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| 0s | recording and AMA has started so let's |
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| 3s | just have everybody uh introduce |
| 5s | yourselves starting with kilo and making |
| 7s | our way over |
| 10s | yo um kilowatt uh programmer with uh |
| 14s | void Interactive |
| 17s | nice I can't see my uh my name on the |
| 20s | list so if it's fine I'll just hop on |
| 21s | board |
| 22s | um my name is Gerard I'm an ERG and I'm |
| 25s | basically the one that does character 3D |
| 29s | models or helps with like the gear sets |
| 30s | of like our characters and a lot of the |
| 33s | side of the civilian stuff |
| 38s | so yeah I'm dead pixel I'm a UI ux |
| 41s | designer and I also help with uh some |
| 43s | people experience design |
| 49s | and then Music Man Zach |
| 51s | hey I'm Zach audio director uh Slash |
| 55s | composer for Ron uh very happy to see |
| 57s | everyone uh starting to kind of round |
| 60s | themselves in here it's gonna be it's |
| 62s | gonna be a good one |
| 65s | hey guys uh |
| 69s | uh my name is Mark I'm the uh art |
| 72s | director on the project and one of the |
| 74s | core |
| 75s | um content creators for the environments |
| 76s | as well |
| 81s | all right and if you give me a very |
| 84s | quick second |
| 87s | good job everyone good at AMA let's do |
| 89s | this |
| 95s | Mr Boyd |
| 97s | we have uh |
| 98s | hello hello |
| 102s | we you you just uh just happened to pop |
| 104s | in right after introduce yourself at the |
| 106s | end of introductions oh okay hey uh good |
| 109s | morning good evening good whatever |
| 112s | Wherever You Are |
| 114s | um I'm Julio Rodriguez CEO Boyd |
| 117s | interactive happy to join that might |
| 119s | sound a bit groggy I've been traveling |
| 120s | for the last 15 hours just got off a |
| 123s | plane so |
| 124s | forgive the uh a bit of grogginess right |
| 127s | here I am nice nice are you uh this side |
| 130s | of the pond now here we go no um uh it |
| 134s | depends which pun you're talking about |
| 137s | are you in the uh European area at the |
| 141s | moment yeah I'm in Croatia for the |
| 143s | reboot video game conference yeah |
| 146s | nice nice it's awesome all right well I |
| 150s | guess um |
| 157s | is traveling no yeah that's what I was |
| 160s | thinking too yeah that's what I thought |
| 161s | as well yeah he's meant to join me here |
| 164s | I think he's still on a plane yeah I |
| 166s | think I think what happened was he saw |
| 167s | the time and went yeah I can do that and |
| 169s | then didn't take him the fact that when |
| 171s | he's traveling on a plane the time zones |
| 172s | are changing |
| 174s | oh dude that's rough yeah that's that's |
| 177s | honestly what I wanted to be happening |
| 179s | to figure out but |
| 182s | um |
| 183s | we'll front load |
| 185s | awesome to see so many people turning |
| 188s | into the chat we're at 130 going of 40 |
| 190s | 150. there you go yeah all right more |
| 194s | more and more that's awesome thanks |
| 196s | thanks so much for coming on board |
| 198s | uh yeah it's always fantastic to talk to |
| 202s | everyone and sort of like |
| 204s | um you know it allows us to share our |
| 206s | creative Thoughts with you guys and you |
| 208s | know just kind of like really |
| 211s | um yeah just like interacts and you know |
| 213s | it means a lot that everyone's turning |
| 215s | up to have a big chat with us |
| 217s | all right and I guess uh to try and keep |
| 220s | things a little easy on uh this is |
| 222s | really nice |
| 228s | it's uh it's definitely interesting |
| 230s | being able to interact with the |
| 231s | community and all the |
| 233s | all the people into this it's also kind |
| 236s | of humbling because like I begin a lot |
| 239s | of this as a as a modder for the |
| 241s | community itself so it's it's funny to |
| 244s | be on the other side now |
| 247s | it's also another cool experience to |
| 250s | have |
| 253s | excellent so can can |
| 257s | um |
| 257s | so we will just take uh questions or can |
| 261s | you son of a [ __ ] just sort of the the |
| 264s | etiquette or the housekeeping how we're |
| 266s | going to manage this event |
| 282s | table no questions yeah yeah all right |
| 285s | sorry can you hear me now there is yeah |
| 287s | yeah yeah okay that was weird oh man I |
| 289s | should have said no I started talking |
| 291s | and people can hear me okay so I guess |
| 293s | in in respect of uh Mr Julio feeling |
| 296s | groggy we'll we'll start off with um |
| 299s | we'll start off with him and get give |
| 300s | him a chance to kind of |
| 302s | sit back for the rest of the name and |
| 304s | kind of and kind of uh pop in whenever |
| 307s | he he feels he's got something to add |
| 309s | how's that sound |
| 311s | oh that's fine I'm happy to to |
| 313s | contribute uh and answer any questions |
| 315s | absolutely all right |
| 318s | um I guess the first question that might |
| 320s | might have some interesting stories |
| 321s | about around it is uh how did you meet |
| 324s | Sterling and how did void become a thing |
| 328s | all right I'm gonna borrow the the the |
| 330s | the guys who've heard the story like |
| 333s | three or four times but uh happy happy |
| 336s | to share the story |
| 338s | um |
| 339s | so uh way back when you know |
| 344s | um before I became involved with uh with |
| 348s | the guys with three guys to one young |
| 350s | guy from New Zealand two young guys from |
| 353s | Australia |
| 354s | uh they they met playing daisy |
| 358s | um |
| 359s | they became friends you know they were |
| 361s | 14 18 19 years old |
| 364s | um and somehow they sparked this magical |
| 367s | friendship you know and |
| 369s | in Australia uh you don't often get like |
| 374s | significant traumatic events and back in |
| 379s | I think it was 2014 |
| 382s | uh there was an event called the Sydney |
| 385s | Siege so at Elite cafes some |
| 389s | organization had taken some hostages and |
| 392s | it was quite traumatic for the |
| 394s | Australian public and as I remember |
| 397s | Sterling said that he was quite |
| 400s | impressed he was like 13 or 14 at the |
| 403s | time |
| 404s | um by that event and so it compounded |
| 407s | with other experiences |
| 411s | um that he had in video games plus now |
| 413s | there's this real life event that that |
| 415s | kept sort of resonating in his head so |
| 419s | fast forward |
| 420s | a few years |
| 422s | he approached his his two buddies and |
| 426s | said hey we should make the video game |
| 427s | we should make a video game about uh |
| 431s | SWAT |
| 432s | and yeah okay let's let's do it you know |
| 435s | so off they go these uh three friends |
| 438s | like I said two Australians and one kiwi |
| 442s | as we call new zealanders I started |
| 445s | building a swat-based video game |
| 449s | at the time they titled it |
| 452s | code 10 and as as I've been told the |
| 456s | story they worked on it for over a year |
| 459s | you know just tinkering around uh books |
| 463s | uh Sterling and the other colleague from |
| 465s | Australia had some experience uh |
| 469s | producing 3D art and other |
| 471s | type of support things for games like |
| 474s | burden or days of war and things of that |
| 477s | nature and the guy from New Zealand new |
| 480s | programming and coding and was a really |
| 483s | Avid gamer |
| 484s | but never had built a video game before |
| 488s | but anyway they had division they said |
| 490s | yep let's build this game |
| 492s | and they went for it |
| 494s | so they tinkered for about a year as I |
| 500s | understand it maybe over a year |
| 502s | and then took a step back or two step |
| 504s | back and looked at the game and said wow |
| 507s | this is complete rubbish |
| 509s | uh let's Chuck it away and let's start |
| 511s | all over again |
| 513s | and so they did and they started under |
| 516s | the new tile ready or not |
| 518s | so so here they go they begin to work on |
| 522s | ready or not |
| 524s | and I think they've progressed it maybe |
| 527s | a month or two as I recall |
| 530s | and that's when my involvement uh sort |
| 534s | of when I come into the picture |
| 536s | so my background is not in video games |
| 539s | my background is in operational |
| 543s | management business management those |
| 545s | sorts of things I had moved to New |
| 548s | Zealand back in 2012 with my family |
| 552s | uh to you know for an executive role at |
| 556s | a large food company |
| 558s | and this one day I'm working at my |
| 561s | office and I had problems |
| 563s | with my computer you know the the |
| 565s | glitches the the menus won't work or |
| 568s | whatever so you do what you do you call |
| 571s | 1-800 uh it hey guys come fix my |
| 576s | computer |
| 577s | and so this young guy shows up and |
| 581s | normally you just step aside tell them |
| 584s | what the problem is and you know they |
| 586s | they fix your your your your kid and and |
| 589s | off they go |
| 592s | um but when this guy walked in and and I |
| 595s | made fun of him and he said no you know |
| 597s | he kind of says no but my impression was |
| 600s | he looked a bit pale skin he walked a |
| 603s | little funny uh looked like a real |
| 606s | computer geek you know like a like |
| 608s | somebody who could really use a friend |
| 610s | you know |
| 611s | and so I took it I said hey you know |
| 614s | let's have a chat so we we started |
| 616s | having a friendly conversation |
| 619s | and he started to tell me about his |
| 622s | Hobbies he said I like to longboard and |
| 625s | I like to play video games and in fact |
| 628s | I'm building a video game with a couple |
| 630s | of friends from Australia |
| 633s | and that was really interesting to me I |
| 636s | I like video games I I had not been in |
| 639s | the video games industry but I really |
| 641s | like video games you know avid player of |
| 644s | Age of Empires you know and those sorts |
| 647s | of strategy games of course I played on |
| 649s | the Wii a lot with my kids |
| 651s | and so Ryan uh or ryro NZ as people know |
| 656s | him on the Discord |
| 658s | uh began to tell me about this game |
| 660s | which was a SWAT based game |
| 663s | and instantly it had appealed for me |
| 666s | because as I've shared with some of you |
| 669s | uh in in my family too we had uh quite a |
| 673s | significant |
| 674s | uh event that involved you know uh |
| 677s | police and a shooting |
| 679s | um you know for those who don't know |
| 681s | back in |
| 683s | 1984 so very long time ago I was about |
| 687s | 12 12 at the time and there was a mass |
| 690s | shooting at a McDonald's restaurant |
| 692s | in San Ysidro California |
| 696s | so a gunman walked in with a pistol a |
| 700s | long rifle and uh Uzi um machine gun and |
| 705s | he basically just started killing people |
| 708s | shooting people |
| 710s | and my my cousin my first cousin was |
| 713s | working at that restaurant at the time |
| 717s | um and she you know her and a colleague |
| 719s | managed to |
| 721s | Scurry to the back of the restaurant and |
| 724s | hide |
| 724s | inside of a closet while they could hear |
| 727s | the gunshots and the screaming and all |
| 730s | the Calamity and Chaos that was |
| 732s | happening |
| 733s | uh quite quite traumatic as you can |
| 735s | imagine in us and the whole family just |
| 738s | glued to television basically watching |
| 741s | what was unfolding |
| 743s | at this McDonald's restaurant and |
| 747s | um luckily my uh cousin survived the |
| 751s | ordeal |
| 752s | shot that from from not dying but didn't |
| 755s | survive the the emotional and |
| 758s | psychological |
| 764s | or some of her friends died that day she |
| 767s | heard Agony and screaming |
| 769s | as she and then she saw of course a lot |
| 772s | of Carnage and blood as she was being |
| 774s | walked out |
| 775s | of the restaurant and and it was |
| 777s | ultimately a SWAT uh police sniper that |
| 780s | took out the gunman in that instance |
| 784s | but very traumatic event uh you know was |
| 788s | was on TV and then for many years to |
| 791s | come sadly uh similar events happen |
| 794s | um |
| 795s | in particular in the United States you |
| 797s | see these things |
| 799s | um you know pop up on the eight o'clock |
| 800s | at 10 o'clock whatever the news Cycles |
| 803s | and it's delivered to you as |
| 806s | entertainment almost you know and and |
| 809s | you see |
| 810s | on the newsreel oh there's been a |
| 812s | shooting here or been a shooting there |
| 813s | or there's been this event |
| 815s | and you can only see it um and you |
| 818s | suffer almost anxiety because you can't |
| 820s | do anything about it you just kind of |
| 822s | witness it but you you sit there |
| 825s | helpless |
| 826s | uh to do anything about it so uh just |
| 829s | fast forward to that moment when uh Ryan |
| 832s | uh told me about this video again that |
| 834s | puts you in the boots of a SWAT officer |
| 837s | and you get to get engaged in the you |
| 840s | know in the event and you know to some |
| 842s | degree you know have an impact on it |
| 845s | uh it captivated me |
| 847s | um so we had we finished the |
| 849s | conversation he told me about the |
| 851s | concept for the game and he moved on |
| 853s | with this day uh after that I did quite |
| 857s | a bit of research on uh video games |
| 860s | industry |
| 861s | um this kind of video game and I also |
| 863s | did some research on ryro |
| 866s | and everything was like oh wow you know |
| 869s | great industry a lot of growth uh it |
| 871s | does look like there's room for a game |
| 873s | like Ready or Not uh given you know |
| 876s | there's Legacy games but nobody's really |
| 878s | been working much in that space for a |
| 881s | while |
| 882s | and then I asked around about Ryan oh |
| 884s | yeah he's a genius you know he's the |
| 886s | best I.T guy we've ever had he could |
| 888s | solve any problem and it gave me |
| 890s | confidence so so I called him back and |
| 893s | and he come to my office and I said hey |
| 896s | Ryan What's it gonna take |
| 898s | uh for you to finish this video game |
| 901s | and uh you know uh time and money and |
| 905s | and then that's when I popped the |
| 907s | question you know I didn't quite get on |
| 909s | my knees or anything but I said I've got |
| 912s | an idea for you Ryan |
| 914s | um why don't you quit your job |
| 917s | I'll pay your salary and we could finish |
| 919s | this game together |
| 921s | and his jaw sort of dropped and he's wet |
