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| 3s | button we're live everyone thank you for |
| 6s | taking the time to be here today we at |
| 8s | 1047 really appreciate it and we're |
| 10s | looking forward to talking with you all |
| 11s | a bit more about split gate 2 diving a |
| 14s | bit more into the alpha feedback things |
| 16s | of the sort uh this is our first split |
| 18s | stream not to be confused with the split |
| 19s | stream power weapon in splitgate 2 uh |
| 22s | we're going to be doing a few of these |
| 23s | over the next couple of weeks or months |
| 25s | uh so today we're going to be focusing |
| 27s | on game design so really looking forward |
| 29s | to that I'm Jessie Griffin BG I'm an |
| 31s | associate producer here at 1047 and I'm |
| 34s | here with Ian PR the co-founder and CEO |
| 37s | of 1047 and Dereck Jones our game |
| 39s | designer uh guys if you want to do just |
| 41s | a quick introduction and we can go ahead |
| 43s | and dive right into it Dereck you want |
| 46s | to go first yeah sure so uh I'm Derek or |
| 50s | a lot of people know me as a kuo um I've |
| 52s | got a a Halloween costume on right now |
| 55s | I'm I'm more of a cactus without this on |
| 57s | but um yeah I've been here for about |
| 60s | four a half years uh started as somebody |
| 62s | in the community and and still kind of |
| 66s | love the the um coming from that |
| 68s | background love interacting with the |
| 69s | community hearing from you guys and and |
| 71s | want to make a game you guys love so |
| 73s | looking forward to talking game design |
| 75s | and then hearing you guys' questions and |
| 78s | yeah yeah and I'll just add both Jesse |
| 81s | and Dereck are both me former members of |
| 83s | the community um we love hiring out of |
| 85s | the community so super pumped to be |
| 87s | working with them and maybe more people |
| 89s | in the future but um I'm Ian PR I'm CEO |
| 93s | and co-founder a lot of you guys know me |
| 94s | as Cardinal Soldier um you know been |
| 97s | working on this game for a very long |
| 99s | time um had the idea for splitgate |
| 102s | actually back in high school 12 plus |
| 105s | years ago um after playing Portal 2 just |
| 108s | absolutely fell in love with the concept |
| 110s | and obviously I'm a big Halo guy so |
| 111s | you'll see a lot of inspiration from the |
| 113s | Halo games the older ones especially um |
| 116s | but yeah started in the dorm room at |
| 117s | Stamford built a prototype uh um |
| 121s | obviously it's evolved into a lot more |
| 122s | than just that kind of initial idea but |
| 125s | uh excited to be chatting today and um |
| 128s | excited to also just be chatting with |
| 129s | the community more often you know I |
| 131s | think one of the things we're not just |
| 132s | talking about like feedback that we've |
| 134s | made today but also just a big focus of |
| 137s | of our um of the feedback we've gotten |
| 140s | and and that we've kind of been focusing |
| 142s | on internally is we want to talk to the |
| 144s | community more often that's why we did |
| 145s | the external play test uh we're going to |
| 147s | be doing a lot more of that um getting |
| 149s | back to kind of Our Roots of how we did |
| 150s | things with split gate one where a lot |
| 153s | of just Community First mentality |
| 154s | getting feedback all the time that's how |
| 156s | we make a great game so excited to be |
| 158s | chatting |
| 159s | today awesome thanks to you both uh so |
| 163s | we're probably going to go ahead and |
| 164s | Dive Right In uh on more a broad vision |
| 167s | of split g 2 uh as you all know we had |
| 170s | our first Alpha a couple of months ago |
| 172s | so we've taken a lot of time to you know |
| 174s | absorb that feedback and reiterate some |
| 176s | changes um so I guess you know first |
| 179s | question for you two uh what sort of |
| 180s | takeaways did you get from the alpha |
| 182s | were we pleased with the results did we |
| 184s | receive great feedback um what were your |
| 186s | thoughts on the |
| 187s | alpha I mean I was quite happy with the |
| 190s | alpha I mean I think kind of uh the |
| 192s | purpose of the alpha which maybe was a |
| 194s | little confusing because I think it kind |
| 196s | of we went into it with a number of |
| 198s | purposes and so it was kind of unclear |
| 200s | is this a marketing thing is this a |
| 202s | feedback thing you know what is this is |
| 204s | it a community thing um ultimately like |
| 206s | the way we view alphas and why we're |
| 208s | doing these external tests now is like |
| 210s | it's really a feedback thing for us it's |
| 212s | not meant to be some big marketing beat |
| 214s | and so like the way I looked at the |
| 216s | alpha is it it sort of validated what is |
| 219s | going well and it and it kind of gave us |
| 221s | the feedback and direction we needed on |
| 223s | where do we go from here and so um a lot |
| 226s | of the changes we're making which we'll |
| 227s | be diving into in a bit but you know a |
| 229s | lot of these changes are I mean really |
| 231s | all of these changes are stemmed from |
| 234s | the alpha feedback of hey we want a |
| 236s | slightly longer time to kill you know we |
| 238s | heard that a lot we want more portal |
| 240s | walls heard that a lot already you know |
| 243s | that's the first thing we did after the |
| 245s | alpha is like schedule a call talk about |
| 247s | it what are we hearing what are we |
| 248s | seeing what are the changes we want to |
| 250s | make um and how do we act fast on this |
| 254s | so yeah and just to add to that I think |
| 257s | something that again wasn't probably |
| 259s | super clear is like with this being |
| 261s | something that we're doing with the |
| 263s | primary goal being getting feedback and |
| 265s | iterating um a lot of the you know if we |
| 268s | were kind of 50/50 on decision |
| 270s | we always favored like let's do the |
| 272s | thing that is a bigger change and might |
| 274s | be more controversial and then let's get |
| 277s | feedback on that and then do whatever we |
| 279s | end thinking is better so like time to |
| 281s | kill I think is a great example where |
| 283s | you know we have these two options for |
| 285s | time to kill it's like should we do |
| 286s | slightly longer or slightly shorter and |
| 288s | then we figured you know closer to |
