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| 0s | hello everyone and welcome to another |
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| 2s | developer update I'm Worthen and today |
| 4s | I'm joined by Genova and we're going to |
| 5s | be chatting a bit about Festival Tech a |
| 7s | tool developed during season of Aurora |
| 9s | to connect others and create lasting |
| 10s | memories that we're excited to integrate |
| 12s | more and more into Sky in the future uh |
| 14s | Genova how you doing |
| 16s | pretty nervous because I haven't been |
| 18s | doing uh developer commentary for a long |
| 20s | time you know ever since covet |
| 23s | oh yeah yeah since the office right yeah |
| 26s | yeah well I think it'll be fine |
| 29s | um next time we're doing this if we're |
| 30s | eating physical office right that's a |
| 33s | long time ago maybe the next time we do |
| 35s | this we can get uh in person again maybe |
| 37s | okay let's go ahead and get into the |
| 39s | questions here so first thing um yeah I |
| 42s | mentioned in the intro here that uh |
| 43s | we're referring to this technology as |
| 45s | Festival attack and I think like we've |
| 47s | done some interviews we've talked about |
| 48s | maybe concert Tech audience Tech do you |
| 50s | want to talk about why we've kind of |
| 51s | Blended on Festival Tech |
| 53s | hmm yeah I mean you know ultimately when |
| 57s | we created Sky we want to create a place |
| 61s | where people can create genuine human |
| 64s | connections with each other this is not |
| 67s | something where you trade with somebody |
| 69s | with a token on numbers but it's |
| 73s | actually emotional connection where you |
| 76s | feel you're understood uh you're valued |
| 79s | and you know that that is a that is an |
| 83s | interactivity between two human beings |
| 85s | that will actually uh help each other |
| 88s | and so when we work on Journey we focus |
| 91s | on just one person with another person |
| 93s | at a time in order to build these |
| 97s | genuine connections we have to build |
| 99s | trust we have to create comfortable |
| 102s | environment where people are willing to |
| 104s | be a bit vulnerable to you know kind of |
| 107s | connect with the other person and after |
| 110s | Journey we we learned many |
| 113s | great design techniques so we apply it |
| 117s | to Sky |
| 118s | and we took the challenge to make it so |
| 121s | that we can go beyond just two players |
| 123s | you know in Sky initially we we went |
| 126s | with eight it's a very complex uh |
| 129s | nuanced social situation because it's no |
| 132s | longer just you and me it could have |
| 134s | third person and third parties and it |
| 136s | could be multiple parties in in the |
| 139s | eight people when we developed Sky when |
| 143s | Sky first launched you know just to |
| 145s | handle a player and figure out all the |
| 148s | positive and negative situation is you |
| 151s | know a blast like you know we've never |
| 154s | tried to tackle building a wholesome |
| 157s | social environment in a completely |
| 159s | anonymous online community and I think |
| 162s | we did pretty decent job to keep the |
| 165s | community wholesome a lot of the times |
| 168s | we will hear from the players that they |
| 170s | wish that the sky could support more |
| 172s | players right so this sense of |
| 174s | connection that you belong to something |
| 176s | bigger could feel like for example the |
| 179s | equivalent of a MMO Guild you have like |
| 183s | 40 to 100 people to really feel you're a |
| 186s | part of a bigger group so starting from |
| 190s | 2020 we want to tackle this challenge is |
| 195s | can we make the player feel they are |
| 197s | part of something bigger and have an |
| 199s | emotional connection with all those |
| 201s | peoples just like a concert we did the |
| 204s | concert season we planned the whole year |
| 207s | to get ourselves ready you know |
| 210s | technologically to support up to 4 000 |
| 213s | people in a space and also from design |
| 216s | side like how can we create an |
| 217s | experience where people don't find each |
| 220s | other annoying because a lot of times if |
| 222s | you you have 4 000 people jamming in one |
| 224s | place you are very frustrated with each |
| 226s | other right we want people to like each |
| 228s | other and appreciate the commodity |
| 231s | experience yeah that took us a long time |
| 234s | to propel but I think after the Aurora |
| 237s | concert if you were part of that |
| 240s | experience I think you probably have |
| 242s | felt something that is uh positive |
| 244s | things |
| 245s | and after that we've seen many players |
| 249s | gathering in the concert space and |
| 251s | wanted to stay there and wanted to have |
| 254s | something to do with each other and |
| 256s | we've seen some pretty interesting flash |
| 258s | mobs that's done by hundreds of not if |
| 262s | thousands of players and that really |
| 265s | gives me a kind of very optimistic view |
| 268s | of the future I mean people are talking |
| 270s | about metaverse these days my thinking |
| 273s | about the virtual world with so-called |
