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| 234s | habla hello hello and welcome to to |
| 237s | stream today we're gonna do our long |
| 240s | long long way the worst room I think |
| 243s | it's been almost a month and you guys |
| 253s | have both learned decisis I mean you |
| 255s | obviously do brand stuff as well I read |
| 258s | all the things have added cheese in her |
| 262s | company because it's a quick oh is the |
| 264s | other mic not muted yet like here okay |
| 283s | okay don't touch anything okay weird |
| 288s | oh yeah it's really an XML started I |
| 291s | think yesterday well long waited lore |
| 293s | stream we have two lovely guess we have |
| 296s | neglects and we give jinx and they are |
| 299s | both or narrative designers and |
| 301s | Nicolette also helps us with all the |
| 303s | text that goes in social media and blogs |
| 306s | and I'm very helpful I think that is |
| 308s | definitely luxury to have because |
| 309s | oftentimes it's something that we have |
| 311s | to write ourselves and she can like make |
| 313s | sure that it actually is correct so it's |
| 317s | really nice but today we're going to |
| 320s | talk about little more now obviously we |
| 322s | had a lor QA a little while back and |
| 326s | obviously not a lot of people who know |
| 328s | about the laureate I mean they've seen |
| 330s | bits of pizzas but they don't know the |
| 331s | whole back story yet so we're gonna have |
| 334s | about the general war of Huns and some |
| 338s | other stuff that we have released over |
| 339s | time and in the end we're also going to |
| 342s | do some questions so yeah let's just |
| 344s | start a little bit about the history or |
| 346s | like what is the lore behind hunt I |
| 348s | think you should tell them you know yeah |
| 351s | I mean we have a big evil which is like |
| 357s | coming to the world and it's quite |
| 360s | destructive I think what's really |
| 363s | interesting to us is against this |
| 364s | backdrop how we have a lot of human |
| 368s | conflicts and human kind of drivers and |
| 373s | motivators in the story we took a |
| 375s | decision pretty early on that we didn't |
| 377s | want this to be about you know a |
| 379s | homogeneous force of good against one of |
| 381s | evil but what we've ended up with is |
| 384s | maybe you know something which has been |
| 386s | quite disruptive and then in that chaos |
| 388s | you have into human conflicts which have |
| 392s | emerged and yeah that's really what |
| 396s | we're setting out to explore yeah so we |
| 398s | have we have like the big bad guy who's |
| 402s | messing everything up with my love |
| 404s | occurs yeah I mean obviously then we |
| 407s | Harbor accident which nature and that's |
| 409s | why I mean and think they seem different |
| 413s | yeah I mean as much as I try there's no |
| 416s | way I could not like not say it all |
| 418s | right but so we've got this this big bad |
| 423s | in the background but the stories that |
| 426s | we tell are all like smaller stories |
| 428s | like how individual people are trying to |
| 430s | deal with this weird stuff |
| 432s | it's happening and so there's so much |
| 434s | opportunity to tell a bunch of different |
| 436s | stories through your diet and that's |
| 438s | what we've explored and that's why |
| 439s | there's so much to unlock and all the |
| 441s | books that have been going yeah because |
| 443s | we we have obviously book of monsters |
| 446s | and then now also weapons with the new |
| 449s | update for one we know maybe some of you |
| 452s | already have unlocked some information |
| 453s | but I know that most there is there is |
| 455s | already some people that have the entire |
| 456s | book of monsters completely unlocked and |
| 458s | translated that doesn't say but yeah |
| 463s | just in general how did you guys come up |
| 465s | with like a bit of the setting for like |
| 468s | the lore for Hans |
| 469s | I mean did it change I'm actually |
| 471s | curious because I don't like how much |
| 473s | did it change for example with the old |
| 475s | concept when AUSA to be worked on and to |
| 478s | where we are now |
| 481s | well I joined the narrative team about |
| 483s | two and a half years ago so you might be |
| 485s | able to speak better to this genus was |
| 487s | on the team a bit earlier than I maybe I |
| 491s | guess in the original concept was the |
| 496s | whole look and visual fear of the game |
| 498s | was a bit more cartoony |
| 500s | and I think in a shift away from that it |
| 503s | definitely got a lot grittier and a long |
| 507s | side that it got maybe a little bit more |
| 509s | historic so yeah yeah I think I think we |
| 516s | you know would have to give credit to |
| 518s | the other guys who are no longer with us |
| 524s | we didn't kill it yeah and then since |
| 532s | I've been involved we've definitely |
| 535s | driven towards this dark side and we |
| 537s | wanted to have something which was more |
| 539s | yeah less focused on a big bad the you |
| 544s | were kind of working together to defeat |
| 546s | and maybe what was a more realistic |
| 548s | situation is that something happens and |
| 551s | then people try and exploit that for |
| 553s | personal gain yeah we really started |
| 556s | from like when I'd rather join the |
| 558s | narrative team it was kind of explained |
| 560s | to me like this backstory of the big bad |
| 563s | guy and disruptive force was explained |
| 565s | to me and then we wanted to we've actual |
| 568s | historical events into the story and |
| 570s | then just think about how people in this |
| 573s | situation will react and what kind of |
| 575s | weird stuff would happen and fun stuff |
| 576s | to read about so it just kind of grew |
| 579s | organically from there yes so you say |
| 582s | the big bag that's more at the big |
| 584s | picture of it and so you guys have |
| 586s | already mentioned this somewhere and |
| 587s | this really it's like a disease type |
| 589s | thing you may be like I I don't refer to |
| 593s | it kind of like as a possession that |
| 595s | functions like a disease but like |
| 597s | putting concrete terms to that feels |
| 600s | yeah I mean what are you really what I'm |
| 605s | really excited about in this time is |
| 607s | that you have the kind of science |
| 611s | emerging as a conflicting field and you |
| 614s | have religion phasing out of cultures so |
| 617s | you have a bit of a turning point and at |
| 620s | this time you have a lot of competing |
| 622s | explanations for that anima and I think |
| 625s | just to be historically relative we'd |
| 628s | really have to bring those things in and |
| 631s | you have to have some people who |
| 633s | looking at this through like a religious |
| 634s | lens and some people are scientific and |
| 636s | some people other variants and I think |
| 641s | within that you have yeah a lot of |
| 643s | competing ideas so I think it would it |
| 646s | would you know take some of the interest |
| 649s | out if we didn't if we didn't like a |
| 651s | very much to that and kind of look at |
| 654s | here and kind of how it can manifest as |
| 656s | various things because I think a lot of |
| 657s | us are familiar with like zombies as a |
| 660s | genre and zombies as a concept so do we |
| 663s | you know is that the starting point for |
| 665s | how we get there or is the more |
| 667s | interesting thing kind of discussing |
| 669s | around it yeah absolutely and looking |
| 674s | back I think we mostly kind of explored |
| 676s | the story is based on like looking at |
| 678s | different perspectives like this weird |
| 680s | thing has happened and I guess we can |
| 681s | all relate to that even now something |
| 683s | weird has happened and everybody reacts |
| 685s | to it in a totally different way and |
| 686s | sees it as something totally different |
| 687s | and nobody really knows whatever what it |
| 689s | is and that's a really fun thing to |
| 693s | explore because you have this one |
| 694s | concept that just looks so different |
| 695s | from all these different angles |
| 698s | really make a lot out of it obviously |
| 701s | it's so I should say differently as well |
| 704s | even when it is actually in-game for |
| 706s | example but it's only interesting is |
| 709s | like obviously a lot of games or you |
| 712s | know in general anything tell us a |
| 713s | specific story where you can go through |
| 716s | the lore as in storytelling by actually |
| 719s | you know going through whatever is |
| 720s | happening in here so it was actually a |
| 724s | choice because I mean I understand it's |
| 727s | obviously because we are also an online |
| 729s | game so like story it's not really a |
| 731s | story PvE experience which I know a lot |
| 733s | of people still really don't like the |
| 735s | idea but what what is like I mean maybe |
| 738s | like what what exactly how do we apply |
| 742s | that for our game so we knew from the |
| 745s | beginning that as we were writing there |
| 747s | was no way for us to know what order |
| 749s | anybody would read this story so we knew |
| 752s | that as we were writing we knew it would |
| 753s | be small chunks of story and we need it |
| 756s | to somehow figure out how to make it |
| 758s | hopefully interesting to read it no |
| 761s | matter what order you read it in so it |
| 763s | had to have like an element of mystery |
| 765s | and like battle of solving involved in |
| 767s | it because you're putting together all |
