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| 0s | now though those Quest givers they'll |
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| 2s | move with you so if they send you to |
| 4s | somewhere they're probably going to tag |
| 5s | along uh using season two as an example |
| 7s | now you're plugging up geysers to unlock |
| 9s | secret Chambers you're placing crystals |
| 11s | to unlock Maps that'll tell you where to |
| 13s | go like it's much more in depth and uh I |
| 16s | think it really helps sell our narrative |
| 18s | uh in a really good way |
| 19s | [Music] |
| 20s | [Applause] |
| 26s | Forge in a tournament uh the show where |
| 28s | we talk about All Things New World my |
| 31s | name is Rob and I am joined by Patrick |
| 32s | and Johannes today and we are talking |
| 36s | about uh the evolution of quests and |
| 39s | storytelling in New World how it's |
| 40s | changed over the course of the game's |
| 43s | development and even since launch quite |
| 45s | significantly and um and yeah we were |
| 47s | just reflecting a little bit on how you |
| 50s | know there was a time where this game |
| 51s | was all about survival and there wasn't |
| 53s | question storytelling weren't Central to |
| 55s | it and you were here not long after that |
| 57s | transition yep kind of took place yeah |
| 60s | so we did that transition where we were |
| 62s | Survival game uh did some self |
| 64s | reflection and decided that we were |
| 65s | going to Pivot more towards an MMO uh |
| 68s | and at that point in time like we to |
| 69s | your point did not have quests uh so we |
| 72s | started building a quest team at that |
| 73s | point in time and slowly started |
| 74s | introducing a more coherent narrative |
| 76s | throughout the game and adding quests |
| 78s | that asked players to go and do fairly |
| 81s | basic things |
| 82s | um I'd say at that point in time our |
| 83s | narrative wasn't too well uh defined but |
| 86s | since then like we've come a really long |
| 88s | way right uh season two was about to |
| 90s | launch and the storytelling in that is |
| 92s | just miles ahead of where our |
| 93s | storytelling started so it's been really |
| 95s | cool to watch that Evolution over the |
| 97s | last couple years and I think the quest |
| 98s | team in particular has done like a very |
| 100s | good job of building out that narrative |
| 102s | and making it fun to go play in a |
| 103s | tournament for sure yeah and I mean it's |
| 105s | worth not pointing out that there was an |
| 108s | extensive lore and there was story in |
| 110s | the world from the start it was just |
| 112s | stuff you had to go hunt down like the |
| 114s | truth about Isabella and like when is |
| 116s | buried in a lot of lore notes across the |
| 117s | world but one of the things that we did |
| 119s | once we started out in quest was we |
| 121s | started adding characters and full voice |
| 123s | over and Johannes comes in there and |
| 125s | like yeah that's been quite a yeah it |
| 128s | was it was quite a change and it was a |
| 130s | huge effort to just take on because when |
| 132s | I when I got brought onto the project we |
| 135s | were shy of 200 characters in the game |
| 138s | that had voices or cast list was around |
| 142s | 60 70 folks and at this point as we |
| 145s | enter season two we're we're upwards of |
| 147s | 500 fully voiced characters with a cast |
| 149s | that's ever growing I think we recently |
| 152s | hit like the 200 digit of cast members |
| 154s | which is always so fun to go so the |
| 156s | casting team go give me more please more |
| 158s | voices |
| 159s | and they go oh no not you again so cool |
| 163s | and we've shifted a lot of our recording |
| 165s | overseas yeah yeah we recently shifted |
| 167s | all the records over to the UK so that |
| 169s | we can lean more into uh authentic much |
| 173s | more authentic representation of where |
| 175s | folks are from because we are drawing |
| 177s | such a huge diverse background of |
| 179s | characters and it's |
| 181s | it's very easy to just go there and be |
| 183s | like well I have Germany and France and |
| 185s | Poland and Sweden right there |
| 188s | grab all of them yeah and we had I mean |
| 190s | the funny thing so when when the game |
| 191s | launched we had really about six NPCs in |
| 195s | every settlement of different uh |
| 197s | backgrounds and ethnicities uh they had |
| 199s | voice over but they had very simple |
| 200s | stories not interesting backstories or |
| 202s | anything |
| 203s | um but you know at that time quests were |
| 206s | just you know they would randomly sort |
| 208s | of send you out across the zone and you |
| 210s | would go running all the way over there |
| 211s | and do a quest and come back and now |
| 213s | they send you out to just a place almost |
| 216s | in the same direction and that was you |
| 218s | know players reacted to that at launch |
| 219s | and we had a lot of feedback yeah they |
| 221s | let us know that they did not like the |
| 223s | running simulator that was running 1000 |
| 226s | meters here right now everyone one |
| 228s | thousand meters back okay now go back |
| 230s | there uh there was a lot of that at |
| 231s | launch and you know we heard the |
| 233s | feedback and we acted on the feedback |
| 234s | which I think is great and now though |
| 236s | those quest uh givers they'll move with |
| 238s | you so if they send you to somewhere |
| 239s | they're probably gonna tag along uh the |
| 242s | quest steps are not just gather this |
| 243s | chest or kill this monster uh season two |
| 246s | as an example now you're plugging up |
| 248s | geysers to unlock secret Chambers you're |
| 250s | placing crystals to unlock Maps that'll |
| 252s | tell you where to go like it's much more |
| 255s | much more in depth and uh I think it |
| 257s | really helps sell our narrative uh in a |
| 259s | really good way yeah and we've created |
| 260s | we've uh we've put in a lot more sort of |