| 923s | you're joking man he thought I was just |
| 926s | kidding around but I wasn't I was that |
| 928s | serious I said no I'm serious you could |
| 930s | quit your job today |
| 932s | pay your salary and we'll finish this |
| 934s | game together and then he He suggests |
| 936s | well what about my buddies and these |
| 938s | were his two friends in Australia so we |
| 941s | had a phone call later a couple of weeks |
| 944s | after that uh I flew around into |
| 946s | Melbourne Australia |
| 948s | uh we had about a week together |
| 951s | they're in downtown and after that week |
| 953s | uh was was was concluded we agreed to uh |
| 957s | formally you know form this this |
| 960s | business together where I would fund uh |
| 963s | these three uh budding guys you know |
| 965s | that wanted to build this this game and |
| 968s | I would take care of everything else you |
| 970s | know legal contracts out of Marketing uh |
| 972s | office janitorial you name it you know |
| 975s | everything that I needed to do to make |
| 978s | sure that they could have all the mental |
| 980s | space and resources to just work on the |
| 983s | game |
| 984s | uh so that was sort of the beginning |
| 987s | when when I first met Sterling so Ryan |
| 990s | and I went to to Melbourne we knocked on |
| 992s | the door |
| 993s | and they opened the door and and it was |
| 996s | great because even though Railroad and |
| 998s | steriles and other friends had been |
| 1001s | collaborating on this video game already |
| 1003s | for a number of years and playing |
| 1004s | together they actually had never seen |
| 1006s | each other they only had collaborated on |
| 1008s | you know through chat chat channels and |
| 1011s | stuff like that so it was pretty special |
| 1013s | pretty cool that that day |
| 1016s | uh and then just that time uh that that |
| 1019s | we spent together |
| 1021s | and I felt you know other than coming to |
| 1024s | just an agreement you know it felt |
| 1026s | pretty special to me I felt like wow |
| 1028s | these are really special guys you know |
| 1030s | they have a real passion and a vision |
| 1032s | for it uh and I can back this so it was |
| 1036s | sort of a match made in heaven you could |
| 1038s | say uh and that was the uh the beginning |
| 1041s | of |
| 1042s | um I mean like I said they had already |
| 1044s | been working on it but then that became |
| 1046s | sort of the official beginning |
| 1048s | avoid interactive from a business point |
| 1051s | of view |
| 1053s | um yeah is that is that enough info or |
| 1055s | too much |
| 1057s | nah that's that's exactly what we're |
| 1059s | looking for |
| 1061s | yeah I'll take the distance |
| 1064s | you over did it Jules overwhelmed no |
| 1068s | that was awesome yeah really really |
| 1069s | awesome stuff I mean I'd say like you |
| 1071s | know just from everything I I you know |
| 1073s | all my interactions the jewels I'm not |
| 1075s | surprised that it all started because |
| 1076s | Jules of slog and it was like I want to |
| 1077s | be this guy's friend |
| 1081s | that's so crazy I'm sorry like I I've |
| 1085s | been working with like the company for |
| 1087s | like this long and I never had the |
| 1088s | proper chance to actually like like meet |
| 1090s | you which is funny but uh that's not |
| 1093s | far-fetched because I know uh stero's |
| 1096s | obviously and being how steriles it is I |
| 1097s | can totally understand why like this |
| 1100s | whole thing uh started like snowballing |
| 1101s | down and and that's really cool |
| 1103s | it was quite interesting because at the |
| 1106s | beginning you know I said well what's it |
| 1108s | going to take for you guys to make this |
| 1110s | game well it'll be the the three of us |
| 1113s | and maybe three more people you know |
| 1115s | maybe maybe an animations guy and and |
| 1118s | someone who who can help with Sound and |
| 1121s | Lighting and maybe one or two other |
| 1123s | people to help with voices and stuff |
| 1125s | okay so you think maybe six to eight |
| 1128s | people and how long oh maybe 18 months |
| 1131s | you know 24 months and in in my business |
| 1135s | experience it's like okay no way is it |
| 1137s | gonna it would it take you know eight |
| 1139s | people in my mind I double that okay |
| 1141s | we're gonna need like 15 people and not |
| 1144s | 24 months and probably gonna be three |
| 1146s | years you know three and a half years |
| 1148s | before we finish this thing but even I |
| 1150s | was we were all kind of naive and and |
| 1152s | kind of young into the industry and |
| 1154s | didn't really know what it took to make |
| 1156s | such a complex game so here we are you |
| 1158s | know five years later and we're still |
| 1161s | working hard now we have quite a quite a |
| 1163s | significant team and working working and |
| 1166s | and having a load of fun you know |
| 1169s | working on the project but uh it was |
| 1171s | just interesting how how far off we were |
| 1174s | about understanding what it really takes |
| 1176s | to make a game like this yeah what's um |
| 1178s | definitely has to be like a learning uh |
| 1181s | experience as you go as well not being |
| 1183s | uh that crazy into the industry and then |
| 1185s | seeing all the different uh stuff from |
| 1187s | it what's the size of uh yeah |
| 1191s | that's so cool |
| 1194s | um yeah |
| 1205s | uh I think he's Michael yeah yeah he's |
| 1209s | not behaving today |
| 1211s | nice |
| 1212s | ah |
| 1214s | uh well what I was trying to ask is uh |
| 1216s | about about how big is uh void at the |
| 1219s | moment |
| 1222s | wait |
| 1223s | um well we we've we've had uh some Peaks |
| 1226s | and valleys so |
| 1229s | uh at present uh this is just a round |
| 1232s | number |
| 1234s | um you guys heard you know |
| 1238s | um |
| 1239s | the number that I've got top of my head |
| 1242s | is that we're about 40 people directly |
| 1245s | contributing to the game and we're we're |
| 1248s | a 100 uh virtual company so we have |
| 1253s | folks in Canada United States France UK |
| 1258s | Ireland |
| 1260s | Malaysia |
| 1262s | Indonesia Philippines Australia New |
| 1265s | Zealand |
| 1266s | Germany and I'm sure I missed a couple |
| 1269s | more countries but we've got uh 40 |
| 1272s | people directly contributing to the game |
| 1275s | and then we have approximately another |
| 1279s | 20 to 25 that contribute to to us |
| 1284s | through Outsource Studios by providing |
| 1287s | supplements like 3D art and and things |
| 1289s | like that and then we hire like ad hoc |
| 1292s | voice actors and but those are not you |
| 1295s | know they might come in they do a |
| 1296s | session and then they go off on their |
| 1298s | merry way |
| 1304s | so start starting off 15 estimate was |
| 1307s | close |
| 1310s | starting off with with a lot of Juicy |
| 1312s | information is definitely a good way to |
| 1313s | start um |
| 1315s | uh start an AMA like this |
| 1318s | especially since uh not not many people |
| 1321s | often get the chance to meet like the |
| 1324s | head of a studio not like the not like |
| 1327s | the team lead but like the actual top of |
| 1330s | the totem pole Big Boss Man |
| 1332s | so definitely definitely having you here |
| 1336s | is really cool |
| 1338s | oh it's cool for me I I mean I just want |
| 1340s | to say from from the very beginning you |
| 1343s | know I I told the guys |
| 1345s | you know we think we have a good game uh |
| 1349s | and that people will want it but it's |
| 1351s | important that |
| 1353s | we always listen to our customers engage |
| 1357s | with our customers what what do they |
| 1358s | think and we're not going to please |
| 1360s | everybody because you might pull 100 |
| 1362s | people into a room and you'll have a |
| 1365s | hundred different opinions right so you |
| 1367s | try to weave through what's the most |
| 1369s | popular thought or the most popular set |
| 1371s | of feedback that then you can |
| 1373s | reincorporate into your game but |
| 1375s | nonetheless I said for us you know put a |
| 1379s | heap of value on the player the people |
| 1382s | that are going to engage with their game |
| 1385s | and from the very beginning uh like for |
| 1388s | example me I I had a |
| 1390s | quite a busy schedule because I had a |
| 1392s | full-time executive role at a large food |
| 1395s | company which was like a 60 almost a 60 |
| 1398s | hour a week job I was also completing a |
| 1402s | master's degree at University uh and |
| 1406s | then I'm a father and I have children |
| 1407s | who want uh husband and daddy you know |
| 1410s | for a little bit of time and then I was |
| 1412s | working as much as I could as well |
| 1414s | supporting the game one of the ways I |
| 1416s | supported was to answer every email uh |
| 1419s | that we got |
| 1421s | so I would often stay up you know till |
| 1423s | we hours and a lot of email you know |
| 1427s | came in English some came in other |
| 1429s | languages so I'd use Google Translate to |
| 1432s | type out an answer and just trying to |
| 1434s | show that respect you know uh you guys |
| 1436s | are interested you're supporting our |
| 1438s | vision and our game and we respect that |
| 1441s | and we want to be here |
| 1443s | uh and be responsive to you and and I |
| 1446s | know we've not always been super |
| 1448s | responsive because of the Ebbs and flows |
| 1450s | of production |
| 1451s | uh but yeah that's that's definitely |
| 1454s | um for me it's special to be here with a |
| 1458s | few hundred people you know who who are |
| 1460s | offensive the game I just love that so |
| 1462s | you say it's special for them but really |
| 1464s | it's special for me you know and uh and |
| 1468s | for us you know for for me and I'm sure |
| 1470s | for the other guys on the team |
| 1472s | absolutely |
| 1475s | yeah |
| 1476s | humble alrighty |
| 1480s | so I think we've uh |
| 1483s | we've dogged Jewels enough for now |
| 1487s | so we'll start with uh |
| 1489s | we'll start with some death questions |
| 1493s | um |
| 1494s | we'll start with Mr Mr dead pixel since |
| 1497s | uh it wasn't didn't take part in the |
| 1499s | last AMA |
| 1501s | um a question from username Chrome uh |
| 1507s | how did you decide the balance of the |
| 1508s | HUD and UI when looking at realism |
| 1512s | versus giving the player the info they |
| 1515s | need |
| 1517s | well I mean honestly it just comes down |
| 1519s | to the fact that we don't want to don't |
| 1522s | show what's new uh especially a Hut is |
| 1525s | is merely just a bridge of interfacing |
| 1527s | that we don't have uh with real life |
| 1530s | interactions |
| 1531s | so you just try to stay out of the way |
| 1533s | and only communicate what a player can't |
| 1538s | otherwise figure out through context |
| 1541s | and uh otherwise just get out of the way |
| 1543s | keep it clear keep them immersed |
| 1546s | it's constantly still worth going on |
| 1548s | with the HUD and there's more stuff to |
| 1550s | come to just almost always the goal is |
| 1553s | how can we how we can make we make it |
| 1555s | less obtrusive |
| 1557s | um and uh any ways we could do that keep |
| 1560s | people immersed and |
| 1562s | um |
| 1562s | ideally not even realizing that they are |
| 1565s | getting information from the HUD and |
| 1567s | just playing through uh reacting to the |
| 1570s | situation |
| 1577s | kind of just trying to keep that um |
| 1581s | uh just keep keep that balance of stuff |
| 1584s | that you know you would expect to see on |
| 1586s | a HUD but not that would be |
| 1588s | yeah yeah there's a lot of times games |
| 1591s | will just kind of keep stuff on the HUD |
| 1593s | that uh uh you don't even know at all |
| 1595s | times yeah you just you don't need to |
| 1597s | constantly have that in your face |
| 1600s | um other times something that you you |
| 1602s | don't need to know 99 of the time so why |
| 1604s | why is it there |
| 1605s | we try to just reduce that that we can |
| 1608s | have people not staring at a 2d uh |
| 1612s | elements and rather focused on the world |
| 1614s | that's in front of them that they're |
| 1616s | interacting with it's a supportive role |
| 1618s | with the actual HUD itself |
| 1622s | all right |
| 1624s | one thing I don't know I'm not I'm not |
| 1627s | the HUD guy that pixel is but one thing |
| 1631s | that has we've always aimed for is to |
| 1634s | have sort of a minimalist approach |
| 1638s | uh just to give people the most |
| 1640s | immersive possible experience and try to |
| 1643s | make you know all the menus and |
| 1644s | everything intuitive we still have some |
| 1646s | work to do don't we uh yeah I'm |
| 1649s | certainly working on it yeah yeah |
| 1652s | especially you know we are very focuses |
| 1654s | have been Loadout and uh some |
| 1656s | pre-mission stuff and as we get through |
| 1657s | those it's uh it's about refining some |
| 1660s | of the UI experiences that have existed |
| 1663s | for quite some time and uh just further |
| 1666s | like you said we want to go minimal with |
| 1669s | the hood and then just make immersion |
| 1671s | first that's that's the goal |
| 1673s | yeah I was I was on on one of my flights |
| 1677s | uh I popped the movie the the one about |
| 1679s | the blue shirt guy in in the video game |
| 1682s | uh I don't know if you guys have seen it |
| 1685s | um where he's uh NPC in a game and he |
| 1688s | becomes live like a live AI in the game |
| 1691s | oh yeah new guy yeah |
| 1694s | and uh when he puts on those sunglasses |
| 1697s | all of a sudden his his whole screen you |
| 1699s | know it's completely cluttered with UI |
| 1701s | you know and interactions and things |
| 1703s | like that which can be fun you know and |
| 1705s | some people enjoy |
| 1707s | uh that type of experience but yeah like |
| 1709s | like you've said for ready or not we |
| 1711s | wanted to sort of have a clean screen as |
| 1713s | much as possible so you can really |
| 1715s | immerse yourself in the gameplay yeah it |
| 1717s | really is just to to bridge the gap of |
| 1719s | what you you lack from the uh app |
| 1723s | actually experience in real life since |
| 1725s | you know you're limited by bounce |
| 1727s | keyboard and the monitor we just want to |
| 1729s | bridge that Gap as much as possible with |
| 1730s | the UI and otherwise handle all through |
| 1734s | through game interactions |
| 1738s | alrighty |
| 1744s | then |
| 1746s | going down down our little our little |
| 1748s | list to |
| 1752s | to Mr Mark |
| 1755s | um |
| 1757s | will there be uh well I guess is there a |
| 1760s | plan to redesign some or all of the maps |