| 768s | the pieces so the pieces is we made them |
| 771s | are all found documents that have been |
| 773s | compiled and so in theory no matter what |
| 778s | order you read them in you can start to |
| 780s | piece them together and everyone will |
| 781s | have a different experience and we hope |
| 783s | a good one um but because every single |
| 786s | person will experience it differently is |
| 789s | that I'm also not really challenging to |
| 792s | like make a story conveyed that even if |
| 795s | you wouldn't read anything in a specific |
| 797s | linear version or if you would read |
| 800s | anything that you |
| 801s | get the whole few or idea but I I found |
| 805s | it challenging I mean the ultimate judge |
| 807s | of that will be the player just tell |
| 809s | honey |
| 810s | find it because I mean we wrote we wrote |
| 813s | things in a linear fashion and we wrote |
| 816s | them in the chunks that they would be |
| 817s | put in the books in but we know in our |
| 821s | heads what the linear chronology is so |
| 825s | that'll be really interesting to see how |
| 827s | people was a bit smaller so I think |
| 831s | people could get through it all and put |
| 834s | it together more quickly the book of |
| 836s | weapons is enormous and so I'm really |
| 837s | curious to see how people experience how |
| 840s | how much compare this thing like how |
| 842s | much comparison does the book of weapon |
| 844s | took a brick typical months we can make |
| 846s | information we're like what 1/2 times |
| 848s | the word length ish yeah it's at least |
| 862s | double the size yeah it's big I also |
| 872s | realized that I did not even share this |
| 874s | but because also person who sang the |
| 878s | songs from oh geez |
| 880s | you guys all really love I don't know |
| 882s | why I didn't mention it frozen wait a |
| 884s | minute see that she's the one who made |
| 887s | all these really awesome songs that |
| 888s | everyone was really really interested me |
| 891s | and the amazing people in audio but |
| 896s | everyone really I've mentioned before |
| 899s | but the dimensions day I'm just saying |
| 903s | yeah you already mentioned a little bit |
| 905s | and you guys take inspiration from like |
| 907s | real life things so what or some of your |
| 910s | like writing inspirations but |
| 912s | I'm actually curious besides that I'm |
| 914s | just forget to ask it what is for |
| 917s | example the craziest story that you read |
| 919s | that we've written |
| 921s | yeah like know that you've read them |
| 922s | like oh that's really interesting |
| 924s | inspiration because it's so crazy we're |
| 926s | so out of whack or weird I mean there is |
| 931s | certainly a lot and like most of the |
| 933s | crazy stuff I feel like that we've read |
| 935s | and research has been nonfiction which |
| 937s | makes it even more ridiculous that's why |
| 939s | really that's why I was dudes like what |
| 941s | would we be writing really I mean the |
| 947s | last one we found was that the Kansas or |
| 949s | the Kentucky we show up was it David I |
| 951s | think it was Kentucky shower this is a |
| 954s | historical thing that happens it has |
| 969s | maybe yeah anyway so like what are we |
| 973s | gonna do with all this meat and then a |
| 974s | few of them were eating it and they were |
| 977s | like well this is you know dare and |
| 978s | other people were like this is beef I |
| 981s | think some people think the poachers |
| 991s | like I always meet are we talking about |
| 993s | like it doesn't really specify I like |
| 996s | was it was everything I'm gonna eat |
| 998s | shower it's at least like mornin Ted it |
| 1000s | was enough that people who observed it |
| 1003s | went over and like tasted it they like |
| 1005s | picked amazing human aspects of that |
| 1010s | like people are just like whoa let's try |
| 1012s | it yeah and that the possible reason was |
| 1018s | vultures vomiting I don't know that's |
| 1020s | the most incredible reason my brother's |
| 1022s | other speculation but yeah this is the |
| 1025s | kind of stuff that we in a |
| 1027s | reading all day and that all gets movin |
| 1030s | in what other inspiration they get what |
| 1033s | other things did you do conspiration |
| 1035s | from I mean you big shoutout of course |
| 1037s | to Cormac McCarthy who's blood meridian |
| 1039s | is like the most fucked up Western book |
| 1041s | I've ever read the most violent and like |
| 1044s | beautifully written at the same time but |
| 1046s | a lot of inspiration there I personally |
| 1048s | have read a lot of diamond novels which |
| 1050s | really like the most popular fiction of |
| 1053s | the period to read to take inspiration |
| 1055s | and they're actually great they're just |
| 1057s | like these I thought there would be a |
| 1059s | lot more cheesy but they're just like |
| 1060s | kind of these really fun |
| 1061s | action-adventure things and tons of them |
| 1063s | are archived online so you can there's |
| 1065s | no way to get any of them on print |
| 1067s | anymore but there are very tight yeah |
| 1072s | 920 of them and there's been big |
| 1076s | inspirations for me I mean yeah yeah I |
| 1078s | really liked all the newspapers and |
| 1080s | stuff is now available for free online |
| 1083s | and it's really interesting to think |
| 1085s | twenty years ago you'd have to go to an |
| 1087s | archive yeah but as well in these |
| 1088s | newspapers like there's just the bazzara |
| 1090s | snooze which they have in there like |
| 1092s | it's like they have these like I mean |
| 1095s | they have basically would have memes in |
| 1097s | these days but they're like anecdotes |
| 1098s | from around and you get some of them |
| 1101s | which is like yeah this guy was falling |
| 1103s | off a roof and while he was falling he |
| 1105s | told his work friend that he owed 25 |
| 1108s | cents The Grocer and to tell his wife |
| 1110s | I'm sorry that was in the newspaper yeah |
| 1113s | you know that was like oh god I get the |
| 1117s | greaser that 25 cents Lee yeah I mean |
| 1120s | but it's just a bizarre |
| 1122s | and it's strange was also reading a lot |
| 1125s | of contemporary reporting about like |
| 1128s | plagues and stuff like in 1896 in San |
| 1132s | Francisco the bubonic plague broke out |
| 1134s | but it was like the black death in San |
| 1136s | Francisco in Chinatown and they just |
| 1139s | would off and they were just |
| 1140s | yeah this isn't a problem like that's |
| 1142s | not really happening and so we were |
| 1145s | thinking like yeah how could this happen |
| 1147s | and how could you know something like |
| 1149s | this breakout and you know what would |
| 1151s | the country do and it's like well no one |
| 1153s | would believe it and people would just |
| 1156s | cover it up and it would be not a |
| 1159s | problem that's all so these people would |
| 1167s | not exist and then I'm curing a mistake |
| 1171s | from everywhere in America or like even |
| 1173s | other place in the world or do I you |
| 1175s | more focus on Louisiana area I'm gonna |
| 1178s | say we're pretty focused on Louisiana |
| 1180s | area especially because I mean |
| 1186s | inspiration so like villages which were |
| 1192s | deep in the Bayou which were set up by |
| 1196s | like migrants from Manila and stuff and |
| 1199s | they were never integrated into |
| 1201s | Louisiana and these things just faded |
| 1205s | away and got flooded and destroyed by |
| 1206s | storms so it's also an area where you |
| 1210s | know these kind of little collections of |
| 1212s | hunts and shantytowns which would be in |
| 1213s | disrepair which is you know pretty |
| 1216s | prolific and you look at the historical |
| 1218s | record and it's a really it's like a |
| 1221s | frontier area you know it's it's not |
| 1224s | that it's not recorded |
| 1225s | you know leaves a lot of room for the |
| 1227s | imagination yeah my old basically and do |
| 1230s | take more fiction or nonfiction |
| 1234s | inspiration or is it different because |
| 1237s | you weren't you I get you say more but |
| 1239s | more fiction at least when I just here |
| 1241s | we just said like more novels than you |
| 1243s | more nonfiction or is it both like equal |
| 1246s | or I mean for me it's both I read |
| 1249s | fiction obsessively as well it's like a |
| 1255s | style of writing or some small sentence |
| 1260s | so a lot of a lot of fiction and |
| 1262s | nonfiction actually yeah I think that's |
| 1265s | um yeah I think it's good to get a |
| 1267s | balance and if we're say poking out |
| 1270s | doing some research for a map or |
| 1271s | something it's like okay what's like |
| 1273s | theoretically possible and a new kind of |
| 1276s | steering and then on fiction edge and |
| 1278s | then to actually produce stuff it's |
| 1279s | reading this what side journals and |
| 1281s | stuff which have been saved |
| 1283s | yeah well people were writing for |
| 1286s | themselves in this time I have read a |
| 1288s | lot of 1890 how when was it published |
| 1292s | wait a minute 1880s but there is like a |
| 1294s | medical textbook that was published |
| 1295s | around that time that I read way too |
| 1298s | much but just to kind of get into the |
| 1303s | mindset of of doctors at that time |
| 1305s | because for us now it's family grotesque |
| 1308s | yeah I said it sometimes I mean some of |
| 1310s | it is perfectly normal stuff but some of |
| 1312s | it you're just like and then you do what |
| 1315s | what yeah |
