[2022] Co-Creator of Splitgate answers Community questions

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0s	momentarily the man of the hour of
2s	course creator split ian prue
4s	also co-founder of 1047 games and ceo of
7s	1047 games um
9s	wants to talk directly to all of you so
11s	please bear with us as he's probably
13s	wrapping up another important meeting
17s	um also there we go up here
21s	there we go
23s	what's up cardinal
25s	how you feeling
26s	i'm feeling good um you know i have uh
30s	you know we talked to the pros i spoke
32s	with the pros today and and everybody
34s	was very understanding which i was
35s	really happy about um seems like most
38s	people i've i've chatted with have been
40s	pretty understanding which is obviously
42s	uh a relief um
45s	but uh overall i'm just excited to be
47s	able to finally kind of break the news
49s	and and
50s	be transparent about this um because
53s	it's been you know
54s	we want to tell you guys everything
55s	obviously um and uh we wanted the
59s	community first and you know with this
61s	decision it's one of those big decisions
63s	where you can't talk about it right and
65s	as much as we wanted to talk about this
66s	a month ago
68s	we couldn't and so now finally being
70s	able to to share this is really nice
72s	so
73s	i'm feeling good
76s	all right well a lot a lot of
78s	information to unpack we had our initial
81s	uh letter which i hope everyone here has
84s	read
84s	but also we had an faq a lot of uh
86s	nuanced information um so
89s	if you guys haven't seen that um
91s	definitely check the um one of the
93s	recent announcements um slicket.com faq
97s	has a lot of important information but
99s	uh we're gonna at some in a few minutes
101s	we're gonna go ahead and do a q a
102s	anyways um and you know answer your
104s	questions directly here on this town
106s	hall it wouldn't be a town hall if it
107s	didn't have a q a
109s	so uh yeah anyways anything else you
111s	wanted to share
113s	in about uh the decision making process
115s	or
116s	you know about the current game the
118s	future game stuff like that
121s	i mean the main thing i'll say is is
123s	just
124s	i'm very excited and i know that this
126s	was um probably tough for some people to
129s	hear uh but you know i think the
131s	overwhelming feeling internally is is
134s	one of excitement um
136s	you know we we really have a lot of big
138s	things planned for this next game and
140s	obviously you know split gate started
142s	off as a school project you know i don't
144s	know if everyone knows that but that was
145s	literally my senior project in college
147s	at stanford
148s	and uh there's a lot of stuff that we
151s	did really well
152s	you know the gun play the portal
154s	mechanic
155s	you know there's a lot of really really
157s	awesome things i love split gate i mean
158s	i still play it regularly um but there's
161s	also a lot of things we want to do
162s	differently that it's just we've learned
164s	a ton over the past five plus years
167s	and you know this allows us to build
169s	something that i think can truly be
172s	special and can go compete with the
174s	biggest games out there uh and
176s	ultimately that's the goal here right we
178s	want to build something that has the
180s	player base that you guys deserve that
182s	has you know the player base we had when
185s	we first launched this thing on console
187s	and even bigger than that
188s	um and this is what we think is going to
190s	allow us to get there
194s	well said okay
196s	um
197s	i think there's there's some uh probably
200s	a lot of a lot of questions out there
202s	answered in the faq once again if you're
203s	just joining
205s	um
205s	we wanna we're gonna hear your questions
207s	so make sure you raise your hand and
208s	we'll we'll try to get to as many of you
210s	as possible for this hour but please
212s	please check
213s	splitgate.com faq
216s	and there's a lot of information beyond
218s	just the the letter that we
220s	um shared with you guys today so um
222s	anyways well how about we just start
224s	answering some questions ready
229s	okay let's see go ahead and raise your
231s	hand
233s	of you
234s	oh my discord's glitched there's too
237s	many people
240s	hold on okay now it's back all right
242s	let's start with this guy
243s	kennedy
245s	raises his hand
247s	i got the gun
249s	uh thanks for putting this together i am
250s	uh interested to talk to all of you i'm
252s	curious when did you reach this decision
254s	internally and like what was the process
257s	that led you here obviously you're
258s	trying to
259s	basically build a new foundation because
261s	the existing platform isn't capable of
263s	doing all of the things that you want to
265s	do but could you speak to
267s	you know what those things are and what
268s	your timeline has been
270s	yeah absolutely um so i guess timeline