| 1763s | in the uh |
| 1765s | in the future |
| 1769s | I mean there's definitely things that |
| 1771s | we've learned as the the games progress |
| 1774s | you know we've all improved as artists |
| 1776s | and we've learned what works |
| 1777s | mechanically from our game and what |
| 1779s | doesn't work more importantly |
| 1781s | um and there's definitely some of the |
| 1783s | older maps that we kind of realized as |
| 1785s | of late are not up to the Quality that |
| 1788s | we are now pure and simple it's quite a |
| 1790s | common thing to happen in Game Dev |
| 1792s | um especially as the project goes |
| 1793s | further forward through production |
| 1795s | usually end up with like loads more |
| 1798s | assets than you know using art assets as |
| 1801s | an example in the environments usually |
| 1803s | end of like a lot more stuff that you |
| 1805s | just never had in the old levels and |
| 1807s | they're usually better quality because |
| 1808s | again you're you know you're trying to |
| 1810s | make things better as you're going |
| 1811s | forward |
| 1812s | um so there comes a point where we've |
| 1814s | kind of like taken a step back and been |
| 1817s | sort of of the kind of the mindset of |
| 1819s | like right if we were to take some of |
| 1822s | these Maps which ones don't work for us |
| 1825s | and which ones do |
| 1827s | um and yeah we sort of quickly realized |
| 1829s | that a lot of the earlier ones were |
| 1832s | still very much against what we want |
| 1834s | right now |
| 1835s | um at the end of the day like if we're |
| 1836s | not happy with the levels where we've |
| 1839s | got no intention of releasing them |
| 1840s | because at the end of the day we want |
| 1842s | the best player experience we can or |
| 1844s | from a visual standpoint and from a from |
| 1846s | an experience standpoint |
| 1848s | um so they have to be good |
| 1850s | um and some of them weren't so we are |
| 1852s | taking it upon ourselves yes to redesign |
| 1856s | um or entirely redo some of the maps |
| 1860s | um they don't necessarily want to say |
| 1861s | which ones because I think it's going to |
| 1864s | be quite fun and exciting when they do |
| 1865s | pop up |
| 1867s | um but absolutely so we won't leave |
| 1870s | things if we're not happy with them |
| 1872s | um so yeah we are absolutely going to |
| 1874s | dedicate some resources either into |
| 1876s | fixing the problem or simply just giving |
| 1879s | you a better uh |
| 1880s | you know a better level |
| 1882s | that's along the same kind of theme |
| 1885s | um so yeah yeah I hope to answer the |
| 1887s | question |
| 1888s | I guess actually on the note of um |
| 1892s | uh refurbished levels uh we did recently |
| 1895s | have the |
| 1896s | uh newsletter talking about the |
| 1898s | refurbished refurbished station uh is |
| 1901s | there anything you guys like to say |
| 1902s | about that |
| 1903s | yeah so again under the same sort of |
| 1906s | like a premise you know the games |
| 1908s | evolved we've added so much content um |
| 1910s | the story and the law has gotten so vast |
| 1913s | now |
| 1914s | um and we really really wanted to kind |
| 1916s | of |
| 1917s | give the player a more |
| 1921s | trying to think of the right words more |
| 1923s | like a like a grander experience when it |
| 1926s | comes to the station so uh yeah we've |
| 1928s | redesigned and for all intents and |
| 1931s | purposes it's an entirely New Station uh |
| 1933s | that also ties into the law of Los |
| 1935s | suenos as well |
| 1937s | um and yeah there is all kinds of cool |
| 1940s | fun things to find inside of the station |
| 1942s | itself there's a lot of law within the |
| 1944s | levels that you know it's making |
| 1946s | references to |
| 1948s | um you'll be able to walk around test |
| 1949s | your guns out as you could before |
| 1952s | um and yeah hopefully all in all it's |
| 1955s | it's going to be uh a nice new addition |
| 1958s | to the game |
| 1961s | foreign |
| 1965s | I'm looking forward to the most in the |
| 1967s | uh |
| 1968s | in the updates we got coming down the |
| 1970s | road |
| 1971s | because it looks really really nice |
| 1975s | thank you |
| 1976s | alrighty |
| 1981s | um |
| 1984s | I guess since |
| 1986s | um |
| 1987s | there uh for Mr Mr Gerard from roadkill |
| 1991s | oh and the last question was from uh do |
| 1994s | Cruiser |
| 1997s | um |
| 1998s | in the last AMA um a user had mentioned |
| 2003s | uh had asked about customization and uh |
| 2005s | Sterling had talked about it a little |
| 2007s | bit |
| 2008s | um but since you're one of the |
| 2010s | you know one of the individuals that is |
| 2013s | handling you know what's what sort of |
| 2015s | equipment is added and |
| 2017s | you know how it looks in the end |
| 2020s | um do you have anything to say on the |
| 2022s | sort of like customization options we |
| 2023s | might have in the future uh going |
| 2025s | forward uh for Gerard |
| 2029s | okay |
| 2030s | um so first off obviously as we've been |
| 2033s | working on a lot of things I just wanted |
| 2035s | to piggyback on the on what Mark said |
| 2037s | where we're kind of like upping the |
| 2039s | quality of a lot of things that have |
| 2041s | been in the game as the game evolves is |
| 2043s | it obviously the quality you start |
| 2044s | looking back into a lot of things that |
| 2046s | uh |
| 2047s | you you kind of realize hey look this |
| 2050s | looks one way but now we have access to |
| 2053s | all these different uh people artists |
| 2055s | and things and then we are working |
| 2057s | constantly to up all the all those |
| 2059s | assets so the same thing has been slowly |
| 2061s | happening towards all all the equipments |
| 2063s | and all the things that we have had for |
| 2065s | our SWAT guys like when I I remember |
| 2067s | when I first got brought in I um I got |
| 2069s | tasked with like one minor thing which |
| 2071s | was like a like a anti-stabbing vest and |
| 2073s | then slowly uh been working into like |
| 2075s | refurbishing like the helmets uh that we |
| 2078s | had we had like new uh uh earmuffs and |
| 2081s | like your protectors and then and slowly |
| 2083s | working and all these different things |
| 2085s | so |
| 2086s | I'm not too Savvy on what can cannot be |
| 2090s | said I can I can for sure say that we |
| 2092s | are |
| 2093s | uh working on improving a whole lot of |
| 2096s | things uh that will definitely translate |
| 2099s | into having uh multiple options and |
| 2102s | things that people I hope enjoy uh using |
| 2105s | because it's it is also my belief that |
| 2108s | uh our game is what you make of it and |
| 2112s | it's kind of like a little uh dress-up |
| 2114s | right like you you want to portray Your |
| 2116s | Heroes or you want to if you wanna like |
| 2118s | I don't know uh there's a lot of no |
| 2121s | swimmers out there who like to play as |
| 2122s | as one factions or the others and and I |
| 2125s | want to cater to that sense so allow |
| 2127s | people to just use the equipment they |
| 2128s | want to use in our story in our universe |
| 2131s | so that is definitely something that |
| 2134s | we're uh we're trying to get |
| 2138s | all right and uh since you know since |
| 2142s | the stuff of the NDA Discord tends to |
| 2144s | make its way out really quick |
| 2146s | um a lot of people were very very |
| 2148s | excited to see |
| 2150s | um the work that was being done on the |
| 2152s | remake for HRT |
| 2154s | and uh I guess as a sub question |
| 2158s | um HRT win |
| 2162s | that is that is really the question I |
| 2164s | feel I feel bad for uh and I apologize |
| 2166s | to the entire Community for like teasing |
| 2168s | everybody and then be like hey this and |
| 2169s | that I just want to make sure that when |
| 2171s | we we drop it uh it's something that's |
| 2173s | gonna like blow it out of the water and |
| 2175s | put us out there with like when it comes |
| 2177s | down to Quality it's also a thank you to |
| 2178s | the entire Community uh that's really |
| 2181s | what it is we uh got brought in see the |
| 2184s | HRT see our regular guy we go hey wait a |
| 2186s | minute uh our regular ad is really like |
| 2188s | sharp what do we what can we do about it |
| 2190s | and then I got uh voluntau and I'm happy |
| 2193s | with it so I am making it a uh a |
| 2195s | personal thing to make it shine as much |
| 2197s | as I can for everyone out there uh I'm |
| 2200s | sure they're gonna enjoy when it when it |
| 2202s | pieces together when it drops you I'm |
| 2204s | pretty sure you guys are going to enjoy |
| 2205s | uh we've been working into a lot of |
| 2206s | things |
| 2208s | um as as we progress and work into more |
| 2210s | things newer Tech gets developed and |
| 2212s | then we're like oh wait a minute but |
| 2213s | what if so it's like a little constant |
| 2215s | Rat Race but uh but yeah I mean I'm I'm |
| 2219s | very happy and confident that that uh |
| 2221s | people are going to just love it once it |
| 2222s | once it drops |
| 2223s | um unfortunately there's just no viable |
| 2225s | way for me to save the dates or anything |
| 2227s | yet but I can guarantee you guys you'll |
| 2229s | be you'll be happy I want to make stuff |
| 2231s | that's worth taking pictures of I mean |
| 2234s | you've already been doing that so I |
| 2236s | guess just keep keep doing what you're |
| 2237s | doing |
| 2241s | all Freddy |
| 2243s | um |
| 2245s | question four kilowatt from Astro |
| 2249s | um |
| 2251s | how how is your progress on uh on |
| 2255s | improving and just kind of |
| 2258s | uh adding more features to the uh to the |
| 2261s | current Gore system in ready or not |
| 2265s | so this one I'm really kind of happy |
| 2268s | about because I think what had happened |
| 2270s | was uh a couple patches ago we sort of |
| 2274s | had this |
| 2275s | I guess reverse engineering situation |
| 2277s | where some people figured out there was |
| 2279s | like a dismemberment and all this other |
| 2281s | stuff that's kind of being added |
| 2284s | um oh that stuff is still being worked |
| 2286s | on uh to the people have seen the |
| 2289s | current state of it obviously it's it's |
| 2291s | going to be completely different |
| 2292s | improved Etc |
| 2296s | um |
| 2297s | but yeah I don't it's sort of picking |
| 2300s | backing off of what Gerard said I'm not |
| 2302s | sure what I can say |
| 2304s | so but I mean I I will say the attention |
| 2307s | to detail as far as like the art side |
| 2309s | and stuff that I mean as programmers you |
| 2311s | know we obviously have access to that |
| 2313s | stuff the the art uh assets have been |
| 2315s | produced for are awesome uh we have some |
| 2318s | really great references uh |
| 2321s | uh you know |
| 2322s | again I'm not sure what I can say but uh |
| 2325s | certain movies are obviously uh |
| 2327s | inspirational for us to kind of look and |
| 2329s | feel that we're going for so uh |
| 2332s | yeah I hope that answers that yeah yeah |
| 2336s | and anything that they get gives the |
| 2338s | community something to uh salivate over |
| 2341s | is generally a good answer |
| 2343s | and I I think you got there |
| 2345s | yeah I guess if I if I had to add one |
| 2348s | thing onto that would be you know |
| 2351s | it should be visible as part of the like |
| 2354s | sort of reverse engineering that people |
| 2355s | like because you know I guess if it's |
| 2357s | already out there it's all right but |
| 2358s | something that is already public and I I |
| 2361s | can say that will be expanded upon is we |
| 2363s | have certain systems in place uh for |
| 2366s | like |
| 2367s | like different arteries and things like |
| 2369s | that which is actually currently a part |
| 2370s | of the game you know some people have |
| 2372s | seen if you shoot people in a certain |
| 2373s | spot especially with certain ammunition |
| 2375s | you know that might cause like a |
| 2378s | bleed-out event that sort of thing and |
| 2380s | and we definitely want to like keep |
| 2381s | going in that direction these sort of |
| 2383s | unique interactions that can happen |
| 2385s | depending on what kit you use and like |
| 2387s | how you actually operate like what where |
| 2390s | do you shoot that sort of thing |
| 2394s | okay yeah I've seen some of that tests |
| 2397s | the the test footage that uh when Will's |
| 2399s | been working on things has been really |
| 2401s | awesome uh he's just gonna go untangle |
| 2403s | to try something and then you see how it |
| 2404s | turned out it's it's looking pretty sick |
| 2406s | it's real media and I can't wait until |
| 2408s | uh until we can share some some of the |
| 2410s | videos of it |
| 2413s | and I guess uh picking piggybacking off |
| 2416s | the uh off the question of |
| 2419s | uh improving in-game systems uh we can |
| 2422s | ask Zach to talk about the work uh him |
| 2425s | and Quantum have been doing with the uh |
| 2427s | new uh occlusion system sound inclusion |
| 2430s | system for for the game |
| 2432s | oh man so uh so like full disclosure |
| 2436s | Quantum has been working on this since |
| 2438s | probably November maybe even earlier |
| 2440s | than that of uh last year |
| 2443s | um |
| 2443s | and I'll also just kind of like squash |
| 2445s | any I guess confusion about the system |
| 2448s | so this is really going to optimize how |
| 2452s | sounds are played and I can kind of talk |
| 2454s | a little bit about sound optimization |
| 2456s | all that stuff but essentially |
| 2458s | this is going to be only for the audio |
| 2460s | right now we are kind of looking at how |
| 2463s | we can get the AI to plug into |
| 2466s | um |
| 2466s | the sound distances and all that and for |
| 2468s | the folks who don't know |
| 2470s | so what this Quantum sound system is |
| 2472s | is basically where the player is there's |
| 2474s | going to be a sound that plays in |
| 2475s | another room we now have all of these |
| 2478s | different zones across the maps |
| 2481s | and if a sound plays in a different Zone |
| 2483s | than where the player is it's actually |
| 2485s | going to kind of physically track that |
| 2488s | that distance in that path |
| 2490s | and we're going to use that instead of |
| 2492s | like just the uh the direct path from |
| 2495s | the player to the sound so you get a |
| 2496s | much better kind of muffling effect and |
| 2499s | a much better kind of distance I guess |
| 2502s | understanding of audio |
| 2505s | um |
| 2506s | but yeah overall it's just been a pretty |
| 2510s | crazy |
| 2512s | um few months getting it all figured out |