| 290s | original splitgate is going to be less |
| 293s | drastic change less controversial so I'd |
| 295s | rather do something that's a bigger |
| 296s | change is going to get more feedback see |
| 299s | what people think and then and you know |
| 301s | that's what we did heard a lot of |
| 302s | feedback that we wanted the time to kill |
| 303s | longer and then you know that kind of |
| 306s | decision is you know empowered by |
| 308s | getting feedback from the community |
| 310s | totally and I mean in retrospect we |
| 312s | probably shouldn't have led with this I |
| 314s | probably would have done it a little bit |
| 315s | differently but I think to Derrick's |
| 317s | Point like kind of the mindset going |
| 319s | into this is like let's put our |
| 320s | controversial changes forward because |
| 323s | that's the thing we want feed back on |
| 324s | right shared progression in Hot Zone |
| 326s | like we knew going into it this is going |
| 328s | to be a LoveHate kind of thing we ended |
| 330s | up changing it you know because we saw |
| 332s | some people like it and kind of the |
| 334s | intention of it originally was we like |
| 336s | those epic moments right you're uh |
| 339s | you're fighting over the hill we think |
| 340s | we're going to get it and then all of a |
| 341s | sudden last second somebody swoops in |
| 343s | and steals it um that's kind of cool but |
| 346s | it's also kind of annoying right and we |
| 348s | sort of knew that but we figured let's |
| 349s | put this to the test and get feedback |
| 352s | because we don't really need to test you |
| 354s | know I don't know something like |
| 356s | domination right Three Hills it's been |
| 359s | done in video video games and Shooters |
| 361s | forever you kind of know it works um so |
| 364s | we weren't really looking for feedback |
| 365s | on that we were looking for feedback on |
| 367s | the things that we don't know if they |
| 368s | work y awesome I think that's a really |
| 372s | good insightful uh discussion for for |
| 375s | certain feedback um moving on to like |
| 378s | the broader vision of split gate 2 a lot |
| 381s | of people have mentioned that it's |
| 382s | certainly much different than the first |
| 385s | split gate um whether it's splitgate one |
| 387s | or split gate who knows uh but with |
| 390s | liate uh you know we've introduced |
| 392s | factions weapons uh attachments that |
| 394s | sort of thing uh if you are a sbras fan |
| 396s | I'm repping the shirt uh so s Ras Club |
| 399s | in the chat please um I wanted to talk a |
| 402s | bit about the faction system and why we |
| 404s | went that direction uh you know |
| 406s | obviously it adds a lot more to the game |
| 408s | um so kind of want to get your thoughts |
| 410s | um on the faction system and abilities |
| 414s | totally um yeah so I'd say kind of the |
| 416s | whole approach with split G2 at a very |
| 419s | high level started with what are the |
| 420s | things we love about splick eight what |
| 422s | are the things that the fans love about |
| 423s | splick 8 and the community loves and |
| 425s | what are the things that we think kept |
| 427s | it from breaking through right because |
| 429s | obviously we all know very fun game I |
| 432s | mean still my second favorite game to |
| 434s | this day right behind splick a 2 but you |
| 436s | know a lot of things we did well that |
| 438s | put us on the map but obviously split |
| 440s | gate one wasn't able to sustain kind of |
| 442s | that momentum that we were hoping it |
| 445s | would um and so SPL k 2 started off as |
| 447s | just a very simple idea of like what do |
| 449s | we want to keep doing that people like |
| 451s | what are the things where we fell short |
| 453s | that we want to improve on uh and so |
| 455s | very quickly with that mindset um we |
| 458s | talked about meaningful variety with a |
| 460s | purpose that was a big theme of ours |
| 463s | with building split G2 is like how do we |
| 465s | add more variety because the pattern we |
| 467s | would see is people would come in they'd |
| 468s | have a ton of fun for about three or |
| 470s | four weeks and then they would run out |
| 472s | of things to do um similarly you know |
| 474s | live Ops having kind of a a really solid |
| 477s | content plan post launch we didn't have |
| 480s | that in Spate it kind of took us seven |
| 481s | months to ship a new map and a new |
| 483s | season and so a big theme which we |
| 485s | haven't really talked too much about yet |
| 487s | but you'll get to see obviously uh once |
| 489s | we do launch the game next year um is |
| 491s | just how awesome our live Ops and |
| 493s | content plan is there's going to be a |
| 495s | hell of a lot more new things coming you |
| 498s | know new maps modes Etc um that are |
| 501s | going to keep the game fresh and so I |
| 503s | think with those two kind of mindsets |
| 504s | and and a bunch of other things you know |
| 506s | raising the bar to AAA quality U Better |
| 509s | progression more social more teamwork |
| 511s | there's a lot of different things that |
| 512s | went into Spate to but kind of the |
| 514s | original Vision was let's lean into what |
| 517s | we do better than anyone else that we |
| 519s | love about splick that makes it special |
| 521s | which is amazing Gunplay awesome |
| 523s | movement and highlight inducing portal |
| 526s | mechanics right those are the three |
| 527s | things we need to preserve and also just |
| 529s | that fun vibe where we're not afraid to |
| 531s | be a little bit goofy um which we got |
| 534s | more of that coming don't worry but um |
| 537s | and then let's build on that right if |
| 538s | we're going to take that formula and |
| 539s | preserve those three things that make us |
| 541s | unique how do we improve that how do we |
| 543s | add more variety how do we have more |
| 545s | content how do we make it more social |
| 547s | right those are kind of the things that |
| 548s | we wanted to build on top um and so you |
| 551s | know if I talk about factions and |
| 553s | weapons Etc this is meant to be that 10% |
| 557s | icing on the cake right like my vision |
| 559s | our vision is not to be some sort of |
| 561s | ability hero shooter or anything like |
| 563s | that it's meant to be a game that's all |
| 565s | about guns and portals but that extra |
| 568s | 10% could be the difference between |