274s	so obviously you know we
276s	we launched the beta in july right uh we
279s	did the massive fund raise in september
281s	right we raised 100 million um right
284s	around the fundraise nick and i started
287s	just thinking about this
289s	it wasn't like hey we should go do this
291s	it was more like you know what do you
293s	think about this like just
295s	you know do you think we should
297s	keep doing this thing you know we got
298s	all this money we've got all this hiring
300s	we need to do
301s	um there's a lot of things we've learned
304s	and sort of the reality of it is like
306s	we've got this really really fun and
308s	special game that you know it does it's
311s	very special it's very unique
313s	um
314s	but there's so much more we could do
316s	with this thing if we started over right
318s	i mean not started over but you know if
320s	we kind of had a clean slate
322s	and so that was kind of the first time
323s	we had any sort of conversation and it
325s	was just me and my co-founder nick we
327s	didn't tell anybody about this we didn't
329s	tell
330s	i mean we didn't tell any of the
332s	marketing people we didn't tell any of
333s	the team we didn't tell any of the
335s	investors it was just sort of me and
336s	nick having a question of like huh yeah
338s	that's kind of an interesting thought
340s	um i think in december
342s	was the first time we had more of like a
344s	more meaningful conversation
346s	and i got a kuvo's opinion on it as well
349s	um
351s	and uh again it wasn't like a serious
354s	conversation it was just sort of like
356s	yeah i don't know guys like you know
358s	what do you think like we want your
359s	opinion derek this could make a lot of
362s	sense in the future um
364s	but you know okay we've got a new beta
366s	season coming you know the server issues
367s	are mostly under control like you know
370s	again let's just table this idea for now
373s	let's keep going um then we did beta
375s	season one
376s	and um
378s	beta season one we learned a lot um
380s	which was good you know i think
381s	especially from marketing um it was a
383s	learning experience for us and you know
385s	we're not spending a ton of money on
386s	marketing but we're testing things we're
388s	trying to see what can we learn and i
390s	don't think beta season one from a
392s	marketing perspective went particularly
394s	well
395s	um
396s	and so we decided okay we gotta do beta
398s	season two
400s	um and uh we need to you know we wanna
403s	we wanna do a different approach to our
405s	marketing you know more kind of
406s	guerrilla marketing more creative you
409s	know we did kind of the the clever stuff
410s	with the the halo content creators um
413s	and actually hillary noob in the tube
415s	had just
416s	he joined in february actually and just
419s	really
420s	brought a lot of creative marketing to
421s	the table so we figured you know let's
424s	do a beta season two
425s	um we think marketing is going to be
427s	much better on this one
429s	um and that'll kind of inform our
431s	decision so the first time we really
434s	talked to a little bit of a broader
435s	group was in
437s	may
438s	and again this is we're talking like a
440s	handful of employees but not by any
443s	means everybody
444s	and we just sort of said
446s	let's see how beta season two goes
448s	and um you know if it if this goes
451s	really well like you know we'll keep
453s	doing this thing but
454s	let's see where we're at if it you know
456s	if this doesn't really move the needle
458s	then i think we need to strongly
460s	consider
461s	um making some more
463s	uh drastic changes to our game plan um
466s	and so
467s	that happened then in june
469s	beta season two came out i think from a
471s	marketing perspective it was actually a
473s	huge success
474s	um like in terms of the number of
476s	eyeballs in terms of just the visibility
479s	we had on on the game it was
482s	significantly better than than beta
484s	season one um but again it didn't really
487s	end up translating to downloads i think
489s	you know you've got a lot of people who
491s	um
492s	really like splitgate who played it when
495s	it came out but they've sort of formed
496s	their opinion on it at this point
498s	and this kind of iterative approach
501s	where we are updating old stuff while
504s	trying to release new stuff while hiring
506s	a ton of people and trying to onboard
508s	them it just
509s	it sort of turned into this thing where
511s	it's the worst of both worlds instead of
512s	the best of both worlds so it was very
514s	inefficient for us development wise
517s	um and it was very inefficient and
519s	ineffective marketing wise and so in
522s	june
523s	um
524s	we
525s	really i guess end of june or early july
528s	is when we finally said okay this is the
530s	decision
531s	um you know we talked about it with the
