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| 1s | [Music] |
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| 5s | hello everyone and welcome to another |
| 8s | dev vlog this one is going to be focused |
| 10s | on the programming side of the |
| 12s | development I'm Daniel |
| 14s | the lead programmer on pagan online I |
| 16s | oversee all the work that front-end and |
| 19s | back-end programmers are doing also |
| 21s | working on integrating and connecting it |
| 24s | all in the project hello I'm Lada the |
| 26s | lit technology programmer on pagan |
| 28s | online I mostly work on the backend side |
| 30s | of things and my name is Roya under the |
| 32s | gameplay programmer and I work on stuff |
| 34s | that directly affects your gaming |
| 36s | experience in this dialogue we will |
| 38s | explain our general workflow and talk |
| 40s | about some of the most common issues we |
| 42s | plan to address for the release and |
| 44s | beyond hope you find it interesting I or |
| 56s | a little boy Asad |
| 59s | it all starts in the beautiful minds of |
| 61s | our game designers they're the ones that |
| 63s | point out the gameplay features and |
| 64s | loops and present us with the document |
| 66s | that gives us an idea on what is |
| 68s | expected to be implemented before going |
| 70s | further with the implementation |
| 71s | programming team will discuss the best |
| 74s | approach and there is usually some back |
| 76s | and forth between the programming team |
| 77s | and game designing team before we end up |
| 80s | with a compromise that satisfies both |
| 82s | parties here |
| 84s | we also discussed if we need to expand |
| 86s | our back-end systems to make those game |
| 88s | design ideas a reality for instance |
| 91s | things like co-op leaderboards and |
| 94s | similar cannot work without back in |
| 96s | support after everything is pretty much |
| 99s | set in stone we move further with |
| 101s | planning of the execution time frames |
| 103s | and all that stuff depending on the |
| 105s | complexity of the feature |
| 106s | it is either scheduled for the next |
| 108s | patch or a few batteries down the line |
| 111s | game development is an iterative process |
| 113s | and we are almost never quite finished |
| 115s | with the feature and so we need to |
| 116s | change and improve a lot of things with |
| 118s | those changes and reworks often come new |
| 121s | bugs and performance issues some of |
| 123s | which we will talk about today |
| 126s | since we are getting close to the |
| 128s | release date we are putting a lot of |
| 130s | effort in making our back-end as stable |
| 132s | as possible we are constantly changing |
| 133s | and improving our scripts and systems |
| 135s | that deal with our server environments |
| 137s | databases etc sometimes things don't go |
| 140s | as expected and the players are affected |
| 143s | in the most gruesome way progress wipes |
| 147s | we have identified some of the causes |
| 150s | and we'll work on getting those bugs |
| 152s | scratched by the time of release and we |
| 155s | will put extra effort in trying to |
| 157s | identify instabilities that may arise |
| 161s | optimization is something that you can |
| 163s | never do enough of to this day the |
| 165s | programming team was mostly tasked with |
| 167s | creating new features and content for |
| 169s | the release build we were aware that the |
| 171s | inventory system was affecting players |
| 173s | the most in the early stages of the |
| 175s | early access period and have assigned a |
| 177s | few people to deal with it directly in |
| 179s | one of the earlier patches we have |
| 181s | deployed a completely reworked system |
| 183s | and hopefully you've noticed the |
| 185s | difference no more waiting for server |
| 187s | messages while moving items around as we |
| 189s | finish working on features we can |
| 191s | dedicate more time and people in |
| 193s | improving more of those systems as well |
| 196s | as general CPU and dpo performance the |
| 201s | performance issues that are in the game |
| 202s | are affecting cooperative play |
| 204s | experience - and coupled with server lag |
| 206s | those issues become even more noticeable |
| 208s | and disruptive to the field of the game |
| 210s | as we change the way we handle Lewton |
| 212s | enemy spawns in arenas and make those |
| 214s | systems more optimized the co-op |
| 216s | experience will reap the benefits as |
| 217s | well we have a few people dedicated to |
| 219s | identifying and fixing performance in |
| 221s | core play as more and more team members |
| 223s | become available our progress in core |
| 225s | performance optimizations will become |
| 227s | even more noticeable since we are |
| 231s | finishing the production of the features |
| 232s | that we have set in the roadmap for the |
| 234s | BFP one two and three we will finally |
| 237s | have time to address the elephant in the |
| 239s | room |
| 239s | the lack of campaign co-op the campaign |
| 241s | was something that we have wanted to |
| 243s | make playable in the party from the |
| 244s | beginning but we were pushing it back |
| 246s | until we answer all the design questions |
| 249s | that might pop up in production now that |
| 251s | we have an idea how to change our |
| 253s | dialogue and if |
| 254s | and systems we have started making |
| 256s | campaign cop something that will find |
| 258s | its way into the game at some point for |
| 263s | campaign co-op we have a few back-end |
| 266s | system that we need to modify a bit |
| 267s | currently we have servers which are used |
| 270s | for assassinations expeditions and other |
| 273s | mission types when playing in a party |
| 275s | speaking of the backend side of things |
| 277s | there is no reason we can't use the same |
| 279s | servers for campaign levels as for the |
| 282s | front-end the actual gameplay side we |
| 284s | still have a lot of work the quest and |
| 286s | dialogue systems have been extended a |
| 288s | bit to support shared experiences now |
| 290s | all we need to do is rework all the |
| 292s | campaign barrels to support play in a |
| 294s | cooperative party mostly this involves |
| 296s | just fixing bugs which are planned in |
| 298s | the current state of the gameplay code |
| 300s | as of now in our development builds one |
| 302s | of the party members which is usually |
| 304s | the leader is chosen to be in control of |
| 306s | the events in the campaign battle |
| 308s | dialogues will be played out for both |
| 309s | players and they will both see the same |
| 311s | events in the campaign level but only |
| 313s | the quest leader will be able to control |
| 314s | the stages of those dialogues and events |
| 316s | we might explore implementing a system |
| 318s | where both players need to click to |
| 320s | advance the dialogue a similar system we |
| 322s | are using for teleports at the end of |
| 323s | battle but for now this is what we are |
| 325s | working with if both players are on the |
| 327s | same quest they will both get quest |
| 329s | completion at the end of the level the |
| 333s | release date is coming closer and closer |
| 335s | and they are all ecstatic about it we |
| 337s | are dedicated to developing the game |
| 338s | after release so most of the problems |
| 341s | will be solved eventually we will |
| 344s | monitor our servers and make sure they |
| 346s | are working optimally for your enjoyment |
| 348s | and our team of gameplay programmers |
| 350s | will work on addressing any bugs you |
| 352s | might find in the game that's all for |
| 354s | now until next time see you in pantheon |
| 362s | [Laughter] |
| 367s | you |
