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| 0s | we have these towers all over the world |
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| 2s | there's ancient structures but then like |
| 4s | what if this one like exploded in Magic |
| 6s | but then it like froze at the same time |
| 8s | and we're like okay what would that look |
| 10s | like and put that in there and then it |
| 11s | was like well what is it what does it |
| 13s | mean and we're like well I don't know |
| 14s | it's like a mystery we got to figure |
| 16s | that out |
| 16s | [Music] |
| 18s | [Applause] |
| 23s | hey everybody Welcome to |
| 25s | eternum where we talk about All Things |
| 26s | New World I'm Scott today I'm here with |
| 29s | Charles and Dan and we're going to talk |
| 30s | a little bit about azath |
| 35s | foreign |
| 37s | [Music] |
| 43s | we had this new guy love and start here |
| 45s | and he asked me where azath came from it |
| 48s | was kind of funny because I was like |
| 50s | and we've worked on this game a long |
| 52s | time and I struggled thinking about it |
| 54s | but I I thought it'd be a cool topic so |
| 57s | um |
| 58s | you know at the beginning I remember we |
| 60s | we had this concept of the the island |
| 62s | being the Fountain of Youth right and |
| 64s | people would come there looking for it |
| 67s | and I and I couldn't quite in my mind |
| 69s | Bridge how we came from that to the |
| 72s | concept of azath I think Dan you had |
| 74s | some ideas around Ora call come if I'm |
| 76s | not mistaken true yeah we we wanted to |
| 80s | kind of we always liked the idea of like |
| 82s | it's also Atlantis and then it's also |
| 85s | like every other lost place on Earth |
| 89s | um yeah this island kind of felt like |
| 91s | this island was |
| 94s | like a lot of things fall on this island |
| 96s | it was called a lot of different names |
| 97s | to a lot of different places and parts |
| 99s | of History exactly yeah I think this |
| 102s | time period was really interesting |
| 103s | because there was like a whole bunch of |
| 105s | ideas in science about magic and like |
| 108s | how they could take one element and turn |
| 110s | it into another if they just found this |
| 112s | like super special secret stuff and then |
| 115s | like like scientists really thought if |
| 117s | they could turn lead into gold if they |
| 118s | found this magical substance and that's |
| 121s | I think that somewhere tied into the |
| 123s | idea of this so like we need this thing |
| 125s | that like can make magic real in our |
| 127s | world and that's where I think Azon came |
| 129s | from is like oh what if they actually |
| 130s | found it what if it was the Fountain of |
| 132s | Youth or something that like led to this |
| 134s | all this other mythological stuff could |
| 136s | come out of that I think that is an |
| 139s | interesting concept because it it kind |
| 141s | of like took us off in this direction I |
| 143s | remember doing a lot of research on like |
| 145s | Alchemy because like I didn't I didn't |
| 147s | know how deep it ran like Isaac Newton |
| 148s | was an alchemist |
| 150s | like it was just pretty nutty |
| 153s | well and you you pitched or a caulkham |
| 156s | and I think the reason we pushed away |
| 159s | from that is because when the research |
| 160s | showed that being a like a pinkish metal |
| 164s | and we wanted we liked which I thought |
| 165s | was great but yeah so the way we liked |
| 167s | it but I think the idea of azoth the |
| 170s | blue and the red contrast of good and |
| 171s | bad because when you're making a game |
| 173s | visual that color language is important |
| 175s | yeah we needed that like pure like this |
| 177s | is the the source of magic and usually |
| 180s | that's like white or blue and sort of |
| 182s | sort of like it feels natural and then |
| 183s | there's like the corruption is the dark |
| 185s | sort of counter to that so it was a nice |
| 188s | visual sort of tie-in yeah well and that |
| 190s | was a fun Evolution to the to the whole |
| 192s | Fountain of Youth was you know it made |
| 195s | sounds great to live forever until you |
| 197s | really think about it you know and you |
| 199s | start remember the didn't we we Dove |
| 200s | deeper and deeper into the topic and we |
| 202s | were like |
| 205s | yeah it gets like deep and dark really |
| 208s | fast and like oh okay what does that |
| 209s | mean how does that like affect your life |
| 211s | and all your loved ones and like what |
| 213s | how do you like deal with that in |
| 215s | reality I'll take it yeah it's uh it's |
| 218s | an interesting topic and what happens to |
