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| 5s | thank you everyone for joining us at |
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| 7s | this event it is a true honor to have |
| 9s | such amazing players in |
| 12s | community in this special event I would |
| 14s | like to take you all back in time and |
| 16s | share all the explorations we have done |
| 18s | before the game finally look um you know |
| 21s | to took its form as as what we know |
| 23s | today as |
| 24s | Sky it blows my mind to realize how far |
| 27s | Sky Has Come and how many of our dreams |
| 30s | have actually come |
| 31s | true it has been quite a journey full of |
| 35s | hopes and wonders some struggles of |
| 36s | course but uh result was |
| 39s | miraculous Inspirations uh led to many |
| 42s | many ideas I have collected so many |
| 45s | ideas that they may seem random and |
| 47s | overwhelming but I hope uh these |
| 49s | evolutions of ideas is entertaining and |
| 51s | worth your watch um so yeah let's get |
| 54s | started so in the |
| 56s | beginning we can't start without |
| 58s | mentioning this game um it is called |
| 61s | cloud and it's a game made by our |
| 64s | creative director Jova chain when he was |
| 66s | in school the game is about a sick child |
| 69s | on a hospital bed dreaming about flying |
| 72s | Beyond clouds you don't fight or compete |
| 75s | uh this emotional experience uh inspired |
| 78s | so many people and showed how games |
| 80s | could have a wider range of emotions |
| 83s | this game is why that game company has |
| 85s | formed and this is the origin of the |
| 87s | kind of the game we are making today |
| 89s | another important work to mention is the |
| 92s | uh giant by the artist NC Wyatt this |
| 95s | work which is said to have been imagined |
| 98s | with uh thoughts of a deceased student |
| 100s | and his own children beautifully |
| 103s | expresses the fascination and Grandeur |
| 105s | of the world that's seen Through The |
| 107s | Eyes of |
| 109s | children with those two works as |
| 111s | inspiration we wanted to make a game |
| 113s | that captures that emotion an emotion of |
| 116s | returning to Childhood and uh Adventure |
| 119s | into the world Through The Eyes of child |
| 122s | this work was done by key Jang also |
| 124s | known as |
| 126s | Jackie and this was about the time when |
| 128s | I joined the team um when I joined the |
| 131s | team uh the game actually looked like |
| 133s | this |
| 135s | here so my job was to first uh imagine |
| 138s | what the game and the world could look |
| 140s | like so I started um by uh imagining how |
| 144s | the game would |
| 146s | start a tiny and nameless Island |
| 149s | surrounded by big s |
| 152s | clouds I tried to put myself into the |
| 154s | world and imagine the situation A |
| 157s | Familiar nostalgic world where big |
| 160s | cumulous cloud awaits you ahead I knew |
| 163s | this is a game about flying uh but I |
| 165s | wanted to push on the nostalgic feel |
| 168s | first and imagine the uh the flight to |
| 170s | be more like a |
| 172s | dream I started with sketches uh |
| 175s | literally dreaming about situations that |
| 177s | evoked Nostalgia and and the uh pleasure |
| 181s | of |
| 182s | flying this is artw workk by tomz which |
| 185s | captures one of our early concept |
| 187s | concept of jck Theos of nostalgia and |
| 191s | wonder at this time we were exploring |
| 193s | the idea of making a familiar modern |
| 196s | world to have you fly over like uh |
| 198s | Soaring Over the California if you if |
| 201s | you have taken that ride before it's |
| 203s | pretty cool we made many prototypes |
| 205s | about this uh but still weren't able to |
| 208s | capture the essence of the experience |
| 210s | with were |
| 211s | after so uh yeah let me step back one |
| 213s | moment to talk about the year I joined |
| 216s | the team uh this is a story of 2012 and |
| 220s | this was the year when Journey was |
| 222s | released the game was received so well |
| 225s | and we heard so many voices asking us to |
| 228s | make this experience available to more |
| 230s | people Journey was about connecting a |
| 233s | player with another player and people |
| 235s | really felt the human to human |