| 276s | metaverse is where |
| 279s | more meaningful and kind of realistic |
| 282s | exchange is happening in the virtual |
| 284s | space and when I played the concert I've |
| 288s | I've been to multiple concerts in real |
| 290s | life |
| 291s | and there are emotions I felt that I |
| 294s | could not feel anywhere else like you |
| 296s | cannot feel that just watching a concert |
| 298s | unfold on the screen |
| 301s | um the this the smell |
| 303s | um the excitement the the the vibrant |
| 309s | energy in the air |
| 310s | you can only really feel it when you are |
| 313s | in the middle of thousands of maybe tens |
| 316s | of thousands of people around you yeah |
| 318s | and and we tried our best to use |
| 320s | interactivity and |
| 323s | to to capture that feeling and I think a |
| 325s | lot of people myself as well felt a |
| 327s | similar energy in |
| 330s | the virtual concert and so after that I |
| 334s | feel very |
| 335s | optimistic or you can also say ambitious |
| 338s | is that can we connect with people at an |
| 341s | even bigger scale |
| 344s | um so from a concert |
| 346s | which is a 4 000 people |
| 348s | like I'm thinking about in real life |
| 350s | what are the situation where hands of |
| 354s | thousands of people can be connected at |
| 356s | an emotional level and feel not alone |
| 358s | and as a positive experience then I |
| 362s | think about a lot of these festivals |
| 364s | music festivals Comic Cons in Japan |
| 368s | there are these religious slash country |
| 370s | holiday |
| 371s | festivals that's happening that's |
| 374s | beautiful when people talk to me about |
| 376s | like what are the great experiences you |
| 379s | have with many people in my vision it's |
| 383s | like a Night Market |
| 385s | with a lot of wars and a lot of people |
| 388s | coming and feeling very happy you know |
| 392s | um yeah that's why initially we were |
| 394s | just saying oh let's make a large crowd |
| 396s | system to support tens of thousands of |
| 399s | players But ultimately we would like hey |
| 403s | you know actually we don't want a bunch |
| 405s | of people to get together and create a |
| 407s | lot of frustration and Stampede you know |
| 409s | people die in real life |
| 411s | what we want is that happy |
| 414s | connected experience like like a good |
| 417s | Festival so that's why we're calling the |
| 420s | festival attack you know hoping that we |
| 422s | can achieve that sense of connection and |
| 425s | warmth in a virtual world as real as |
| 429s | you have experienced you know by |
| 431s | participating a real one so that's |
| 433s | pretty honest answer here it's a good |
| 436s | one it reminds me um you know I had the |
| 438s | opportunity to go out to Japan |
| 440s | um recently and go to um guillon in |
| 442s | Kyoto and I was there for one of the |
| 444s | festivals around um Hanami and there |
| 446s | were so many people out and the Stalls |
| 448s | were out and yeah like I think since |
| 450s | coven began it was really my first time |
| 451s | being in like that kind of like Festival |
| 453s | atmosphere and it it did feel really |
| 455s | good right it felt like I was around a |
| 456s | lot of people having fun and it's a lot |
| 459s | of positivity of mixed together great |
| 462s | food great Vibe great music I feel like |
| 465s | that's the natural uh next step for this |
| 469s | guy is to create a really positive |
| 472s | experience for a large group of people |
| 479s | sponsored we've had days of Bloom and |
| 482s | now we have season of Passage both of |
| 484s | which have used the uh Festival Tech |
| 486s | what do you think Festival Tech brings |
| 488s | to these like specific events or seasons |
| 491s | and how do you like kind of see us using |
| 493s | it in the future going forward to make |
| 494s | players like have more fun during these |
| 496s | different events and seasons |
| 498s | to be honest the the Technology Building |
| 501s | these Technologies |
| 502s | you know it might seem to be trivial as |
| 505s | a video game but it's equally complex |
| 507s | like building a rocket |
| 509s | um I mean you all see how many times |
| 511s | rocket explodes and things didn't go as |
| 514s | we extend expect it when we launched |
| 517s | Aurora concert that night we have 1.6 |
| 521s | million people all trying to get in each |
| 523s | stadium is 4 000 that means we have to |
| 525s | operate 400 Stadium at the same time |
| 529s | hoping that the stadium does not explode |
| 533s | in the mid-air right and that would be a |
| 535s | terrible experience if we bring all |
| 537s | these people in and then in the middle |
| 539s | of the the concert someone just |
| 541s | disappeared |
| 543s | um yeah and it's it really just felt |
| 545s | like launching the rocket and after the |
| 547s | first concert we survived everybody felt |
| 550s | like we just landed on the Moon I mean |
| 552s | you can imagine the energies in the room |
| 554s | of all the people there just like |
| 556s | cheering that nothing breaks |
| 558s | yeah and and that was that was quite |
| 561s | stressful |