| 2514s | and um there's not going to be any kind |
| 2517s | of like sound propagation just yet which |
| 2519s | is how the sound kind of physically |
| 2521s | bends around corners and stuff like that |
| 2522s | like physically changing position |
| 2525s | um just because |
| 2527s | we want to make sure that if we do |
| 2529s | Implement something like that |
| 2532s | um it's not going to be confusing and |
| 2535s | it's not going to be like I heard the |
| 2537s | sound from like the door behind me but |
| 2538s | the guy was coming in front of me so we |
| 2540s | don't want any of those situations to |
| 2541s | happen uh but rest assured it's still |
| 2544s | being worked on like like every day |
| 2546s | we're poking away at this uh |
| 2548s | and yeah I guess one other note with it |
| 2551s | is just the fact that it optimizes |
| 2553s | basically all the sounds that play right |
| 2554s | now so |
| 2556s | um |
| 2556s | and I know Ali actually did a bunch of |
| 2558s | sound optimization as well so there's |
| 2560s | there's pretty much like an all hands on |
| 2562s | deck with coding looking at audio how do |
| 2564s | we optimize this uh how do we make sure |
| 2566s | all the sounds play and it's not |
| 2568s | confusing and it works really well |
| 2570s | um but yeah it's gonna be exciting when |
| 2573s | when this patch finally gets out there I |
| 2574s | mean there's going to be I hope some |
| 2577s | CPUs aren't sweating as much with the |
| 2579s | audio stuff |
| 2581s | also shout out to the quantum dude |
| 2583s | because uh for those who don't know I |
| 2585s | actually worked with him on uh on a |
| 2587s | modding project uh before I got picked |
| 2589s | up by Boyd uh that's just a little fun |
| 2591s | fact I wanted to throw out there because |
| 2592s | like he's a really cool uh great guy I I |
| 2596s | worked with him and then I got picked up |
| 2597s | by Boyd and then later somebody |
| 2599s | approaches hey uh we're we're looking |
| 2601s | into this person I was like oh yeah yeah |
| 2603s | he's awesome he's awesome he's glad to |
| 2606s | see him part of the family now |
| 2608s | like Quantum uh and just for like I |
| 2611s | guess reference he's the kind of guy who |
| 2613s | um I don't like Ali asked him like like |
| 2615s | how optimized is this system and he's |
| 2617s | referring to two things in like |
| 2619s | nanoseconds and it's just like like I |
| 2622s | can't even wrap my brain around that and |
| 2623s | that's that's like the level that he's |
| 2625s | working at so I just yeah I I |
| 2628s | only have good things to say about |
| 2630s | Quantum he's uh he's a genius he's |
| 2632s | Plugged In The Matrix yeah he made uh he |
| 2634s | made that camera mod for those who don't |
| 2636s | know as well he may be uh the first |
| 2637s | camera mod that we had or you're able to |
| 2639s | play sites and stuff so he's very very |
| 2641s | creative with the things he makes oh |
| 2643s | it one one of the things that's very |
| 2645s | interesting to watch uh with void is |
| 2648s | watching the |
| 2650s | um watching some of the most prolific |
| 2653s | and most honestly most capable |
| 2656s | uh participants in the modding Community |
| 2658s | like become integrated into void and |
| 2661s | then watching them kind of flourish |
| 2663s | having access to all this information |
| 2666s | and it it is frankly just incredible |
| 2669s | I remember starting to reverse engineer |
| 2672s | a lot of our uh things |
| 2675s | um because there was a lot of people who |
| 2676s | wanted to make things happen and I was |
| 2678s | one of those I was like Hey I want to |
| 2679s | figure all this out so I remember |
| 2681s | hitting a lot of hiccups and a lot of uh |
| 2682s | speed bumps so to say and uh eventually |
| 2686s | when I got like making out like all |
| 2688s | these different models and things that I |
| 2689s | ended up posting and here's a fun fact |
| 2692s | of how I got into like like boy right |
| 2694s | like I I gotta basically I was in the |
| 2697s | gym and I got hit up by uh by somebody |
| 2699s | on Discord I'm thinking it's looking to |
| 2701s | get like uh like some form of freelance |
| 2702s | job or something and this person's |
| 2704s | telling me hey uh yeah sorry I've had a |
| 2707s | couple meetings this and that um you |
| 2709s | know you you I don't know where I added |
| 2711s | you from uh would you like to uh you |
| 2714s | know you have a job do you want to work |
| 2715s | in something and stuff and I was like oh |
| 2716s | yeah of course I'm thinking this is |
| 2718s | freelance stuff right and uh this person |
| 2720s | keeps telling me he's like yeah yeah |
| 2721s | we're trying to make this happen and |
| 2723s | we're trying to make this this model and |
| 2725s | they're telling me hey uh this is this |
| 2727s | is going straight in the game but in my |
| 2729s | brain mean I'm I'm just thinking of it |
| 2731s | as a mod and I was like how how no I was |
| 2733s | like wait you can't do that it's just |
| 2735s | you simply can't because you need access |
| 2736s | to this is like oh no no no uh yeah I |
| 2738s | know I'm the CEO of the company I'm |
| 2739s | sterile so I was like oh I was like why |
| 2741s | don't you start with that man |
| 2744s | that's a funny thing |
| 2748s | um yeah like it's it's just really |
| 2750s | freaking cool |
| 2754s | all right |
| 2758s | or something what you got |
| 2763s | snowboarding right now |
| 2766s | yeah so |
| 2771s | uh moving moving quickly on uh a |
| 2775s | question for dead pixel from snow cow |
| 2780s | um |
| 2782s | do you uh are you able to share any of |
| 2784s | the plans or kind of ideas you have for |
| 2787s | improving the in station Loadout UI |
| 2793s | yeah that's actually uh one thing that's |
| 2796s | happening right right now is um this is |
| 2800s | a big fat refactor going on to the back |
| 2801s | end Loadout stuff to really streamline |
| 2803s | it uh make it more optimized and uh |
| 2807s | hopefully allow us to address some uh |
| 2809s | some usability things and reevaluate |
| 2812s | certain aspects of it but um |
| 2814s | yeah I've always uh |
| 2816s | there there are just a few two or three |
| 2819s | real important screens in this entire |
| 2821s | game that I've |
| 2823s | really put the most attention to and the |
| 2826s | loadout is and has been the top of that |
| 2828s | list it's |
| 2830s | it is the game you know you're not gonna |
| 2832s | do much if you can't if you can't fight |
| 2834s | and you don't have your gear so that's |
| 2837s | definitely something that's going to |
| 2838s | constantly getting as much love as I can |
| 2840s | give to it and until I feel like it's |
| 2842s | perfect so there's there's a lot going |
| 2844s | into into that there's a lot of plans |
| 2846s | for |
| 2847s | um you know what we want to allow people |
| 2849s | to do with the attachment system to give |
| 2852s | them a little bit more freedom and to |
| 2854s | make it more intuitive as well as uh you |
| 2857s | know we have you know customization |
| 2859s | aspects that that are download down the |
| 2862s | road that we want to be able to |
| 2864s | seamlessly |
| 2865s | uh account for for weapons and character |
| 2868s | and everything like that and uh it's |
| 2870s | it's a constantly evolving beast and |
| 2873s | it's actually kilowatt is uh I mean he's |
| 2876s | my guys he's |
| 2878s | been the the UI programmer and and for |
| 2881s | all intents and purposes for me and uh |
| 2883s | and he's he's really leading the |
| 2884s | refactor on that we've got a lot of |
| 2886s | really really cool ideas to |
| 2889s | it yeah it once it's done it's gonna it |
| 2892s | should load faster it should it should |
| 2894s | do everything better |
| 2896s | um and and hopefully do some cool things |
| 2897s | with presets and if all things go well |
| 2900s | make it easy for people to share those |
| 2902s | presets |
| 2905s | oh so broom shareable presets then |
| 2911s | uh yeah I mean it's something that that |
| 2913s | maybe we'll expand a little bit more but |
| 2915s | um uh one of the things we we hope to do |
| 2918s | and obviously this is the |
| 2921s | I like to share just you know things |
| 2923s | that we we want to shoot for and is is |
| 2926s | the ability to easily share a |
| 2928s | you know some kind of string or |
| 2930s | something along those lines that allow |
| 2931s | people to share uh the presets for |
| 2934s | anything from a weapon all the way to an |
| 2935s | entire loadout |
| 2938s | so you can just give you know send |
| 2940s | Discord send somebody a string and then |
| 2942s | they can put it in and uh and they'll |
| 2944s | have that that configuration |
| 2946s | just uh load up easily enough |
| 2950s | all right that sounds clean |
| 2955s | yeah I'm really excited it was a the |
| 2957s | wheels well idea and I really hope we |
| 2958s | can uh we can effectively Implement that |
| 2960s | with the entire preset plan that we have |
| 2963s | yep yep oh just finding that out that's |
| 2966s | awesome |
| 2968s | surprise but no experience for a lot of |
| 2971s | people |
| 2975s | all right so for Mr uh Mr Mark again |
| 2981s | um |
| 2983s | coming from uh |
| 2985s | coming from Discord user Sonic |
| 2988s | um |
| 2989s | so for uh two two of the maps in the |
| 2993s | mapping contest recently actually have |
| 2997s | um Olympus theater at the start of it |
| 2998s | has a scripted event where a bunch of |
| 3001s | civilians run out of the theater because |
| 3003s | it's it's an active shooting situation |
| 3005s | and in sanctum deceit the first place |
| 3008s | winner uh there's actually a helicopter |
| 3011s | that has a spotlight circling the |
| 3014s | building |
| 3015s | is there thoughts about adding anything |
| 3017s | like that to the vanilla Ready or Not |
| 3019s | Maps where just kind of there's |
| 3021s | something happening in the background or |
| 3024s | as you're approaching or as you do a |
| 3027s | thing |
| 3029s | yeah so that's that's really interesting |
| 3031s | it's something that we've been wanting |
| 3033s | to do for a while now |
| 3036s | um a lot of a lot of kind of where we're |
| 3038s | at in the project from an art side at |
| 3039s | the moment is really trying to get in as |
| 3042s | much sort of like storytelling and |
| 3044s | theatricality and |
| 3047s | um really just kind of like pushing the |
| 3049s | the feels of the level as it were |
| 3053s | um and it is definitely something that |
| 3054s | we've been experimenting with |
| 3056s | um and for the most part we're just |
| 3057s | trying to figure out what sort of the |
| 3059s | best way of doing this is going to be |
| 3062s | um for the most part it's like we've got |
| 3065s | all these different ideas and there's |
| 3066s | you know there's no one right way of |
| 3068s | making a game we've got like 10 or 15 |
| 3070s | different options of of kind of doing it |
| 3073s | um so a lot of yeah we're just trying to |
| 3075s | like nail down how we want to approach |
| 3077s | this but it's definitely something that |
| 3078s | we want to do |
| 3080s | um because I think it's definitely gonna |
| 3082s | you know as as as a player it's going to |
| 3085s | just make it feel so much more involved |
| 3087s | and so much more engaged and that's |
| 3089s | really what we want uh you know you're |
| 3091s | starting a level and you're bursting at |
| 3092s | the back of the bear cart or you know |
| 3094s | hypothetically speaking any number of |
| 3096s | scenarios that get you into the level |
| 3098s | and ready for action |
| 3100s | um yeah it's all part of that sort of |
| 3102s | like telling a story |
| 3104s | um which we want to do and really just |
| 3105s | make the players feel like they're the |
| 3108s | SWAT in the scene you know and it's it |
| 3111s | is a little bit disjointed just kind of |
| 3113s | like waking up Skyrim style like just in |
| 3116s | the street |
| 3117s | um so I think it's definitely going to |
| 3118s | give the levels a lot more context to |
| 3120s | like how you get there |
| 3122s | um and yeah with that in mind we can do |
| 3125s | all kinds of fun stuff one thing that we |
| 3127s | don't want to happen |
| 3129s | um because this could become a very |
| 3130s | slippery slope quite quickly is it |
| 3133s | balloons out of proportion and then |
| 3135s | suddenly our develop development time |
| 3137s | goes through the roof like you know if |
| 3139s | suddenly we're doing crazy cinematics |
| 3142s | and you know all these people bursting |
| 3144s | out the hotel and stuff like that like |
| 3146s | that ads just inherently quite a lot of |
| 3148s | Dev time so yeah one of the biggest |
| 3150s | problems that we're facing at the moment |
| 3152s | was like how can we get the most impacts |
| 3155s | and it'd be as effective as we wanted to |
| 3158s | be without blotting the development time |
| 3161s | that it takes to make this stuff as well |
| 3163s | um |
| 3164s | yeah yeah |
| 3167s | oh really so sort of like a uh kind of a |
| 3171s | cost benefit uh decision you need to |
| 3173s | make well you're you know putting |
| 3175s | everything together |
| 3178s | so like |
| 3179s | everything in gamedev is a balance one |
| 3181s | way or another |
| 3182s | um you know you spend two weeks on |
| 3184s | something and it could look amazing or |
| 3185s | you spend two days on it something on |
| 3187s | something and it probably won't look as |
| 3189s | amazing but there's not saying that just |
| 3191s | simply changing your ideas to fit the |
| 3193s | criteria and fit within your budget |
| 3195s | honestly I personally find that |
| 3197s | sometimes limitations breeds more |
| 3199s | creativity so yeah like I really want to |
| 3202s | just strike the balance of it being |
| 3204s | amazing and feeling amazing and and it |
| 3209s | feeling as cinematic as we can get it |
| 3211s | there |
| 3212s | um and giving us enough time to |
| 3214s | obviously make as many Maps as we want |
| 3216s | as well because don't forget like the |
| 3217s | more maps we make more of this kind of |
| 3220s | stuff that I have to support as well |
| 3222s | um and so forth and so on on the line |
| 3232s | issues |
| 3241s | cheap bus already |
| 3245s | um |
| 3246s | so uh we'll move on to |
| 3249s | once again to Mr Gerard with |
| 3252s | um |
| 3253s | you mentioned the uh pastg helmets so |
| 3257s | we'll |
| 3258s | uh scooch over that |
| 3261s | um I actually did have a question uh |
| 3264s | from uh that I actually meaning to ask |