533s	leadership team i think end of june made
536s	the decision and then in early july
539s	uh told the whole company like all right
541s	guys this is the plan we're going to
543s	slowly start transitioning people
544s	towards the next game
547s	and at that point we had a general idea
549s	of the changes we wanna wanted to make
551s	not like a specific like yeah this is
553s	exactly what the next game looks like
554s	but more of like yeah these are some of
556s	the things we'd like to accomplish with
558s	the next game that we can't do on the
560s	first one um on split gate
562s	um
564s	and so that's when we kind of started
565s	thinking about it and then
567s	came up with a plan and um but yeah i
569s	guess final decision was made early july
572s	cool
574s	thank you
575s	canada real quick yeah if you don't mind
578s	um so it sounds like there's there's two
581s	real motivators here that there's the
583s	things that you're not able to do with
584s	the game right now without a lot of like
586s	development time that uh might be better
588s	spent on a new game and then uh need to
591s	reset the market and the perception of
593s	the game like the the general gaming
595s	community has already formed his opinion
596s	on split would you say that are those
598s	equal factors is is one that way in the
600s	other
602s	um i i think it's there's more factors
605s	than just that those are the two primary
606s	ones i think it's also just which i
609s	guess is more towards development side
611s	uh there's also just the factor of like
613s	we really want to focus on the long term
615s	and not the short term so like you know
617s	a perfect example one of the things we
618s	announced today is the next games being
620s	built in unreal engine 5 right that's a
623s	that's a big undertaking i i think in
625s	the long run that is really going to set
627s	us up for long-term success right we
629s	want to make a game that's around for
630s	the next 10 plus years
633s	we don't want to be on old technology
634s	that started off as a school project
636s	right
638s	and so i think that's one consideration
639s	where you know when we have these
641s	constant beta seasons we don't ever have
643s	the time to
645s	kind of take our time and upgrade and
647s	make a take a massive undertaking like
649s	that because it's always focused on well
651s	we got to get the next feature out the
653s	door we got to get the next
654s	season out the door right and so this
656s	allows us to say hey let's take a step
658s	back
659s	let's build
661s	for the future not for the
663s	you know not for the past not for the
664s	present right um so but i would say i
666s	guess to kind of answer your question
668s	it's it's really 50 50.
670s	both of these were big considerations uh
673s	and there's a couple other little things
675s	that went into our decision but those
676s	are the primary things
679s	cool well thanks for answering the
680s	questions i i work for arena net and you
682s	know go wars 2 team and we uh we play a
684s	lot of your game internally a lot of uh
685s	land parties so
687s	appreciate that yeah thank you
691s	thank you
694s	all right moving on the next one uh
695s	clear water inviting you to speak got
697s	your hand up and once again check out
705s	okay so uh first thing i want to say is
707s	my heartiest and most sincere
709s	congratulations to you all for making
711s	what has been possibly one of the most
714s	fun
715s	to play games that i have ever played
717s	ever the amount of thank you our work
719s	and quality that you've put into this
721s	game is just absolutely astounding and i
724s	i've just enjoyed every single minute
725s	i've played with this game so heart is
727s	the most sincere congratulations to you
729s	all for putting off an absolutely
730s	stunning job
732s	so the main question i'd like to ask you
734s	all is uh one of the major positive
736s	aspects that the game and the community
739s	has was the constant or at least near
741s	constant transparency and communication
744s	between the between various aspects of
746s	the community the the communication
749s	between the developers the community
751s	managers such as endo
753s	the the players themselves in the
754s	discord and various other places on
756s	social media um
759s	one the main question i'd like to ask
760s	here is
762s	during this transitional period between
764s	uh split gate essentially being
766s	sunsetted in a way and the development
769s	on the new game starting uh the main
771s	question i'd like to ask is can we
773s	expect
774s	a high
775s	level of communication and transparency
778s	to continue even during this
779s	transitional period uh when i ask this i
782s	refer to things sort of like um
784s	teasing for stuff while lbt dev vlog
786s	updates and that sort of thing if that
789s	makes sense
790s	yeah no it's a great question and i'll