| 237s | connection and we learned that the |
| 239s | people wanted more of this so the next |
| 242s | game we really wanted to enhance this |
| 244s | experience and make more people |
| 246s | connect so with that in mind considering |
| 250s | the connection uh the third inspiration |
| 252s | for the game we we came up was uh the |
| 255s | overview effect the overview effect |
| 258s | describes a cognitive transformation |
| 261s | observed in some astronauts when um they |
| 263s | gaze upon Earth from space this a |
| 267s | inspiring sight against the vastness of |
| 270s | the the cosmos triggered the intense |
| 272s | emotions fostering a profound |
| 274s | appreciation for our plan uh planet's uh |
| 276s | fragility and a deep connection to |
| 278s | humanity as a |
| 280s | whole these are concept sketches done by |
| 283s | aoba and Jackie Imagining the moment |
| 286s | when your players feel the connection to |
| 290s | humanity and this concept made us |
| 292s | realize that the core of our game is a |
| 294s | connection human to human |
| 297s | connection for me personally this get |
| 300s | helped me with a significant |
| 301s | breakthrough in understanding the core |
| 303s | of the game it is not the amazing |
| 305s | landscape or um dreamlike scenario but |
| 309s | what comes centered in our experience is |
| 311s | the connection with the other |
| 314s | players then the question is uh what |
| 316s | kind of world would help serve a stage |
| 319s | to tell a story about |
| 321s | connection what is connection to begin |
| 324s | with you know how do we visualize them |
| 326s | and how do we tell the |
| 328s | story we knew we wanted to Fly Above |
| 331s | clouds and eventually reach the |
| 333s | atmosphere for the overview |
| 335s | effect then we uh try to imagine what |
| 338s | things would make such Journey uh these |
| 340s | are all work artworks done by Evan |
| 344s | Vieira then we came to realize um water |
| 347s | particles have uh this similar cycle |
| 351s | they are on ground but evaporates and |
| 353s | then they they fly up into Sky then |
| 355s | becomes clouds and then fall back onto |
| 358s | the ground uh we found this very very |
| 360s | intriguing and and we tried to apply |
| 362s | this into a story uh it's a story of a |
| 365s | cycle a cycle of particles um all |
| 368s | heading towards the storm to be purified |
| 371s | and then to be reborn |
| 376s | again with those particle story in mind |
| 379s | we then tried again to reimagine the |
| 381s | world um the look of the world and that |
| 384s | they travel through try to imagine a |
| 386s | world above clouds maybe these particles |
| 389s | are physical form of U people's dreams |
| 393s | and memories you know when they travel |
| 395s | through clouds uh maybe clouds uh |
| 397s | reflect those memories and make that |
| 400s | into physical |
| 402s | forms I have uh personally been |
| 405s | fascinated by clouds and have observed |
| 407s | many many clouds um staring at clouds |
| 410s | and imagining shapes on them was my |
| 412s | second nature so it was pretty fun time |
| 415s | to sketch out clouds shaping them like a |
| 418s | piece of clay um tried many many |
| 422s | iterations um trying to get get a sense |
| 424s | of a world from |
| 426s | them but then soon I realized that a |
| 431s | world made entirely by clouds uh makes |
| 433s | the world a little unrelatable we live |
| 436s | on grounds and things on grounds give us |
| 439s | way more context to play with but the |
| 441s | Dilemma was that we wanted to make a |
| 443s | game about flight in sky so I thought |
| 446s | you know why not bring the the ground |
| 448s | itself up into the sky |
| 450s | so I tried thinking about a ground that |
| 453s | floats but my issue here was that I |
| 455s | tried too hard making the these terrains |
| 458s | to look uh exotic and this was still not |
| 461s | very |
| 462s | relatable so then I went back and onto |
| 464s | the ground again uh going back to to my |
| 467s | origin and imagine how I would start the |
| 469s | game what is it that makes you feel like |
| 472s | you want to fly and how can you make |
| 474s | make a scene that you know evokes this |
