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| 0s | the teams across RuneScape have put so |
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| 2s | much love and energy into this skill we |
| 4s | can't wait for you guys to start playing |
| 6s | it |
| 9s | we have had huge amounts of disciplines |
| 12s | working on it primarily across the |
| 14s | runescaping content developers designers |
| 16s | QA concept artists character artists |
| 19s | environment artists animators game |
| 21s | engine developers tools developers |
| 24s | actively working on it for the last year |
| 27s | living and breathing necromancy |
| 30s | so as far as environment is concerned |
| 32s | our ambition for the project is |
| 33s | generally to create something that felt |
| 35s | a bit different to everything else we |
| 36s | wanted to create something that feels |
| 38s | unique something with its own identity |
| 40s | this is the first time where we've |
| 42s | really gone to town with visual effects |
| 44s | and you can see that across all of |
| 45s | necromance |
| 47s | with this project we've managed to |
| 48s | integrate a bunch of new technological |
| 50s | features that were previously |
| 52s | unavailable to us really set the art |
| 54s | apart from other projects we've done we |
| 56s | could really push the boat out and go to |
| 58s | town with some really really cool visual |
| 60s | effects for key locations of that yeah |
| 63s | also yeah |
| 64s | okay anything also a new cutting system |
| 69s | yeah don't skip it yeah |
| 74s | talking about armors and weapons we |
| 78s | wanted them to feel uh slick with sharp |
| 82s | edges to reflect the overall necromancy |
| 86s | energy that contrast and Duality between |
| 88s | light and darkness while lanterns are |
| 92s | some kind of catalysts or the Underwood |
| 95s | energy therefore they are shaped Around |
| 97s | The Hourglass shape arm guards are more |
| 100s | like a conduits for necrotic energy it's |
| 104s | an energy coming directly from Erebus |
| 106s | armed cars are more like a safeguards |
| 109s | for the player to harness the energy in |
| 112s | the best way possible protect them from |
| 114s | anything too dangerous right yeah |
| 116s | exactly exactly |
| 118s | normally when we get concepts for a boss |
| 120s | character like that you've got multiple |
| 122s | different options you explore lots of |
| 124s | different things but there's usually a |
| 125s | clear winner this was completely |
| 126s | different because all the way through |
| 127s | people like I love that bit on on the |
| 129s | first one that bit on the second one and |
| 131s | it yeah he ended up being this like |
| 133s | amalgamation of all these different |
| 135s | designs there are so many symbols and so |
| 139s | many references hidden in his design |
| 143s | and we want players to discover of them |
| 153s | I love looking at the concept art that |
| 156s | our talented concept artists create this |
| 158s | is such a great start for me I can start |
| 161s | sketching Out musical ideas perhaps |
| 162s | create some environmental sound effects |
| 165s | to a complete a picture and this gives |
| 167s | me a really strong Foundation to then |
| 169s | build further ideas upon when we first |
| 172s | learn about the organ which is located |
| 174s | in the first Necromancer Citadel I |
| 177s | instantly thought we have to record a |
| 179s | live organ for the first necromancer's |
| 181s | piece of music it will be mad not an |
| 184s | organ is Big it's powerful just like the |
| 186s | first Necromancer is we could have used |
| 188s | a sampled instrument library to feature |
| 190s | in the soundtrack but we really wanted |
| 192s | to take it a step further to really |
| 194s | capture the energy and the performance |
| 196s | of the player to really capture the |
| 198s | space that the organ was in and this |
| 200s | would really make for a great soundtrack |
| 202s | and just to really heighten |
| 204s | the listening experience for our players |
| 206s | myself and the audio team we went out we |
| 209s | recorded This Magnificent instrument and |
| 212s | it was such a privilege to record and |
| 214s | work with David PayPal organ player he |
| 217s | really threw himself into the project |
| 219s | into the music I feel so grateful to |
| 221s | have had the opportunity to record the |
| 223s | organ and all this we'll just make the |
| 225s | soundtrack that much better for the |
| 228s | players and for the listening experience |
| 230s | QA has been hugely important for |
| 232s | necromancy because it's such a large |
| 235s | project the skill of it is beyond |
| 237s | anything we've done before previously I |
| 239s | work with the developers the artists the |
| 241s | animators to ensure Whatever Gets made |
| 243s | is working as it should helping players |
| 246s | and content creators in also means that |
| 248s | we have Fair expertise we can see what's |
| 250s | work and what's not what do the players |
| 252s | want what do they not like how can we |
| 255s | tweak the things they don't like into |
| 256s | something that they do like then that |
| 258s | gives us a better idea of what we should |
| 260s | change to make the skill better overall |
| 263s | not only myself but all the other |
| 264s | creators here have had unprecedented |
| 267s | opportunity here to provide a ton of |
| 269s | feedback with the skill you guys are |
| 270s | clearly super interested in everything |
| 272s | that we have to say because there were |
| 273s | so many developers in the room walking |
| 275s | around asking for feedback there are |
| 277s | opportunities to talk to developers on |
| 279s | the project |
| 280s | literally like that it's just constant |
| 283s | like discussions and conversations |
| 285s | between developers and players and |
| 287s | having that communication has been like |
| 289s | key to this trip I think it's going to |
| 291s | be super interesting seeing all of the |
| 293s | work that we've done actually actually |
| 294s | go out super exciting for a players to |
| 296s | get their hands on it and experience |
| 298s | what is coming necromancy is a really |
| 301s | big and ambitious project there's been |
| 303s | so much hard work and passion that has |
| 305s | gone into this project from all of the |
| 307s | Departments the end result is something |
| 308s | everybody's really proud of |