793s	just say like you know the last couple
794s	months have been particularly hard for
796s	us because we want to be transparent and
798s	we see
800s	questions and posts and it's like man we
802s	you know we want to say all the right
804s	things but right now we just can't can't
806s	be as transparent as we want to be um
809s	you know i think with the next game um a
811s	lot is still being figured out about
814s	you know how are we going to roll it out
815s	i mean even the details of the of the
817s	actual game itself you know we have sort
819s	of a rough idea of what it's going to
821s	look like but there's still a lot of
823s	things that are going to be tested and
824s	thrown away there's going to be things
826s	that we
827s	think we think are good ideas that end
829s	up being bad ideas that we change right
831s	so
832s	i i definitely think um you know we do
834s	want to involve the community in some
835s	capacity and i'll say you know sign up
838s	for our email list like the best way
840s	that you can learn anything about the
842s	new game is to sign up on that list
844s	that's where we're going to be sharing
846s	stuff
847s	we haven't figured out exactly when we
849s	want to start sharing things um and how
852s	much we want to share
854s	but you know we'll certainly be doing a
856s	beta at some point right we'll certainly
858s	be
859s	you know showing stuff off um at some
861s	point but you know this game is still
864s	it's a big big undertaking so it's
866s	it's uh it's a ways away
869s	okay yep that's uh that makes a lot of
871s	sense thank you very much for answering
874s	yeah sorry i don't have a more specific
875s	answer to that but it's okay to
877s	understand well i think there's at some
879s	point there's some stuff that can't
880s	really be talked about until development
882s	on it has continued a bit and you feel
884s	more confident and ready to show it off
886s	yeah
888s	let's add to that really quickly as a
890s	person who largely influences that
892s	decision as the marketing guy here
895s	which is like they're they're kind of
896s	like two approaches right that you can
898s	take which is a very transparent like
901s	even pre-alpha we're just like sharing
903s	and talking about everything with the
904s	understanding of like hey some stuff you
906s	see in here isn't going to be real and
908s	all that kind of stuff and then there's
909s	obviously the more maybe traditional
911s	like let's announce when things are very
914s	solid and have a very short runway from
915s	announce to like having a beta and a
918s	launch and we are more leaning towards
920s	that way we want to try to balance you
922s	know who we are as a company as being
924s	very community forward that
926s	communication though may be a lot more
929s	um
930s	like through like you know private
932s	channels so we're going to involve the
933s	community in different ways but we might
935s	not be saying anything very publicly
937s	that's because ian said right things are
939s	going to keep shifting and we don't i
940s	think we don't want people to start
942s	having an expectation that you know we
944s	need to make a change for and people
946s	feel disappointed because they've been
947s	waiting for a certain type of feature or
949s	whatever um but the other part is you
951s	know one of our challenges in this
953s	decision is you know
955s	you know for the game to be successful
956s	for us to feel good about it like we
957s	need audience at scale right like we
960s	think we have a good product but we've
962s	not been able to recapture the magic of
965s	when we first launched on console a year
967s	ago and so we're very cognizant of like
970s	we need to have another
971s	moment and a lot of our decisions on how
974s	we communicate when we communicate isn't
976s	you know we don't want to do a
978s	disservice to our community and who we
979s	are as a company as being very community
981s	forward but we also know that the thing
983s	that is going to serve the community the
984s	most is having a large group of people
987s	to play with right and having that
989s	moment and those things may kind of be
991s	in conflict with each other but i think
994s	we're going to air more towards we need
996s	we want to be the next apex like i'll
999s	just put it out there like that's what
1000s	we want to be right we want to be a
1001s	movement and i think our for early
1004s	thinking is that means much more being
1007s	close to the vest until we're really
1009s	ready to show stuff um which which is
1012s	unfortunate you know and isn't like i
1015s	think we'll be more transparent we're
1017s	not to be clear we're not taking the
1018s	apex approach of just like silence and
1020s	then all of a sudden here you go here's
1022s	the game um but uh but yeah to to
1026s	hillary's point i mean
