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| 10s | friends Raiders Appalachians and |
| 13s | everyone in between welcome back to part |
| 15s | two of our Atlantic City developer Deep |
| 17s | dive last week we covered the history |
| 19s | location and the people of Atlantic City |
| 22s | if you missed it you can go ahead and |
| 24s | watch it somewhere in this General |
| 26s | vicinity our editing team will put a |
| 29s | clickable link for you and it'll take |
| 31s | you right there it's magic |
| 32s | not really magic it would be fun if it |
| 34s | was I'm your host and Community manager |
| 36s | lady Devon and this week I am joined by |
| 38s | Christian Shepard lead animator hi |
| 42s | Stephanie Kate's gameplay engineer hello |
| 46s | and Jay Espinoza our lead systems |
| 49s | designer hi there |
| 51s | hi Christian Stephanie J thank you all |
| 54s | so much for taking time out of your |
| 56s | super busy day to be interrogated I mean |
| 59s | interviewed about the new and exciting |
| 61s | things coming to Atlantic City so let's |
| 63s | just jump right into things we know the |
| 65s | lore we know the people and the location |
| 67s | of Atlantic City can you tell us |
| 69s | anything about the new enemies that we |
| 71s | can expect to go toe-to-toe against |
| 72s | absolutely this time around we have the |
| 75s | overgrown the overgrown are a natural |
| 78s | threat to Atlantic City and they usually |
| 80s | travel in these mysterious packs we |
| 83s | don't know too much about them they take |
| 84s | over bodies a little scary they are |
| 86s | incentive and their only goal is to |
| 88s | spread out and cover the world with |
| 90s | plant life secondly we also have the |
| 92s | Jersey doubles coming into play here so |
| 95s | New Jersey of course you're going to run |
| 96s | into a couple new Cryptids here the |
| 98s | Jersey Devil is running around running |
| 100s | rampant looking around for some lesser |
| 102s | doubles with the overgrown being a brand |
| 105s | new enemy group that we've never seen in |
| 107s | a Fallout franchise before what were the |
| 109s | unique challenges that you face setting |
| 111s | them apart from other enemies that our |
| 113s | player base has already encountered this |
| 115s | time around we wanted them to be a |
| 116s | little more dependent on one another and |
| 118s | have a very collaborative sort of attack |
| 120s | style so one of the challenges that we |
| 123s | faced was to kind of alter the existing |
| 125s | AI behavior in order to get certain |
| 127s | variants of the pack to go and heal |
| 130s | other overgrown so that's some new AI |
| 132s | that you're going to see in there which |
| 133s | really changes up the gameplay in |
| 135s | addition to having kind of focused AI on |
| 138s | just debuffing the player so yeah lots |
| 141s | of new behaviors there do you have any |
| 143s | strategies for us in battling these |
| 145s | enemies with the overgrown as creatures |
| 147s | they really like the pylon in the attack |
| 149s | what I would do specifically is always |
| 151s | keep looking over your shoulder because |
| 153s | you never know where they're going to |
| 155s | come from they may take you by surprise |
| 156s | Keep Your Head on a swivel definitely so |
| 160s | Christian since |
| 161s | so much |
| 165s | contemporate this into into two separate |
| 167s | releases so can you tell us how that |
| 168s | impacts the new Cryptids that we'll run |
| 170s | into so the moment we knew that we were |
| 173s | visiting Atlantic City the first thing |
| 175s | that we thought of was the Jersey demo |
| 176s | that was just a given right there but we |
| 178s | wanted to break this down into something |
| 180s | that was fun for the player and engaging |
| 183s | so when we first visit Atlantic City |
| 185s | we're going to encounter a lesser |
| 187s | version or a lesser devil which is a |
| 190s | smaller devil that hunts and packs it's |
| 192s | very intimidating and can be more more |
| 195s | sneaky they will come like Raptors from |
| 197s | the sides in at you |
| 199s | foreign |
| 200s | so we wanted an encounter that |
| 203s | exemplified what a devil was but it |
| 206s | wasn't the Jersey Devil yet the Jersey |
| 208s | Devil however we will encounter at |
| 211s | another instance or visit to Atlantic |
| 214s | City but as opposed to being an |
| 217s | expedition we will probably encounter |
| 218s | the Jersey Devil in the main quest line |
| 220s | as the big bad boss and the Jersey Devil |
| 223s | is just intimidating I mean the name |
| 225s | just really implies it all right there |
| 227s | it is a devil it's just scary mean fiery |
| 231s | red with fire in its eyes he lives up to |
| 233s | his name he's definitely unique as far |
| 235s | as our enemies go I have already |
| 239s | player bases super excited to see him in |
| 242s | game the Jersey Devil has always been |
| 243s | one of the top requested Cryptids from |
| 245s | our community to join 76 so we are very |
| 248s | excited for that so now that we know |
| 250s | what kind of threats that we can expect |
| 252s | to run into what about the rewards that |
| 255s | we get for surviving uh let me tell you |
| 258s | we've been hard at work yeah you have |
| 260s | been heard we have been hard at work to |