| 3267s | you uh is there anything like if you |
| 3271s | could get your hands on absolutely |
| 3273s | anything what would you want to scan and |
| 3276s | put into ready or not |
| 3279s | hmm |
| 3280s | boy you open a can of worms out there |
| 3286s | um |
| 3287s | look man there's uh I need some ones |
| 3289s | we I think we all agree every everyone |
| 3292s | that's out there in those gear and stuff |
| 3293s | we all agree that it'd be amazing to |
| 3295s | have those those damn uh GP mvgs so |
| 3298s | they're being realistic you don't want |
| 3300s | to have like a you know like a Tesla |
| 3302s | worth of uh money in your face and then |
| 3304s | drop them because I've seen I've seen |
| 3306s | that happen to uh the ambus tense which |
| 3308s | are the ones before the that but I |
| 3312s | honestly |
| 3314s | I think I think we are we already have |
| 3317s | the stuff that I would want to more or |
| 3320s | less integrate so it's just a matter of |
| 3321s | time that we'll we'll |
| 3323s | um we'll slowly uh show it to people but |
| 3326s | once it once that's ready and uh just to |
| 3330s | just actually circle into like the the |
| 3332s | question of the past TG helmet |
| 3336s | um I love Squad I love SWAT for uh all |
| 3340s | those old school games |
| 3341s | um |
| 3342s | it's it's in my belief that uh yes |
| 3345s | that'd be some something that I wouldn't |
| 3347s | you know would be missing if we don't |
| 3349s | make some form of a tribute to that so |
| 3353s | I I'm I can't confirm Northern not |
| 3355s | anything but you know I love that so bad |
| 3360s | so uh |
| 3362s | y'all y'all heard it here first folks uh |
| 3365s | there are scanning in retro SWAT gear |
| 3369s | disclaimer this is not an actual |
| 3371s | confirmation of retro SWAT gear |
| 3376s | fire |
| 3378s | you can't fire me I quit |
| 3383s | I'm ready |
| 3388s | um |
| 3390s | actually I don't know who this would be |
| 3391s | a good question for I think both uh dead |
| 3393s | pixel and kilo might have something uh |
| 3396s | some input on that uh from the user Sig |
| 3401s | um |
| 3402s | actually I think it would probably be |
| 3403s | more of a proper Sterling question but |
| 3404s | we can get input from everybody |
| 3407s | um |
| 3407s | would there be a customizable Mission |
| 3410s | parameters |
| 3412s | at any point in the future |
| 3418s | yeah I think that's one that's gonna |
| 3420s | have to come down from like higher level |
| 3421s | uh you know game design for for the |
| 3424s | sense of just for the sake of scope |
| 3425s | creep but |
| 3427s | I don't imagine anybody would be opposed |
| 3430s | to it |
| 3431s | um for for you know free form missions |
| 3433s | and stuff uh it's definitely possible |
| 3435s | from the UI side of things |
| 3437s | um |
| 3438s | but uh yeah that's definitely gonna be |
| 3440s | one of those um it's just a balance of |
| 3442s | resources to to implement it for all we |
| 3445s | know it could be one of those a Post |
| 3446s | Release like kind of um Edition |
| 3450s | but I think it's a pretty cool idea and |
| 3451s | I'd be down for it |
| 3453s | yeah I could certainly say that you know |
| 3456s | I actually really like that idea |
| 3458s | um |
| 3459s | as far as like |
| 3461s | you know any specific plans |
| 3463s | um I don't think we have any but I think |
| 3466s | some of the stuff that we do have going |
| 3467s | on behind the scenes would definitely |
| 3469s | enable us without more flexibility in |
| 3471s | that regard so you know we're always |
| 3472s | trying to improve things and if we think |
| 3475s | that's something we can get in then yeah |
| 3476s | we'll absolutely do it |
| 3478s | yeah it might be probably no oh sorry go |
| 3481s | ahead I was gonna say you go ahead you |
| 3483s | guys finish up your point I was good you |
| 3485s | know it just it it could be one of those |
| 3487s | things where as we work through stuff |
| 3489s | and we just find that that options just |
| 3492s | sit there on the table for us to quickly |
| 3493s | Implement it's uh |
| 3495s | there's always those features that we |
| 3498s | just we just slide in you know |
| 3501s | um we we find that it's possible and |
| 3504s | just see if we can do it and the next |
| 3505s | thing you know it's part of the game |
| 3507s | um oh by the way I wouldn't be surprised |
| 3510s | yeah exactly like oh yeah by the way uh |
| 3513s | like three commits ago we have this now |
| 3515s | um because we were just experimenting |
| 3517s | with it and it'll just uh it'd be as |
| 3518s | simple as like you know flipping a |
| 3520s | switch to make it uh you know actually |
| 3523s | go live so um it does seem like it could |
| 3526s | be one of those things uh once systems |
| 3529s | really all right at a certain point that |
| 3531s | it being worked on |
| 3533s | so I definitely think that's |
| 3535s | the possibility |
| 3538s | but nothing planned nothing official and |
| 3541s | I was just going to say on top of like |
| 3542s | the game parameters being customizable I |
| 3545s | know a few folks were asking can we kind |
| 3548s | of pick the soundtrack per each map |
| 3551s | um and I mean again that'll be like post |
| 3555s | launch uh kind of stuff to work through |
| 3557s | because every soundtrack is very catered |
| 3560s | to each map or at least all the the |
| 3562s | stuff that is being developed currently |
| 3564s | is going to be very catered there's |
| 3566s | there's specific cues there's specific |
| 3568s | areas where uh different parameters go |
| 3570s | up and down |
| 3572s | um that's very like oriented for that |
| 3575s | one track but uh I wouldn't say it's |
| 3577s | impossible you know it's just a matter |
| 3579s | of kind of going through each map and |
| 3581s | kind of editing a bunch of those |
| 3583s | parameters around and making sure it all |
| 3584s | kind of plays nice but uh that would |
| 3587s | also be something that on the sound side |
| 3589s | anyway would would be fun to make |
| 3590s | customizable but nothing official that's |
| 3593s | all I'll say yeah that that's definitely |
| 3596s | a disclaimer that we're all we're all |
| 3598s | shouting right now this this is this is |
| 3601s | the uh the um the wishlist question not |
| 3604s | quite the oh yeah this has come in |
| 3606s | question |
| 3607s | yeah absolutely yeah |
| 3609s | this is like yeah that's not a bad idea |
| 3613s | all right um I guess we'll we'll double |
| 3615s | up on questions a little bit to try and |
| 3617s | uh |
| 3618s | uh try try and get some more more info |
| 3622s | um I guess this this would also work for |
| 3624s | everybody |
| 3625s | um how does void go about optimizing |
| 3628s | their levels |
| 3629s | is it |
| 3630s | pre-computed is is everything baked in |
| 3633s | or is there another way that it's |
| 3636s | handled |
| 3637s | don't we I'll just go Mark |
| 3639s | uh yeah I get that a lot um so |
| 3643s | yeah like one of the things I'm actually |
| 3645s | really quite passionate about is |
| 3646s | actually gen like optimization in |
| 3648s | general |
| 3649s | um I don't necessarily know why and |
| 3650s | especially as an artist it's quite rare |
| 3653s | for me to be interested in that but I'm |
| 3655s | very much of the belief like if you |
| 3656s | don't have a game that performs well you |
| 3659s | haven't really made a game so there's no |
| 3661s | point just like throwing everything at |
| 3662s | it and it looks amazing because if it |
| 3665s | doesn't run it doesn't run you've not |
| 3666s | made a game so it's it's definitely one |
| 3670s | of those things that I know that um like |
| 3672s | me personally I'm always a little bit |
| 3674s | like performance conscience conscious as |
| 3678s | I'm making the levels um and I think a |
| 3681s | lot of this just comes from experience |
| 3682s | like I've made so many games at this |
| 3684s | point and I've been using Unreal now for |
| 3686s | nearly sort of like 10 years I'm very |
| 3688s | very familiar with like the do's and |
| 3690s | don'ts and where sort of like some of |
| 3691s | the caveats come from |
| 3693s | um so a lot of it is really just being |
| 3694s | like Oh yeah you know this is this is |
| 3696s | not my first rodeo I know that if I do |
| 3698s | the series of things probably gonna have |
| 3700s | a bit of a bad time so I'll again using |
| 3703s | those limitations to think of creative |
| 3704s | ways around it |
| 3706s | um I'm just kind of working with those |
| 3708s | in those limitations I'm actually doing |
| 3709s | a lot of optimization at the moment |
| 3712s | um trying to get some of the performance |
| 3714s | back uh where we've been lacking um and |
| 3717s | to be brutally honest like a lot of it |
| 3719s | is |
| 3720s | um literally just a case of oh wait you |
| 3722s | know we've been trying to make the |
| 3723s | levels and get them out the door we've |
| 3725s | not really |
| 3726s | had that sort of like |
| 3728s | official pass yet I was going through |
| 3730s | and being you know quite Critical with |
| 3732s | do do these textures need to be this |
| 3735s | size for instance um and I do find that |
| 3737s | quite often like if I take like a like a |
| 3739s | 2K texture raise it down to a 1K texture |
| 3741s | it's like oh visually speaking it |
| 3743s | actually hasn't changed |
| 3745s | um and that's quite uh that's quite an |
| 3747s | easy optimization to do that's kind of |
| 3749s | that solves a lot of the memory issues |
| 3750s | just going through some of the textures |
| 3752s | and being a bit Critical with does it |
| 3755s | change it and if it gets worse then I |
| 3757s | won't rest it down or for the most point |
| 3759s | I want to keep that quality and I also |
| 3761s | want it to run well |
| 3762s | um I've also been doing uh custom pass |
| 3765s | on some of the Lord stuff |
| 3767s | um so again that was one of the things |
| 3768s | where we just kind of threw stuff in and |
| 3771s | I know unreal's got like a lot of |
| 3773s | like pretty good tools built in for |
| 3776s | loading |
| 3777s | um and that stuff helps an absolute turn |
| 3779s | but again I I I've said this in the past |
| 3782s | as well half of what sort of experience |
| 3785s | is in the industry is not necessarily |
| 3788s | how to make games it's how not to make |
| 3791s | games so |
| 3793s | it's it's kind of like annoying |
| 3796s | how you know you can put all these |
| 3798s | things in and they'll work absolutely |
| 3799s | perfect every single time apart from |
| 3802s | this one exception and it's knowing how |
| 3805s | to spot that one exception and kind of |
| 3806s | deal with it in that scenario as well |
| 3810s | um so yeah I've been doing a ton of |
| 3812s | optimization with that stuff uh lodding |
| 3815s | being texture conscious |
| 3818s | um |
| 3818s | also with our lighting paths that we did |
| 3822s | not too long ago again we learned an |
| 3824s | absolute ton and we upskilled our |
| 3826s | lighting not only from a from a visual |
| 3829s | standpoint within the game itself but |
| 3831s | also we learned a lot about how to |
| 3833s | actually like things properly um you |
| 3835s | know again it's also one of those things |
| 3836s | I'm super passionate about but I can get |
| 3839s | into a certain point and that's where a |
| 3842s | dedicated lighting artist would like you |
| 3844s | know I would ask them questions and it'd |
| 3846s | be like oh yeah so this is what gives it |
| 3848s | that extra 20 of amazingness that kind |
| 3851s | of you know goes on top of it and you |
| 3853s | know getting someone who's just like |
| 3854s | really specifically good at their job |
| 3856s | helps a ton |
| 3858s | um in knowing where the pitfalls are so |
| 3861s | on top of doing all the lighting to try |
| 3863s | and make it look as good as we could uh |
| 3865s | I also took that in the consideration |
| 3866s | when I came to the performance as well |
| 3867s | so just being a bit uh you know aware of |
| 3871s | what lights are Shadow casters for |
| 3873s | instance because Shadows are generally |
| 3874s | very expensive in games that's why we |
| 3876s | leaned quite heavily into to the |
| 3879s | pre-baked system not only does the |
| 3882s | pre-back lighting give you just |
| 3883s | inherently better lighting results |
| 3886s | but then it also allows us to do various |
| 3889s | other clever tricks around |
| 3891s | Shadows being cast using stationary |
| 3893s | lights instead of movable lights and |
| 3894s | various things like that |
| 3896s | um so yeah just really just focusing in |
| 3900s | and just kind of like paying attention |
| 3902s | to where the pitfalls are |
| 3904s | um also yeah one other thing as well is |
| 3906s | like a lot of our content not not all of |
| 3909s | our content by any means |
| 3911s | um but you know when we first started we |
| 3913s | didn't necessarily have the systems that |
| 3916s | we have now when it comes to like |
| 3918s | getting all of our assets made so I try |
| 3920s | my absolute best to Outsource and create |
| 3923s | basically everything that we can for |
| 3926s | already or not ourselves I really really |
| 3929s | want our game to be as Handmade by us as |
| 3933s | possible mostly for that quality stamp |
| 3935s | uh from a visual standpoint but also |
| 3938s | again because I know then it locks in |
| 3941s | that performance as well and some of the |
| 3943s | stuff that we had from the unreal |
| 3945s | Marketplace for instance |
| 3946s | were really really expensive they looked |
| 3950s | incredible but they were just really I |
| 3953s | don't want to say poorly made that's the |
| 3954s | wrong context but they were they were |
| 3956s | created for a game that wasn't ours put |
| 3958s | it that way |
| 3960s | um so just going through and being like |
| 3962s | ah okay that's a problem I said let's |
| 3964s | see what we can do with that do we |
| 3966s | replace it do we you know um do we just |
| 3969s | take it out and swap it out with |
| 3970s | something else maybe we want to take |
| 3972s | this time to recreate it in our version |
| 3975s | of it |
| 3977s | um yeah I think that I think that covers |
| 3979s | everything |
| 3980s | yeah that's a that's a lot of |
| 3981s | information that you know where we're |
| 3983s | able to pass on and just kind of |
| 3985s | propagate |
| 3987s | um and I guess a related question is |
| 3992s | um does the optimization have a direct |
| 3995s | impact on um on the game's file size |
| 3999s | absolutely it does yeah absolutely it |
| 4002s | does so uh again one of the reasons why |
