |
| 2699s | is as stripped down as as possible on a |
| 2702s | dedicated |
| 2703s | um bare metal Linux box top of the line |
| 2706s | Hardware uh upgraded every time the |
| 2708s | provider has a major upgrade and really |
| 2711s | just trying to provide that that best |
| 2712s | user experience possible |
| 2715s | foreign |
| 2722s | management and and you guys are clearly |
| 2725s | putting in you know a |
| 2727s | lot of heart into it making sure that |
| 2729s | everyone is having a good time and |
| 2730s | making sure that people are behaving and |
| 2732s | kind of adhering through the rules that |
| 2735s | you've set forth um and so on |
| 2738s | um so it's it's |
| 2740s | an amazement to just you know watch this |
| 2744s | um |
| 2748s | yeah on Toby are you getting some some |
| 2750s | fancy inspiration here from |
| 2753s | watching all of the block usage and then |
| 2757s | yeah pretty much everywhere I go it's |
| 2759s | like |
| 2761s | discovering new ways to use things which |
| 2763s | is really cool |
| 2765s | um I actually have a question like how |
| 2767s | much longer is This Server Like This |
| 2770s | cycle Gonna Last for do you think is it |
| 2772s | like kind of winding down are you gonna |
| 2774s | keep going with it |
| 2776s | yeah I know great question uh we're |
| 2778s | gonna blow it up with the meteor here on |
| 2780s | the live stream no just kidding |
| 2782s | um |
| 2783s | we are |
| 2787s | well like we could we have backups right |
| 2790s | so I could just reload it back up |
| 2792s | um but the server would crash I think I |
| 2795s | mean season seven hands down is our |
| 2796s | biggest our best going the longest also |
| 2799s | some of the most amazing Creations I've |
| 2801s | ever seen in Eco so you know from an |
| 2804s | active user perspective we're definitely |
| 2805s | down but it's hard to say you know how |
| 2807s | much longer we're really going to keep |
| 2808s | it up and running but we're open to |
| 2810s | player feedback that's why we started |
| 2812s | mom speed was to give something else to |
| 2814s | do while still having the long term so I |
| 2817s | mean I wouldn't be too surprised if this |
| 2820s | lasts still a couple of more months but |
| 2822s | if the player community comes together |
| 2823s | and says hey we're really this has been |
| 2825s | really great we've enjoyed it we're but |
| 2828s | we're ready for the next one and full |
| 2829s | transparency and availability with all |
| 2832s | this I post on a publicly available |
| 2835s | Dropbox all the server files when we're |
| 2837s | done so that players can go ahead if |
| 2839s | they if they because they should cherish |
| 2841s | their their Creations so we have that as |
| 2844s | a possibility for them to get the server |
| 2845s | files and uh and go ahead and relive |
| 2848s | these experiences even far after the |
| 2850s | season's over |
| 2851s | that's great you've got the twitch chat |
| 2854s | going on with we want to hit that full |
| 2856s | year of the cycle |
| 2860s | but clearly yeah for sure I want to keep |
| 2862s | going |
| 2867s | yeah this much meal here is |
| 2869s | smell here is definitely on team 365. |
| 2873s | yeah it's very 65 seems like a good goal |
| 2876s | and then once that happens then I think |
| 2878s | it's open to do it if we feel like |
| 2881s | yeah but I'd say um you know with the |
| 2884s | time we have left if you want to shmeel |
| 2886s | an armor tone if you guys want to show |
| 2887s | off some specific Creations that'd be |
| 2890s | great and then you know the rest of the |
| 2891s | strange Loop team just keep firing away |
| 2893s | questions |
| 2896s | okay so we're here on uh on Twin Peaks |
| 2900s | and uh I'm just gonna show off uh once |
| 2903s | it loads our uh Power Plant build there |
| 2907s | you want to try doing that of course |
| 2909s | flash reload or slash record and |