| 262s | really assess the reward pools what |
| 264s | players are kind of trending towards and |
| 266s | what they really want out of their |
| 267s | rewards here so we have three missions |
| 270s | that are jam-packed with rewards we're |
| 272s | looking at interactable casino games |
| 274s | that you can play at your Camp so you |
| 276s | can go spend some caps and maybe earn |
| 278s | some Caps or set up your own little |
| 279s | areas there and you can also play with |
| 281s | them in Atlantic City while you are |
| 283s | earning them through the Expedition so |
| 285s | we have those in addition to a whole |
| 286s | bunch of Casino themed skins with light |
| 290s | ups and emissives we have plushies of |
| 293s | course are gonna be there you can earn |
| 294s | them in game along with some that you |
| 296s | can buy in the shop but we do have a |
| 298s | jersey double plush that you can earn |
| 299s | and |
| 300s | a new armor it's been a very long time |
| 303s | but we are coming in with a new base |
| 305s | armor that you can earn and equip and it |
| 307s | will give you a set bonus so Stephanie |
| 310s | this year we have seen a huge amount of |
| 313s | quality of life updates from weapon |
| 315s | description updates to free cam while |
| 317s | building what other changes will come to |
| 319s | the game with Atlantic City yes I'm |
| 321s | excited to share a few Camp quality of |
| 323s | life updates we've been working on to |
| 325s | bring more quality to your lives so free |
| 327s | cam and camps has already made a splash |
| 329s | for our Builder Community it empowers |
| 331s | the way you build camps and now we want |
| 333s | to use it to enrich the way you share |
| 335s | camps so with this update you'll be able |
| 336s | to enter free cam in photo mode while in |
| 339s | your camps so we can't wait to see your |
| 341s | cats from a bird's eye view with all |
| 342s | your filters frames poses and of course |
| 345s | it's untethered from the character it |
| 347s | will have its smooth cinematic controls |
| 349s | move through Camp object Collision so |
| 351s | you can create media of your Camp to |
| 352s | show it off in its best light I know at |
| 354s | least 10 of our community members who |
| 357s | are big into the role play side of |
| 358s | things that will be so excited to see |
| 361s | the free cam in video form it's going to |
| 363s | really Elevate the content that they |
| 365s | create in the role play stories yes we |
| 368s | love seeing all the community camps and |
| 369s | we can't wait to see them in this new |
| 371s | way we'll make a huge difference so the |
| 373s | second feature we are adding in this |
| 375s | patch the ability to control the weather |
| 377s | to create the best light for your camps |
| 379s | weather forecasts all over Appalachia |
| 381s | are predicting 100 chance of not raining |
| 383s | out your meat wheat cookout unless you |
| 385s | want it to you will be able to build new |
| 387s | weather station objects in your Camp to |
| 389s | generate your choice of weather within |
| 391s | your build area for everyone to enjoy so |
| 393s | if it's looking too sunny and Blissful |
| 395s | for a winter wonderland Camp you can |
| 397s | challenge your overcrowded power grids |
| 399s | with the snowstorm your choice of |
| 400s | weather can really complete the |
| 402s | aesthetic for your Camp builds we're |
| 403s | really excited to see this both in |
| 405s | images and a living artwork in |
| 407s | Appalachia that's going to completely |
| 408s | Elevate the camp building game I don't |
| 410s | know about you guys but I always make |
| 412s | the scariest looking camps that I |
| 413s | possibly can and if it's sunny it just |
| 416s | ruins the vibe it needs to be rainy I |
| 418s | need rad storms everywhere and snow |
| 421s | every year every year our community |
| 423s | wants us to add snow to the game so |
| 425s | there you go seriously though if you're |
| 428s | building a Halloween camp and it's |
| 429s | bright and sunny it just doesn't work so |
| 430s | a weather system is perfect some of my |
| 433s | favorite submissions from the community |
| 434s | have been the ones with dark dark drama |
| 437s | and you just can't |
| 438s | let in the game you can only see it in |
| 440s | images so now I'm excited to be seeing |
| 442s | it live this is a question for all three |
| 444s | of you go ahead and take your time on |
| 446s | the answers here but what's your |
| 448s | personal favorite addition to the |
| 450s | Atlantic City update let's start with |
| 452s | Jay |
| 453s | I would have to say the showstopper |
| 456s | shotgun it's super cool very casino-like |
| 464s | it definitely gives me that fun casino |
| 466s | theme very upbeat and happy what about |
| 468s | you Christian for me I actually have two |
| 471s | things and one is the Jersey Devil |
| 473s | because I have been living with the |
| 474s | Jersey Devil now for the past several |
| 476s | months I know this creature very very |
| 478s | well every single motion move everything |
| 480s | that it it's supposed to do I'm right |
| 483s | there in addition to the Jersey Devil |
| 484s | one of my favorite additions for |
| 486s | Atlantic City is a foundation for what |
| 488s | Atlantic City really is and that's the |
| 490s | addition of the casino my goodness we've |