| 570s | winning and losing a gunfight but really |
| 572s | 90% is who's got the better aim who's |
| 575s | got the better mechanics who's got the |
| 576s | better portals that's what we want this |
| 578s | game to be about just like split gate |
| 580s | one just with that extra little bit on |
| 582s | top yeah I think the other thing I'll |
| 585s | add to that I think you pretty much |
| 586s | touched on everything as far as |
| 588s | inspiration um the one thing I'll touch |
| 590s | on is we talk about meaningful variety |
| 592s | with a purpose um and I think that we've |
| 594s | seen some of that like you know I think |
| 597s | there is more variety in like being able |
| 600s | to choose what weapon you start with or |
| 601s | being able to choose a faction and I |
| 603s | think we really like that um the other |
| 605s | thing I'll add though and we obviously |
| 607s | can't talk about this too much but |
| 608s | there's a lot of that meaningful variety |
| 611s | with a purpose that we haven't sh that's |
| 613s | still coming yeah yeah totally yeah |
| 617s | we've I mean we've shown one and a half |
| 618s | modes right we've shown TDM and we've |
| 621s | shown Hot Zone we got a lot of different |
| 623s | and I wouldn't say that those modes are |
| 625s | highlighting meaningful variety and a |
| 627s | purpose to your point right that is a |
| 629s | Hill mode that we really like that we |
| 631s | think does a lot of things very well and |
| 633s | it's a slightly different flavor of Team |
| 635s | Deathmatch where okay it's round based |
| 638s | whatever um there's things we like about |
| 640s | that but to your point I'd say split |
| 643s | gate one we had 20 different flavors of |
| 645s | the same thing with our modes I mean I |
| 647s | think takedown was awesome but you know |
| 649s | you think about cthd TDM shoty Snipes |
| 652s | all all these modes are kind of the same |
| 654s | pacing same Maps |
| 657s | same you know kind of different flavor |
| 659s | the same thing right and so I think what |
| 661s | you'll see um in the future uh is a lot |
| 665s | of uh big um big variety so yeah like I |
| 670s | think we've thrown around the number 10% |
| 673s | for what we've shown so far I think |
| 675s | that's approximately right of like |
| 677s | there's a lot of stuff that we haven't |
| 678s | shown yet that we're really excited |
| 680s | about um again we can't talk about it |
| 682s | too much but just to really highlight |
| 684s | that like when we say meaningful variety |
| 687s | with purpose like that's not something |
| 688s | we've shown yet but it's something we |
| 690s | take really seriously yeah yeah good |
| 692s | point yeah well said uh you guys talked |
| 695s | a little bit about Team Deathmatch I'm |
| 698s | going to jump in uh on a bounce off |
| 700s | question of this we got a lot of |
| 701s | feedback on Team Deathmatch for our |
| 702s | first Alpha a lot of them mixed |
| 704s | reactions in regards to the round note |
| 707s | specifically and whether or not the |
| 708s | rounds felt too short or too fast um |
| 711s | looking to see you know with that feed |
| 713s | that feedback that we've implemented |
| 715s | hoping we can go ahead and let the |
| 716s | community know what changes have been |
| 717s | made because we do hear you yeah totally |
| 720s | I mean so the biggest thing for both of |
| 722s | our round based modes is longer rounds |
| 723s | right we want you to be able to get into |
| 725s | that flow state so um you know the the |
| 727s | kill cap in TDM went from 15 to 20 so |
| 731s | pretty substantial increase in time to |
| 734s | uh win around um uh we got mixed |
| 738s | feedback I'll say candidly on if people |
| 740s | like round-based TDM I think we actually |
| 742s | saw a little bit more positive than |
| 744s | negative um a lot of people it took a it |
| 747s | was kind of different right but I think |
| 749s | to me sort of the original inspiration |
| 751s | I'm a huge Gears of War fan and I was |
| 753s | actually I recently replayed gears one 2 |
| 756s | and three and beat all their campaigns |
| 758s | in prep for e eay um which has me pretty |
| 761s | hyped but I was playing Gears of War 3's |
| 764s | TDM and I actually think it's a really |
| 766s | really fun system one of our goals with |
| 769s | game modes in particular was more epic |
| 772s | moments and the thing we really like |
| 774s | about round-based is you kind of have an |
| 777s | epic moment every single round um even |
| 780s | in the external play test we did last |
| 782s | Saturday um you know having that uh 19 |
| 786s | to9 who's going to win the point very |
| 788s | high stakes you could lose and now oh |
| 791s | [ __ ] we're down but hey let's reset we |
| 794s | get a power weapon maybe we win round |
| 796s | two um so that's kind of the motivation |
| 798s | there and we we've seen mixed mixed |
| 800s | feedback candidly um but I will say |
| 803s | we've seen more good than bad and so |
| 805s | we're we're still continuing to keep an |
| 806s | eye on it um but definitely the one |
| 808s | thing we for sure saw was a want for |
| 811s | longer rounds and so we've addressed |
| 813s | that and we're going to keep an eye on |
| 814s | it yeah and I'll say like you know we do |
| 817s | a lot of testing internally and and |
| 819s | getting feedback both from internal |
| 821s | people and external people when we're |
| 822s | making changes like this so like the |
| 824s | first thing that we did when we heard |
| 826s | the feedback about TDM rounds being too |
| 829s | short is like all right let's make them |
| 830s | longer and I think we immediately went |
| 832s | to 25 inter internally it's like all |
| 834s | right let's test a lot longer rounds we |
| 837s | do that got a lot of feedback about yeah |
| 839s | this is longer and I like it but it's a |
| 841s | little bit too long and then you know |
| 843s | kind of meet in that middle where it's |
| 844s | like all right where's this sweet spot |
| 846s | and yeah um I think you know now that |
| 848s | we're playing with 20 we've seen a lot |
| 849s | of positivity around that change um |
| 852s | people thinking that that's feeling |
| 853s | really good so excited to get more |
| 855s | people to play with it yeah and I'll add |
| 858s | to that you know my kind of our |
| 859s | philosophy when it comes to design art |
| 862s | really everything is we like to make big |