| 2913s | hide the hood |
| 2915s | if that might make it a little bit more |
| 2919s | more smooth |
| 2929s | it's kind of force slowing you down |
| 2933s | so here's a community collab build that |
| 2936s | we did as a group |
| 2949s | yeah like the power plant is is looking |
| 2952s | pretty neat |
| 2953s | no |
| 2955s | with the with our new fancy generator |
| 2958s | that's probably gonna need to be a bit |
| 2959s | bigger |
| 2961s | uh yeah yeah we we would have liked it |
| 2963s | to have been a lot bigger but |
| 2965s | um the range restriction on the chimneys |
| 2967s | and the machines was sort of a limiting |
| 2969s | factor |
| 2970s | so that would be something cool to see |
| 2972s | in the future yeah |
| 2974s | yeah the new uh the new kind of end game |
| 2978s | liquid power generators is a lot bigger |
| 2981s | than the combustion generator |
| 2983s | here's a lot bigger |
| 2987s | the um |
| 2989s | did we get to see the big uh suspension |
| 2991s | bridge on the uh |
| 2993s | road to Amazonia I believe so yeah |
| 2997s | okay cool |
| 2999s | let me see you got the percher embassy |
| 3001s | at Cadbury Bridge |
| 3004s | show off |
| 3006s | with oh I'll show the TP Town Hall |
| 3012s | did uh we get to see that |
| 3018s | thing too |
| 3021s | no one's pointing out with demanding |
| 3023s | toilets and |
| 3026s | something something about an underwater |
| 3029s | oh no I should please show that |
| 3033s | yeah yeah so um toilet is amazing |
| 3036s | let's get to the toilet |
| 3039s | let's see is there is there clay |
| 3042s | yeah |
| 3044s | you can see it from space |
| 3048s | I am I am slightly terrified now |
| 3052s | um on on the power subject someone was |
| 3055s | asking for uh to to ask Toby about |
| 3060s | um a way to kind of track how much power |
| 3061s | is being used by players so they can |
| 3063s | build central power plants and kind of |
| 3064s | charge for power usage and so on |
| 3067s | um it's definitely something that we're |
| 3068s | looking into and I know Thomas with his |
| 3071s | expanded |
| 3073s | he's expanded |
| 3076s | um Civics mod |
| 3077s | I I cannot for the life of me remember |
| 3079s | what it's explicitly called |
| 3083s | um but |
| 3084s | he um he has some of those |
| 3087s | added in so they can track power usage |
| 3090s | and consumption for users and and what |
| 3092s | Appliance they're coming from |
| 3095s | um |
| 3096s | but it's definitely something that we're |
| 3098s | looking on from a utilitarian standpoint |
| 3099s | from natively in in vanilla |
| 3104s | but that is okay we've got the uh toilet |
| 3108s | complete with uh flushing handle |
| 3114s | it has a |
| 3115s | a system full of water |
| 3119s | that was going to be my next question |
| 3120s | does it have water in it absolutely |
| 3123s | it's got water in the bowl |
| 3125s | and when it's full there's a very large |
| 3128s | amount of uh play |
| 3130s | looks like some managed to get on the uh |
| 3132s | side of the bowl there as well for some |
| 3133s | reason |
| 3135s | we'll get the dadville utilities |
| 3137s | division over there to clean that up |
| 3139s | absolutely |
| 3141s | foreign |
| 3143s | a lot of Seasons we've had different |
| 3145s | roles we've had uh you know we have had |
| 3148s | people that are you know more dedicated |
| 3150s | to like the highways like a department |
| 3152s | of highway administrator there's been |
| 3155s | roles around uh you know |
| 3158s | ecological conservation that are more |
| 3160s | around continuing to maintain forests |
| 3163s | and things like that uh you know this |
| 3166s | season was different in that we did |
| 3168s | divide it up into the four continents so |
| 3171s | the central government took a very light |
| 3174s | role one once we kind of got a lot of |
| 3177s | the core things in place it was really |