| 1320s | medical anomalies one or the textbook |
| 1322s | not the anonymous the anomalies one was |
| 1325s | really cool because we there was a |
| 1327s | writer shadow heaven he was like a |
| 1331s | journalist at the time and he was really |
| 1333s | responsible for like drawing attention |
| 1336s | to Arcadia and Creole culture in New |
| 1339s | Orleans and he was like really one of |
| 1341s | the first people to be writing like |
| 1343s | about food which is now you know |
| 1345s | everyone which is yeah he was doing that |
| 1348s | and a lot of travel journalism and he |
| 1351s | kind of was attributed with being really |
| 1353s | important in like creating New Orleans |
| 1355s | as we kind of imagined it today and he |
| 1359s | was also friends with this guy I forget |
| 1361s | his name and we found this other |
| 1364s | textbook with like medical anomalies |
| 1365s | through the ages of just like he'd |
| 1368s | compiled all these weird examples of |
| 1370s | like bizarre medical things like growths |
| 1379s | and then there were also friends like |
| 1383s | this guy who made this thing and this |
| 1384s | other one they liked going to dinner |
| 1386s | hanging out and it's like you know the |
| 1391s | amount of times when we had decided to |
| 1393s | put something servile into the story and |
| 1396s | then we're researching further and |
| 1397s | everything just all started coming |
| 1399s | together in this weird like conspiracy |
| 1400s | theory way like that time like it's |
| 1402s | happened a lot where it's like we're |
| 1406s | discovering many words that are not |
| 1407s | supposed to be known yeah maybe that's |
| 1410s | why all of our streams do this I want to |
| 1418s | send a processor for example you say |
| 1420s | when you guys are working on your new |
| 1422s | map how how does the war and what we do |
| 1425s | when you guys get enclosed and at what |
| 1427s | point and what is the processing |
| 1432s | yeah I guess that's you know the |
| 1435s | environment guys are doing their own |
| 1436s | research and come with a lot of their |
| 1438s | own ideas and yeah look at some other |
| 1442s | sources and like throw some things back |
| 1444s | and forth and I think it's quite subtle |
| 1448s | how some of these things actually appear |
| 1451s | in game and I think is yeah it's it's |
| 1456s | very much we kind of provide some some |
| 1460s | thoughts on it and then later on once |
| 1462s | things are a little bit more solidified |
| 1464s | we're coming in and then saying okay was |
| 1468s | like you know there's this church |
| 1470s | building you know what kind of like |
| 1473s | design is this Church is this like a |
| 1475s | Baptist Church or something so it kind |
| 1478s | of you know there's kind of a pre |
| 1480s | research phase and then they like build |
| 1482s | everything and then we kind of are |
| 1484s | looking back at that and reviewing some |
| 1488s | things a little bit more late as a |
| 1490s | foundation I think as well just |
| 1492s | generally the atmosphere that a lot of |
| 1493s | these areas produce you know how things |
| 1495s | have been fortified that's something |
| 1498s | which we've kind of come to an agreement |
| 1499s | on how on how this should work as a |
| 1502s | space and how this can just tell a |
| 1506s | general story of you know what was going |
| 1510s | on here what was the what were the last |
| 1512s | days of this area when it was still |
| 1514s | human they're generally a lot of yeah |
| 1517s | things going away emailing a bunch |
| 1521s | coming back and so you finally find the |
| 1522s | thing that kind of feels for everybody |
| 1525s | like it hits that yeah exactly I mean |
| 1528s | they also think a lot of people don't |
| 1529s | even think about it that much of that is |
| 1532s | already like more of like everything |
| 1535s | that's invoked on that so that's |
| 1537s | actually really nice like understand a |
| 1540s | bit better too |
| 1542s | because obviously like me it's the |
| 1544s | stories I have monsters but that's a |
| 1546s | completely different way of like |
| 1549s | external so let me see yeah what have we |
| 1557s | changed or added to the story |
| 1559s | specifically thanks to the community |
| 1561s | feedback well one one thing that |
| 1567s | happened for sure was with one of the |
| 1573s | Twitter stories we did about dr. Reid |
| 1576s | was we noticed people were talking about |
| 1579s | that one quite a bit it was actually |
| 1582s | quite a long time ago we started it |
| 1584s | before release it they um or was it was |
| 1587s | either before or right after I don't |
| 1589s | know I think before some paid guys it |
| 1591s | was a long time ago and it was just like |
| 1592s | okay we can release some atmospheric |
| 1595s | lore this way |
| 1597s | quite a while and we did a bunch of |
| 1600s | those and you know we've kind of watched |
| 1603s | what people discussed the most and that |
| 1606s | one people were really keen to spend |
| 1608s | theories around so dr. Reid got a bit |
| 1611s | more face time in in the game text then |
| 1614s | he probably would have otherwise but we |
| 1616s | decided to make make a point I would |
| 1618s | mention any more of his story then there |
| 1621s | so that's that's one do you have some |
| 1626s | concrete examples I think it's hard to |
| 1628s | differentiate because it's so much |
| 1632s | influence and I think we have a lot of |
| 1634s | areas which were like wanting to explore |
| 1638s | and develop and also like make it |
| 1640s | concrete and put it in game and so a lot |
| 1644s | of those things were very much my guided |
| 1646s | where the community interest is going |
| 1648s | you know there's been some threads which |
| 1650s | we've left and then they haven't been |
| 1652s | taken up so I think it's it's sometimes |
| 1655s | really hard to actually like pinpoint |
| 1658s | and say where we have this idea and then |
| 1660s | people said this and we did something |
| 1662s | different I think a lot of it is kind of |
| 1665s | following the stream because we |
| 1669s | definitely pay attention to what what |
| 1672s | people are talking about what seems |
| 1673s | interesting |
| 1674s | and that can guide us more generally so |
| 1679s | I mean I'm actually curious like is |
| 1681s | there anything that you specifically put |
| 1684s | in that someone hasn't made up or that |
| 1686s | you never saw notice what you would |
| 1688s | accept or like would expect that they |
| 1690s | did you mean like hidden around the |
| 1692s | world yeah I mean like it could be any |
| 1694s | like anyway I mean obviously it would |
| 1696s | have been about the world it's a lot |
| 1697s | less obvious I mean last that I checked |
| 1701s | there was still some stuff in the world |
| 1702s | that people have found but I'm not sure |
| 1705s | we've been really really busy in the |
| 1707s | last month so I haven't like checked |
| 1709s | what what environmental stuff people |
| 1711s | have found and there's so much still |
| 1712s | don't lock in the book of weapons and I |
| 1714s | think once people have everything |
| 1716s | unlocked they might start noticing |
| 1718s | connections to things and other places |
| 1720s | that they didn't that didn't make sense |
| 1723s | so that's the main thing that lies I had |
| 1725s | all the connections that people will be |
| 1727s | able to make between everything there's |
| 1730s | will be things in the book that you that |
| 1733s | give a hint to something that could be |
| 1734s | for example in the game like as in on |
| 1737s | the map or something that like refers to |
| 1739s | things that they can find there also or |
| 1742s | not directly or yeah well I think one |
| 1746s | thing which we had on the right map and |
| 1749s | it was still in |
| 1751s | developing is like the book of tables so |
| 1754s | a more in-depth history we also need to |
| 1758s | you know consider this so yeah I think |
| 1762s | some of that right now is kind of |
| 1765s | sitting in the background for a while |
| 1767s | and maybe we'll get the chance to like |
| 1769s | look further into it I think in the book |
| 1775s | of monsters and book of weapons I'm not |
| 1780s | sure if that was I think that's some |
| 1782s | definitely like there's some locations |
| 1784s | yeah I mean now maybe like there's |
| 1787s | connections to maybe names of legendary |
| 1790s | weapons and stuff that I also saw that |
| 1800s | the sculptor's name was one of the |
| 1804s | things I absolutely because we I don't |
| 1809s | think we've given the big bad concrete |
| 1812s | name as yeah we kind of referred to it |
| 1815s | as all sorts of different things I think |
| 1816s | it yeah we had some we had some like |
| 1818s | farm ideas and then I think there was an |
| 1821s | esse which was good in the case though |
| 1823s | and that referred to it as the sculpture |
| 1826s | and that wasn't really our like main |
| 1828s | thing we had in mind but it was yeah we |
| 1830s | had character difference yeah but then |
| 1833s | that one was really that one was really |
| 1835s | taken up and carried forward and then |
| 1837s | after a while it's like we started to |
| 1839s | refer to it as that and that yeah clips |
| 1841s | to us off and then we were like well |
| 1843s | would it make sense to change it now so |
| 1846s | I think it's it's become this movement |
| 1850s | that was that was just what |
| 1852s | like there were a couple of options in |
| 1855s | play in the war but that one just became |