| 864s | changes and then dial it back um I think |
| 867s | it's really easy to get into this |
| 869s | mindset of just like increasing 10% 10% |
| 872s | 10% 10% and you just it takes forever to |
| 875s | get there and so with any change whether |
| 878s | it's balancing a weapon or match length |
| 882s | whatever it is our philosophy is let's |
| 885s | you know if it's too short let's make |
| 887s | sure the next time we play it it's |
| 888s | actually too long and then we'll get a |
| 891s | sense of where do we need to meet in the |
| 892s | middle uh we do this even with art |
| 895s | changes I was talking to the environment |
| 897s | team yesterday about about uh some |
| 900s | changes on a map and uh I told him hey |
| 902s | go too far to the point where it's like |
| 904s | this is annoying and then dial it back |
| 906s | and I think that just really works well |
| 908s | with with design so yeah yeah it |
| 911s | definitely does uh I work a lot with |
| 913s | audio and V effects and so there's a |
| 915s | weapon that comes to mind future power |
| 917s | weapon no names uh but yeah started off |
| 920s | a little too uh we didn't like the |
| 923s | direction so we just went and just |
| 925s | buffed it up and we found a good spot |
| 927s | for it so yeah the way that we've been |
| 929s | doing it is working well we'll say hey |
| 931s | that that audio that gunshot sounds a |
| 933s | little bit too weak I want it to sound |
| 934s | op and then let's me in the middle |
| 938s | so awesome uh I want to go ahead and |
| 941s | move over to competitive versus casual |
| 944s | gameplay uh factions abilities equipment |
| 947s | and more um you know want to take a bit |
| 949s | of time to talk about some concerns that |
| 950s | we've seen throughout the community |
| 951s | which is balancing casual versus |
| 953s | competitive uh and you know if there's a |
| 956s | a place for both sorts of Gamers uh |
| 958s | within our our game |
| 960s | yeah well I'll say um so far really all |
| 963s | we've shown is the competitive side um I |
| 966s | mean you could argue TDM is kind of for |
| 968s | both right everybody loves TDM um but |
| 971s | I'd say you know the only modes we've |
| 973s | shown so far are on the more competitive |
| 975s | side like hot zone is meant to be one of |
| 977s | our competitive modes um I think for |
| 980s | balancing and testing like uh obviously |
| 983s | we have a lot of goofy modes coming but |
| 986s | it does balance doesn't matter quite as |
| 988s | much for a goofy mode mode as it does |
| 990s | for a competitive mode so right now as |
| 991s | we try to balance the factions we're |
| 993s | trying to balance them around the more |
| 995s | competitive modes and then focus on the |
| 998s | fun right so for all the goofy modes you |
| 1001s | know split gate had like low gravity |
| 1003s | stuff like that it doesn't really matter |
| 1005s | if in a low gravity mode sbras versus |
| 1008s | Aeros is a little bit more powerful than |
| 1010s | one or the other um so for kind of our |
| 1014s | factions weapons Etc we're trying to |
| 1016s | balance around competitive and then for |
| 1018s | everything else like our Pro PR even for |
| 1020s | competitive our priority is fun you know |
| 1022s | we like to say fun first it's one of our |
| 1024s | pillars of game design and so uh we've |
| 1027s | been spell out hey we will prioritize |
| 1029s | fun over competitive Integrity over |
| 1032s | monetization over you know whatever it |
| 1035s | is we need to prioritize fun first |
| 1038s | because that is our top goal is make the |
| 1039s | most fun game |
| 1040s | possible yeah totally and I I think you |
| 1044s | know there are a lot of times where you |
| 1046s | can do things that help both groups or |
| 1049s | help one group and the other group just |
| 1050s | doesn't care like I think when we were |
| 1053s | going through this pass that we were |
| 1054s | talking about um adding portals to Maps |
| 1057s | we have a lot of maps where it's like if |
| 1059s | there was a floor portal here or |
| 1061s | competitive players going to use that a |
| 1063s | lot of times probably not because it's |
| 1065s | you know floor portal it's more fun |
| 1067s | based it's not super like strong |
| 1069s | strategically necessarily but it's fun |
| 1072s | and um adding in a lot more of that and |
| 1075s | trying to focus on that things where |
| 1077s | it's like yeah this is just a win for a |
| 1080s | casual player who just wants to have fun |
| 1082s | and create highlights and have a good |
| 1084s | time and it's not hurting competitive |
| 1086s | players at all so that's kind of the the |
| 1089s | balance that we're looking to strike a |
| 1090s | lot of times I think totally and that's |
| 1092s | why some of these portal walls we added |
| 1094s | kind of the original mind set like we |
| 1096s | didn't want to have portal walls that |
| 1098s | wouldn't be used um we weren't even |
| 1101s | thinking necessarily competitive we were |
| 1102s | just thinking this is kind of a niche |
| 1104s | portal wall do we really need it and I |
| 1106s | think our mindset now is a little bit |
| 1108s | different which is like well |
| 1110s | it's fun if you're a really good player |
| 1112s | maybe you don't use that portal wall |
| 1114s | because you know you're just triple |
| 1116s | portaling all day but for a lot of |
| 1118s | players it's just an additional option |
| 1120s | it's a fun thing you can get momentum |
| 1122s | out of it and so I think our mindset is |
| 1124s | definitely shifted a little bit after |
| 1126s | the alpha feedback and the execution |
| 1129s | you'll see with with both the existing |
| 1131s | maps and some of the new maps that we've |
| 1133s | gone and added some additional portal |
| 1135s | walls too yeah and just the direction |
| 1137s | for feature Maps as well so you know you |
| 1140s | at least some of the people um that are |
| 1142s | watching have seen some of the changes |
| 1144s | that we made to the alpha 1 Maps where |
| 1146s | you know we added a couple floor portals |
| 1148s | a couple places you can get momentum um |
| 1151s | that kind of stuff as well as other |
| 1153s | normal Standard wall portals um but then |
| 1155s | we're doing that same process on future |
| 1157s | Maps where it's like okay this map that |
| 1160s | nobody has played yet like how can we |