| 220s | your brain yeah |
| 222s | some of our early lore I remember too it |
| 224s | like got really dark and deep too we |
| 226s | were like kind of like I don't know I |
| 228s | don't know if this is actually like a |
| 229s | world I want to hang out in it's kind of |
| 230s | kind of depressing yeah but we we did |
| 233s | like the contrast of the beauty of the |
| 235s | island and the danger and the harshness |
| 237s | of the reality and I remember uh |
| 240s | I don't remember exactly how we came up |
| 242s | with it but the idea of the azath |
| 243s | flowing below flowing beneath the island |
| 245s | which led to the deeper you went into |
| 248s | the island the more pronounced it was |
| 249s | because you were getting more toward |
| 251s | that |
| 251s | the uh the center of it and |
| 254s | yeah I still love that I mean and that's |
| 256s | that's still like like when you fast |
| 258s | travel the the VFX for that is is kind |
| 261s | of meant to imply like you're |
| 263s | dematerializing into that like Network |
| 265s | under the ground yeah the Ley lines or |
| 267s | something to sort of like connect these |
| 269s | like key points yeah and that was the |
| 270s | island was like the center point of a |
| 272s | bunch of different Underground |
| 274s | streams of azath flowing and that flowed |
| 276s | into our lore too we had this idea like |
| 278s | the major points all across the island |
| 281s | are like on these like Nexus spots and |
| 283s | then people who came would naturally |
| 284s | just gravitate towards those energy |
| 286s | sources and they'd build their towns |
| 287s | there and so it was this like layering |
| 288s | of like ancient and then the new stuff |
| 290s | and then more stuff on top of that so |
| 292s | the story kind of like tells the history |
| 294s | a little bit and the Ancients harnessing |
| 296s | that power and building the towers and |
| 298s | then the the the the down into the |
| 301s | volcano or the Shattered Mountain Area |
| 303s | like this a lot of this is still left |
| 305s | open for the future for for Rob our our |
| 308s | narrative guy to explore exactly |
| 311s | um we we have a few long-term ideas I'd |
| 314s | rather not like get into them because |
| 317s | they're not fleshed out enough to where |
| 318s | I feel comfortable but |
| 320s | there's there's just so much like |
| 322s | it's at the core of the story and the |
| 324s | lore and I can I can tell you for sure |
| 326s | from a lower perspective there's going |
| 327s | to be there's going to be some more |
| 329s | stuff coming out in the coming years |
| 330s | that |
| 331s | that |
| 333s | show you a lot more about where we're |
| 335s | thinking about as author what like the |
| 336s | history behind it and why it's so |
| 339s | valuable especially to the ancients |
| 341s | I always liked the way we tied the lore |
| 345s | into like the gameplay mechanics of like |
| 348s | even just when you die in the game like |
| 349s | you your character gets killed or you |
| 351s | kill another character they like |
| 352s | dissolve into this stuff and then you |
| 354s | like reanimate with the stuff and so |
| 356s | like the A's office like taking your |
| 357s | body form and spitting it back out again |
| 359s | and that like ties the like the lore of |
| 362s | life and death like back together so and |
| 364s | then into the gameplay mechanic I think |
| 365s | is always fun when we could do that kind |
| 367s | of thing and I like too how there's like |
| 368s | it's it's a there's a central kind of |
| 371s | source for all the magic stuff it kind |
| 373s | of just makes it makes it kind of you |
| 376s | know easy to track like because like as |
| 378s | we already have in the game like like |
| 380s | that magic can lead to all kinds of |
| 382s | nutty stuff and it was always uh like |
| 385s | meant to be through the through the mind |
| 387s | of whoever you are when you come to the |
| 390s | island that like you you manifest the |
| 392s | Magic in different ways based on like |
| 394s | you know your cultural heritage and like |
| 396s | the mythology that you believe in and |
| 397s | the stuff that scares you and stuff like |
| 399s | that it's really cool I also like the |
| 401s | whole other side of it which is |
| 404s | too much of a a good thing can become |
| 407s | corrupted too much you know like the the |
| 409s | human nature can take over and turn it |
| 412s | into something that it wasn't meant to |
| 414s | be |
| 415s | and then that can spread and change |
| 416s | things and creates new types of magic |
| 419s | and new types of |
| 421s | encounters that you see all through |