| 263s | big climactic moments in a story whether |
| 265s | they're you know dramatic and then we've |
| 267s | also added the the soul trials which are |
| 270s | you know really big moments in the story |
| 272s | where you get an instance fight and |
| 274s | those get a lot of attention given to |
| 276s | them they do fights like Umberto for |
| 278s | example are great it's a nice end cap to |
| 280s | that Brightwood story and it's really |
| 281s | cool how we're uh spending more time and |
| 284s | effort on those to cap off each of the |
| 286s | individual stories that we're telling in |
| 287s | the game yeah and it's it's fun it's uh |
| 290s | it definitely makes when you build to |
| 292s | that moment in the story and then it |
| 294s | feels more meaty to me that's I don't |
| 297s | know it's it's like I need to experience |
| 298s | that to feel like the store all the work |
| 300s | that I did to get there was really |
| 302s | meaningful to get the next payoff yeah |
| 304s | we're building to a resolution we're |
| 306s | putting that pretty bow on top and then |
| 308s | we're handing you another thing go hey |
| 309s | check this out and it draws you into the |
| 312s | into the next line of stories that you |
| 314s | can uncover and it's so much easier now |
| 317s | to |
| 318s | be immersed and know what's going on |
| 321s | rather than having to hunt down a page |
| 322s | and be like okay what am I ah watch this |
| 326s | way that okay and even with uh with like |
| 329s | Isabella coming in uh |
| 332s | we introduced The Whisper system where |
| 335s | she's just talking into your head and it |
| 337s | was a very interesting way to |
| 340s | flesh out her character in a |
| 344s | the simple way in a sense for sure I |
| 347s | mean Atlanta just gives us the |
| 348s | opportunity to do all that Exposition |
| 350s | while you're running around in the world |
| 351s | instead of like oh stop everything |
| 353s | you're doing talk to an NPC obviously we |
| 355s | have plenty of that but uh but still you |
| 357s | know to be able to do uh more outside of |
| 360s | that and then in addition to the big |
| 362s | moments in combat we've added all these |
| 363s | cinematics well I shouldn't say all |
| 365s | these cinematics it's something that |
| 366s | we're increasingly adding with every |
| 368s | release |
| 369s | um season two I think definitely being |
| 371s | like our best cinematics that we've done |
| 373s | yet but not just there we're also adding |
| 375s | a dmsq you know we're doing really |
| 378s | Dynamic things in fact I mean we have |
| 380s | one team we're working on where there's |
| 381s | multiple characters arguing with each |
| 382s | other yeah unless we weren't able to do |
| 385s | when we launched like it's it's |
| 387s | interesting to see |
| 389s | the positive reactions that we've had to |
| 391s | the little bits that we've kind of |
| 392s | trickled out and said okay where do we |
| 394s | want to invest our time and our efforts |
| 397s | and seeing such a positive reception to |
| 399s | the storytelling oh yeah no we we go ham |
| 402s | on this one like we need to absolutely |
| 404s | put our Focus here and tell the |
| 406s | compelling stories and show these things |
| 409s | not just force you to read it but let it |
| 411s | be a immersive experience |
| 413s | for sure the um in addition to the |
| 416s | in-game cinematics I can't I have to |
| 417s | call out the one of my favorite things |
| 419s | that we get to work on which is the |
| 420s | Illustrated cinematics or more |
| 422s | cinematics where we have a narrator who |
| 424s | kind of sets up the story for you and we |
| 426s | have artists who draw beautiful uh you |
| 429s | know scenes and concept art uh for us to |
| 432s | write the story around and we do one for |
| 434s | every season that really uh I think |
| 437s | helps shape the story as you're going |
| 438s | into it yeah we do this one per season |
| 440s | and then we also do you know they're |
| 442s | elsewhere in the game too uh for example |
| 443s | as soon as you come off the beach you go |
| 445s | and talk to the mysterious Stone head |
| 447s | that's there and you see that very cool |
| 448s | uh cinematic that tells you the story of |
| 450s | Isabella and Corruption so it's been |
| 452s | really nice seeing those throughout the |
| 453s | game and uh yeah I think we're really |
| 455s | adopting a strong like show don't tell a |
| 457s | mentality where you're getting to see |
| 459s | all these cool things happen right in |
| 460s | front of your eyes |
| 462s | cool well I think that's uh that's |
| 465s | that's pretty much everything for today |
| 466s | brings us uh to the community question |
| 468s | which I think maybe is uh what let's see |
| 471s | what would be a great Community question |
| 472s | nothing nice Mythos yeah like oh yeah |
| 475s | yeah like what so you know we we do |
| 477s | storytelling around we have uh We've |
| 479s | Incorporated a lot of Arthurian Legends |
| 481s | certainly a lot of Greek mythology |
| 483s | um curious to hear from the community |
| 485s | what you know Legends and mythology |
| 487s | you're most interested in uh and US |
| 489s | exploring and I know you're going to say |
| 491s | Viking Norse uh give it to me yeah I |
| 495s | need it and that would be fun but you |
| 497s | could also throw out other ideas we |
| 498s | would welcome those |
| 500s | um so thanks uh for joining us today and |
| 502s | please like And subscribe and we'll come |
| 504s | back again |
| 507s | make sure |
| 508s | do a couple weeks of just practicing |
| 510s | throat singing every morning so that was |
| 512s | just pretty fun throwing out my voice |
| 514s | drinking coffee you can't say that |
| 516s | without doing a little |
| 518s | showcase uh so it's already I'm gonna |
| 520s | throw out my voice for the rest of the |
| 522s | interview for ideas |
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