1028s	i'm we're not shy about the fact that
1030s	like we're trying to be the next apex or
1032s	i'd even i even go as far to say the
1033s	next fortnight but
1035s	we have very very high ambitions with
1037s	this game what we did with a tiny team
1040s	and a fraction of our budget
1043s	with split gate i mean
1045s	it was it was it doesn't happen
1047s	you know
1049s	with this next game we're taking
1050s	everything to the next level we've got
1052s	the team to do it we've got the budget
1054s	to do it we've got the time to do it
1056s	we've got the you know the formula to do
1058s	it
1059s	and there's changes we need to make but
1062s	that is the goal here we want to be the
1063s	next big thing
1066s	all right we've got let's see here nine
1068s	questions in the queue let's keep this
1070s	moving along thank you thank you very
1071s	much for your time and uh again
1073s	congratulations to making an absolute
1074s	belt we really appreciate that thanks
1076s	man yeah thanks man okay
1079s	moving on next one uh hubristics
1082s	um invite you over here
1086s	hubristics that's the name i recognize
1087s	from the last discord stage we did a
1089s	long time ago
1090s	um
1093s	let us know i didn't buy sentient invite
1095s	tick tock tick tock
1099s	okay
1100s	no response gonna move on to the next
1101s	one sorry
1103s	when i get to as many questions as
1104s	possible during this hour and this hour
1106s	is going to fly by i guarantee it rheem
1109s	come on up
1114s	how's it going
1116s	we can't hear you right now
1123s	hello can you hear me now there we go
1126s	all right perfect
1127s	okay so just wanted to start this off by
1129s	saying uh i've been following this game
1132s	for years i played it first at a pax
1135s	convention nice and it it's easily my
1139s	favorite shooter out there um
1142s	so yeah i saw this announcement i had a
1144s	just one simple question and maybe it's
1147s	not that simple but um
1149s	so this being on unreal five
1152s	how different will the gun play and like
1155s	just the overall
1157s	you know
1158s	running sprinting physics how different
1160s	do you think those are gonna feel is it
1162s	gonna be a drastic change
1164s	no no i i would not expect it to feel
1166s	much different at all i mean there's
1168s	gonna be there will be changes but in
1170s	terms of overall feel i mean it's it's
1173s	the the bread and butter split gate gun
1175s	play that i mean that is
1177s	that's what we do best right and that's
1180s	what we're going to continue to do
1182s	awesome
1184s	that is great news
1188s	cool thank you
1190s	yeah thank you so
1191s	much okay next question going to come
1193s	from christian mag
1195s	just invited you
1198s	hi
1199s	hey
1200s	hey okay well first off
1202s	i know i haven't played the game much
1204s	but i just wanted to say thanks for
1205s	making what could well be one of the
1207s	best to reinsurers made since the 90s
1211s	thank you
1213s	and the question was in the announcement
1215s	you said there was going to be more of a
1216s	focus on revolutionary as opposed to
1218s	evolutionary changes what would this
1223s	will this mean from a gameplay
1224s	perspective if you don't mind my asking
1226s	if you've got a bet worked out yet
1230s	yeah i mean
1231s	i don't know hillary if you want to take
1232s	this but
1234s	i don't think we're ready to say much
1235s	yet
1236s	um i think the main thing i'll say is
1239s	this is going to be more than just hey
1241s	we took split gate and we gave it pretty
1243s	graphics
1245s	that's that's not the goal here
1247s	we want to keep doing what we do well
1249s	which is amazing gun play and an awesome
1252s	portal mechanic
1253s	but there are other changes we want to
1255s	make to make this thing
1257s	bigger and better and just generally
1260s	more awesome
1261s	but still stay true to our core
1266s	makes sense
1268s	and
1269s	just
1272s	one more
1273s	question
1275s	yep any
1277s	so
1278s	okay
1280s	basically you're treating this as not
1282s	did you're treating this like an actual
1284s	new game rather than what some companies
1286s	do which is effectively same game new
1288s	cove paint please buy it
1291s	well it's free so
1293s	but uh true
1294s	but yes
1295s	does this mean that we can expect to see
1297s	some of the things that are in split
1300s	gate like the map creator in the next
1303s	game as well or
1304s	so yeah i'll just uh i'll i'll happen
1306s	here so we're not really talking about
1308s	the next game yet so all we can say is
1311s	it's going to be a shooter it'll be in
1313s	the split kit universe it's going to
1314s	have portals built in unreal engine 5
1317s	and it will be a free game so we're not
1319s	going to make
1320s	a premium game but for now that that's
1322s	all we can really talk about so we're
1324s	not going to talk about any of the
1325s	features or functions of it right now