| 3180s | turned over to the four governors of |
| 3182s | each one of the continents to kind of |
| 3186s | administer and run things as they saw |
| 3188s | fit on their continent so there was a |
| 3190s | lot of |
| 3192s | it was a little bit of light competition |
| 3195s | going on there |
| 3196s | because one of the things we set up in |
| 3199s | our tax system |
| 3200s | was that uh if you the more population |
| 3204s | your continent had |
| 3206s | is good because you're generating a lot |
| 3208s | of stuff |
| 3209s | but you're you didn't get as much |
| 3212s | Kickback from the government in terms of |
| 3214s | like uh money |
| 3216s | from things so he had a very very small |
| 3218s | trickle from the outside whereas if your |
| 3221s | continent was small maybe struggling |
| 3222s | didn't have many people on it not a lot |
| 3224s | of production you got a much higher kind |
| 3227s | of subsidy and Kickback from the |
| 3228s | government so it was uh you know do you |
| 3231s | want to live and have your Workshop uh |
| 3234s | you know in a place where you're highly |
| 3235s | government subsidized or not you know so |
| 3238s | there's a lot of player choices in where |
| 3240s | you live and where you build your shop |
| 3242s | you know that kind of thing |
| 3245s | I really want to show off this some |
| 3247s | Wonder wolf sort of amusement park which |
| 3249s | was sort of like a destination players |
| 3252s | could visit and actually interact with |
| 3253s | things |
| 3255s | um so there was supposed to be like some |
| 3257s | food shops and |
| 3258s | and then you could do a um hunting |
| 3262s | a game where you'd shoot arrows through |
| 3264s | the uh through the waterfall and hope to |
| 3267s | hit a Target |
| 3270s | and then there was a a wheelbarrow race |
| 3273s | track where you'd get that awfully |
| 3274s | difficult to control wheelbarrow and try |
| 3276s | and get around this sort of |
| 3278s | little track here and it was surprising |
| 3280s | the high school game high school game |
| 3282s | yeah yeah |
| 3284s | and uh then there was a really cool |
| 3287s | water slide so you'd climb up just like |
| 3290s | you would at a at a Fair amusement park |
| 3292s | and then there was water that had been |
| 3294s | channeled through |
| 3296s | the blocks all the way down |
| 3300s | to a slide into the water and then you'd |
| 3302s | sort of go through an underground tunnel |
| 3307s | um |
| 3308s | and then there was even a sauna |
| 3310s | underneath |
| 3312s | complete with a cloak room |
| 3314s | towels |
| 3317s | and uh and then also just nearby |
| 3321s | obviously a bus stop of course so you |
| 3323s | can |
| 3324s | get to the Wonder Wharf and uh a ferris |
| 3328s | wheel |
| 3329s | as well of course |
| 3331s | not complete without a ferris wheel |
| 3334s | like I said that even even underground |
| 3336s | you've got sneaky things hidden away |
| 3338s | like that sauna just like amazing |
| 3342s | amazing clever use of some of these |
| 3344s | things |
| 3345s | and yeah you know speaking to some of |
| 3348s | that uh underground cleverness you know |
| 3350s | I remember early on in the in the |
| 3352s | beginning parts of this run we had the |
| 3354s | various islands and the rule from the |
| 3356s | government was hey we don't have the |
| 3357s | technology to build the bridges and you |
| 3359s | know so that meant that some players had |
| 3361s | some interesting decisions because they |
| 3363s | were playing with friends and maybe they |
| 3364s | settled on different islands and then |
| 3366s | they couldn't go trade with one another |
| 3367s | easily so you know one of the rules we |
| 3369s | had was like Hey physics we have to |
| 3371s | operate in physics there has to be a |
| 3372s | bridge you have to build it so the |
| 3374s | players got crafty and as you can see |
| 3375s | here they went underground and they |