| 1161s | make this better um with this feedback |
| 1164s | that we received on our existing maps |
| 1166s | and then the maps we're creating from |
| 1167s | scratch right now and we're creating new |
| 1169s | you know from the groundup blockouts |
| 1172s | like again how can we use this feedback |
| 1175s | that we're receiving the Alpha One maps |
| 1177s | and use that to improve our future |
| 1180s | content yep yeah that's awesome yeah |
| 1183s | thanks for that Derek I believe uh in |
| 1184s | the future one of our split streams are |
| 1186s | actually going to be about map and level |
| 1188s | design so stay tuned for more in-depth |
| 1191s | explanations there uh it's going to be a |
| 1193s | super fun time um wanted to talk a |
| 1196s | little bit about weapons uh in our last |
| 1198s | external play test we had on Saturday |
| 1200s | attachments was a big talking point on |
| 1203s | why we added certain attachments um and |
| 1205s | we didn't want to of course overwhelm |
| 1206s | the players um and speaking on weapons |
| 1209s | if you have not uh actually the three of |
| 1211s | us we did a a breakdown of our favorite |
| 1213s | weapon and faction uh Loadout so if you |
| 1215s | guys have not seen that yet it's on our |
| 1216s | Twitter exclamation point Twitter uh go |
| 1219s | ahead and take a look just a couple |
| 1220s | posts down uh quick 30 second tips uh |
| 1223s | but yeah want to talk a bit about |
| 1224s | attachments because that is a big change |
| 1226s | coming from the first split gate and |
| 1228s | moving toward again like that faction |
| 1230s | style um you know personalization sort |
| 1233s | of play uh so why did we use certain |
| 1236s | attachments um and you know only allow |
| 1238s | two rather than you know up to five like |
| 1240s | other games yeah well I'll I'll say a |
| 1243s | couple things so one definitely you |
| 1245s | should go look at at Twitter um because |
| 1247s | we didn't just show our favorites but we |
| 1249s | also revealed a new gun so AOS has a |
| 1252s | shotgun it's an auto shotgun um it's one |
| 1255s | of my favorite guns in the game um I'll |
| 1258s | just a uh I'm a huge fan of the original |
| 1261s | Modern Warfare 2 and I just Lov the aa2 |
| 1265s | and I talk about it a little bit I think |
| 1266s | my marketing team told me like H you |
| 1267s | shouldn't call out other games I'm like |
| 1269s | I don't care I love Modern Warfare 2 um |
| 1272s | but yeah very similar to that like |
| 1275s | original aa2 Modern Warfare 2 shotgun um |
| 1279s | super fun so um in terms of attachments |
| 1282s | I mean again like we wanted to have |
| 1284s | variety but meaningful variety right and |
| 1286s | so what I'd say is if you look at um you |
| 1290s | know the direction that uh the previous |
| 1292s | game I just talked about has headed |
| 1294s | there's a lot of attachments um and |
| 1297s | that's cool in some ways right it gives |
| 1299s | you a ton of variety but when there's 50 |
| 1302s | different options not only does it get |
| 1304s | overwhelming but it also kind of forces |
| 1305s | you to um make them extremely subtle |
| 1309s | right every single |
| 1310s | attachment it's like is it even changing |
| 1313s | the way the weapon plays and so I think |
| 1315s | with our goal of meaningful variety with |
| 1317s | a purpose we said hey attachments each |
| 1320s | of those attachments is a net positive |
| 1322s | it's meaningful it's impactful it's |
| 1324s | actually going to change the gun in a in |
| 1326s | a meaningful way um and and we're not |
| 1329s | going to overwhelm the user with 500 |
| 1332s | options it's like hey here's five |
| 1333s | options pick two and they're going to |
| 1336s | give you a benefit um and uh yeah so |
| 1339s | that was kind of our our mindset there |
| 1341s | yeah I think it kind of touches on what |
| 1343s | we've talked about with meaningful |
| 1345s | variety with purpose right where you |
| 1347s | know we we use that pillar across a lot |
| 1348s | of parts of the game but that's another |
| 1350s | one where it's like we want these |
| 1352s | attachments to actually make the gun |
| 1354s | feel different and like if I want |
| 1356s | something the you know that plays into |
| 1358s | my play style of playing at longer range |
| 1361s | like I think Jesse's Loadout had a laser |
| 1362s | sight and extended Barrow where like now |
| 1365s | this assault rifle is a lot better |
| 1367s | fighting at long range where normally an |
| 1369s | assault rifle is more of a medium range |
| 1370s | weapon um so you know that that |
| 1373s | customization and being able to play to |
| 1376s | your strengths and your own play style |
| 1377s | and car out your own Niche I think it's |
| 1380s | a lot of the the driving yeah course |
| 1382s | there we'd rather have one grip that |
| 1384s | makes an impact than like 12 grips that |
| 1386s | are all slightly different flavors of |
| 1389s | the same thing yeah yeah what I love |
| 1392s | about the attachments we have a wide |
| 1394s | variety of maps uh in sizes talked about |
| 1397s | that in our external play tests as well |
| 1399s | uh we introduce a new map which is |
| 1400s | always exciting so you guys will |
| 1401s | hopefully see more of that in the future |
| 1404s | um but yeah I love being able to swap |
| 1406s | from a certain Loadout to new |
| 1408s | attachments size I think it's a really |
| 1410s | fun refreshing time you know games don't |
| 1413s | feel so you know mundane because there's |
| 1415s | so many different aspects within our |
| 1417s | Loadout |
| 1418s | system uh I guess we'll go ahead and |
| 1421s | move right on into movement and |
| 1423s | regeneration mechanics um obviously you |
| 1426s | know triple portaling is still a big |
| 1428s | factor for those who want to do that we |
| 1429s | have of course introduced more ways to |
| 1431s | move around the map we have some jump |
| 1433s | pads we've added the ability to slide um |
| 1436s | and of course the Aeros Rush uh the |
| 1437s | well-loved ability |
| 1439s | um how are we planning on like refining |
| 1442s | these sorts of elements based off of |
| 1443s | feedback we've made some already but |
| 1445s | want to get your guys' ideas on you know |
| 1448s | the we the not the weapons the the |
| 1450s | movement mechanics and you know the |
| 1451s | differences between split K and split |