| 4005s | we also wanted to do this uh and this |
| 4007s | this is mostly just a little bit behind |
| 4009s | the scenes |
| 4010s | um on a day-to-day sort of Dev stuff as |
| 4012s | well obviously we have a lot of content |
| 4015s | um and we're all over the world and you |
| 4017s | know I I turn the PC on in the morning |
| 4019s | and the first thing I do is I get latest |
| 4021s | of our repositories so anyone who's done |
| 4024s | any work checks the stuff into our local |
| 4026s | repository uh we're using perfos and |
| 4029s | basically everyone then just pulls the |
| 4032s | latest version of files everyone's up to |
| 4034s | date with what everyone's been working |
| 4036s | on |
| 4036s | and you check it in and check it out and |
| 4038s | various things like that uh because |
| 4040s | we've got so much content and especially |
| 4042s | stuff like textures like textures are |
| 4045s | genuinely quite big when it comes to uh |
| 4048s | file sizes and the reason for that is |
| 4050s | because you can only compress a pixel |
| 4053s | down to a certain level |
| 4055s | um so you know it it it's usually the |
| 4058s | case of you know you can you can pretty |
| 4060s | accurately |
| 4061s | get well not guess but sort of like no |
| 4064s | if I have a 2K normal map for instance |
| 4066s | it's probably going to be about 10 |
| 4067s | megabyte if I have a 4K diffuse it's |
| 4070s | probably going to be about 20 megabyte |
| 4072s | or something like that |
| 4073s | um so |
| 4075s | a lot of these optimizations is is yeah |
| 4078s | definitely like lowering textures is a |
| 4080s | working example suddenly all that memory |
| 4083s | that would have been there is no longer |
| 4085s | there and that's actually working out |
| 4088s | for us not just on a disk size in the |
| 4090s | game so you know when it goes onto steam |
| 4093s | the file size will drop as well but also |
| 4096s | doing this pass now uh this this |
| 4098s | optimization pass is also really helping |
| 4100s | us out on a day-to-day basis as well |
| 4102s | because if I'm you know I'm changing |
| 4104s | textures and I'm I'm pushing them back |
| 4106s | up into the repository that means |
| 4108s | everyone else has to pull those files |
| 4110s | back down as well so it's generally just |
| 4113s | good house cleaning and it's helping us |
| 4115s | speed up our |
| 4117s | um pulls from the repository as well as |
| 4120s | well as lowering the game size as well |
| 4122s | awesome okay definitely I know you're in |
| 4125s | for a long one but you see that like uh |
| 4127s | and one of the change lists you got |
| 4129s | lighting pass and you're just like okay |
| 4130s | all right yeah I'm gonna go make |
| 4133s | breakfast and no for sure I I must admit |
| 4136s | I I am genuinely the worst person for |
| 4138s | this um and I think that is just kind of |
| 4140s | the nature of the art side of it so uh |
| 4143s | you know for instance if we have like a |
| 4145s | pack from Outsource and it comes back |
| 4147s | you know we're talking maybe sort of |
| 4149s | like 15 to 20 assets each of them has |
| 4152s | three textures |
| 4153s | and we might get three or four asset |
| 4155s | packs back at a time not to mention all |
| 4158s | the stuff then I'm working on inside the |
| 4160s | level as well all the materials |
| 4162s | like I think I probably check in more |
| 4165s | files than anyone else on the project |
| 4166s | almost on a daily basis so I am I'm |
| 4169s | quite bad at making everyone else's |
| 4171s | mornings quite long I must admit |
| 4175s | I cry yeah |
| 4178s | I'm sorry go on oh no I was gonna say |
| 4181s | just bouncing off of um what Mark was |
| 4183s | saying about file size too uh |
| 4186s | we we also did some optimization with |
| 4189s | the voice lines |
| 4190s | um I think they were at like five gigs |
| 4192s | uh in total and then |
| 4195s | um we converted them down to Ogg and Ali |
| 4197s | figured out some kind of way to automate |
| 4199s | that |
| 4200s | um and I mean the reason they were like |
| 4201s | wave files in the first place is because |
| 4203s | when it gets sent over to F mod fmod |
| 4207s | doesn't have to do any extra leg work to |
| 4209s | kind of unpack it |
| 4211s | um but the honestly there's not enough |
| 4214s | voices that play at the same time to |
| 4216s | like call it a massive |
| 4218s | CPU hit in the first place so switch to |
| 4222s | odg it's like 300 megabytes Now Bob's |
| 4225s | your uncle you know no one's no one's |
| 4227s | crying about the voices taking up like |
| 4229s | 10 gigs of their hard drive anymore so |
| 4231s | everyone's happy yeah textures doesn't |
| 4233s | sound that's like dead bulk of what you |
| 4236s | know when you have you start having |
| 4237s | large games it's it's textures and |
| 4239s | sounds |
| 4240s | yeah for sure for sure uh for anyone |
| 4242s | interested um in terms of like this is |
| 4244s | one of the biggest things like unreal |
| 4246s | five is trying to get around |
| 4248s | um where they with the whole nanite the |
| 4251s | new nanite system this is why they |
| 4252s | leaned into doing |
| 4255s | um tons and tons and tons of polygons |
| 4256s | rather than |
| 4258s | um I mean I know Texas is a little bit |
| 4261s | old school at this point anyway because |
| 4262s | you don't get Silhouettes you don't get |
| 4264s | you know the actual 3D geometry |
| 4266s | um but the general rule with the new ue5 |
| 4269s | system is throw as much geometry as you |
| 4272s | want at it but keep your textures quite |
| 4274s | low resolution because you know rather |
| 4276s | than having the normal Maps you would |
| 4278s | actually just put the polygons in there |
| 4280s | to to represent the detail |
| 4283s | um because the polygons actually get |
| 4284s | crunched down more than the pixel does |
| 4286s | because of vectors and vertices and |
| 4289s | various bits of math that I quite |
| 4291s | frankly do not understand point is you |
| 4293s | can crunch them down and compress them |
| 4295s | further than the in the textile density |
| 4298s | um so yeah that's kind of like why would |
| 4300s | transitioning into more geometry and |
| 4302s | less textures with ue5 |
| 4307s | so you're saying I can put in my full |
| 4308s | sculpture of anything in there |
| 4315s | we're not doing that we're not doing |
| 4317s | that |
| 4318s | um you know before anyone calls ue5 when |
| 4321s | um so we're we're too far into the |
| 4323s | project at the moment and like I said |
| 4326s | ue5 whilst it has all these bells and |
| 4328s | whistles of cool new things |
| 4330s | um take it from me uh it you know using |
| 4334s | ue4 is a perfect example uh ue4 didn't |
| 4337s | become stable for developers until about |
| 4339s | 4.19 |
| 4342s | um version 4.19 and so far ue5 is on 1.2 |
| 4347s | or something |
| 4348s | um 5.1.2 so it's gone a long way to go |
| 4351s | before it's really ready for game |
| 4353s | production |
| 4355s | um and also ue4 just has a ton of stuff |
| 4356s | that really works in our favor like the |
| 4359s | big license system and stuff like that |
| 4363s | um |
| 4363s | actually I think that's that's a amazing |
| 4368s | segue uh to talk about something that's |
| 4370s | been in a lot of gaming news recently |
| 4374s | um |
| 4375s | what's uh what's your guys's opinion |
| 4377s | opinion on unrecord |
| 4380s | yeah I mean it's definitely an amazing |
| 4382s | Tech demo like it looks great |
| 4384s | um you know kudos to the artists who |
| 4385s | made it I've got no Faults of that it |
| 4387s | looks great |
| 4388s | um for me personally it's it's one of |
| 4390s | those things where because I and I'm |
| 4393s | saying this because I'm a user as well I |
| 4396s | think a lot of us are |
| 4397s | um |
| 4398s | we can see that it's basically just the |
| 4401s | quixel |
| 4402s | um mega scans library for the most part |
| 4404s | and that's absolutely fine there's |
| 4406s | nothing wrong with that |
| 4407s | um but I feel it does detract a little |
| 4410s | bit away from the sort of like |
| 4412s | creatorship and |
| 4414s | um |
| 4416s | gosh how do I how do I quite like if put |
| 4419s | it this way if every single game that |
| 4421s | came out was just the quicksil mega |
| 4422s | scans we would get a little bit bored |
| 4424s | with looking at the same stuff left |
| 4426s | right inside there so whilst it is an |
| 4428s | amazing amazing like |
| 4432s | uh demonstration of using it to its |
| 4435s | absolute fullest |
| 4436s | um |
| 4437s | there's a part of me that's just like ah |
| 4439s | I've seen that barrel and oh I've seen |
| 4441s | that thing because I use it it's another |
| 4443s | game and you know it's on 100 other |
| 4445s | games as well |
| 4447s | um so yeah I'm curious to see how that |
| 4450s | evolves and where where they would take |
| 4453s | that um to the next level to make it as |
| 4455s | you know unique and custom to the game |
| 4459s | um that you know that they want to tell |
| 4462s | um you know I'm I'm curious to see how |
| 4464s | they would handle say an environment |
| 4467s | that isn't on the qixel library but then |
| 4470s | again maybe that's the strength maybe |
| 4471s | that's again using the limitations that |
| 4474s | they have and it's been okay well we're |
| 4475s | just gonna we're gonna use the the |
| 4477s | resources that we actually do have um |
| 4479s | and make you know game around that |
| 4480s | nothing wrong with it yes |
| 4483s | yeah they do some really like when you |
| 4485s | do outside of like the that aspect of |
| 4488s | the game it does some cool really cool |
| 4489s | stuff the procedural animation the |
| 4491s | camera effects um the perspective of of |
| 4494s | being you know uh this like watching |
| 4497s | pre-recorded footage but you're also |
| 4498s | controlling it the movement system the |
| 4500s | Sprint chase that was happened like |
| 4501s | there was a lot of really awesome things |
| 4503s | they had like a dialogue interrogation |
| 4505s | I'm really curious to see what |
| 4507s | what more of the game will be like with |
| 4509s | those those features |
| 4512s | yeah for sure for sure and I think it's |
| 4514s | a really awesome concept like I said |
| 4515s | it's it's it's it is a really awesome |
| 4518s | looking thing |
| 4520s | um and yeah I think there's definitely |
| 4522s | definitely sort of like a little vision |
| 4524s | of the future there of look at what we |
| 4527s | can do and you know if if this is like |
| 4531s | you know like I know like every |
| 4532s | generation of consoles go oh you know |
| 4534s | this is the most realistic thing odds |
| 4536s | and you know |
| 4537s | but there's always something more and |
| 4541s | it's awesome to see that Evolution |
| 4542s | happening |
| 4544s | um so yeah maybe that's the next stage |
| 4546s | in gaming yeah it does a really good job |
| 4549s | at doing what I'd like to call perceived |
| 4551s | or documented realism by having the |
| 4554s | effects that it has in the camera that |
| 4556s | evokes the sense that you're watching |
| 4558s | something that has been recorded in real |
| 4560s | life and there's a lot of really |
| 4562s | there it takes an attention to detail to |
| 4564s | really get that to evoke that kind of uh |
| 4569s | sense or an emotion out of people that |
| 4571s | um I give them props for that it's |
| 4573s | something that a lot of game developers |
| 4574s | we strive for we want um |
| 4576s | we want to make a game as you know a lot |
| 4579s | of times like it's like under you know |
| 4580s | ready or not or Insurgency and stuff |
| 4583s | like that it's about being a visceral |
| 4584s | and immersive experience and |
| 4587s | your generation kind of takes a new leap |
| 4589s | at that uh with camera movements and |
| 4591s | body movements and the fluidity and it's |
| 4593s | it's pretty cool so I want to see what |
| 4595s | it what it leads to and not just of an |
| 4597s | itself but what it inspires other people |
| 4600s | to do oh yeah for sure I'm I mean |
| 4602s | honestly when I saw that demo the first |
| 4604s | thing that I like just immediately |
| 4606s | thought of was I want to see this in the |
| 4609s | context of a horror game |
| 4613s | yeah I pretty much said the same thing |
| 4614s | yeah like I think it fit yeah like a |
| 4616s | horror game or even like you know a game |
| 4620s | like like squad or Arma or something |
| 4622s | along those lines with those kinds of uh |
| 4625s | that kind of immersion and |
| 4627s | and then movement and everything like |
| 4629s | that sort of uh also gives a glimpse of |
| 4631s | for people that aren't able to to play |
| 4633s | in VR from motion sickness threes and |
| 4636s | it's like there's something to have in |
| 4637s | those kind of movements that |
| 4640s | that break that sense that you're just |
| 4642s | strapped a camera strapped to a rigid |
| 4644s | body |
| 4645s | see the the entire thing that that |
| 4647s | worries me about kind of unrecorded is I |
| 4651s | am going to aggressively date myself |
| 4654s | um who here remembers the game |
| 4655s | trespasser |
| 4660s | yeah I know what you're talking about |
| 4661s | was that the Sony was that the like blue |
| 4664s | box |
| 4666s | uh am I remembering this right uh nope |
| 4670s | it was a dinosaur wasn't it yep the |
| 4672s | directions |
| 4673s | oh oh hell yeah like the super wonky |
| 4678s | like it it also had sort of like a um |
| 4682s | chess Camp feature |
| 4685s | um if I remember correctly and again I |
| 4687s | might be wrong on this correct me if I'm |
| 4688s | wrong but wasn't that the game that when |
| 4690s | you look down you had like a heart |
| 4692s | tattoo on your breasts yeah for your |
| 4696s | health the more damage you took yeah |
| 4698s | yeah yeah |
| 4699s | and like the the the aiming in |
| 4703s | um the the tech demo that was shown off |
| 4706s | reminded me of trespasser and I |
| 4709s | remembered how |
| 4710s | incredibly frustrating it was and it |
| 4713s | just gave me nightmares watching that |
| 4715s | footage it literally like shoots where |
| 4718s | you're pointing right I know there's |
| 4719s | another like indie game from the |
| 4721s | the folks who made a receiver uh they |
| 4724s | made a game called black black shades |
| 4726s | and it's like where you're aiming is |
| 4728s | literally where you're aiming like it's |
| 4730s | very kind of visceral that way |
| 4733s | I've never seen this I'm seeing this now |
| 4735s | that's crazy uh wait yeah which one |
| 4738s | black Chase or trespasser trespassers uh |