| 3379s | built a tunnel system that went under |
| 3381s | the water and connected these two |
| 3384s | islands together with ramp so that they |
| 3387s | could cart their uh little wooden carts |
| 3390s | full of ore in a tunnel that was not |
| 3393s | full of water therefore they were |
| 3394s | adhering to physics so they it was |
| 3396s | interesting because they accomplished |
| 3397s | our intent of of living within the world |
| 3400s | of physics building this watertight |
| 3402s | tunnel but also not breaking the rules |
| 3405s | of of having a bridge so it's really |
| 3406s | great to kind of see those player |
| 3408s | Solutions because those government |
| 3409s | issues and problems that come up |
| 3412s | yeah it's |
| 3416s | quite uh so uh |
| 3418s | are we uh on my stream at the moment |
| 3421s | yeah |
| 3423s | so uh some players on um the Olympus uh |
| 3427s | Island decided that they would um |
| 3429s | build a huge underground uh production |
| 3432s | place for all their uh polluting |
| 3434s | Industries so a lot of this was started |
| 3437s | to be carved out by hand |
| 3439s | but it was and it was themed around like |
| 3442s | a dwarven-esque style |
| 3445s | um so you ended up with some very woven |
| 3447s | looking buildings I don't know some of |
| 3448s | the rules for no electrical lighting |
| 3452s | um and they lined it with stone pillars |
| 3456s | as you can see just carved out of the |
| 3458s | Rock |
| 3460s | and uh |
| 3461s | just a really cool |
| 3463s | deep underground environment that the |
| 3465s | idea the RP idea behind it was to |
| 3467s | contain the pollution |
| 3470s | to somewhere that wasn't near |
| 3473s | farms and nature or anything like that |
| 3477s | and then they put like a large |
| 3478s | underground power plant under here as |
| 3480s | well |
| 3482s | [Music] |
| 3485s | oh yeah |
| 3487s | for the follow-up shelter |
| 3491s | yeah yeah so we had a uh another player |
| 3494s | created a fallout shelter and that was |
| 3497s | uh they started building it uh really |
| 3500s | early on |
| 3501s | I think before well before skid steers |
| 3504s | and trucks |
| 3505s | it was started to be excavated by hand |
| 3508s | as you can see Hobbs here controlling |
| 3509s | the elevator |
| 3511s | we'll take the shortcut down |
| 3513s | to bedrock |
| 3516s | and as you can see very much a fallout |
| 3518s | shelter |
| 3520s | style of Entry |
| 3523s | with some RP signs |
| 3527s | Alt 17. |
| 3529s | lined with steel |
| 3533s | and all the different themed rooms |
| 3536s | that deep underground here at the uh |
| 3538s | zero elevation I know where I'm going |
| 3541s | when the meteor drops |
| 3543s | yep |
| 3545s | I think you'd be safe in here |
| 3548s | maybe possibly |
| 3550s | um no that's not I thought it kind of |
| 3551s | outro we're running into the end of |
| 3555s | end of the stream here |
| 3557s | um just as a |
| 3558s | quick note that had a add a thought and |
| 3561s | then I kind of lost it |
| 3564s | um |
| 3564s | on the topic of governments as we were |
| 3568s | talking a little bit previously |
| 3571s | um mentioning on kind of government sort |
| 3573s | of handling everything and managing and |
| 3576s | and so on so forth |
| 3579s | how is the government kind of handling |
| 3582s | player leaving player joining and kind |
| 3585s | of replacement because I'm assuming that |
| 3586s | not everyone is not the original |
| 3588s | government is going to stick around or |
| 3591s | and keep themselves occupied with the |
| 3593s | same |
| 3594s | same job throughout the entire cycle as |
| 3597s | I'm presuming that some of the positions |
| 3599s | are being changed out and and different |
| 3601s | people are doing them |
| 3603s | yeah so we we looked at this from you |
| 3607s | know earlier on we had a lot of good |
| 3608s | feedback from the community that you |