1326s	and if i can type in real quick like
1328s	today's announcement was about you know
1330s	we are getting development of split gate
1332s	the current game um and the reason for
1334s	that is because we're focusing on the
1335s	next game so technically i guess this is
1338s	an announcement of a new game but like
1340s	we haven't announced anything really um
1341s	if you think about it like that's the
1343s	bottom line
1344s	this is an announcement of a shift in
1346s	focus this is not an announcement of a
1347s	new game yep
1350s	thanks christian
1352s	thank you for taking time to answer my
1354s	questions
1356s	yeah have a good one yeah thanks
1357s	christian
1358s	okay we're uh moving on to nade nade the
1361s	developer of cross planets long time og
1364s	player of split g8 how's it going hello
1366s	can you hear me yeah
1368s	yeah it's been it's been a while since
1370s	i've spoke to a few of you
1373s	um my question is more so uh about the
1376s	company um has there ever been any kind
1379s	of internal discussions besides um
1381s	obviously making games i'm also leaning
1383s	towards becoming a publisher or anything
1385s	within that area obviously with the
1387s	investment comes a lot of opportunities
1388s	for you guys so i'm just wondering if
1390s	you ever thought about um helping other
1392s	startups in india's and stuff like that
1394s	obviously given my role right now you
1396s	can imagine why i'm asking a question
1397s	like this
1399s	you know i i mean i'll start by saying
1402s	on an informal basis like hit me up
1404s	anytime obviously like i know we've
1406s	spoken before i'm absolutely happy to
1409s	hop on a call again and share my
1411s	thoughts and offer any advice i can
1413s	i think in terms of like an actual
1415s	formal publishing deal
1416s	uh we're we're not doing anything um you
1420s	know we we've got a lot on our plates
1422s	and um we don't want to get distracted
1424s	right one of the reasons we are telling
1426s	you all like hey we're
1428s	ending development effectively is
1430s	because we want to be 110 all-in
1434s	focused on one thing and you know maybe
1437s	in the future once we get this one thing
1439s	out the door and successful when it's
1441s	up there with all the other big games
1443s	and it's sustainable then we can start
1445s	shifting focus towards stuff like that
1448s	um
1449s	but uh yeah for for now for the
1451s	foreseeable future just 110 all in on on
1455s	this next game
1457s	yep i have one smaller the question i
1459s	don't know if you'll be able to answer
1460s	this one but is there any kind of
1463s	development timeline you know usually i
1465s	think games roughly go with a three or
1467s	four year development timeline if you
1469s	get any idea how long this might take
1470s	you to
1471s	make uh it's the only thing i think
1473s	we're going to say is it's not going to
1475s	be in 2023
1476s	okay
1479s	yep all right thank you thanks nate
1481s	always good to hear from you yeah you as
1483s	well
1485s	all right moving on let me explain tv
1488s	you're invited to speak
1493s	one of our community creators as it
1495s	looks like
1499s	please come on up
1500s	looks like he's checking his phone
1506s	there we go how's it going man
1510s	hey guys
1512s	um
1513s	i have
1514s	a quite okay start here
1517s	is it no more split gate at all or
1521s	is a whole new game
1524s	uh you mean
1527s	okay well i'll answer this question in
1528s	two ways uh
1530s	first off uh we're not shutting down
1533s	split gate you know you can still play
1535s	it servers are still online uh and
1537s	actually one of the big reasons that we
1539s	really pushed to get the feature of uh
1541s	map creator maps in playlists was for
1544s	this very reason we want to be able to
1546s	still maintain a community and give you
1549s	guys content without requiring dev
1551s	resources so we're going to really be
1553s	leaning heavily towards um
1556s	you know really leaning on the map
1557s	creator community to
1559s	make stuff that uh people others can
1561s	enjoy
1562s	um
1563s	the second way i'll answer it um so this
1565s	next game um
1568s	it's still in the split gate universe
1570s	it's still
1572s	a shooting game it still has portals
1574s	um so you know
1577s	we are we're not going to go make some
1579s	random totally new game that has nothing
1581s	to do with split gate
1584s	okay all right
1588s	wow that was bad okay
1590s	yeah thanks for your question thanks for
1592s	the question hopefully that answered it
1595s	yeah thank you guys
1597s	all right moving on to the next one
1598s	flame tm
1600s	you are invited to speak
1604s	um
1606s	can you guys hear me yep yep okay
1609s	well to be honest i
1613s	i just i just wanted to say first that
1615s	uh thank you guys so much for making
1617s	this game uh
1619s	because
1621s	like a lot of people