| 492s | been talking about adding a casino to |
| 494s | the game for years this was famously |
| 496s | something that we added to game Jam over |
| 499s | five years ago one of the famous |
| 500s | Bethesda game Studio game jams was |
| 502s | created that way so now that we're |
| 504s | finally able to implement a casino to |
| 507s | the game I've been able to go in and |
| 508s | help create animations for every single |
| 511s | slot machine roulette table horse racing |
| 513s | game anything that you would have in a |
| 515s | regular Casino we have there available |
| 517s | for us to play right now so that means |
| 519s | you can make it so my character wins |
| 521s | every time right now you're just gonna |
| 523s | ruin it for me now aren't you luck of |
| 525s | the draw it's all about the chance |
| 528s | how are you Stephanie what do you think |
| 530s | well I'm the Jersey Devil's biggest fan |
| 532s | he is the coolest enemy he really fits |
| 534s | with the environment and it's really |
| 536s | this whole moment that you get to |
| 537s | experience when you come across him any |
| 540s | of you have any fun behind the scenes |
| 542s | stories to share because I'm sure you've |
| 544s | got something with the animations for |
| 545s | the Jersey Devil yeah as we were going |
| 547s | through the concepting stage trying to |
| 549s | figure out what this was gonna look like |
| 551s | what what it was gonna do we were going |
| 553s | back and forth is it going to run around |
| 554s | on all fours is it gonna run around on |
| 556s | on two legs and so I was literally back |
| 558s | here in front of the camera with the |
| 560s | whole team watching just running around |
| 562s | acting like a wild man because we were |
| 565s | trying maybe it runs like this and then |
| 567s | I get feedback maybe it runs like this |
| 569s | or it attacks like this and so once we |
| 572s | made a fool of ourselves enough then we |
| 574s | were able to really kind of zero in and |
| 577s | dial in on what this thing actually |
| 578s | looks like and does and we ended on |
| 580s | something that's terrifying you had some |
| 583s | other people joining in there too like |
| 585s | the designers started off and they were |
| 587s | like no I think it should be yes and |
| 589s | once you start acting in front of the |
| 591s | camera it becomes infectious everyone |
| 593s | joins in Jay Stephanie did you guys have |
| 596s | any fun |
| 599s | double running with the Jersey Devil per |
| 601s | se I don't think anything really amounts |
| 604s | to that but on my off hours I put anime |
| 606s | eyes on the creatures |
| 609s | just really make emojis out of them you |
| 612s | have Jersey Devil Pink Cheeks and |
| 615s | sparkles |
| 620s | we have a lot of fun with Camp building |
| 623s | and in general behind the scenes I will |
| 625s | say the mallard duck Camp object is near |
| 627s | and dear to our hearts so I'll be |
| 629s | looking for that in all of your camps so |
| 631s | the last question that I have for all of |
| 633s | you today I know you're very busy so I |
| 635s | want to let you get back to your work |
| 636s | day and stop gabbing your ear off but |
| 638s | this is a very very important one that |
| 640s | all of our community is just up in arms |
| 642s | about so once you think very carefully |
| 644s | about your answer |
| 645s | is cobbler a pie no |
| 649s | it's not I am envisioning a delicious |
| 651s | and untapped Market in pie cobbler |
| 654s | Fusion now so gotta find some of those |
| 656s | this is very polarizing this is a |
| 658s | polarizing question because I love pie |
| 660s | and I love cobbler are they the same no |
| 663s | they're not cobbler is a casserole oh |
| 672s | don't come for me |
| 674s | all right sorry Jake what is a cobbler |
| 679s | [Laughter] |
| 685s | wow you know what yeah I just put one on |
| 687s | the other team Somebody's gotta fight |
| 689s | for the pie most of the devs now I think |
| 692s | we've we've kind of pushed into that |
| 693s | it's not a pie category but there are |
| 695s | still a lot of players who are like what |
| 697s | are you talking about it's totally a pie |
| 699s | and I love a cobbler a cobbler J just so |
| 702s | you know a little bit of root kind of |
| 704s | mashed together you put a crumb over the |
| 706s | top a breading what is it what do you |
| 707s | put on top of it pastry |
| 711s | and you eat it because it's a delicious |
| 713s | dessert but it's not a pie never had to |
| 715s | Define cobbler before but it no it is |
| 718s | not a pie |
| 720s | I'm team Stephanie my food areas like is |
| 723s | a hot dog a sandwich a cereal soup these |
| 725s | are the questions that keep me awake at |
| 727s | night |
| 728s | all right everybody well I will let you |
| 730s | get back into the casino thank you again |
| 732s | so much Christian Jay Stephanie if |
| 734s | you're joining us we really appreciate |
| 736s | having you on this Dev dive yes thank |
| 738s | you glad to be here thank you for |
| 740s | everybody watching right now as well our |
| 743s | journey to Atlantic City begins on |
| 745s | December 5th to all of our now 16 |
| 747s | million Vault dwellers out there we |
| 749s | found out at 16 last week we will see |
| 752s | you in Appalachia |
| 756s | foreign |