| 477s | emotion of uh longing for flight |
| 480s | and there's something to this concept on |
| 482s | aisle beginning a call to Adventure uh |
| 485s | we have iterated on this first level of |
| 487s | the game uh the most but it's |
| 489s | interesting to see how uh the concept of |
| 492s | an island at the first level stayed true |
| 494s | until the |
| 495s | end I'll be honest uh we have been |
| 498s | hitting a wall uh we couldn't really |
| 500s | figure out uh a world that was fun to be |
| 502s | around um we needed things to do which |
| 505s | brought us to our next Focus which is |
| 507s | creatures they are the residents of this |
| 510s | world they're the ones that that gives |
| 512s | life into the |
| 515s | world so what are the things that live |
| 517s | in this imaginary world what are their |
| 520s | function and how do they serve you in |
| 522s | the uh |
| 524s | experience I tried to imagine situations |
| 527s | of the encounter of these |
| 529s | creatures um First Imagine Birds but |
| 532s | birds in sky is not not very uh fresh uh |
| 536s | that's not a New Concept uh we did want |
| 539s | to present A New Concept new idea we |
| 542s | also didn't want our flight to look like |
| 544s | it takes some effort uh we wanted to |
| 547s | preserve the elegant dreamy quality in |
| 549s | the the way things fly in our game then |
| 552s | we eventually found aquatic animals uh |
| 554s | how they swam was uh pretty elegant and |
| 558s | it was fitting for our game to contrast |
| 561s | the helpful creatures uh that are |
| 563s | elegant and swimming we also wanted to |
| 565s | introduce antagonistic |
| 568s | creatures and this you know know uh you |
| 570s | you could you could see some origin for |
| 573s | some of the dark creatures we we have in |
| 575s | the game today now that we are starting |
| 578s | to fill the world with creatures we then |
| 580s | try to imagine if there has been any uh |
| 583s | people in this |
| 584s | world uh like showing this beautiful |
| 587s | concept done by Tiffany Hayashi or also |
| 589s | known as Purple almond uh it would also |
| 592s | add much depth in the world you know to |
| 595s | have a history |
| 597s | behind civilization would also will |
| 600s | bring possibilities to introduce puzzles |
| 602s | to the game it was really fun imagining |
| 604s | you know pieces of puzzles you know made |
| 607s | with |
| 608s | ruins so we brainstormed uh who are |
| 611s | these people and what do they do we |
| 613s | tried to imagine civilization that could |
| 615s | exist in a Cloudscape do they live in |
| 619s | caves what are the materials uh they |
| 621s | have to build their |
| 623s | homes where do they get these materials |
| 626s | what's the surrounding |
| 628s | biome because creatures are aquatic |
| 631s | maybe the landscape should also be |
| 633s | inspired by aquatic |
| 635s | things uh is this completely madeup |
| 638s | exotic |
| 639s | World um one of the efforts in trying to |
| 642s | bring the connection concept of |
| 644s | connection back to the core uh we tried |
| 646s | to imagine the world connected by a |
| 649s | giant tree these are some sketches uh |
| 651s | done under this concept also because of |
| 655s | the Aquatic reference we also have |
| 657s | thought about a world sunken under water |
| 661s | uh this was a very interesting concept |
| 662s | for me personally but felt like it took |
| 665s | the tension away from the |
| 668s | sky we did wonder if we should make |
| 671s | these people still alive in the world or |
| 673s | have them perished uh ruins underwater |
| 676s | did make us realize that we prefer the |
| 679s | civilization to be gone we like the |
| 682s | Poetry of uh players to uncover the |
| 684s | mystery through their own experience and |
| 686s | rather than have them you know talk to |
| 688s | an NPC and you know have the NPC talk |
| 691s | and describe what happened having these |
| 694s | people gone already also brings the |
| 696s | opportunity to introduce antagonist to |
| 698s | the story whatever that destroyed the |
| 700s | civilization could be the challenge uh |
| 702s | for the players uh as well in this |
| 705s | concept you can see some uh dark shards |
| 708s | uh penetrating through these ruins and |