| 562s | and so this year we have more ambitious |
| 566s | plans right like we want to |
| 568s | bring the numbers to tens of thousands |
| 570s | we also not only want to just make the |
| 573s | number bigger but also we want to bring |
| 575s | more into activity after all if you |
| 578s | played Aurora concert the interactions |
| 582s | between the player is more of a |
| 584s | co-witnessing you know at maximum you |
| 587s | can you can your energy will be charged |
| 589s | by the people around you but you don't |
| 590s | have any direct interactions besides |
| 592s | just seeing okay we are all like making |
| 595s | the right emails so we're pushing for |
| 598s | both the quantity of how big the server |
| 601s | can support but also the quality of the |
| 605s | interaction so you can see the seasonal |
| 607s | passage is really an experimental season |
| 612s | um if you're in beta you already see we |
| 615s | are experiencing five different ways to |
| 617s | have player interact with each other |
| 619s | coexisting with the the system we're |
| 622s | just trying to see what people would do |
| 624s | if we don't have any interactions we |
| 626s | just put people in the in the space |
| 628s | where they are doing their Quest and |
| 630s | that we've heard the feedback which some |
| 633s | of the player doesn't like the fact that |
| 636s | so many people blocking their views so |
| 638s | we are already working on Solutions uh |
| 642s | to to solve that and this second Quest |
| 645s | you already experienced in life is about |
| 648s | to see what happens if we have a large |
| 651s | group of people in a somewhat of a |
| 654s | survival scenario |
| 656s | uh you don't really die if you fail you |
| 659s | can still be saved by the crowd but we |
| 661s | kind of want to see how does that |
| 663s | interaction unfold we have three more |
| 666s | interactivities some of them are more |
| 668s | competitive some of them are more fun |
| 670s | some of them are more collaborative so |
| 673s | these are kind of our way to really push |
| 676s | the boundary of what we can do with |
| 678s | hundreds not thousands of players and |
| 681s | the challenges we've never seen it |
| 683s | before and there's no one have ever |
| 685s | tested this type of gameplay in the past |
| 688s | the largest online gameplay I've heard |
| 691s | was like World of Tanks which they have |
| 693s | a thousand tank fighting each other but |
| 696s | you know we're experimenting easily more |
| 699s | people than that in complete different |
| 702s | gameplay scenario and honestly the first |
| 706s | Quest when we test this in the beta was |
| 709s | initially with a few dozen developers |
| 712s | versus a few hundred beta testers it all |
| 716s | felt pretty be good we never thought |
| 717s | that there would be a traffic jam that |
| 720s | you couldn't even see the NPC you're |
| 722s | supposed to meet we just could not |
| 724s | foresee this problem because nobody in |
| 727s | the world have tried it once we see it |
| 730s | with 4 000 people yeah it is kind of a |
| 732s | mess so we quickly adjust the number on |
| 736s | a server just just so that people don't |
| 738s | block your view but we have a systematic |
| 741s | solution now that yeah they should never |
| 743s | become a problem because as Sky we have |
| 746s | within the development we have certain |
| 748s | rules we follow one of the important |
| 750s | rule we follow is the experience |
| 752s | supposed to be better if there's more |
| 754s | people if the crowd become a negative |
| 757s | experience we need we really need to |
| 759s | address it and hopefully the whole |
| 762s | experience will be better |
| 763s | what I want to say is like we are we're |
| 765s | experimenting and we're inventing new |
| 767s | things together with you because we can |
| 769s | never find 10 000 people to come test |
| 771s | something with with us you are our only |
| 774s | hope and we promise that we will bring |
| 777s | you something amazing but at the same |
| 779s | times some some rocket is going to |
| 781s | explode uh so I'm also just gonna |
| 785s | apologize ahead of time that sometimes |
| 787s | we don't know what we're making uh we we |
| 790s | will only know if we can see it with you |
| 792s | guys together |
| 793s | that's I don't know if people watching |
| 796s | this will know but we are recording this |
| 797s | on May 4th and and the you are our only |
| 799s | hope I'm just assuming is a Star Wars |
| 801s | reference that's my guess yeah |
| 805s | um yeah and you mentioned you know there |
| 807s | are some specific things we really |
| 808s | learned within like the first few hours |
| 810s | of Passage and to touch on some of those |
| 812s | just specifically I think like we made |
| 814s | the quick decision to reduce just the |
| 816s | total number of players but to Jehovah's |
| 817s | point you know that's kind of just like |
| 819s | a quick fix to the situation but going |
| 821s | forward I think like we're looking to |
| 823s | address just the amount of noise you |
| 825s | hear from other players like obviously |
| 826s | we know we felt it too right when we got |