| 1858s | standard because use it there have a lot |
| 1863s | of power and I saw some a few more |
| 1867s | things obviously Roosevelt's daughter we |
| 1871s | can't talk about Roosevelt's daughter |
| 1873s | yeah but what's the next one I'll worry |
| 1876s | more about a soldier Walter oh yeah um |
| 1879s | that was one thing |
| 1880s | it was geez it was a while ago now but |
| 1884s | some of the community members found some |
| 1887s | letters that we had hidden in the |
| 1891s | compounds and like video exploring them |
| 1894s | and stuff and whenever we see doesn't |
| 1897s | make that much iris in a character we |
| 1900s | think okay like we have this huge long |
| 1902s | list of characters but like mark that |
| 1904s | one like put them up higher up the list |
| 1906s | as someone whose story we want to try to |
| 1908s | get into the game sooner than later so |
| 1910s | yeah that stuff does make a difference |
| 1912s | to us we we see it really okay yeah they |
| 1916s | like that one so let's do that one yeah |
| 1923s | I mean I'm just thinking what else would |
| 1925s | be nice about this we have we had the |
| 1928s | booboo weapons needs but because the |
| 1930s | stream is obviously a little bit later |
| 1933s | we don't really have exactly |
| 1943s | I tried it but I mean you just said they |
| 1945s | found like letters so like how how many |
| 1947s | plays oh that was actually what I was |
| 1949s | thinking so what happens with things for |
| 1952s | example I know probably one of the one |
| 1955s | thing that I firstly saw a lot was where |
| 1959s | people would mentioned the name of the |
| 1960s | grapes then because I know that you guys |
| 1963s | that first didn't have any specific lore |
| 1966s | for it did she then decide to like |
| 1967s | potentially write stuff like that or |
| 1971s | some stuff a mystery because like that |
| 1973s | was not per se related that wasn't |
| 1975s | originated from more perspective more |
| 1977s | from something from game design yeah |
| 1981s | there's always like with environmental |
| 1982s | stuff some of its lore that will admit |
| 1986s | to some of its lore that would leave a |
| 1988s | mystery and sometimes it's an easter egg |
| 2003s | yeah and I was just was a level designer |
| 2007s | for a lot of the blonde chick graves |
| 2010s | area mhm and say that one was written by |
| 2015s | yeah yeah that's just that's just yeah I |
| 2023s | mean there's many games that do stuff |
| 2024s | like that in general so I mean it's |
| 2026s | interesting to see cuz like people pick |
| 2028s | up all those different things that they |
| 2029s | see on the map and they are |
| 2031s | automatically suggests that my |
| 2032s | everything might have more but like it |
| 2035s | doesn't have to but I like to mean |
| 2037s | something still so I mean I think as |
| 2041s | well like there's a general atmosphere |
| 2043s | and like everyone is creating their own |
| 2047s | stuff as well so just because it didn't |
| 2050s | necessarily come through an email from |
| 2052s | us doesn't mean that it's not like |
| 2054s | contributing to the world as a whole and |
| 2057s | there's a lot of kind of stories which |
| 2060s | would be a bit weird to clarify that |
| 2062s | there's one guy growing out the tree or |
| 2064s | something and I think that is you know |
| 2067s | that's already doing its own thing I |
| 2070s | think it would be kind of strange for us |
| 2072s | to come out and say wow this was |
| 2074s | specifically this person I mean I think |
| 2077s | I think for us conceptually it's |
| 2079s | important to leave some mystery amuses |
| 2081s | happens fun |
| 2082s | yeah he's very in a game like this like |
| 2084s | thinking about it |
| 2085s | I mean like I want some answers and what |
| 2089s | we want to do is give some answers and |
| 2091s | leave somewhere in for speculation but |
| 2092s | with enough of the like idea of what's |
| 2094s | going on that people can actually I |
| 2096s | don't even think anything's come up with |
| 2098s | their own ideas exactly did I never |
| 2100s | approaches something really different |
| 2102s | and yeah I mean it would be interesting |
| 2104s | to see what other people would cause I |
| 2106s | think we had quite a while as well that |
| 2109s | someone wrote their own stories I |
| 2111s | believe as well I'm beginning them yeah |
| 2114s | it was very moving |
| 2115s | yeah exactly where people were perfect |
| 2117s | so I mean hey we banner whatever the the |
| 2125s | book of weapons has two well three of my |
| 2129s | favorite characters that I got to work |
| 2131s | on coming up and if anybody ever draws |
| 2133s | them I was I of happiness a half-cent |
| 2137s | whose name broke one of them the there's |
| 2140s | some twins and there's the person who's |
| 2142s | teaching them how to become hunters so |
| 2144s | yeah anyone who's gonna try try what now |
| 2151s | what is the favorite like what is your |
| 2152s | favorite bit of oh my god it's |
| 2159s | challenging maybe link dog sorry even |
| 2161s | but like I mean it's just like it just |
| 2163s | to take a little thing it's really |
| 2165s | really fun to make up weapon names like |
| 2168s | and yeah I really enjoy that process |
| 2171s | where it's like |
| 2172s | weapons we're gonna make it were you |
| 2173s | like with the legendaries make these and |
| 2177s | we need names for them and they need to |
| 2179s | be connected to lure in like that whole |
| 2180s | process I find it'll be really fun |
| 2182s | yeah like the upcoming election two |
| 2185s | characters I think is really really |
| 2188s | really nice to like whack on and then |
| 2191s | kind of talk to the character artists |
| 2194s | and kind of like work that out where the |
| 2197s | these are where they're coming from |
| 2198s | yeah kickin and like that creation was |
| 2203s | history it's really satisfying whenever |
| 2206s | you like have an idea and then you see |
| 2208s | that materialize because I'm not a very |
| 2211s | good artist or anything so someone makes |
| 2214s | something that you've had like a visual |
| 2215s | concept for it's just amazing it's just |
| 2218s | like yeah like I think the snakeskin the |
| 2221s | gun was something and that was like that |
| 2224s | was probably something which changed a |
| 2226s | lot over the development of like his |
| 2227s | character which is another cup weapons |
| 2229s | and then yeah I think in the end that's |
| 2233s | pretty that's pretty nice |
| 2236s | like I've been a writer in other |
| 2240s | industries for a long time and writing |
| 2241s | is always like really like it's a lonely |
| 2243s | task you're always like alone I took |
| 2246s | desk I mean I gotta play to keep you |
| 2249s | company you're a noble but right she's |
| 2251s | singing very gnarly but my point is |
| 2254s | ready for games though you have a shared |
| 2256s | world so you know the actual article |
| 2259s | privately you're sitting there writing |
| 2260s | by yourself infinitely and together but |
| 2264s | because there's so many people involved |
| 2266s | in building this |
| 2266s | there's a really cool team aspect here |
| 2269s | that I've never had in any other kind of |
| 2270s | writing and it's just it's the best okay |
| 2277s | yeah just like you know James and I each |
| 2279s | come up with our own story lines and |
| 2282s | write them by ourselves but then you |
| 2284s | know we meet up in our leg so you have |
| 2286s | somebody I could kill or like if I have |
| 2288s | this character you're like how can we |
| 2290s | make them interact and it's just like a |
| 2292s | really interesting process that's so |
| 2294s | much fun |
| 2294s | so do you because you guys make your |
| 2296s | characters like it doesn't happen that |
| 2298s | you if you come up with a character you |
| 2301s | are the main person that mainly still |
| 2303s | writes for it or does it also sometimes |
| 2305s | have a net for example James comes up |
| 2307s | with a character and you just continue |
| 2308s | on that story or how does that go I |
| 2311s | think we mainly stick to writing the |
| 2314s | ones we've created but we I think each |
| 2316s | brick we're in each other's characters I |
| 2317s | mean I think swell yeah yeah definitely |
| 2320s | like I think we both won over each other |
| 2322s | stuff and refined and I think it's |
| 2325s | important to have a like someone who |
| 2327s | knows everything because then I feel |
| 2328s | like I want to change this and you're |
| 2330s | like well actually from a purely like |
| 2339s | workflow point of view that's important |
| 2341s | you know kind of happily over say your |
| 2345s | own thing but I think from our writing |
| 2347s | perspective we both like written part so |
| 2350s | do a feedback on there and then be like |
| 2352s | hey why don't you add this line here and |
| 2354s | then that makes it in yeah so yeah |
| 2358s | that's really nice I think I think it |
| 2359s | can be kind of intimidating |
| 2362s | did I purely do something on your own I |
| 2364s | think if you |
| 2365s | King Yu is really great to collaborate |
| 2368s | with someone because you also learn what |
| 2370s | your own voices |
| 2372s | yeah regard because you have like a |
| 2375s | point of comparison and then I think |
| 2376s | it's interesting if you're like reading |
| 2378s | something in your life did I write that |
| 2379s | someone else wear that and I think a big |
| 2383s | part of being a good writer is being |