| 3609s | know they were they were tired in their |
| 3611s | skills because it was two skills only |
| 3612s | when you get to 100 day 200 you get |
| 3615s | tired I'm just doing the same thing so |
| 3617s | we implemented a re-education program |
| 3620s | that allowed players to you have to Max |
| 3622s | to level seven you have to trade in all |
| 3624s | of your tables all of your upgrades and |
| 3626s | all excess materials of that skill |
| 3628s | traded in and the government takes it |
| 3630s | the government blows it up at its uh |
| 3633s | um |
| 3634s | unexploded Ordnance Center and then |
| 3637s | you're gifted a new skill |
| 3639s | and that helps players who remain to be |
| 3642s | continuously re-energizing new things |
| 3643s | then as players just simply leave and |
| 3646s | depart the server and they they enter I |
| 3648s | think we have it in about a month |
| 3650s | um when they hit abandoned status but |
| 3651s | then we still have kind of a manual |
| 3653s | review of okay we've reached out to this |
| 3655s | player we've pinged them directly on |
| 3657s | Discord a couple of times no response or |
| 3659s | they came back and said hey thanks guys |
| 3661s | but I'm gonna go ahead and call it quits |
| 3662s | you can go ahead and delete my stuff and |
| 3664s | then we have workers that are energized |
| 3667s | in from the government to go and remove |
| 3669s | their claims they physically there's no |
| 3671s | admin going around with the dev tool |
| 3672s | deleting their stuff we the government |
| 3674s | pays players to put in their labor to go |
| 3677s | take down that player structure to go |
| 3680s | and uh pull up all those materials and a |
| 3683s | government officer comes and pulls up |
| 3684s | the claims and they auction off that |
| 3686s | land if needed or they simply unclaim it |
| 3688s | and it's for the next person to grab |
| 3690s | onto and that's how we deal with the |
| 3692s | kind of player recycling over the the |
| 3693s | hundreds of days |
| 3695s | well and then as far as the government's |
| 3697s | concerned we we encourage open elections |
| 3700s | you know so there's nothing that says if |
| 3702s | you're a governor there's nothing that |
| 3703s | stops somebody else after you're after a |
| 3705s | couple weeks when your term is up to to |
| 3708s | pick you out you know and run it run an |
| 3711s | election run a campaign so we get we get |
| 3713s | fresh people in the government |
| 3715s | um you know throughout the season so |
| 3717s | usually you know we're we had a world |
| 3719s | leader in the beginning of the season |
| 3721s | and he he stepped down and we've had |
| 3723s | different Governors throughout the |
| 3724s | season so um we always kind of get the |
| 3727s | the fresh meat in there in the |
| 3729s | government too and we provide kind of |
| 3731s | some basic Frameworks like Sheamus was |
| 3733s | talking about with the re-education |
| 3734s | program that's just a basic thing that |
| 3736s | we provide to help players stay |
| 3738s | interested but at the same time we allow |
| 3741s | this rotation of the players within the |
| 3743s | government |
| 3745s | their own ideas at the table and we like |
| 3747s | to encourage player Freedom not |
| 3750s | restrictions we like to encourage |
| 3752s | freedoms and encourage better behaviors |
| 3755s | that we want to see or the the gameplay |
| 3757s | that we kind of agree with you know we |
| 3760s | like to incentivize instead of you know |
| 3763s | just flat prevents that's usually from |
| 3765s | an admin perspective that's what we look |
| 3767s | at is let's make sure we're not crushing |
| 3770s | player Freedom we want the players to be |
| 3771s | able to do what they want and we want a |
| 3773s | government that's engaged and free |
| 3776s | elections and it's kind of one of our |
| 3778s | foundation pieces |