| 423s | shatter Mountain great cleave and you |
| 425s | know spread out throughout the all of |
| 426s | the tournament I always like to that the |
| 428s | the theme of immortality fits really |
| 430s | well with the MMO genre and just kind of |
| 433s | things that MMOs like are unique to him |
| 435s | I was like |
| 436s | you you never die either there's |
| 438s | anything |
| 440s | has good lore behind it when I'm playing |
| 442s | yeah like it was it feels good that like |
| 444s | hey we explained that yeah yeah |
| 448s | designing it visually was interesting |
| 450s | too because we had to like it started as |
| 452s | like oh it's just like this magic water |
| 454s | the Fountain of Youth and it like gives |
| 455s | you energy like but then like how do we |
| 457s | like show that in the world |
| 459s | and then and I know for our very first |
| 461s | trailer we needed to show like this |
| 463s | character dies but then it like goes |
| 465s | through their eyes and like they pop |
| 466s | back to life and so we're like What is |
| 468s | the like the flow of it and then we |
| 470s | wanted it to have this almost like |
| 471s | liquid in the air Vibe sort of flowing |
| 475s | out like steam yeah kind of this like |
| 477s | vaporous like stuff that like flows out |
| 479s | I think that kind of took us to a cool |
| 481s | place there was this period of time we |
| 483s | were like okay we know that like azoth |
| 485s | is this like source of magic and we want |
| 487s | our world to feel really Supernatural |
| 488s | but I think we were struggling a little |
| 490s | bit with like how do we like show the |
| 492s | supernatural in the world in a way that |
| 494s | players are gonna like instantly like oh |
| 496s | I see that thing and like okay I'm not |
| 498s | on like the real history Earth I'm I'm |
| 500s | in this sort of like Supernatural place |
| 502s | and we started coming up with these like |
| 504s | you know Supernatural Wonders that we |
| 506s | wanted to have around at different |
| 507s | points in the world and that was one of |
| 509s | them the shattered Obelisk where we were |
| 511s | like okay here's this Lake Tower we have |
| 512s | these towers all over the world there's |
| 513s | ancient structures but then like what if |
| 516s | this one like exploded in Magic but then |
| 519s | it like froze at the same time and sort |
| 521s | of these like weird Concepts and we're |
| 523s | like okay what would that look like and |
| 524s | put that in there and then it was like |
| 525s | well what is it what does it mean and |
| 527s | we're like well I don't know it's like a |
| 529s | mystery we gotta figure that out let's |
| 530s | let's the Lord's got to explain that |
| 532s | later well I remember same goes with |
| 534s | corruption when Jeff put together the |
| 536s | corruption pulling up oh yeah you know |
| 539s | he designed it because it looked really |
| 541s | cool yeah and I immediately was like is |
| 543s | it trying to get away from the azath is |
| 545s | it trying to get away from the earth |
| 546s | where is it going what's the drive and I |
| 548s | don't think we've explained that one yet |
| 550s | but it was an interesting |
| 552s | you know it said that the aesthetic was |
| 553s | so good that we like okay we got it like |
| 556s | we can't not have this that was one of |
| 558s | those kinds of like okay what looks what |
| 560s | what's different than real reality okay |
| 562s | what if gravity goes backwards for this |
| 564s | stuff only yeah and it creates a cool |
| 566s | look I think we've come up with some |
| 568s | cool like explanations for that that I |
| 570s | don't know if we've really revealed yet |
| 571s | but |
| 572s | you know which is interesting and it |
| 574s | almost leads to a community question |
| 576s | right which is uh you know where |
| 579s | where would you take it next where would |
| 580s | you go from a gameplay perspective with |
| 582s | azoth you know it's |
| 585s | there's so many different places we |
| 586s | could take it like you said we had it |
| 587s | tied pretty heavily into the uh to fast |
| 590s | travel and some of the other Concepts in |
| 592s | the game there's a lot more we could do |
| 594s | with it so we'd love to hear what you |
| 595s | think |
| 596s | um |
| 597s | I think with that we can call this one |
| 598s | closed though |
| 600s | so if you like what you saw let us know |
| 603s | by following us or or uh subscribing |
| 605s | otherwise thanks a bunch and we'll see |
| 608s | you all in a tournament |
| 609s | [Music] |
| 610s | [Applause] |
| 614s | foreign |
| 616s | [Music] |
| 619s | [Applause] |