| 2385s | able to write other people with voices |
| 2386s | to you yeah yeah because sometimes you |
| 2390s | do stuff and everything just like you |
| 2392s | have a clear idea in mind of who someone |
| 2393s | is and their education level or their |
| 2395s | experience like that outlook on the |
| 2397s | world and you do it and as it goes along |
| 2399s | the page you're like this is the same as |
| 2402s | the loss poor people you kind of have to |
| 2404s | edit it |
| 2407s | yeah don't revert into your like your |
| 2410s | natural natural ways it's like whenever |
| 2419s | I think about like playing video games |
| 2421s | and making a character I often makes |
| 2423s | similar characters or even though milady |
| 2425s | they all have something in the end they |
| 2427s | can color because there's something that |
| 2428s | you have from your personal I guess so I |
| 2431s | think it I mean it's definitely |
| 2432s | challenging so what are for example |
| 2434s | maybe like characteristics that are |
| 2437s | personal to your writing style like do |
| 2439s | you have something that you recognize |
| 2440s | something that you always like to put in |
| 2442s | in a sense that you bring from yourself |
| 2445s | alright of my American characters |
| 2447s | sometimes end up speaking British |
| 2449s | English yeah I'm like that's true but I |
| 2459s | don't think very much because like hey I |
| 2462s | can say it for you because I'm observing |
| 2463s | your writing from the outside and you |
| 2465s | could probably say better about me but |
| 2466s | because we've written so many found |
| 2468s | documents that are a different style |
| 2470s | you really you have to be able to change |
| 2473s | your style for each one or at least try |
| 2476s | I guess that's not the audience will |
| 2477s | tell how successful we were elect |
| 2481s | it's really important but this kind of |
| 2482s | ready to be able to switch between those |
| 2485s | styles and the right guy fine I don't |
| 2487s | know I just don't know how you do it but |
| 2488s | like if I need to write a certain kind |
| 2489s | of thing I'll read a bunch of stuff |
| 2491s | that's in a similar style break before |
| 2492s | and then it's easy to kind of do like |
| 2494s | hand in glove and you know start out |
| 2498s | almost sad tired I didn't start out |
| 2500s | accidentally writing sad tires and then |
| 2502s | I have to go back I mean it's much |
| 2505s | easier to like write a newspaper and |
| 2508s | like a journal in their respective stars |
| 2510s | but if you have like two journals then |
| 2513s | it's much harder today yeah yeah and I |
| 2517s | think it's just very subtle words and |
| 2519s | stuff sometimes like they end up having |
| 2522s | the same thing and then you go back |
| 2523s | through and it's like would he say |
| 2525s | received or would he say get there's and |
| 2532s | I'm curious does how much information |
| 2535s | isn't into that with you guys also have |
| 2537s | like physical books and files together |
| 2540s | like I hear that like how big is that |
| 2544s | collection I have I've quite a few books |
| 2546s | on my desk I mean there's so many old |
| 2549s | books that are available on the internet |
| 2552s | Lee James mention like archive.org and |
| 2554s | they're so really great newspaper |
| 2555s | archives so most of the stuff you need |
| 2558s | is |
| 2559s | but I have quite a few books about |
| 2561s | weapons of the time I have printed out a |
| 2565s | large chunk of the records of the |
| 2567s | Louisiana Asylum at Jackson and I just |
| 2570s | have where it goes through like patient |
| 2573s | name why they were admitted and stuff |
| 2575s | like that and just yeah I guess have a |
| 2578s | weird collection I have like there's the |
| 2583s | ones that I go is getting paper yeah |
| 2591s | yeah I think like the New Age you ate |
| 2598s | old media and it's dope dude and also |
| 2601s | have dictionaries from like the 1800s we |
| 2603s | have been looking for one for quite a |
| 2605s | while and I found one I have a lot of |
| 2606s | weird kind of like slang dictionary I do |
| 2608s | have a historic historic slang |
| 2611s | dictionary but I really want like an |
| 2615s | actual dictionary for me too bad yeah |
| 2616s | that would be really cool but yeah I |
| 2618s | kind of collect like dictionaries that |
| 2620s | are themed like you know I don't know |
| 2623s | yes |
| 2624s | Victorian slang or like Victoria it's |
| 2629s | it's pretty ridiculous but it's actually |
| 2632s | fun to sit there and read them because |
| 2633s | you're just like wait like I got a lot |
| 2637s | of things that you don't understand or |
| 2638s | other stuff that I mean there were |
| 2641s | there's words that we use today that are |
| 2642s | used differently back then |
| 2645s | an example I should have prepared them |
| 2646s | but it's it's just really amusing to see |
| 2649s | how language has changed because like |
| 2653s | the MEA always still spoke English but |
| 2655s | there must be I mean in those 200 years |
| 2658s | yeah sure sure yeah you pick me up in a |
| 2663s | lot of light word etymologies that you |
| 2665s | take for granted and then it's like I am |
| 2668s | coming together constantly looking |
| 2669s | upwards to see when they came into usage |
| 2671s | because it's really easy to like to use |
| 2674s | some turn of phrase that we use that |
| 2676s | reference is something that was invented |
| 2677s | like 1940 exist yet like I don't know |
| 2681s | these are the it's actually funny I just |
| 2686s | showed Netflix called the Norseman and |
| 2689s | it's set in like through year 300 |
| 2692s | Vikings but then they do everything in |
| 2694s | water and speaks or like all the jokes |
| 2696s | and like everything they say like the |
| 2697s | sayings are based on like modern save |
| 2699s | okay actually really interesting how |
| 2701s | different that F comes over it's really |
| 2702s | funny anxious kind of casual I says no |
| 2707s | but it's like nothing like how what |
| 2709s | seems like how much effect that has on a |
| 2712s | story in its setting in general like if |
| 2715s | you put like modern speech and all |
| 2717s | setting or like the old speech and in |
| 2718s | the modern setting but what for example |
| 2721s | we let have specific examples that you |
| 2723s | can come up with that we have in like |
| 2725s | monsters or something like a specific |
| 2727s | scene or easing I mean we we try to just |
| 2730s | slip things in here and there that we |
| 2733s | learn because like our most recent task |
| 2741s | has been more technical than like we |
| 2743s | finish supervisor yeah I thought maybe |
| 2751s | looks like specific words but there was |
| 2754s | a lot of room capitalization at the time |
| 2756s | like people loved to capitalize all |
| 2757s | sorts of stuff and then you face the |
| 2759s | question of you're writing a like fake |
| 2762s | historical text do you copy that and |
| 2765s | it's gonna look wrong to the reader like |
| 2767s | there's really fine like that when |
| 2768s | looking wrong and seeming authentic |
| 2770s | which is I found that so yeah definitely |
| 2773s | people that were upset and like if you |
| 2777s | try and just copy that like we even got |
| 2779s | feedback and we're like this is |
| 2780s | ridiculous |
| 2782s | that's real the truth being stranger |
| 2789s | than fiction phrase people expect it to |
| 2794s | be kind of serious and Victorian and |
| 2796s | people are pretty City then yeah yeah |
| 2799s | when you read the newspapers yeah really |
| 2802s | silly yeah they just had the local drug |
| 2805s | rights of stuff so what was like before |
| 2810s | that people get started already slowly |
| 2812s | asking questions more specific pressures |
| 2816s | and what was then your tease of this gel |
| 2819s | do you like what are some of the bigger |
| 2821s | just I have a list sexy one just uses |
| 2841s | PDFs yeah I guess it was seriously |
| 2847s | pretty open-ended Skype in a way late |
| 2850s | you wanna you don't want to write |
| 2851s | yourself into a corner you want to be |
| 2853s | adaptable but you also want to flesh it |
| 2855s | out with detail that's always intention |
| 2857s | of like do we wanna like a week and I |
| 2861s | had another boss or do we want to make |
| 2863s | it so that like the three bosses are |
| 2865s | significant you know we were talking |
| 2867s | because we had duo's for a long time we |
| 2870s | were like is due a significant to the |
| 2872s | law or is it like do we want to have it |
| 2875s | so you can go in so solos or pairs and |
| 2879s | all of this stuff like you look at other |
| 2881s | games and some of this is you know kind |
| 2885s | of knowing your boundaries enables you |
| 2886s | to like add emphasis and detail and it's |
| 2890s | always tough to kind of look into the |
| 2892s | future and think like okay this is fixed |
| 2895s | we can like emphasize this we can draw |
| 2897s | attention to this but this on the other |
| 2900s | hand is like liable to change and you |
| 2903s | know we need to we don't want to block |
| 2905s | ourselves because the worst thing is |
| 2907s | that someone comes to you with like a |
| 2908s | really cool idea and you're like well |
| 2910s | that's not possible because of this and |
| 2912s | this and this so yeah that tension is |
| 2915s | like hard to negotiate that was yeah and |
| 2918s | we did you know |