| 3782s | yeah I think |
| 3783s | that was a good summary of it |
| 3786s | um |
| 3787s | we've got someone asking shmuel to take |
| 3790s | a look at |
| 3791s | pumpkin and Olympus Town Hall |
| 3795s | um okay |
| 3798s | I'm guessing that's one of the persons |
| 3800s | involved in building it or someone that |
| 3802s | just really likes to build |
| 3805s | um getting over there now |
| 3807s | you got |
| 3811s | a minute or the remaining and then |
| 3815s | probably gonna start you want to have a |
| 3816s | look at any of the laws |
| 3819s | um I was gonna I was gonna check in on |
| 3821s | like most servers that run longer time |
| 3824s | or kind of involved into not your kind |
| 3827s | of standard |
| 3828s | under cycled |
| 3832s | um there was usually run with |
| 3834s | a whole bunch of different mods and and |
| 3837s | kind of custom recipes or just general |
| 3839s | content mods and and so on so forth |
| 3843s | and I believe you're you guys approach |
| 3844s | has been kind of hands off on that just |
| 3846s | to |
| 3848s | got a few |
| 3850s | I believe |
| 3853s | we have any yeah other like main mods |
| 3858s | that other servers use I think most of |
| 3859s | ours are actually all in-house |
| 3862s | yeah Jimmy manages our our mod team you |
| 3864s | could probably speak a little bit to |
| 3865s | that of what they've implemented very |
| 3867s | light though |
| 3868s | yeah it's mostly we we try to balance |
| 3871s | some things one of the things we've done |
| 3872s | is kind of taken away the skill books to |
| 3876s | make it so you can't just pump out |
| 3878s | infinite skill Scrolls so that was one |
| 3879s | of the first things we've done |
| 3882s | um you know and there's just been some |
| 3883s | some minor adjustments to the recipes |
| 3886s | such as having like clay involved in the |
| 3890s | in the iron recipe and the bloomery and |
| 3892s | then pots involved in the iron recipes |
| 3894s | at the blast furnace to help tie in some |
| 3898s | other |
| 3899s | um professions with that |
| 3902s | um and and we've seen some good success |
| 3903s | with that now it you know as we the |
| 3906s | season goes on we've had to make some |
| 3907s | other adjustments you know because maybe |
| 3909s | something we were too heavy-handed on |
| 3911s | and we had to maybe bring it down or we |
| 3914s | had to come up with ways to create clay |
| 3916s | because Clay is kind of hard to dig so |
| 3920s | um you know very minimal |
| 3923s | um we do have a pretty good member on |
| 3925s | The Mod team who's helped also balance |
| 3928s | some things like with the oil |
| 3930s | um like some people have had some an oil |
| 3932s | spot where you can get you know an |
| 3934s | incredible amount of oil if you pick |
| 3936s | just the perfect spot so we've kind of |
| 3938s | brought that cap down and brought the |
| 3941s | lower part up so it's more fair and |
| 3944s | getting that Prime oil spot isn't such a |
| 3947s | boon for that one person who managed to |
| 3949s | claim it or if somebody who didn't you |
| 3951s | know somebody who's not even involved in |
| 3953s | oil claims that oil spot and the whole |
| 3955s | server screwed you know so we've kind of |
| 3957s | brought the Caps down made sure there's |
| 3960s | a cap on it and brought the lows up |
| 3962s | um you know and we've we've done a |
| 3964s | couple other minor adjustments and we're |
| 3966s | constantly experimenting especially with |
| 3968s | Mom speed we're looking at adjusting you |
| 3971s | know how calorie consumption works and |
| 3973s | that's kind of where we're currently |
| 3974s | trying to tackle with what the mod team |
| 3976s | can do |
| 3980s | nice sounding something quite quite |
| 3982s | exciting and |
| 3983s | I'll definitely gonna keep an eye out on |
| 3986s | seeing what that results in because |
| 3988s | that's |