| 1453s | K2 yeah um well I'll say kind of the the |
| 1456s | biggest change we made after the alpha |
| 1459s | was we added the ability to Sprint while |
| 1460s | reloading to all classes um that was |
| 1464s | surprisingly awesome I will say like |
| 1467s | adding that I think at first we thought |
| 1468s | oh this is like a really subtle thing |
| 1470s | and AOS is kind of the Speedy class so |
| 1472s | we'll just give it to AOS um thank God |
| 1475s | we added it to all classes because it's |
| 1478s | not just that you can Sprint while |
| 1480s | reloading I mean that's great and it |
| 1481s | feels faster and more fluid and |
| 1483s | responsive but it's also the fact that |
| 1485s | you can um reload while you slide and |
| 1489s | it's not even something I even thought |
| 1491s | about it was just kind of an unintended |
| 1493s | consequence of being able to now Sprint |
| 1496s | while reloading and uh it just feels so |
| 1499s | nice to get in that flow state of like |
| 1501s | you're fighting you're shooting you you |
| 1504s | know you're low on ammo you're low on |
| 1505s | health you're trying to run away because |
| 1507s | you got the first kill you got to reload |
| 1508s | you just slide down that Hill um it just |
| 1511s | feels so fluid and so much better than |
| 1513s | ever um so I think that was like the |
| 1515s | biggest change um I think another thing |
| 1517s | I actually don't even remember if this |
| 1519s | was alpha or not I think maybe it was |
| 1522s | but I know at some point you couldn't |
| 1524s | throw equipments or do abilities while |
| 1526s | shooting I don't I don't actually |
| 1528s | remember if that made it into the alpha |
| 1529s | or not but now you know our philosophy |
| 1532s | is like guns up always right so we want |
| 1534s | you to be able to shoot we don't want to |
| 1536s | take away from that um and so uh with |
| 1540s | everything whether I'm doing my hypers |
| 1543s | sight throwing down a barrier wall |
| 1545s | throwing a smoke grenade shooting myself |
| 1547s | with a stem um I can shoot the entire |
| 1550s | time um and so I think it's just about |
| 1552s | making the game feel responsive right |
| 1554s | when I click a button I want that button |
| 1556s | to immediately do what I think it's |
| 1559s | going to do and so preventing blocking |
| 1562s | that is kind of what we're trying to go |
| 1563s | for so it just feels more Snappy yeah I |
| 1566s | think to answer what you aren't sure on |
| 1569s | um in Alpha you could shoot while doing |
| 1573s | abilities but it didn't rate very well |
| 1575s | um the animations weren't quite |
| 1576s | reflecting oh yeah just because it was |
| 1577s | still working in progress and then for |
| 1579s | equipment stim shot was the only one |
| 1581s | that you could shoot while using it and |
| 1584s | that was something we got feedback on is |
| 1585s | like stim shot just feels more fun than |
| 1587s | these other equipment because you shoot |
| 1590s | while you're using it so we're like okay |
| 1592s | maybe we should go back and yeah to |
| 1594s | clarify like a lot of it was just the |
| 1596s | visuals if I recall now which is like |
| 1598s | before you know you'd do the hypers |
| 1601s | sight and your gun would go off to the |
| 1603s | side right and technically you could |
| 1605s | still shoot it's just your guns pointed |
| 1606s | that way so you don't think you can |
| 1607s | shoot and so now it's we've updated the |
| 1611s | animation uh the animation team's been |
| 1613s | doing amazing work but now it's you know |
| 1615s | I do this my gun is still pointed at |
| 1617s | this it's still you know does a little |
| 1619s | bit so it doesn't feel like you're stiff |
| 1621s | um but it's still pointed I can still |
| 1623s | shoot while I'm doing that I can still |
| 1625s | shoot while I'm doing that um just to |
| 1627s | make it feel better and more consistent |
| 1629s | with player expectations yeah I I think |
| 1632s | the other thing um that I would say was |
| 1635s | like hugely impactful more so than I |
| 1637s | thought honestly um |
| 1640s | was wow and there goes it's gone no um |
| 1644s | the the two things that we did one was |
| 1646s | obviously reloading while sprinting |
| 1648s | which was and then the other was |
| 1650s | sprinting by default being an option so |
| 1651s | we didn't have that in Alpha so there's |
| 1654s | a lot of people who don't like holding |
| 1655s | shift and I think even on controller it |
| 1657s | was kind of like sometimes you get taken |
| 1658s | out of Sprint by something like |
| 1660s | reloading and then um you know switching |
| 1664s | that to now have the option where you |
| 1666s | just all the time if I press W and I'm |
| 1668s | not blocked by something I just Sprint |
| 1670s | um feels so much better so much smoother |
| 1673s | I think we even had it on by default in |
| 1675s | the most recent test that we did and got |
| 1676s | a lot of really positive feedback about |
| 1678s | that |
| 1679s | feeling more smooth yeah I'm a hater of |
| 1682s | that to be honest you have the option I |
| 1684s | turn it off because I I am just I don't |
| 1685s | know I'm just used to holding shift |
| 1687s | forever even though there's no point but |
| 1690s | um but that's that's |
| 1692s | cool yeah another great bit of feedback |
| 1695s | that we adjusted you know that was |
| 1697s | pretty popular in the community for |
| 1698s | giving that feedback was being able to |
| 1700s | close one of your two portal walls or |
| 1702s | portals rather than than both uh so we |
| 1704s | have made that adjustment as well for |
| 1705s | those who are very Savvy with their |
| 1707s | portaling uh that of course has been |
| 1709s | addressed and as always thank you for |
| 1711s | the feedback oh yeah I forgot about that |
| 1714s | one and that's also optional I think |
| 1716s | what we did is by default like your |
| 1718s | default bindings is just one button to |
| 1721s | close both but if you're the kind of |
| 1723s | person who wants to have two buttons |
| 1726s | mapped or have paddles on your |
| 1728s | controller right you have that |
| 1732s | optionality yeah |
| 1733s | absolutely all right well I do think |
| 1736s | that we're probably going to go ahead |
| 1737s | and take a couple of questions from the |
| 1739s | chat um we do have a full-fledged Q&A |