| 2920s | about this at GDD like the challenges of |
| 2923s | writing Lord during early access because |
| 2925s | some things are bound to change you |
| 2928s | graduated yeah yeah and so you have to |
| 2930s | find a way to still write your awesome |
| 2934s | story like moving though things are |
| 2937s | changing and you I don't know it was |
| 2944s | more I always like details but it was |
| 2946s | often an example yeah I mean I mean I |
| 2952s | think we had maybe a version of the book |
| 2954s | of monsters and we looked at it and we |
| 2956s | were like does this really give away |
| 2958s | enough the origin yeah I know we were |
| 2961s | like just looking at this from the |
| 2963s | perspective of like people want some |
| 2964s | details about the origins and like what |
| 2968s | this thing is so we were kind of |
| 2970s | reviewing that a lot in view of their |
| 2971s | community feedback forgetting because we |
| 2973s | were like is this satisfying that itch |
| 2976s | you know yes that was one the book of |
| 2983s | weapons is why I think we were also |
| 2985s | looking at more and more from the |
| 2987s | perspective of like okay who are the |
| 2989s | hunters how do they get in this |
| 2990s | situation because one of the big |
| 2993s | expectations people have is like |
| 2994s | everyone's working together and it's |
| 2997s | like a homogeneous group versus evil and |
| 2999s | we were like well that's not true so why |
| 3002s | did things break down like who were the |
| 3004s | key figures what are the key events and |
| 3006s | then we were moving more and more into |
| 3008s | that detail of like having this specific |
| 3011s | thing so yeah I think and I think |
| 3014s | in view of that like it's very much I |
| 3016s | mean that was maybe more of like an |
| 3018s | editing in a narrowing process in order |
| 3022s | to really bring that out and emphasize |
| 3023s | it and then make sure that the relations |
| 3026s | are clear but I think that was also |
| 3028s | really satisfying because it absorbs |
| 3030s | overtime and then you figure out exactly |
| 3033s | what you want to do with the document |
| 3035s | and then you are able to get it doing |
| 3038s | that |
| 3038s | yeah can't your early access at least |
| 3040s | gives you the chance to continue to yeah |
| 3043s | as you see what usually you release it |
| 3046s | and then you hear everybody's thoughts |
| 3047s | in that but that's it yeah good still |
| 3051s | yeah yeah that must be a quite big |
| 3054s | difference in you where to virtually |
| 3056s | just a finish um let me see |
| 3061s | so we can have some questions could you |
| 3064s | potentially move the YouTube chat to the |
| 3068s | other side so it's like closer to me |
| 3071s | it's like okay yeah oh yeah let me see |
| 3080s | so obviously keep the chat questions |
| 3082s | only related to more because otherwise |
| 3084s | we will not answer them today |
| 3087s | let me see you tell us if the voltage |
| 3090s | and the current 1.0 can be deciphered |
| 3092s | from in-game hints what is a boy English |
| 3096s | I did you guys know I'm the first link |
| 3098s | Grimm's yeah okay um I believe that |
| 3102s | there are people who have decoded it on |
| 3105s | the |
| 3107s | yeah I don't I don't want to reveal how |
| 3110s | to Dakota here that's one of secret |
| 3116s | language of the hunters that they used |
| 3119s | to communicate with each other yeah I |
| 3121s | guess it was insane thing yeah we yeah |
| 3126s | yeah so yeah I think that's definitely a |
| 3130s | decayed decoding and some of the times |
| 3133s | we've used to and the discs were |
| 3140s | generating again when we didn't fix it |
| 3144s | last time we just properties and turn it |
| 3147s | on it sounds stupid but the activate |
| 3150s | activate um we see here inspiration for |
| 3154s | the assassin not true actually that |
| 3158s | question should go to someone who's not |
| 3160s | here because that concept |
| 3163s | the character in the concept guys |
| 3166s | because the character assassin liked the |
| 3168s | idea for the assassins been around for |
| 3170s | quite sometime I think we had like a |
| 3172s | poster but the poster that we've also |
| 3175s | released like back back in the day I |
| 3177s | already saw it yeah I know |
| 3180s | artim was involved very early on if he's |
| 3183s | been on stream I mean if you're |
| 3186s | interested in knowing more about the |
| 3187s | assassin you can look on our blog we |
| 3188s | when the assassin first was added to the |
| 3190s | game yeah we wrote a whole bunch of |
| 3192s | stuff about the creation process that |
| 3196s | talked to the interviewers with all |
| 3197s | those guys who were there at the |
| 3199s | beginning so like you these has an also |
| 3204s | chain quite a lot over at that time yeah |
| 3208s | but the very original idea yeah the |
| 3213s | fainter guy and lots of deltas at least |
| 3215s | right so yeah yeah Richard well actually |
| 3220s | has a lore in them the description of |
| 3223s | the hunter exactly agreed that |
| 3227s | [Music] |
| 3233s | oh my god are you more curious to know |
| 3239s | where the done hundreds to get their |
| 3241s | magic that we described some of that we |
| 3246s | address that question if it's a question |
| 3250s | about maybe dark site let me see Oh |
| 3264s | someone wants to know what happens after |
| 3266s | hunter with tires I mean what happens to |
| 3270s | you if your tire some of the see where |
| 3277s | the alligators are not in the Louisiana |
| 3280s | swamp report now I'm gonna remember |
| 3282s | though because we actually put some |
| 3285s | thought into this and I remember |
| 3287s | researching when retirement like as a |
| 3289s | constant became a thing and now I can't |
| 3292s | wear what the date was but it was not |
| 3294s | far off from the time of the game when |
| 3296s | people first decided like I did when you |
| 3299s | get all you should stop working like |
| 3300s | because yeah before that people just |
| 3304s | oh no psychiatrist egg is like doing |
| 3307s | last developing livestreamer thinking |
| 3309s | cuz people were suggesting like things |
| 3311s | like dog tags then we're like when the |
| 3313s | dog takes actually get invented the |
| 3315s | major line right after also like the |
| 3318s | time period of the game so it's like it |
| 3320s | could make sense but it's a bit late |
| 3323s | yeah let me see what other more |
| 3329s | questions do you guys have is this |
| 3334s | assassin sentiment or puppet of the |
| 3336s | sculptor I think that's answered in the |
| 3340s | in the books I well I mean oh it's not |
| 3343s | like I think that answer is absolutely |
| 3365s | someone was curious why was the bonus |
| 3367s | strip chosen the contents of the |
| 3370s | manuscripts relate to hunt the floor or |
| 3372s | is it just intends to be pretty well |
| 3375s | okay so the Voynich manuscript for |
| 3378s | anyone who doesn't know about it is an |
| 3381s | actual manuscript that no one has ever |
| 3383s | decoded sure what's the year on it do |
| 3387s | you remember the boys renderscript |
| 3389s | I can't remember the year that it's been |
| 3391s | data too but the point is no one knows |
| 3394s | what it says it's a really cool book |
| 3396s | with all this weird writing in it and |
| 3397s | all these really weird pictures it kind |
| 3399s | of doesn't like if aliens were gonna |
| 3400s | leave encyclopedia of their planet you |
| 3404s | really get a little kind of like this so |
| 3405s | and what it is having came from cousins |
| 3407s | or something like how Wyatt right or I |
| 3416s | misspelled here jack I remember like |
| 3419s | looking about once a night that I don't |
| 3421s | know maybe just like my but the point |
| 3425s | the point is that this this book for |
| 3426s | like they're kind of like sci-fi fantasy |
| 3429s | history nerd has become like a symbol of |
| 3433s | like a sense of wonder like if you look |
| 3435s | at this book and you're just like you |
| 3437s | see it in like people love to speculate |
| 3438s | like I love this book I have it like |
| 3440s | kind of almost on an altar in my house |
| 3443s | next to Kota Sarah Phineas which is an |
| 3446s | actual fictional book that kind of |
| 3447s | copies it but anyway it's just it's just |
| 3450s | a really cool mental puzzle like you can |
| 3452s | look through it and it just really |
| 3453s | sparks the imagination |
| 3455s | that sense of mystery and wonder was I |
| 3458s | think why we chose the script to use in |
| 3460s | some of our stuff because it's just like |
| 3462s | chanting that's the feeling that it's |
| 3464s | like just yeah illustrations as well to |
| 3468s | work here is I thought I succeed on like |
| 3471s | every like couple of years this article |
| 3474s | about how someone has decoded it and I |
| 3476s | get really excited and then turns out |
| 3477s | they happened but then like let me see |
| 3486s | who is Willie MCD no why does he need to |
| 3493s | put his name on every Locker you know I |
| 3495s | think we should ask him yeah he's just a |
| 3498s | band although oh thank you someone said |
| 3507s | 15th century for the varnish man is here |
| 3509s | thank you |
| 3510s | is in the pretty Oh a lot of things |
| 3512s | right so as far as from the hunters |
| 3514s | perspectives were there secondary |
| 3516s | sources newspaper hunters would have |
| 3518s | bread is that intentional or to connect |
| 3520s | with the players experience |