| 711s | uh you could see some hint of uh yeah |
| 714s | how we how we've done uh the darkness in |
| 716s | in our game today |
| 719s | eventually the world is starting to show |
| 721s | its form to us um things are starting to |
| 724s | come together uh terrains poking out of |
| 727s | clouds like Islands surrounded by |
| 729s | creatures gracefully swimming in the air |
| 733s | and ruining uh ruins are waiting for the |
| 735s | players to uncover their mystery now |
| 738s | that we are finding the general |
| 740s | structure of the world we then uh dove |
| 742s | into figuring out what the story of |
| 744s | these people are um what are these |
| 747s | people to begin with why they live in |
| 750s | clouds and how did they live and why did |
| 752s | they |
| 753s | die uh that's a quite an overwhelming |
| 756s | question so I again went back to the |
| 758s | sketch Sketchbook and trying to imagine |
| 760s | you know being a player what is it what |
| 763s | does it feel like to meet these |
| 765s | people uh people clouds what's their uh |
| 768s | life |
| 769s | like then I try to remember our |
| 772s | inspiration original inspiration um why |
| 775s | was NC yth giant was such striking uh |
| 778s | image |
| 780s | for me it was because it made me |
| 782s | remember the perspective of a child uh |
| 784s | when the world felt bigger than me and |
| 787s | it was uh filled with |
| 789s | Mysteries so I went back to uh uh the |
| 792s | sketch and tried to imagine a giant in |
| 794s | clouds witnessing a giant in clouds |
| 796s | appearing and you know trying to imagine |
| 799s | what would it what would I see if I |
| 800s | followed that |
| 802s | giant this imagination uh sparked many |
| 805s | many ideas for me uh as a child I found |
| 808s | many of the the things adults did felt |
| 811s | mysterious and ritualistic so I simply |
| 813s | tried to reimagine and trans translate |
| 815s | it where I saw uh adults did into this |
| 818s | weird Cloud people doing their jobs that |
| 820s | I didn't understand thinking about Jobs |
| 823s | made me uh bring back the idea of um |
| 826s | particles in cycle what if these Cloud |
| 829s | people had a job to make these uh |
| 831s | particles move around you know to to |
| 833s | circulate those particles uh we used to |
| 835s | call them as modes internally back then |
| 839s | uh they harvested them collected them |
| 841s | and shipped them to have them cleansed |
| 843s | and by the storm and to to have them |
| 845s | reborn perhaps they were part of the |
| 848s | cycle but um because they are gone now |
| 850s | it is now players job to take these |
| 853s | modes and and put them in back into the |
| 854s | cycle |
| 856s | maybe the idea of harvesting and |
| 858s | collecting modes gave us new uh |
| 861s | understanding about these people maybe |
| 863s | things they collect are precious and |
| 865s | they were obsessed by it much like how |
| 868s | humans are obsessed with our resources |
| 871s | there may have been uh rituals and |
| 872s | Technologies built around |
| 875s | them um I will touch upon this later but |
| 877s | around this time we have also |
| 879s | established um a theme another theme |
| 881s | which is a time of day uh it's an |
| 884s | overarching theme to to help uh tell the |
| 887s | story and we knew we wanted to start the |
| 890s | game on an island before starting the |
| 891s | journey into the sky and with the help |
| 894s | of a time of day theme uh we overlaid uh |
| 897s | the concept of dawn uh uh as additional |
| 900s | theme I tried to imagine a dock uh that |
| 903s | these people built to carry things into |
| 905s | the sky uh and then I tried to imagine |
| 907s | being a player arriving here what does |
| 910s | it feel like what does it look |
| 913s | like leaving the island entering the |
| 915s | cloud World um and uh the time of day |
| 919s | has progressed and into a |
| 922s | daytime and then the time of day |
| 924s | continues to progress through the |
| 925s | Journey imagining how the ruins would |
| 928s | change what uh look |
| 930s | different by then we have learned uh |
| 932s | quite a bit about uh these people and |
| 934s | and the flow we're starting to get the |