| 4741s | trespass trespasser and blockchain they |
| 4743s | both do that kind of yeah |
| 4745s | yeah I mean but here we go it's like |
| 4747s | okay let's take let's take that attack |
| 4749s | demo and let's put dinosaurs in it or |
| 4751s | something like that like like it's got |
| 4753s | so much potential |
| 4754s | um and yeah you know I love Diana crisis |
| 4756s | and stuff like that so I'm I'm really |
| 4759s | really Keen for that sort of like next |
| 4761s | level of gaming where it looks like that |
| 4764s | you know what I mean |
| 4766s | yeah like every like that's what I'm |
| 4767s | saying like every generation has just |
| 4769s | become like yeah if you go back and you |
| 4771s | try to play a game like the original |
| 4772s | Counter-Strike or or day to feed or |
| 4775s | something like that now it feels |
| 4776s | extremely limited it feels rigid you |
| 4778s | feel uh you're on Rails stuff like that |
| 4781s | every generation you've had these more |
| 4783s | uh |
| 4784s | immersive experiences with the way that |
| 4786s | your character moves the camera moves |
| 4788s | you aim you do stuff um I had like |
| 4790s | you're saying like I'm curious to see |
| 4791s | it's not it like unrecorded is is really |
| 4794s | cool not just because it's not from a of |
| 4796s | its own setting but what they're doing |
| 4799s | in that setting like what they're doing |
| 4801s | with the camera and the gun play and the |
| 4803s | movement stuff uh that when that chase |
| 4805s | broke out down the hallway like that |
| 4807s | felt that felt great you know and you're |
| 4810s | just like that would I want to feel that |
| 4812s | in any situation in a horror game you |
| 4814s | know like in a in a dinosaur game but |
| 4816s | anything like that I don't care I want |
| 4817s | to feel that that yeah emotion I want to |
| 4821s | experience it I want to I want to press |
| 4822s | a button and make that happen and feel |
| 4824s | yourself |
| 4826s | I mean I suppose it does raise a |
| 4827s | question as well like looking at looking |
| 4829s | at that demo and you know we're all game |
| 4831s | developers we've all seen so many |
| 4833s | trailers that promises one thing and |
| 4835s | delivers something completely else there |
| 4837s | is that part of my brain that questions |
| 4839s | it it's like how much of this was actual |
| 4841s | gameplay and how much of it was say for |
| 4843s | instance scripted or whatever the case |
| 4845s | may be to give the illusion of the |
| 4847s | gameplay stuff |
| 4849s | um and especially like with the the the |
| 4850s | the gun shooting well you know as we |
| 4853s | were saying like there's no Crosshair |
| 4854s | and you know it looked like it was just |
| 4857s | all all of the players like how how does |
| 4860s | one play that like is there you know is |
| 4863s | there some mechanics there that I'm just |
| 4864s | not seeing like you know where it's kind |
| 4865s | of got like a rough Auto lock-on and you |
| 4868s | just kind of vaguely aim at the |
| 4869s | direction and trusted the work or |
| 4872s | because I imagine that'll be incredibly |
| 4873s | frustrating if it is just aiming |
| 4876s | wherever this guy's wobbly arms going |
| 4878s | sort of thing |
| 4879s | um so I do wonder I do Wonder but it |
| 4881s | looks great |
| 4882s | um and I think yeah it's definitely got |
| 4883s | some fun elements to it I'm just I'm |
| 4887s | um I I guess I'm confused by it more |
| 4889s | than anything like I want to know how it |
| 4890s | is rather than just watching it as a |
| 4892s | developer it raises a lot more questions |
| 4894s | like I'm just like okay well I mean like |
| 4897s | you're saying when you're aiming it |
| 4899s | because it has this feeling like you're |
| 4900s | in VR but VR you have you have your arm |
| 4902s | you know what you're doing with it you |
| 4904s | have muscle memory there is a disconnect |
| 4905s | between what you're doing on a you know |
| 4907s | the screen with a mouse you don't have |
| 4911s | that kind of control so what are they |
| 4912s | doing to keep that from being a |
| 4914s | frustrating user experience but um there |
| 4916s | is a video of him playing it in Editor |
| 4918s | to prove that it's real and he's just |
| 4919s | shooting around places so |
| 4922s | um it's yeah it's a lot of procedural |
| 4924s | animation stuff it looks like I just I'm |
| 4927s | curious how accurate it is |
| 4929s | well I mean I think you know it's it's |
| 4931s | probably worth even almost asking |
| 4933s | everyone in the audience as well it's |
| 4934s | like anyone who is familiar with the |
| 4936s | under recorded thing |
| 4938s | um is there anything in that demo that |
| 4941s | you would potentially like to see in |
| 4943s | ready or not or like you know is there |
| 4945s | anything that you think is good think |
| 4946s | it's bad let us know in the comments |
| 4949s | yeah seriously I'm just curious to know |
| 4952s | what the uh what like what the audio |
| 4953s | situation is going to be like if they're |
| 4955s | going to go with um because I mean we |
| 4957s | tried uh we've gone through the The |
| 4958s | Gauntlet with all these you know |
| 4960s | third-party plugins steam audio |
| 4963s | um resonance audio uh Oculus and I mean |
| 4967s | at the end of the day it it always just |
| 4969s | works out better when we went with just |
| 4971s | the vanilla |
| 4973s | I guess kind of sound elements and then |
| 4976s | we just tweaked it or made our own so |
| 4978s | I'm just really curious to know if |
| 4979s | they're gonna go in in a direction like |
| 4981s | that |
| 4982s | um I don't know what kind of stuff |
| 4983s | ue5 has |
| 4985s | um in terms of audio that'll really like |
| 4986s | push it over the edge because I know |
| 4988s | right now especially a lot of the third |
| 4990s | party tools on ue5 I've been keeping an |
| 4993s | eye on the forums and it looks like |
| 4994s | they're a little unstable so I'm just I |
| 4998s | I would really like to know what what |
| 4999s | they've got cooking under the hood |
| 5005s | all right and I guess as we're coming up |
| 5009s | on our uh on our last half an hour I can |
| 5011s | uh ask you guys about our uh about the |
| 5014s | mapping contest that wrapped up recently |
| 5016s | uh did all you guys get get a chance to |
| 5018s | try at least uh at least some of the |
| 5020s | entrance |
| 5025s | I'm just gonna say really quickly uh I'm |
| 5028s | gonna shout out kiwi here because |
| 5029s | there's one thing that uh there's one |
| 5031s | thing with that he did with audio that I |
| 5033s | think I heard right |
| 5035s | um and it's how I I think he has certain |
| 5038s | sounds when you're going inside they |
| 5039s | actually start to kind of Bend with the |
| 5041s | door you know it's it's like kind of |
| 5043s | physically modeling that uh that that |
| 5045s | propagation in in like limited aspects |
| 5048s | but you know he's he's working with the |
| 5049s | tools that he's got I gotta shout that |
| 5051s | out man that that was crazy that was |
| 5053s | really impressed with that |
| 5057s | all right anybody else got uh |
| 5059s | anything else to add any uh particular |
| 5062s | Maps you'd like to call out uh we had |
| 5065s | surprising nobody we had sanctum's |
| 5068s | deceit in first place which was an |
| 5071s | incredible incredible collaboration |
| 5076s | um I'm a little biased I know Seth he's |
| 5078s | great |
| 5081s | um and then we had yeah yeah we had |
| 5083s | kiwis uh |
| 5085s | uh kiwis uh operation Falcon hour |
| 5089s | airport uh which whichever name you |
| 5092s | decide to call it and then uh Stan's uh |
| 5095s | hot coffee map |
| 5097s | those were uh top three in descending |
| 5100s | order |
| 5102s | one of the things I will say about all |
| 5104s | these maps and |
| 5106s | Daryl is like |
| 5108s | that the amount of creativity that they |
| 5111s | come out with and the things and |
| 5112s | features they design out of just reverse |
| 5115s | engineering a lot of the stuff I |
| 5118s | I've seen some things in these maps that |
| 5119s | I was like oh wow |
| 5121s | this is really cool I think it's uh |
| 5124s | sentence to see how to uh had like fence |
| 5127s | like you could actually uh unscrew the |
| 5129s | fence and you can toss like a flashback |
| 5131s | through it and it'll like go across like |
| 5133s | the map and stuff so I was like what the |
| 5135s | hell |
| 5136s | it's very impressive |
| 5138s | frankly bonkers |
| 5141s | yeah I definitely am always sort of |
| 5143s | impressed by like uh what the modding |
| 5145s | Community is able to kind of like figure |
| 5146s | out and |
| 5148s | in cases like the mapping you know even |
| 5150s | even a lot of the mapping stuff uh even |
| 5152s | though it's sort of original content |
| 5154s | involves a lot of reverse engineering of |
| 5156s | the game systems um |
| 5159s | and I I don't know there's a lot I could |
| 5162s | talk about with modding especially |
| 5163s | behind the scenes if that would be |
| 5165s | interesting always mad respect for |
| 5166s | modders I think I would be surprised if |
| 5169s | almost every single one of us came from |
| 5171s | somebody background uh |
| 5173s | that led into led into you know the |
| 5175s | games that we were working on now |
| 5178s | uh so it's uh it's really awesome to see |
| 5181s | what people can do with these you know |
| 5183s | things that exist and matching the |
| 5185s | quality of the first party content |
| 5188s | or exceeding it sometimes even the one |
| 5190s | thing I will mention is um the last time |
| 5192s | I had uh talked to developers about uh |
| 5196s | modding in general I guess if so right |
| 5199s | you know I'll speak on a little bit |
| 5201s | um |
| 5202s | as far as modding |
| 5205s | stuff goes uh it's been kind of an |
| 5208s | effort a personal effort to ensure all |
| 5209s | the work like especially the new stuff |
| 5211s | that we've been developing |
| 5213s | um is even more water friendly uh |
| 5217s | so I haven't really been able to talk to |
| 5219s | anyone in particular about this but I'd |
| 5221s | love to eventually reach out to some of |
| 5224s | the body people see exactly what they're |
| 5226s | looking for |
| 5228s | as far as like what is our |
| 5233s | talked about like the customization |
| 5235s | stuff that Gerard's working on |
| 5238s | that stuff you know as far as the back |
| 5241s | end goes |
| 5242s | is being developed with modding heavily |
| 5245s | in mind |
| 5247s | um |
| 5248s | if anyone has got through the technical |
| 5250s | knowledge and for example say how like |
| 5251s | the weapons are done right now they're |
| 5253s | kind of |
| 5254s | rigid |
| 5256s | um that like you're gonna have to |
| 5257s | replace existing weapons yo okay now |
| 5260s | we're good |
| 5261s | but for things like |
| 5263s | customization you know we would really |
| 5265s | like it to make it so that the content |
| 5266s | is more like open like you don't have to |
| 5268s | replace existing things you can add |
| 5270s | things and just generally making the |
| 5273s | the |
| 5274s | Mario's life easier in a way yeah |
| 5276s | basically yeah |
| 5280s | it's gonna make the game designer's life |
| 5283s | easier exactly yeah exactly so that's |
| 5285s | something we found too is that like sort |
| 5287s | of working on this stuff has ended up |
| 5289s | kind of doing like Leaps and Bounds as |
| 5292s | far as like |
| 5294s | while making our own jobs easier so I |
| 5298s | guess the uh the one thing that is the |
| 5300s | most interesting thing to talk about |
| 5302s | when it comes to modding is |
| 5304s | um |
| 5305s | the last developer I talked to about uh |
| 5309s | uh modding in general was |
| 5311s | uh had the uh I think the way that they |
| 5315s | described it it's really interesting |
| 5317s | watching modders work because |
| 5320s | the development team knows what a system |
| 5323s | and an engine should be able to do so |
| 5326s | they know you know they a developer will |
| 5329s | operate exactly within those bounds and |
| 5332s | you know do what they can to produce |
| 5334s | within those bounds whereas matter goes |
| 5336s | okay how can I bend this and break this |
| 5338s | to make it do what I want |
| 5342s | and that's where where you get that get |
| 5344s | that day uh |
| 5346s | that that sort of |
| 5349s | I think the word would be able to say |
| 5351s | different design philosophy between uh |
| 5353s | modders and developers I think I think |
| 5356s | yeah I think you nailed that on the head |
| 5358s | because like when I when I got brought |
| 5360s | in like not knowing a lot of the |
| 5361s | backdrop and a lot of the technicalities |
| 5363s | and limitations you just don't hint |
| 5365s | yourself on those things when you're |
| 5366s | when you're thinking about something and |
| 5368s | uh Mark knows this and like like what |
| 5371s | knows is I'm constantly bouncing out |
| 5373s | questions like yo I have this great idea |
| 5374s | what if we do this I don't even know |
| 5376s | anything and then Marco's like yeah okay |
| 5377s | cool yeah this can be done this can't be |
| 5380s | done oh okay perfect because it's just |
| 5382s | like so many so many things that you |
| 5384s | have to take into consideration when it |
| 5386s | comes down to uh just being creative |
| 5388s | that uh that yeah it's I can see also |
| 5392s | like why that like modders end up making |
| 5394s | like crazy things out because they're |
| 5395s | just not constrained about like hey this |
| 5397s | is gonna be like I don't know |
| 5398s | performance heavy or whatever like |
| 5400s | there's like I think it was like one map |
| 5402s | that you could even pick like the spawn |
| 5403s | areas and all these things it was just |
| 5405s | so crazy yep that was Sanctum yeah you |
| 5408s | just come out with like the craziest |
| 5409s | thoughts when you're not even |
| 5410s | considering like the uh the side effects |
| 5413s | I guess on the performance side |
| 5416s | and |
| 5418s | actually I wouldn't even go oh sorry |
| 5420s | yeah it's it's crazy because like um I |
| 5423s | love seeing these individual Maps like |
| 5424s | you know the Sanctus reasons are |
| 5426s | um and all the other ones as well like |
| 5427s | really really incredible stuff |
| 5429s | um and it is always really interesting |
| 5431s | to me like what can be done Ben you're |
| 5434s | not having to take the entire project |
| 5436s | into consideration so like you know even |