| 3989s | only one of the biggest interests for me |
| 3991s | outside of the Fantastic builds you guys |
| 3993s | have |
| 3995s | um just from my main balance perspective |
| 3997s | because there's a lot of |
| 3999s | a lot of changes that are similar to |
| 4001s | those revolving into 10 where some some |
| 4004s | new interdependencies between things are |
| 4006s | going to come up |
| 4008s | I might not appreciate some of those |
| 4010s | changes but I think they're gonna be |
| 4013s | quite fun for a lot of players and and |
| 4015s | combine more of them |
| 4019s | um and especially having that |
| 4020s | interdependency more between different |
| 4022s | professions especially over some |
| 4025s | branches that might not be apparently |
| 4028s | involved in in one another |
| 4031s | um as you mentioned like clay involved |
| 4033s | in in smelting is |
| 4035s | um an interesting kind of crossover that |
| 4037s | ties in some of the brick working in |
| 4040s | there |
| 4042s | um |
| 4044s | and we tried to make it realistically |
| 4047s | yeah it's like molds you know mold for |
| 4049s | your clay bars or something like that so |
| 4052s | you know that's kind of why we decided |
| 4054s | to add clay and and we wanted to you |
| 4056s | know we understand that it's not going |
| 4058s | to be perfect |
| 4059s | um but we just want to make sure that we |
| 4061s | have those opportunities as Earth have |
| 4063s | talked about for the long duration you |
| 4065s | know and and brick you know Brick Layers |
| 4068s | tend to kind of fall out but iron is |
| 4070s | from you know the second you smelt your |
| 4072s | first iron bar to the moment that meteor |
| 4075s | drops you need iron you know so that was |
| 4078s | a great way to tackle a problem we felt |
| 4081s | they're not really a problem but a |
| 4083s | balancing for a whole nother profession |
| 4085s | keep them relevant throughout yeah |
| 4088s | yeah I know I I really appreciate the uh |
| 4092s | the effort to dig into that that |
| 4095s | particular beast on the gameplay aspect |
| 4097s | of it because it is it is quite a |
| 4101s | heavy hitting potential where it's it's |
| 4104s | a hit or miss or |
| 4106s | things go wildly out of control one way |
| 4109s | or another |
| 4111s | um and that's always exciting from a |
| 4113s | player's perspective but also from from |
| 4114s | actually doing the changes as well where |
| 4117s | minor tweak that might seem |
| 4119s | insignificant and can turn out to be an |
| 4122s | astronomically impacting decision |
| 4126s | it's it's |
| 4128s | quite quite impressive to seeing |
| 4131s | everyone that |
| 4132s | does dabble in it |
| 4135s | um have it kind of result and pan out so |
| 4137s | greatly |
| 4141s | [Music] |
| 4146s | yeah |
| 4147s | I think we're |
| 4149s | leading towards the end here |
| 4152s | we're up on |
| 4154s | lightly past an hour |
| 4156s | it's been an absolute blast |
| 4159s | cruising along here and talking to you |
| 4160s | guys |
| 4164s | oh no we we very much appreciate the |
| 4167s | invitation and you know the ability to |
| 4169s | kind of showcase a lot of the work you |
| 4170s | and your team have done for years of of |
| 4173s | equaling what this long-term gameplay |
| 4176s | style can can show off in a you know not |
| 4180s | creative not spawned in |
| 4182s | mechanic of people who want to play and |
| 4185s | people who want to build and create so |
| 4187s | it's been fantastic we've and we we very |
| 4190s | much appreciate your uh your attention |
| 4192s | and your support throughout |
| 4194s | yeah and |
| 4196s | with that comment I'll also kind of open |
| 4198s | up and make sure that |
| 4201s | I followed Denny's instruction here with |
| 4203s | making sure that everyone is aware that |
| 4205s | if you have |
| 4208s | anyone in general has a server that |
| 4210s | they're responsible for or |