| 3522s | yeah I guess 100% yeah I mean I think we |
| 3526s | were always thinking about this from the |
| 3528s | perspective the hunters and they're like |
| 3530s | they're not really knowing the whole |
| 3533s | thing which is going on a lot of them |
| 3535s | are just bought in so yeah the |
| 3536s | information they have is like as |
| 3539s | accessible as it would be and we also |
| 3541s | wanted it do it wouldn't make sense to |
| 3544s | us to have like a central hero and then |
| 3546s | be the story about that journey because |
| 3548s | that's a multiplayer game so having it |
| 3552s | come in from lots of directions and lots |
| 3555s | of different ways to access it was like |
| 3557s | one of the cool things we're true |
| 3558s | addressing it and this is also why we |
| 3560s | went for like this archive format and |
| 3564s | yeah way we want to give it up future |
| 3567s | yeah because some are already asked like |
| 3569s | why did you guys decide to go to write |
| 3571s | the book of monsters and letters and |
| 3572s | diaries same reason family I don't |
| 3575s | documents |
| 3580s | the rest of the world aware of the |
| 3582s | monsters in Louisiana I would say most |
| 3584s | of them are not yeah some people there |
| 3587s | there are pockets of people it's not |
| 3591s | like headlines on it in every newspaper |
| 3594s | yeah yeah yeah I mean again in the |
| 3597s | Clements whoa there's a little bit of |
| 3599s | cover-up going on and then in that case |
| 3601s | of a way before small planes I mean no |
| 3605s | one really knows what's going on these |
| 3606s | days Nakula |
| 3615s | let's take the stocks the statements it |
| 3623s | was quite a few people did the bombing |
| 3626s | it right yeah the office I know that you |
| 3629s | know the guys come up with that song and |
| 3632s | they gather we're just waiting I can't |
| 3642s | wait to hear them yeah yeah you've |
| 3644s | hidden it even for me I mean I keep |
| 3646s | sending it and you know must be getting |
| 3649s | into disputes all the references book oh |
| 3656s | you scroll down the YouTube just a |
| 3657s | little bit back but I just miss it of |
| 3660s | the references in the book seem like |
| 3662s | they're made after whatever countries |
| 3664s | are experiencing it's the lower ranking |
| 3666s | or taking taking I think face after the |
| 3669s | game that lay well because they're found |
| 3672s | documents some of them are roaming |
| 3675s | exactly that time |
| 3676s | yes newspapers but I'm guessing this |
| 3679s | person that maybe is talking about the |
| 3680s | intros which are kind of written at |
| 3683s | least in shoes in the book of monsters |
| 3684s | are written by someone who who's |
| 3685s | collected those documents to us kind of |
| 3687s | analyzing them yeah yeah baby 20th |
| 3690s | century is where a lot of this stuff is |
| 3693s | being compiled because we're also you |
| 3697s | know we don't want to restrict ourselves |
| 3698s | from going into some similar time areas |
| 3702s | in the future so the perspective that |
| 3704s | with if the gala dawn is like after the |
| 3707s | event and it's the fewer cultures who |
| 3710s | are trying to piece together what really |
| 3712s | happens so they're also gathering in |
| 3714s | these documents and they have you know |
| 3716s | they're like some a lot of the techs are |
| 3719s | diagonals which are published and |
| 3721s | they're kind of bringing this in line |
| 3722s | with other journals that they found and |
| 3725s | you know that kind of light whoa look at |
| 3727s | this Journal which was produced and this |
| 3729s | is like talking about the same stuff as |
| 3731s | the story and so on so yeah it's a bit |
| 3734s | of a conspiracy actually you sneak some |
| 3743s | developer Easter eggs and the Lord it |
| 3745s | represents you as people I am not |
| 3747s | answering my questions but I have a |
| 3750s | feeling that he's internal but over this |
| 3752s | first bit I have a guest a few that is |
| 3755s | [Laughter] |
| 3759s | yeah I was reassured and I mean I've |
| 3764s | written like thousands and thousands of |
| 3766s | words I mean on the one hand there's |
| 3768s | also like the fact that like every |
| 3769s | character you write it has some of you |
| 3771s | in them so like I don't know but some of |
| 3774s | it is also just wild imaginings yeah I |
| 3778s | mean that's the vaporizing inhaler oh |
| 3780s | shit right I think that's because I |
| 3782s | don't like these |
| 3786s | wait while you also near the beginning |
| 3787s | what do we use that for it was in the |
| 3790s | case study it was in the kit yeah there |
| 3791s | was an advertisement for a medicine to |
| 3794s | like you know cure the common cold the |
| 3797s | doctor I was basically James yeah and I |
| 3799s | think it was a Cheerios I think it was |
| 3801s | because I think I thought why is it the |
| 3812s | only particular people are infected |
| 3815s | infected would it where's the question |
| 3819s | it's a calling pigeon yeah do you mean |
| 3824s | an open air yet oh why is it the only |
| 3826s | particular areas our story I thought |
| 3828s | maybe because like you have two hunters |
| 3830s | that are fiber wire their guns like well |
| 3833s | I think you you'd have to maybe read |
| 3835s | some of the book and find out how it's |
| 3837s | spreading to answer that question I |
| 3838s | would say we we touch on that issue in |
| 3841s | the book so I don't want to spoil it |
| 3843s | yeah yeah I mean I think there's a |
| 3846s | proximity thing with it I mean that's |
| 3850s | like the central thing which is that and |
| 3853s | then it's within this space which is |
| 3856s | able to affect it |
| 3859s | yes but yeah I guess it's not a |
| 3861s | worldwide thing and then the hunters |
| 3864s | have the right way of ensuring that |
| 3865s | they're not under of the effects of it |
| 3868s | but then that's also yeah that's also in |
| 3871s | the in the book people to discover |
| 3874s | attack you and stop you from talking um |
| 3882s | it's all through the books and not your |
| 3885s | cutscenes at the moment yeah we have |
| 3887s | cleaner books yeah yeah we do I don't |
| 3889s | think you're getting God seems like |
| 3891s | every game at least that's not on the |
| 3893s | room I'm not on the roadmap no plans for |
| 3895s | it and we don't want the board to the |
| 3897s | receptor represented in your face type |
| 3899s | we're just see it rather than like |
| 3901s | looking for it |
| 3904s | yeah the Lord is kind of meant to be |
| 3906s | like a bit of a like extra player |
| 3909s | yeah for like you you like this world |
| 3910s | you like what's happening in it like |
| 3912s | there's some weird shit to think about |
| 3914s | that could be happening there and like |
| 3915s | think about your own stuff and like just |
| 3917s | a spark that side of the game for those |
| 3919s | who want it but it's not required the |
| 3922s | high deer hunters have more tattoos many |
| 3924s | of which are related to Pluto symbols is |
| 3926s | it just to indicate that these hunters |
| 3927s | have survived longer or do destitute of |
| 3929s | more suspicious or spiritual power |
| 3932s | selection |
| 3935s | do we want to answer that well yeah I |
| 3937s | think they have survived longer yeah but |
| 3944s | the everyday thinking of some of the |
| 3949s | legendary hunters in my head a lot of |
| 3951s | their the tattoos have like specific |
| 3953s | background stories to them it's not that |
| 3955s | easy to answer that question like like |
| 3957s | it answer whether or not they give power |
| 3960s | whether that's how my power operates in |
| 3962s | the world I would probably they're away |
| 3965s | from yeah are we going to see conflict |
| 3975s | between the sculptor and other entities |
| 3977s | from the other side or in just scope |
| 3979s | diversity American hunter Association |
| 3985s | [Laughter] |
| 3990s | yeah I'm curious how many people have |
| 4003s | [Laughter] |
| 4008s | let's do like two or three more |
| 4010s | questions how public and welcome to see |
| 4013s | American hunter Association does the |
| 4015s | rest of the world pretty unknown the |
| 4018s | hunters Association is a front and it's |
| 4021s | like an American front I think it's not |
| 4025s | really organized definitely unlike a |
| 4028s | world level I think |
| 4030s | a lot of fronts and a lot of more |
| 4032s | independent movements which kind of |
| 4036s | sometimes operating with this sometimes |
| 4038s | not I think it's quite fractured in this |
| 4042s | regard and I think as well that's what |
| 4044s | we wanted to show the weapons seems to |
| 4048s | me that the book of weapons has a lot of |
| 4050s | information guys yeah was there a |
| 4058s | particular part of the Lord that really |
| 4060s | felt what's the most interesting to you |
| 4062s | both an area that you've really enjoyed |
| 4064s | getting stuck into am working on the |
| 4065s | trigger oh gosh I mean like I have |
| 4069s | favourite pieces like that James has |
| 4072s | written where every time like because |
| 4073s | we've we've proved this stuff in the |
| 4075s | many times so and then there's certain |
| 4077s | ones were like every time I read them I |
| 4078s | have to write something like well yeah |
| 4085s | it's like kind of different things at |
| 4086s | different times I guess yeah I think |
| 4092s | really saying the twin story above was |
| 4096s | really cool and yeah I'd only give it |