| 1742s | tomorrow in our Discord if you're not |
| 1745s | part of the Discord please go ahead and |
| 1746s | throw down exclamation point Discord |
| 1748s | exclamation point socials if you want to |
| 1750s | be a bit more involved in the community |
| 1751s | be sure to RSVP for that event in the |
| 1753s | Discord plenty of more time does that |
| 1756s | make sense uh plenty of time to address |
| 1759s | your questions we're only going to be |
| 1760s | able to tackle a few today um so go and |
| 1763s | feel free to ask tomorrow we're doing a |
| 1764s | bunch so make sure if we don't get to |
| 1766s | your question today come tomorrow is the |
| 1769s | point come to the Discord yeah we'll |
| 1771s | answer a bunch of questions and we're |
| 1773s | going to do a lot of this kind of stuff |
| 1774s | going forward so yeah absolutely so yeah |
| 1777s | we'll go Ahad and take a couple of |
| 1778s | questions now uh to Derek and Ian just |
| 1780s | go ahead and you know pick and choose |
| 1781s | questions that you see that you think we |
| 1783s | want to talk about and yeah once again |
| 1785s | tomorrow a lot more questions going to |
| 1786s | be |
| 1787s | answered Dereck I'll let you uh drive |
| 1790s | this because I don't have |
| 1793s | the |
| 1795s | um auo Jesse how does it feel being the |
| 1798s | most handsome at 1047 thank you |
| 1800s | m great question thank you that's a |
| 1803s | great question yeah how does it feel |
| 1805s | Jesse being most handsome at 1047 you |
| 1808s | know I gotta say it feels pretty amazing |
| 1812s | uh how much did you guys pay MC to ask |
| 1814s | no enough |
| 1816s | apparently our marketing budget is gone |
| 1819s | sorry Tim yeah sorry about |
| 1821s | that H I did see a good question uh if |
| 1823s | we can close enemy portals uh yes you |
| 1826s | can we have shifted from the EMP |
| 1828s | grenades and Spate one uh you can now |
| 1831s | actually place your portal over an enemy |
| 1833s | portal uh there is currently a time |
| 1835s | where you cannot I believe it's 3 |
| 1836s | seconds right now that is also of course |
| 1838s | being tested and worked on uh so you |
| 1841s | will be able to replace enemy replace |
| 1843s | enemy portals with the click of a button |
| 1844s | and instantly rather than lobbing a |
| 1846s | grenade and having to wait for that |
| 1848s | grenade to travel so super fun yeah I |
| 1850s | can just add add to that a little bit |
| 1852s | too there's there's a number of things |
| 1853s | we did to make portals just feel better |
| 1856s | um and so part of it was removing the |
| 1859s | EMP grenades that was another one some |
| 1860s | people loved them some people hated them |
| 1862s | but in general we want every button that |
| 1864s | you press to feel very Snappy responsive |
| 1867s | and just fun and it doesn't feel that |
| 1869s | fun to throw an EMP grenade at a wall |
| 1872s | only for the player to then immediately |
| 1874s | spawn another portal right there um and |
| 1877s | so the thinking was we just want you to |
| 1879s | be able to point and click and have it |
| 1881s | feel responsive there's an enemy portal |
| 1883s | there you just shoot it and it's deleted |
| 1886s | um but your portal is invulnerable for a |
| 1889s | few seconds so that you don't get into |
| 1891s | this just battle of spamming portal |
| 1893s | against a portal Walt to try to camp and |
| 1895s | block them when you only have a limited |
| 1897s | resource of your EMP grenades um the |
| 1900s | other thing we did uh there's actually I |
| 1902s | guess a number of changes we made to |
| 1904s | make portals feel better so one of them |
| 1906s | is client side portals and so um I don't |
| 1910s | fully understand the technical details |
| 1911s | here um but I know there's a lot of |
| 1913s | fancy Iris replication Unreal Engine 5 |
| 1916s | Voodoo that we do that basically makes |
| 1919s | portals just way more responsive um |
| 1922s | especially at high ping you know if |
| 1924s | you're sitting next to the server it's |
| 1926s | not going to make a huge difference but |
| 1928s | if you're at 50 ping even um spawning a |
| 1932s | portal there's just that slight delay |
| 1934s | which especially if you're into triple |
| 1936s | portaling or you're trying to do last |
| 1937s | second things in Split gate one very |
| 1940s | difficult to do and it could be the |
| 1941s | difference between life and death in |
| 1943s | Split A2 it's just like how it feels in |
| 1946s | race mode where just you just click that |
| 1948s | button and it spawns instantly and you |
| 1950s | can just move the way you want to uh and |
| 1953s | then the last thing we did is just |
| 1954s | portal nudging um and so really nice |
| 1957s | change cuz you know there's no worse |
| 1958s | feeling than having just not you know |
| 1961s | there's just not quite enough room on |
| 1963s | that portal wall cuz your teammates |
| 1964s | portal is right there and you need one |
| 1966s | more inch and you spawn it and it just |
| 1968s | doesn't spawn and so um one of our |
| 1971s | Engineers Ben Rocklin who many of you |
| 1973s | probably know finest been but uh |
| 1975s | implemented the ability to just nudge a |
| 1976s | teammate's portal right so if if I spawn |
| 1978s | a portal and there's just a few inches |
| 1980s | not enough room it'll just subtly move |
| 1983s | my teammate's portal a few inches to the |
| 1984s | right or left to make room and so |
| 1986s | there's a lot of little things like that |
| 1988s | we've done to just make it feel better |
| 1990s | that you'll especially notice you kind |
| 1992s | of go back and forth between split gate |
| 1994s | one and two you'll notice the difference |
| 1996s | yeah I think portal snapping is another |
| 1997s | one of those where in Split gate it's |
| 2000s | something we saw all the time especially |
| 2001s | among newer players where they'll place |
| 2004s | a portal try to walk through it and |
| 2005s | they'll stub their toe and just get |
| 2007s | stuck right about to walk through it so |
| 2010s | now we do something where it's like okay |
| 2011s | if it's within a certain radius um of |
| 2014s | just being on the floor let's just put |
| 2015s | it on the floor if it's like a foot off |
| 2018s | the ground just snap it to the ground |
| 2020s | and I think we have the option to turn |
| 2022s | that off so if you're a pro player and |