| 829s | online we were all kind of messaging |
| 830s | each other like this is a lot like this |
| 831s | is very loud |
| 833s | um the Ember attack that I think Nick |
| 835s | messaged about I think we we put that |
| 837s | out on Discord and Twitter that will |
| 839s | make sure that players don't interfere |
| 841s | right while you're trying to experience |
| 843s | those Spirit stories like our folks at |
| 845s | the studio put a lot of time and effort |
| 846s | into those too and like we really want |
| 848s | you to be able to enjoy those the the |
| 850s | noise is a classic situation where we've |
| 853s | never be able to find 4 000 people to |
| 856s | test see how loud everything is going to |
| 857s | be when we work on the concert we |
| 861s | initially have the opposite problem |
| 862s | which people feel like the concert is |
| 865s | um stadium is dead even though we have |
| 867s | like hundreds of people sitting there uh |
| 870s | and and not to mentioning reaching |
| 872s | thousands so the audio designers they |
| 876s | have to design Without Really hearing |
| 879s | you know all the players input but |
| 882s | kind of to control the volume if the the |
| 885s | stadium is fully filled then the volume |
| 887s | reaches to like what we would expect you |
| 889s | would hear from a real stadium and then |
| 892s | the volume will shrink if it's only a |
| 895s | small portion right so when we tested |
| 898s | the sound it was 400 players in beta |
| 903s | it feels totally okay right it's not |
| 906s | very uh distracting but once it's four |
| 909s | sounds |
| 910s | to really high enough high volume nobody |
| 914s | have ever heard it in the test I mean |
| 916s | you probably say well how come you |
| 918s | didn't think about that it's just like |
| 921s | we didn't think about that you know and |
| 923s | uh so so that's why many Rockets |
| 926s | explodes it's just people you know test |
| 929s | all the scenario in a safe environment |
| 931s | and then once put the Real Environment |
| 933s | something was lost right and but now we |
| 936s | we see the explosion with the first |
| 939s | Quest |
| 940s | we've already made changes to to the |
| 943s | audio so system right and you know |
| 946s | obviously when we use Festival Tech in |
| 948s | the future like that factors in like |
| 949s | that that first quest experience really |
| 951s | factors in like what we learned in terms |
| 954s | of like hey what's like the ideal |
| 955s | audience size like what's the best way |
| 957s | to have this experience so I learned |
| 959s | from that obviously we also um are |
| 961s | dealing with we know for some of you |
| 963s | watching that there was an issue with |
| 964s | being able to join your friends during |
| 966s | some of it so like that's also something |
| 968s | we're working on like to be clear we |
| 970s | want you to experience these big moments |
| 972s | with your friends right that was just |
| 974s | something that unfortunately like we |
| 976s | didn't quite catch but going forward |
| 977s | that is a priority to make sure that you |
| 979s | can enjoy those moments with all of your |
| 981s | friends like you normally would for |
| 982s | events and Seasons so yeah a lot of |
| 984s | learnings from that first Quest but we |
| 986s | did want to kind of get out here and |
| 987s | take some time to explain a little bit |
| 989s | about what we were doing with all the |
| 990s | festival Tech I think this video is |
| 991s | probably getting a little long for most |
| 993s | people genoba so I think like yeah any |
| 995s | any parting thoughts Genova before we |
| 998s | close out this video |
| 999s | as we mentioned we want to host a very |
| 1002s | amazing festival for the player and |
| 1005s | that's our |
| 1007s | you know long-term goal and we we're |
| 1010s | taking all the necessary steps to |
| 1012s | experiment and pop iterate to take us |
| 1016s | there |
| 1017s | um |
| 1018s | and yeah I just want to say you know |
| 1021s | thank you for being part of this and |
| 1023s | helping us to to make this possible and |
| 1025s | and when this this massive |
| 1029s | Festival happen in the future you know |
| 1031s | it's not just us but also you to help |
| 1034s | make this possible uh thank you yeah |
| 1038s | whenever you're out there leaving |
| 1039s | feedback whether it's on Reddit whether |
| 1041s | it's in the Discord just on social media |
| 1042s | like we will we see those things we |
| 1045s | catalog them and we discuss them and it |
| 1046s | really is you all are part of that |
| 1048s | development experience with it so you |
| 1050s | know tackle what you know is saying |
| 1051s | thank you for all the time you take to |
| 1053s | test and provide that feedback okay |
| 1055s | angry good for now like I said we'll |
| 1057s | have more in the future not just about |
| 1058s | Festival Tech but a lot of cool stuff |
| 1060s | coming up this year please look forward |
| 1062s | to a lot of blogs and videos coming out |
| 1063s | and yeah thank you so much for joining |
| 1065s | us and we'll see you again soon |
| 1069s | thank you |