| 4100s | away but then that kind of a battalion |
| 4104s | moved into the center and that was |
| 4106s | really interesting other areas which you |
| 4111s | mister |
| 4111s | - yeah I don't know like with every part |
| 4114s | you're writing you're like really |
| 4115s | obsessed with it while you're working on |
| 4117s | it and then the next thing - this one |
| 4123s | not on it yes if you moved yeah but like |
| 4125s | you know baby likes talk a little bit |
| 4129s | there's a but yeah anything that's |
| 4140s | specifically stuck for a while I was in |
| 4145s | bed I don't know like I I do a lot of |
| 4151s | writing and brainstorming when I'm like |
| 4154s | moving so like I remember moving as and |
| 4158s | like walking or bicycling okay so I |
| 4160s | write because like moving could also be |
| 4161s | like yeah you have to do you move house |
| 4163s | I remember like one of the first things |
| 4166s | that I ruined after I joined the team I |
| 4169s | dictated into my phone while bicycling |
| 4172s | like down the river in Frankfurt because |
| 4176s | I was like oh this is cool and moments |
| 4179s | like bad aroma is really really exciting |
| 4180s | there's like oh yeah not really |
| 4186s | listen yeah I mean that's a couple of my |
| 4188s | characters which really kind of came |
| 4190s | from nothing and then for a while they |
| 4193s | were kind of yeah and then you work on |
| 4196s | them a bit and then they kind of start |
| 4198s | to find their own like I think the |
| 4199s | Latins make skin were released |
| 4203s | people who I became really like |
| 4205s | interested in I really enjoy coming back |
| 4207s | to and that's I guess not the same |
| 4210s | everyone doing a story there are some |
| 4213s | people who just don't grab you when you |
| 4214s | don't get that same like interest in and |
| 4218s | they start to fool that's real yeah |
| 4223s | pretty question sorry I was the first |
| 4226s | thing that you guys came up with when |
| 4228s | your stone was the first thing you |
| 4230s | worked on there was one of the things |
| 4234s | that I wrote for my writing test to join |
| 4237s | narrative design turned out to be lyrics |
| 4239s | for devil in the churchyard and that was |
| 4243s | written to be like okay found document |
| 4247s | they found some old like children's poem |
| 4249s | or like some lyrics that were in some |
| 4251s | archive and later when they needed just |
| 4256s | a song for that video I pulled that back |
| 4260s | up and was like that was melody they're |
| 4263s | at it like they because you also write |
| 4266s | all the songs right is that just you or |
| 4268s | do you guys both do you also like work |
| 4270s | on the songs and |
| 4272s | I've done done all the the lyrics and |
| 4274s | melodies for the but yeah that's |
| 4283s | probably a topic for another stream yeah |
| 4290s | I think I think the very best thing I |
| 4295s | did was like a draft for the book of |
| 4298s | weapons and I'm starting to think about |
| 4300s | how we can kind of do this and like |
| 4302s | what's a reasonable length for the text |
| 4305s | and what can make it interesting and how |
| 4308s | can we evolve it and I think none of |
| 4311s | that is indication many more that I was |
| 4314s | open seriously like improved on maybe |
| 4318s | but that's I think the first thing I |
| 4320s | remember was putting some like fast text |
| 4323s | together and maybe a couple of days |
| 4325s | ideas made it Ford yeah I think it's a |
| 4328s | lot of turning over and trying to figure |
| 4330s | out what the penis let me see if there's |
| 4343s | one more question white dog white |
| 4347s | killing dogs and horse in the game |
| 4348s | should call PETA 189 all right I mean I |
| 4354s | think that was already like the Society |
| 4357s | for the Prevention of Cruelty yeah if |
| 4367s | you know what I can say is the if you |
| 4370s | can animals then that's on you you know |
| 4373s | they responsible for that yeah you mean |
| 4376s | if players go back dying horse yeah yeah |
| 4380s | it's just gonna scream for a little bit |
| 4385s | because the worst is already like half |
| 4388s | dick yeah nobody's figured out how to |
| 4390s | ride it yeah which is crazy |
| 4400s | any the most fun boss to write for next |
| 4405s | we can't answer that question yes |
| 4406s | bullying and everything I say that sound |
| 4410s | try to met kid on the horse that is very |
| 4413s | sweet really did it but then you'll get |
| 4416s | there together hey I've seen common |
| 4422s | themes between honey block one and so |
| 4425s | far as you've been aid to corruption of |
| 4426s | the self psyche nation the idea of a |
| 4428s | hundred sort of comic ritual character |
| 4431s | collaborate say those are pretty |
| 4433s | archetypal themes throughout all of |
| 4434s | literature so yeah yeah I think but yeah |
| 4443s | I guess I have a similar like and I |
| 4448s | guess like you can't help but be |
| 4450s | influenced by gothic because it's also |
| 4452s | in the era when a lot of like this is |
| 4455s | when like psychology became creative |
| 4456s | because people start to be aware that |
| 4458s | they were like someone conscious forces |
| 4460s | and stuff so I think this is like the |
| 4464s | themes of Dracula Frankenstein and also |
| 4470s | more American specific stuff so yeah I |
| 4474s | think it's all it's all there and if you |
| 4476s | are going into that era it's gonna be |
| 4478s | stuff that you thought I want yeah buddy |
| 4480s | that's also interesting the magic is |
| 4481s | like a lot of people said yeah we want |
| 4483s | the werewolf or we want this and it's |
| 4486s | like a lot of the things that are very |
| 4487s | stirred typical for certain like |
| 4491s | for example super popular or all right |
| 4494s | so Jagger or like where was in general |
| 4495s | that we on purpose try to get something |
| 4498s | that's more unique and more you know not |
| 4501s | so this is seen everywhere else that's |
| 4504s | really good and I think I mean obviously |
| 4506s | you guys are because you guys might be |
| 4510s | the first start of integration in |
| 4512s | doesn't because that like do you draw |
| 4514s | from like for example like with some of |
| 4516s | the monsters obviously like I said more |
| 4518s | from like just worse side of things are |
| 4522s | just from the design II know the concept |
| 4525s | art rather I think I joined the team |
| 4527s | after the current monsters had already |
| 4529s | been as I'm sorry I mean I think a lot |
| 4532s | of it comes from a game design |
| 4533s | perspective when you want to have |
| 4535s | something which is you know bulkier or |
| 4538s | something which is a different gameplay |
| 4539s | challenge and then a lot of the physical |
| 4541s | features evolved from that and then I |
| 4545s | mean in the lore we also have the |
| 4547s | concept that the monster is like a |
| 4549s | sculptor which is like designing things |
| 4551s | according to its aims in a way so I |
| 4554s | think those two things are quite Alliant |
| 4556s | like if it has a function in one then |
| 4560s | it's also mirrored in the other we |
| 4562s | didn't want to have a situation where |
| 4564s | we're like you know calling a doctor to |
| 4567s | run asaurus rex because it's like |
| 4568s | whatever story that's actually a t-rex |
| 4570s | but it looks like a duck yeah and i |
| 4573s | think that's some of the danger you have |
| 4574s | where you get to co-op in an idea you |
| 4576s | have and it doesn't premiere the reality |
| 4578s | and you just have to say you know what |
| 4580s | like this thing is the meat head you |
| 4583s | know it's like it's the big how can it |
| 4589s | be a meat head no I know but like from a |
| 4599s | conceptual yeah the question of how old |
| 4601s | we concepts like if we're talking about |
| 4602s | something new we all sit down together |
| 4604s | and ideas just get thrown and out and |
| 4607s | everybody kind of puts in their two |
| 4609s | cents about like well that would work |
| 4610s | really well from my perspective or this |
| 4612s | would you know everybody's kind of |
| 4613s | trying to find the thing that works best |
| 4615s | for all the different goals that you |
| 4617s | have for each thing which is anyway and |
| 4618s | I mean obviously character artists in |
| 4620s | might even get to just say like |
| 4622s | inspiration you guys have because |
| 4624s | obviously if you research like things |
| 4627s | for the past it's not sharing researches |
| 4633s | well I think that is for most of the |
| 4636s | questions obviously I know you get some |
| 4638s | more questions and I'm sure there will |
| 4640s | be more on the Dysport they are both on |
| 4643s | the discord as |
| 4646s | Catherine yeah yeah but yet though |
| 4656s | they're obviously maybe in the future we |
| 4658s | can have another Q&A maybe this summer |
| 4660s | read it's a bit easier |
| 4661s | yeah escort this one Joe but I have two |
| 4665s | guys so much for your time thanks Aaron |
| 4667s | something about the war it was long |
| 4669s | waited but I think I really enjoyed it |
| 4672s | so thank you again and the a chat for |
| 4675s | watching we'll see you guys next time |
| 4677s | and definitely check out the look of |
| 4679s | weapons because as seen here today there |
| 4682s | is a lot of lore on that things game let |
| 4688s | us know so they can be made a buddy |
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