| 936s | feel for it and we're now diving into |
| 939s | figuring out what really happened to |
| 941s | these people what's the the |
| 944s | history uh one disclaimer is that uh |
| 947s | these these things I'm I'm showing and |
| 949s | these are ideas that led to what it is |
| 952s | sky today and it's not the official lore |
| 954s | of the sky this is a preliminary ideas |
| 957s | just so you know uh people needed these |
| 960s | resources to survive but the nature also |
| 963s | needs them uh to sustain the cycle of |
| 967s | life with the resources uh eventually |
| 970s | people develops technology and gains |
| 973s | power and they |
| 975s | Prosper but the conflict with nature uh |
| 980s | escalates and eventually there was a war |
| 983s | and incurred the heavy |
| 987s | sacrifice you might recognize some s |
| 989s | similarity in uh what we see what you |
| 992s | see here in the sketch with what what we |
| 994s | see in the game um this concept |
| 996s | certainly became a base for what it is |
| 998s | know as a golden Wasteland |
| 1000s | today there was also a concept of an |
| 1003s | oracle who uh predicted this war who |
| 1006s | then prepared an evacuation plan for |
| 1008s | their people players were never meant to |
| 1011s | uh to see this uh in full glimps but uh |
| 1014s | I was hoping to to leave some hints |
| 1016s | behind about this gigantic ship that |
| 1019s | they built to evacuate their people uh |
| 1022s | like Noah's Arc and Contin to brainstorm |
| 1025s | many ideas um mainly trying to imagine a |
| 1028s | story that that made sense for players |
| 1031s | to take a leap Into the Storm I do want |
| 1034s | to preserve the mystery of what we |
| 1036s | decided for the final story of the game |
| 1038s | so I will not go into too much detail |
| 1040s | here but I'm just sharing some more |
| 1043s | brainstorm sketches about um yeah the |
| 1046s | ancestral history and then uh you might |
| 1049s | have recognized some similarities in the |
| 1051s | characters shown in the these |
| 1053s | preliminary sketches um with the the |
| 1057s | spirits in the game and Elders in the |
| 1059s | game let me talk a little more about the |
| 1061s | exploration that led to led to the |
| 1064s | design of our elders we are talking |
| 1066s | about stories now but uh don't forget |
| 1069s | that we are making a game it's an |
| 1072s | experience uh characters we introduce in |
| 1074s | the game has to have a significance in |
| 1076s | the uh players's experience prototyped |
| 1078s | in the game uh we came to realize that |
| 1080s | we needed a strong beat after each major |
| 1084s | sections of the the game like how we |
| 1086s | fight bosses at the end of the |
| 1089s | levels so the original idea of our |
| 1092s | so-called quote unquote boss was some |
| 1094s | sort of Guardians um that presented |
| 1097s | challenges to the players before they |
| 1099s | could move on to the next uh Next Level |
| 1102s | we concepted different ideas about a |
| 1104s | character that could provide a |
| 1105s | interesting gameplay uh along with an |
| 1108s | evocative story |
| 1110s | we knew that we needed multiple of these |
| 1112s | Guardians ac across the game and I |
| 1115s | wanted to give them different |
| 1116s | characteristic to to each I was looking |
| 1119s | at different myths and stories about |
| 1121s | gods and Guardians and learned that that |
| 1123s | we often use animals as a way to |
| 1125s | represent different characteristics of a |
| 1128s | unique Gods so I also tried to find uh |
| 1131s | various animals creatures that |
| 1133s | represented the emotion of each of the |
| 1135s | levels and tried to convert them into |
| 1137s | different characters design in different |
| 1139s | animals is fun but it's also very costly |
| 1143s | to to do so I had to uh imagine another |
| 1146s | version where animals are more of a |
| 1148s | symbolism uh that was left in statues |
| 1151s | but the character themselves are more of |
| 1153s | a spirits that appeared in in U more of |
| 1156s | a human form and human |
| 1158s | scale this sparked some inspiration for |
| 1161s | imagining figures that are uh cursed um |
| 1165s | each presents a challenge to the player |