| 4213s | administrating and so on talk to your |
| 4217s | server owner and so on if you |
| 4220s | want to have it showcased and |
| 4222s | run over and chat with us in the team |
| 4225s | and |
| 4226s | going through what what is making their |
| 4229s | world special and |
| 4233s | if if it's just to show off builds and |
| 4236s | cool things that that you've |
| 4237s | accomplished during their your cycle |
| 4240s | progression |
| 4242s | um if then it's a DM with details and |
| 4246s | we can discuss it further uh he's he's |
| 4249s | on a bit of a vacation so he'll he's not |
| 4252s | super active in respondents to it but |
| 4254s | he'll |
| 4255s | let me get back to everyone that has |
| 4257s | messaged him as soon as he gets back |
| 4261s | yeah make sure you send lots of messages |
| 4262s | so when he gets back there's |
| 4265s | huge amount to drill through sorry |
| 4268s | Dennis |
| 4271s | yes and thanks for letting me uh kind of |
| 4274s | talk about things I am really excited |
| 4275s | about what these guys have done here |
| 4277s | it's amazing |
| 4281s | yeah no I think |
| 4284s | I think we're |
| 4286s | wrapping this up and once again thank |
| 4289s | you for showing us your amazing builds |
| 4291s | and what you've done with me with the |
| 4293s | game |
| 4294s | um and I just wish you |
| 4297s | the best of luck and |
| 4301s | happy continuation with these successful |
| 4304s | Cycles it's I'm always stoked you're |
| 4307s | gonna see screenshots coming out of that |
| 4308s | speed when they're getting posted on on |
| 4310s | the media channels on Discord and |
| 4314s | um |
| 4314s | and and this this turned very dark very |
| 4317s | quickly |
| 4318s | um |
| 4320s | yeah it's been awesome |
| 4323s | um |
| 4323s | looking forward to seeing what you guys |
| 4325s | accomplish in the future |
| 4327s | and I say one thing real quick yeah go |
| 4330s | ahead |
| 4332s | um just a |
| 4333s | just so everybody knows anybody that's |
| 4336s | looking to maybe try out her server |
| 4339s | um there is a lot to do don't don't be |
| 4341s | dissuaded by the big builds there's |
| 4344s | still a lot to do |
| 4347s | you will have no problem getting started |
| 4349s | uh every Royal Goods profession is paid |
| 4352s | almost equally it's great |
| 4354s | we have done a lot of work with making |
| 4356s | sure that new players are very welcome |
| 4358s | here |
| 4362s | yeah yeah so please come on down and |
| 4365s | join us on Dad speed create a dad speed |
| 4367s | and Mom speed uh character at the same |
| 4369s | time and uh participate in both worlds |
| 4372s | you will be employed and put to work |
| 4375s | trust us |
| 4379s | yeah I think I think I'll be stopping by |
| 4381s | dad speed from time to time it's um I |
| 4384s | don't get a lot of |
| 4385s | like intense time to put into a cycle so |
| 4388s | I tend to like get busy with work and |
| 4391s | then fall out |
| 4393s | um so this looks like a good speed for |
| 4394s | me |
| 4397s | outstanding yeah come on down we'll be |
| 4400s | here |
| 4403s | yeah with that |
| 4405s | um I thank everyone for watching and |
| 4408s | we'll we'll probably have some exciting |
| 4412s | things coming next week maybe |
| 4414s | oh over the the streaming schedule and |
| 4417s | make sure we get some announcement for |
| 4419s | some some of the things and |
| 4421s | we'll uh only go over some of the some |
| 4424s | of the sneaky new things that are coming |
| 4426s | in 10 |
| 4427s | um in one of the upcoming streams that |
| 4429s | we haven't really discussed that much |
| 4430s | about so do keep tuned to news and and |
| 4434s | information flow that's coming out and |
| 4437s | it will catch you on the next stream |
| 4441s | thanks very much all right thanks have a |
| 4444s | great evening morning day |
| 4446s | later bye |
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