| 5438s | the idea of like introducing mechanics |
| 5440s | like um you know different spawn points |
| 5442s | or you know opening the vent throwing |
| 5444s | grenades down |
| 5445s | um it's one of those things where it's |
| 5446s | like yeah that's incredible and having |
| 5449s | this playground to do all these things |
| 5451s | in like an isolated space it really does |
| 5454s | show like what our potential is is of |
| 5457s | adding more stuff to the game is as well |
| 5460s | um but there is always that thing that |
| 5463s | just you know we have to keep coming |
| 5464s | back to which is we've already got like |
| 5467s | three quarters of a project how do we |
| 5469s | suddenly start implementing all those |
| 5471s | things within our game now so it makes |
| 5473s | sense and so it works |
| 5476s | um so like you know a lot of our maps |
| 5477s | for instance a design very much around |
| 5479s | just having one spawn point it's like |
| 5481s | well we could probably figure out a way |
| 5483s | to have multiple spawn points but |
| 5486s | um I you know there's going to be a lot |
| 5488s | of work |
| 5489s | you know even if even if half of them |
| 5491s | are fine there's still like a lot of |
| 5493s | work on top of that to try and get the |
| 5494s | rest of them working fine |
| 5496s | um and a lot of it just comes from yeah |
| 5498s | you know we were evolving the game as we |
| 5500s | were going we didn't we didn't have a |
| 5502s | set plan to just do everything because |
| 5505s | no game does everything that's the thing |
| 5508s | it's like you know we we're we're |
| 5509s | learning as we're going and we're |
| 5511s | figuring out what works and what doesn't |
| 5512s | work |
| 5513s | um but all this stuff that we are taking |
| 5515s | on board and you know who knows what the |
| 5518s | future is going to hold |
| 5522s | alrighty and I guess |
| 5524s | as we're coming up on the end of our |
| 5526s | hour I will uh |
| 5529s | uh I'll I'll hold one one question for |
| 5532s | the very end but um |
| 5534s | is there anything in particular you guys |
| 5537s | like to kind of address to the community |
| 5538s | or kind of let them know you know |
| 5541s | anything like that |
| 5546s | you guys are all awesome for showing up |
| 5548s | today it's all good to see |
| 5550s | we really appreciate it because I know |
| 5552s | there's been like we we peaked at what |
| 5554s | like 250 today and then um like there's |
| 5557s | been a steady 150 130. so for those that |
| 5561s | that stuck around and listened to all |
| 5563s | the cues like that that means a lot to |
| 5564s | us |
| 5565s | the uh uh the view count on the NBA AMA |
| 5570s | is currently 18 |
| 5572s | 000 so I expect this one to |
| 5575s | to kind of hit those numbers as well so |
| 5577s | a lot of people are going to hear or |
| 5578s | hear what you guys said |
| 5581s | awesome awesome |
| 5585s | no definitely definitely and yeah just a |
| 5587s | you know Echo what everyone's been |
| 5588s | saying thank you so much everyone for |
| 5590s | turning up it's genuinely really amazing |
| 5591s | to have such support it really is |
| 5596s | we love all |
| 5601s | right if you guys are gonna keep it uh |
| 5603s | short and sweet then I guess uh |
| 5607s | I guess the final question is update |
| 5608s | when |
| 5612s | we're supposed to release those TM |
| 5615s | right yeah oops we kind of forgot to |
| 5617s | drop the update sorry |
| 5619s | you guys didn't download it |
| 5622s | okay |
| 5625s | yeah |
| 5626s | all right uh so I guess I'll I'll I'll |
| 5629s | leave this dishes decision of you guys |
| 5631s | would you guys like to uh pick some uh |
| 5634s | extra questions out of Chad or would you |
| 5635s | like to uh like to sign off here and |
| 5638s | enjoy the rest of your weekend |
| 5639s | I'd love to pick a question on the chat |
| 5642s | as long as it's nothing that it's gonna |
| 5643s | give me uh |
| 5644s | shot overboard all right go go go |
| 5647s | digging we got some time |
| 5649s | oh all right let's see uh I have seen |
| 5651s | this one a few times Well flashlights be |
| 5653s | added to helmets since I saw it being |
| 5654s | used in the trailer well technically the |
| 5656s | flashlight's already on the helmet per |
| 5658s | se they're just like all props uh |
| 5661s | I mean it's out of place another thing |
| 5663s | but |
| 5665s | um would be very interesting or |
| 5667s | something to think of in the future |
| 5668s | perhaps but uh nothing could be said or |
| 5670s | settled yet but uh I mean I I come from |
| 5674s | like the realistic background in that |
| 5675s | sense and I'd love to have as many crazy |
| 5677s | things as I could integrate in the game |
| 5679s | but uh you also have to think about how |
| 5682s | it affects like the whole game playing |
| 5683s | what's already there or not so you got |
| 5685s | to take that with a little grain of |
| 5686s | solid you know |
| 5697s | if if we're going to get any more sort |
| 5700s | of like day-to-day Maps |
| 5701s | um so this is something that we've heard |
| 5704s | um quite a lot as well like people just |
| 5707s | want |
| 5708s | um |
| 5709s | you know less shall we say extravagant |
| 5712s | math so we have a lot of crazy scenarios |
| 5715s | a lot of crazy worlds and a lot of that |
| 5717s | comes from you know we want to make a |
| 5719s | rich and interesting World |
| 5721s | um and to answer that kind of question |
| 5723s | yes absolutely |
| 5725s | um we have heard what everyone's you |
| 5728s | know been saying about how you know like |
| 5730s | a simple house raid is just you know a |
| 5733s | small content environment but just done |
| 5736s | really really well absolutely |
| 5739s | um so it's something that we are |
| 5740s | definitely definitely Keen to do a lot |
| 5742s | more of as well and also keep on doing |
| 5744s | the bigger more flamboyant Maps as well |
| 5747s | um so yeah a little bit of everything |
| 5749s | for everyone |
| 5751s | because there are uh there are handful |
| 5754s | maps that absolutely nobody outside of |
| 5757s | void knows is uh is coming yet so those |
| 5759s | will be nice and interesting to show off |
| 5764s | 100 yeah 100 and we have a lot of plans |
| 5767s | in the works as well for future stuff |
| 5770s | um |
| 5773s | uh yeah we have like always have a wish |
| 5776s | list but I think every department has |
| 5778s | like the wish list longer than than the |
| 5780s | time would even allow |
| 5782s | so I'm sure whatever is there by 1.0 or |
| 5786s | whatever is going to be there at some |
| 5787s | point it would I would be surprised |
| 5792s | um oh actually I guess that's that's a |
| 5794s | pretty pretty relevant question |
| 5796s | um |
| 5799s | uh will will there ever be a uh maps on |
| 5802s | like a bus or a plane or those could |
| 5805s | kind of be too small a scale for uh |
| 5808s | for ready or not |
| 5811s | that is an interesting question |
| 5813s | um yeah I mean |
| 5814s | I'm not saying no by any means |
| 5817s | um again mostly just because I don't |
| 5819s | want to potentially pigeonhole me into |
| 5821s | an answer because like at the end of the |
| 5823s | day we're we're open to try all kinds of |
| 5825s | things |
| 5827s | um but it is definitely one of those |
| 5828s | things that at the end of the day the |
| 5830s | gameplay is king |
| 5832s | um so we have to keep that in mind that |
| 5835s | uh sort of like real world spaces don't |
| 5840s | really allow a lot of flexibility when |
| 5843s | it comes to our game mechanics |
| 5846s | um so you know to use an example stairs |
| 5849s | like like the actual width of a normal |
| 5852s | staircase in the house is an absolute |
| 5855s | nightmare for Gams |
| 5857s | um uh doorways are usually pretty okay |
| 5860s | when it comes to first person stuff but |
| 5863s | uh you know to take uh different games |
| 5865s | into consideration like if you have a |
| 5867s | third person camera like you know on |
| 5869s | Batman Arkham Knight or something like |
| 5870s | that |
| 5871s | um you'll notice all their doors are |
| 5873s | like eight nine feet tall because |
| 5874s | suddenly you've got this floating camera |
| 5876s | behind you and you've got to figure out |
| 5878s | a way of getting it down and through the |
| 5880s | door sort of thing |
| 5882s | um so there's all kinds of like weird |
| 5885s | quirks that real world stuff |
| 5888s | um just doesn't allow gameplay to happen |
| 5891s | sort of thing so we have to creatively |
| 5893s | get around those problems |
| 5895s | um but I mean you know using or using |
| 5898s | that as an example it's like well okay |
| 5900s | one bus probably it's not going to make |
| 5902s | a level big enough you know to to make |
| 5906s | an interesting kind of thing |
| 5907s | um but you could probably do something |
| 5909s | like a bus step or |
| 5910s | um or something like that so you know |
| 5912s | like an airplane again I think an |
| 5914s | airplane as long as we had enough |
| 5916s | freedom in the actual design of the |
| 5918s | airplane to make it like a huge airplane |
| 5922s | um like uh oh it was a film it was a |
| 5925s | film of was it Jody Foster in it um |
| 5927s | flight plan or something like that where |
| 5929s | it was like it was a huge airplane |
| 5932s | um and as long as we can have like aisle |
| 5934s | ways big enough and enough space between |
| 5935s | the seats and things like that but then |
| 5937s | it's like you know okay what about cover |
| 5939s | uh you know airplanes tend to be quite |
| 5942s | spacious and you know you can look from |
| 5944s | one end to the other it's like oh okay |
| 5946s | um so we'd have to be creative with that |
| 5948s | stuff is all I can say of that so as |
| 5950s | long as we can as long as we can make |
| 5952s | interesting gameplay and interesting |
| 5954s | visuals without it looking you know a |
| 5956s | little bit mental |
| 5957s | um yeah you know we're open to doing all |
| 5960s | kinds of fun stuff |
| 5961s | all righty |
| 5963s | um |
| 5964s | and do you uh I guess this one would |
| 5968s | would be specifically for uh for Mark |
| 5972s | um do you have anything you would like |
| 5974s | to uh share with the community at large |
| 5976s | about school |
| 5980s | ah why did you put that on me |
| 5984s | um well you're the bad guy so well |
| 5985s | you're the art guy so you know you're a |
| 5988s | lot of that |
| 5990s | um |
| 5990s | yeah so like I I don't want to say it |
| 5992s | too much again because I know that |
| 5995s | um you know at the end of the day we |
| 5996s | don't want to you know spoil Future No |
| 5998s | No announcements we have a lot more |
| 6001s | stuff that needs doing now before we get |
| 6004s | to that level |
| 6006s | um rest assured it's still still in the |
| 6008s | plan |
| 6009s | um it's still something that we're |
| 6011s | entertaining and it's still something |
| 6012s | that we're actively trying to you know |
| 6015s | do something about |
| 6017s | um and we have we have some ideas and |
| 6021s | you know just like everything in ready |
| 6023s | or not we are treating the subject |
| 6026s | matter with the absolute absolute most |
| 6028s | respect |
| 6030s | um you know I'm not saying |
| 6032s | I I honestly don't want to give anything |
| 6034s | away until it kind of comes out sort of |
| 6036s | thing because you know we've got we've |
| 6037s | we've got surprises before we even get |
| 6039s | to that yeah um but you know with with |
| 6042s | everything ready or not we want to make |
| 6045s | oh again and we want to make the best |
| 6048s | game we can and you know we are dealing |
| 6051s | with horrible subject matter |
| 6054s | um and you know we are going to shine a |
| 6056s | light on it we're not going to celebrate |
| 6058s | it we're gonna if anything we're |
| 6059s | celebrating the heroes that have to deal |
| 6061s | with this stuff on a daily basis |
| 6063s | um you know the act the actual swath is |
| 6066s | um you know like like from Julio's story |
| 6068s | earlier like what a harrowing tale |
| 6072s | um and how how horrible it must be for |
| 6074s | the SWAT officers as well as the victims |
| 6076s | involved with that as well |
| 6079s | um so yeah rest assured you know it it |
| 6081s | like everything ready or not we'll do it |
| 6083s | carefully and we'll do it respectfully |
| 6085s | and you know hopefully we'll have an |
| 6088s | awesome level that comes out of it |
| 6091s | all right |
| 6093s | and that that uh addresses a lot of the |
| 6097s | uh |
| 6099s | um basically all the questions we uh we |
| 6101s | had for you guys besides uh as besides |
| 6104s | poor Sterling is uh fashionable absence |
| 6110s | um yeah so it it was great |
| 6115s | it was great to have you all here thank |
| 6117s | you for for taking time both side of |
| 6119s | your schedules and fighting with time |
| 6122s | zones to show up for the for this Ama |
| 6126s | amen no sweat at all well thanks to you |
| 6128s | for the moderation and uh thanks to the |
| 6131s | mods for keeping an eye on the chat |
| 6132s | because I know it's uh we've got some |
| 6134s | Rowdy folks unfortunately |
| 6136s | uh that like to take the fun out of the |
| 6139s | situation a little bit but it's all good |
| 6140s | it was it's it's awesome being able to |
| 6142s | chat with the community |
| 6145s | thank you definitely always feels good |
| 6147s | to be uh touched and keep everybody |
| 6149s | boosted even though we're uh we're |
| 6151s | working so hard that sometimes we don't |
| 6152s | get to share too much so we want to make |
| 6155s | it known that we're not forgotten you |
| 6157s | guys |
| 6158s | not not forgotten update soon TM |
| 6161s | question mark |
| 6162s | yeah 100 100 and yeah |
| 6166s | like we we you know take it from me we |
| 6169s | have a lot of really really cool content |
| 6173s | coming up so you know watch this space |
| 6175s | as it were um and yeah we hope you guys |
| 6178s | get excited about the new stuff when it |
| 6181s | comes out as we have been excited making |
| 6183s | it as well |
| 6187s | all right |
| 6188s | and with that I will also extend thanks |
| 6190s | to all the all the community members in |
| 6193s | the mods as well who have come out you |
| 6196s | know ask questions and kind of kept the |
| 6198s | peace |
| 6200s | so thank you for uh thank you for |
| 6202s | showing up and all y'all enjoy the rest |
| 6204s | of your weekend |
| 6207s | have a great weekend everybody have a |
| 6208s | good week I guess yeah thanks guys thank |
| 6210s | you guys |