| 1167s | and their characteristics was |
| 1169s | represented by a missing body parts not |
| 1172s | sure if you can recognize but these are |
| 1175s | uh what eventually becomes Elders of the |
| 1177s | aisle and Elder of |
| 1179s | prairie here are ideas for Guardians for |
| 1181s | rain and sunset eventually becomes Elder |
| 1184s | of forest and Elders of |
| 1187s | Valley having all these characters also |
| 1190s | helped spark an idea of unifying them as |
| 1192s | a group this concept made me imagine |
| 1195s | them as a royal family of some sort and |
| 1198s | uh they um used to be together but now |
| 1201s | they are separate and the the mystery is |
| 1203s | to be discovered by players royal family |
| 1206s | made us think that we need a king uh |
| 1210s | which would make sense to appear at the |
| 1211s | end Distributing them across the game |
| 1214s | and breaking them into level helped us |
| 1216s | organize the flow and the story of the |
| 1218s | game uh some more ideation in 3D |
| 1221s | prototypes you can see how they evolve |
| 1224s | and progress into what we know of them |
| 1226s | today again a disclaimer that the story |
| 1228s | behind these characters I'm sharing here |
| 1230s | are preliminary ones and I'm not |
| 1233s | explaining the official lore of the game |
| 1235s | so now that we have a structure of the |
| 1237s | world creatures characters and uh the |
| 1240s | quote unquote bosses um it is time to |
| 1242s | assemble them together into one game we |
| 1245s | did determine that we wanted to base our |
| 1248s | flow on the theme of the time of day we |
| 1251s | Associated different emotions across six |
| 1254s | different times as are Dawn day rain |
| 1257s | Sunset Dusk and night and Associated |
| 1261s | colors and shape languages to |
| 1264s | each we then applied an emotional curve |
| 1267s | inspired by a hero's journey uh and |
| 1270s | design a flow for the experience |
| 1272s | Associated by levels and characters at |
| 1274s | each stage we then put everything |
| 1277s | together to test the flow of the game a |
| 1279s | story of a player waking up on an island |
| 1283s | finding ways into the sky uncovering |
| 1285s | Mysteries of the Lost Civilization and |
| 1287s | then eventually ascending into a space |
| 1290s | for an overview effect you might think |
| 1293s | we have figured out pretty much |
| 1295s | everything at this point but that's not |
| 1296s | true that was in the detail um I will |
| 1299s | share only some of the different |
| 1301s | irations we have made uh on each of |
| 1303s | these uh levels da um we knew it would |
| 1307s | start on on the island but there was |
| 1309s | still some idea of mixing a mirage of |
| 1312s | the modern world make this initial level |
| 1314s | uh give a strong uh uh sense of |
| 1317s | threshold uh we played with the idea of |
| 1320s | leaving our world to enter the uh the |
| 1322s | realm |
| 1323s | Sky more ideation of the aisle um we had |
| 1328s | versions where you rode a boat to enter |
| 1330s | the Sky Realm uh the concept of the boat |
| 1333s | was uh debated until pretty yeah late in |
| 1336s | the face the shapes of the clouds at |
| 1338s | this level was also iterated a lot giant |
| 1341s | wall of clouds to to fly over or a hole |
| 1344s | in the clouds to penetrate through this |
| 1347s | level um has has been you know by far |
| 1350s | the most iterated level we have explored |
| 1353s | so many ways to lead up into the |
| 1356s | sky next up is Prairie uh we used to |
| 1359s | call these Realms by the uh time of day |
| 1361s | until until until pretty late many of us |
| 1365s | including myself uh still reference |
| 1367s | these Levels by the uh time of day these |
| 1370s | concepts by uh Tom helped us determine |
| 1372s | the color of the terrain in the sky uh |
| 1375s | we wanted to reference biomes from uh |
| 1378s | high altitude |
| 1380s | uh here concept of bird nest this is |
| 1382s | pretty close to what we see in our game |
| 1384s | today in Prairie uh we have settle on uh |
| 1388s | round and soft shaped language uh |
| 1390s | because of the uh the secondary layered |
| 1393s | um theme of uh a human life this is the |
| 1397s | second stage after the birth uh it's the |