| 2024s | you're just like I don't want it to snap |
| 2025s | to the ground I want it to be six inches |
| 2027s | off you can do that um but yeah for most |
| 2031s | players yeah yeah and and to talk on the |
| 2034s | client side portals um something I've |
| 2036s | seen few times now is obviously in the |
| 2039s | alpha because it's such a limited play |
| 2041s | test we don't have all of our servers up |
| 2043s | you know in the future we'll we'll have |
| 2045s | a lot more regions that you can play in |
| 2046s | so you can play on your local server and |
| 2049s | get the best connection possible um but |
| 2052s | in the alpha we didn't have Australia |
| 2054s | servers so the best server for someone |
| 2057s | in Australia was playing on West Coast |
| 2059s | which is like 200 milliseconds of ping |
| 2061s | which is a lot um and I saw several |
| 2064s | people where I would tell them that they |
| 2067s | were playing on 200 millisecond of ping |
| 2068s | and they were like wait what like I |
| 2070s | thought I was playing on Australia |
| 2071s | servers like that felt as good as |
| 2073s | playing any other shooter when I'm |
| 2075s | playing on my own server which yeah I |
| 2077s | think really shows like the amount of |
| 2078s | work that we've put into trying to make |
| 2080s | it feel good for everybody whether it be |
| 2082s | somebody who has worse internet or you |
| 2085s | know somebody playing on a server with |
| 2086s | their friends that are cross you know |
| 2089s | maybe I'm on West Coast and I want to |
| 2090s | play with my friends on the East Coast |
| 2092s | just making that feel as good as |
| 2093s | possible to to open up people to play |
| 2095s | with their friends and yeah and it's not |
| 2098s | just portals I mean it's everything in |
| 2099s | the game it's just that there's so much |
| 2101s | Network optimizations we've done in |
| 2103s | splitgate 2 that it just feels really |
| 2106s | really responsive um and snappy and and |
| 2108s | I mean even on the uh the hardware side |
| 2111s | there's still more uh improvements to |
| 2113s | come of course um but we've done a lot |
| 2116s | to optimize this thing but especially on |
| 2119s | networking another question I saw from |
| 2122s | code Phoenix um what were the changes |
| 2124s | you guys made for the ttk like what |
| 2126s | weapons and stats did you guys change |
| 2129s | this question was quite a while ago |
| 2130s | there's not a huge stream delay I just |
| 2132s | highlighted it and saved it while we |
| 2133s | were talking to clarify I'll let you |
| 2135s | tackle it yeah so basically um weapon |
| 2139s | balance is kind of the thing I spend a |
| 2141s | lot of my time doing um you know |
| 2143s | adjusting stuff trying to make it all |
| 2144s | feel balanced so just so you guys know |
| 2146s | if anything's ever op you know who to |
| 2149s | yell at um and who to blame it's it's my |
| 2151s | fault um so kind of the process of going |
| 2154s | from alpha to now was you know we again |
| 2157s | heard a lot of feedback about splitgate |
| 2160s | time to kill felt better I wish it was |
| 2161s | like split gate so it was like okay um |
| 2163s | and the original Alpha was basically |
| 2165s | balanced around the splitgate assault |
| 2167s | rifle so a little bit faster time to |
| 2169s | kill you know had to buff up the |
| 2171s | splitgate carbine buff up things to to |
| 2175s | you know match that split gate assault |
| 2176s | rifle which was a bit strong you're |
| 2178s | saying originally not now that was |
| 2179s | originally what we did and um whenever |
| 2182s | we moved you know into now and the play |
| 2185s | test that we did uh recently with a few |
| 2188s | of you guys um we basically said okay I |
| 2192s | think the splitgate carbine is actually |
| 2194s | more what we want to be balancing around |
| 2196s | not the splitgate assault rifle it's |
| 2197s | moved to the splitgate carbine so the |
| 2199s | Aeros carbine basically just said the |
| 2201s | Aeros carbine is going to be exactly the |
| 2203s | splitgate carbine and then let's balance |
| 2205s | everything else around that so um the |
| 2208s | question was like what weapons and |
| 2209s | values did you change we changed every |
| 2211s | value on every weapon um basically went |
| 2214s | through and adjusted everything to be |
| 2216s | okay what would this look like if it was |
| 2218s | balanced with the AOS carbine being the |
| 2220s | splitgate carbine um so yeah changed a |
| 2224s | ton of stuff also made a huge pass on |
| 2227s | weapon drop off just to make it feel |
| 2229s | more intuitive um and more you know |
| 2232s | consistent across all weapons also you |
| 2234s | know impacts stuff like attachments a |
| 2236s | lot so I don't want to dive too deep I |
| 2238s | could talk for hours about the the |
| 2240s | changes we made in kind of my uh |
| 2242s | philosophy on weapon balance and |
| 2244s | Equipment balance and faction balance |
| 2246s | like faction balance wasin definitely a |
| 2248s | big one that we've taken a lot of passes |
| 2249s | at with AOS being tldr though |
| 2253s | ISR is now virtually the same as split |
| 2257s | G8 one's time to kill yep which is |
| 2260s | longer than the alpha |
| 2265s | yep all right well I think we are |
| 2267s | probably going to go ahead and call this |
| 2270s | time uh Dereck and Ian thank you guys |
| 2272s | again for uh the time that you've taken |
| 2274s | out of the day uh very busy time over at |
| 2276s | 10:47 of course so it's appre appr I |
| 2278s | know the community it uh once more uh |
| 2282s | chat as the big streamers like to say uh |
| 2285s | we do have once again a Q&A tomorrow at |
| 2287s | Friday uh 3M Pacific time again |
| 2289s | exclamation point Discord to go and hop |
| 2291s | in there uh wish list the game on Steam |
| 2293s | of course so we know that you're excited |
| 2294s | to hop in the server uh and trust me if |
| 2296s | you if you haven't gotten to play yet we |
| 2298s | are just as excited for you to check it |
| 2300s | out as you are play it so once again |
| 2303s | thank you all so much for your time and |
| 2304s | we will see you all |
| 2306s | tomorrow thank you Jesse thanks |
| 2308s | everybody for tuning in we're going to |
| 2309s | be doing a lot more of this kind of |
| 2310s | stuff in the near future and we'll see |
| 2313s | you tomorrow |