| 1399s | childhood stage so we wanted everything |
| 1401s | to be round and soft uh pretty close to |
| 1404s | what we know of Prairie today uh but at |
| 1407s | one point we wanted players to go |
| 1409s | through a cave before coming out to see |
| 1411s | the Blue Sky to contrast the the open |
| 1414s | vast feel of the sky you can see here in |
| 1416s | the the sketches um some preliminary |
| 1419s | versions of the uh the gates that led to |
| 1422s | different levels or um shrines that that |
| 1425s | helped you um change uh dresses you you |
| 1429s | wear and then uh Forest we need an |
| 1431s | emotional curb that dips down a bit so |
| 1434s | we we added a rain as a as another time |
| 1438s | of day |
| 1440s | rain was another tricky level uh this |
| 1442s | was probably the most iterated level |
| 1444s | after Dawn uh we tried Enchanted Forest |
| 1448s | fi um we also tried this level to be um |
| 1453s | to have an elder who seduces you uh we |
| 1456s | also tried to make this level like |
| 1458s | Puzzles uh or mazes trying to to |
| 1461s | visualize complexity of the uh the |
| 1463s | adolescence as you know the U human life |
| 1467s | theme this is the third level after |
| 1470s | childhood you became adolescent um |
| 1472s | there's a mix mixed emotion this is a um |
| 1476s | time of the the life where your emotion |
| 1478s | is really |
| 1479s | complicated so we tried to also |
| 1481s | represent that |
| 1484s | visually uh another important aspect of |
| 1486s | this level was a introduction of |
| 1489s | industrialization uh the third layer of |
| 1491s | the story was um civilization story of |
| 1494s | the civilization so after the |
| 1496s | civilization has lived in harmony with |
| 1499s | nature they start uh the |
| 1501s | industrialization uh early concept of |
| 1503s | the temple shows that the dark stone |
| 1505s | penetrating through the building and the |
| 1508s | interior of the temple was also looking |
| 1510s | very different after the rain and sunset |
| 1513s | uh emotion raises to a peak uh we wanted |
| 1516s | the game play to be more Dynamic here |
| 1518s | most dynamic it represents the peak of |
| 1521s | your life when everything is |
| 1523s | exciting um this concept by Tom really |
| 1526s | captured the emotion we wanted for this |
| 1528s | l the peak of mountains penetrating |
| 1530s | through the clouds also became base for |
| 1532s | our starting area of the valley of |
| 1535s | Triumph civilization was also at its |
| 1537s | peak so this was meant to be most |
| 1540s | decorative and rich in materials many of |
| 1542s | the concepts here uh became the base for |
| 1545s | the key areas in this L can you |
| 1547s | recognize |
| 1549s | them after a peak there's a fall uh dusk |
| 1553s | was aligned with the midlife crisis for |
| 1555s | the human life theme or the |
| 1557s | postapocalyptic theme of time for the |
| 1559s | civilization |
| 1561s | theme um shaty and Kang jumped in at |
| 1565s | this time of the production and helped |
| 1567s | us polish some of the ideas for this |
| 1570s | level um this was the time when we tried |
| 1572s | to expand uh each Realms to have a |
| 1575s | various sublevels uh temple in the |
| 1578s | golden Wasteland exterior is pretty |
| 1580s | close to what we see today but the |
| 1582s | interior um became a lot more a lot |
| 1585s | different Knight is a vault of knowledge |
| 1589s | uh visual inspiration of this realm was |
| 1591s | a library and the uh ethereal dream |
| 1594s | following the Arc of the civilization uh |
| 1597s | this is supposed to be most advanced but |
| 1599s | we didn't want to make this to feel too |
| 1602s | technological instead we wanted uh the |
| 1604s | whole experience to feel more like a |
| 1606s | dream or magic so uh Jackie did this |
| 1609s | concept to capture the dreamlike quality |
| 1611s | of the |
| 1613s | realm um some early concept of the |
| 1616s | shelves uh in the uh the quote unquote |
| 1619s | book books uh we designed a lantern to |
| 1622s | be the device that recorded memories uh |
| 1625s | concept done by |
| 1626s | Tom and the early prototype of the the |
| 1629s | end of this realm was more like a |
| 1632s | planetarium a place where you meet the |
| 1634s | Oracle to hear about the history and to |
| 1637s | hear about the uh your own destination |
| 1639s | of the |
| 1640s | player storm is the final realm uh this |
| 1644s | is the moment of death and we wanted to |
| 1646s | visualize the lowest low moments of the |
| 1648s | game |
| 1649s | at one point we were uh considering that |
| 1651s | the storm realm is a black and |
| 1653s | white uh Tom captured the feeling of |
| 1656s | what it could feel like to be in in the |
| 1659s | in the midst of a storm um and then try |
| 1662s | to approach the eye of |
| 1664s | storm then uh Kang help added uh one |
| 1668s | color uh red into this visual to further |
| 1670s | enhance the emotion of this |
| 1673s | realm at the eye of storm uh there's a |
| 1676s | hint of what actually happened in the |
| 1678s | past uh Trevor stranger concepted the |
| 1682s | the moment before the |
| 1683s | cataclysm and uh Tom painted a version |
| 1686s | of our representation of |
| 1689s | Darkness after the death in storm you |
| 1691s | now shoot up into the space this is a |
| 1694s | moment of rebirth the overview effect we |
| 1696s | wanted to have from the very beginning |
| 1698s | of the project for a while we were going |
| 1701s | after the uh idea of the uh representing |
| 1704s | the unity of people by a super organism |
| 1707s | we called as a mega |
| 1709s | bird uh here's K's emotional capture of |
| 1712s | the moment when everything is coming |
| 1716s | together and the evolution of the mega |
| 1718s | bird uh if you remember the original |
| 1720s | sketch uh done by |
| 1722s | janova um we have come far but I think |
| 1726s | it's nice to see the original idea kind |
| 1728s | of stuck |
| 1730s | around in the end we emphasized more on |
| 1733s | the idea of the stars and constellations |
| 1735s | so our Mega bird became more of a mega |
| 1737s | constellation |
| 1740s | uh because there are too many layers of |
| 1742s | uh different problems we were we were |
| 1744s | solving to consolidate into one |
| 1747s | experience um I am abbreviating a whole |
| 1749s | lot of the process that we went through |
| 1752s | but I hope you were able to watch how |
| 1754s | ideas uh were were created and morphed |
| 1758s | and evolved into what comes sky |
| 1763s | today uh and then yeah finally a game |
| 1765s | was |
| 1766s | released um I was only a bble to show |
| 1769s | only some of the 2D Concepts but making |
| 1771s | of this game really involved the high |
| 1773s | level concepts of Storytelling game |
| 1776s | designs engineering 3D modeling sound |
| 1779s | effects and music uh literally |
| 1781s | everything had to come together to form |
| 1783s | this uh special |
| 1784s | game a spark of inspiration initiated |
| 1788s | this |
| 1788s | project we played and iterated on so |
| 1791s | many ideas it was fun to iterate but uh |
| 1795s | sometimes became overwhelming |
| 1799s | after each failures we stood up and uh |
| 1802s | yeah we never gave up we we kept on |
| 1804s | going there were times we felt like uh |
| 1806s | we really lost our Direction but we |
| 1810s | continued I was really not sure if this |
| 1812s | game would do well but kept on going |
| 1815s | believing that there's there's something |
| 1816s | at the core in this game that is worth |
| 1818s | sharing with the world and then we broke |
| 1821s | through released the |
| 1824s | game um so many rough edges and |
| 1826s | unpolished details but the game was uh |
| 1829s | you know released and then in the end |
| 1831s | received by millions of |
| 1833s | people today the game is still alive and |
| 1836s | with the support of all the players |
| 1838s | including yourself um it is growing and |
| 1840s | evolving even more this is the end of my |
| 1843s | presentation but I truly believe that |
| 1845s | the making of sky was kind of a miracle |
| 1848s | I hope seeing the birth and the |
| 1850s | evolution of the game was interesting to |
| 1852s | you um I am grateful to say that sky is |
| 1855s | much alive still uh and continuing to |
| 1858s | change |
| 1858s | and I am looking forward to witness how |
| 1861s | it's going to evolve more through the |
| 1863s | many many years to come thank you |