1624s	you know i to be honest i've never had
1627s	this much fun in a well-balanced game
1630s	since
1631s	halo reach so
1633s	yeah
1634s	um
1635s	what's your question
1636s	i wanted to ask
1639s	about um
1641s	one thing i didn't understand in the
1643s	frequently asked questions
1645s	about
1646s	uh
1648s	i guess i guess you guys can say it
1650s	maybe but just asking for to make sure
1653s	about the things that we have in split
1655s	gate
1657s	are they gonna transfer or it's just
1660s	completely new game and you guys are
1662s	gonna
1664s	make some kind of compensation for
1666s	people that already play and spent money
1668s	on split gates like yeah in game
1671s	cosmetics or split coins
1676s	do you want to answer that one hillary
1678s	i'll take the tough one um yeah so uh we
1682s	don't have anything to announce in terms
1683s	of what you said which is any kind of
1685s	reward or compensation based on your
1688s	work on the current game that's
1689s	something we're interested in but we
1691s	also can't commit to that because it is
1693s	a new product we do have to have a way
1695s	to actually even be able to identify
1697s	people's accounts connect that with a
1698s	new one so we don't know if that's gonna
1700s	technically be possible for us uh
1703s	depending uh so so on that end we don't
1705s	wanna commit to anything because we
1707s	don't know that we could actually do it
1708s	if we wanted to um but on the the idea
1712s	of skins and everything transferring
1714s	i know our expectation is that you won't
1716s	be able to transfer anything and that is
1717s	because you know we're not just updating
1720s	split gate this isn't going to be split
1722s	gate 1.5 what we make and so
1725s	there is not going to be a way for those
1728s	skins to
1729s	easily just like appear
1731s	throughout the game and i that this is
1733s	me personally i find that most games
1736s	where there is a collection element to
1737s	it right so getting skins getting
1739s	characters whatever it is like part of
1741s	the fun is the chase of all those things
1744s	and so i think it would be very hard to
1746s	bring in like hundreds of skins from an
1748s	old game that you already have like it
1750s	sort of kills some of that chase element
1752s	to it too so you know this is going to
1755s	be a new product within yeah and i'll
1758s	just add to that
1760s	yeah well i'll add two things that one
1762s	like we absolutely do want to do right
1764s	by our existing player base so
1767s	you know we're exploring the options but
1769s	you know we are hoping to reward people
1772s	in some way if we can
1773s	um the people who have been around the
1775s	longest and you know more so than just
1778s	the random people who pick up the new
1779s	game um
1781s	so we're hoping we can do something
1782s	there we just can't officially commit to
1784s	anything yet um
1786s	the other thing i'll add is you know a
1787s	big part of
1788s	this new game is finding our own
1791s	identity um you know
1793s	split started off as a school project
1795s	that evolved and grew over time and
1798s	transformed over time and you've seen
1800s	some of the work we're capable of with
1802s	the abyss remaster and the foregone
1804s	remaster
1805s	but you know these are
1807s	those are the kind of things we mean
1808s	when we say evolutionary change that's
1811s	not a revolutionary change that's let's
1813s	take an old map and let's make it look
1815s	significantly better we can do that now
1818s	with the people we've been hiring
1820s	but we don't want to just be halo meets
1822s	portal you know that was great when we
1824s	were a tiny game with no marketing
1826s	budget and no marketing team really but
1829s	um
1830s	you know we we want to have our own
1831s	identity and so a lot of the visuals and
1834s	just art style it's going to be
1836s	different um
1837s	you know and and it's going to be
1839s	something that hasn't been seen before
1840s	and so a lot of the old content kind of
1842s	contradicts that
1845s	yeah it makes sense
1848s	all right thanks for the question flame
1850s	thanks appreciate everything thank you
1852s	um guys
1854s	okay so just for everyone here i want to
1856s	say we have more questions that we've
1858s	already answered in the queue and we're
1860s	halfway through this town hall so um
1863s	let's when i invite you to the stage i
1866s	ask you to please ask your question
1867s	directly right away and uh for the
1870s	people answering um yeah also treat it
1873s	kind of speedily thank you i don't mean
1875s	to be a harsh radio show host but i want
1877s	to get as many questions as possible
1880s	okay the grim reaper you are invited to
1884s	come what's up
1885s	oh yes sir i've been
1887s	having a blast with the uh the builder
1888s	mode the only questions i really had was
1891s	i know you guys are using that to to
1892s	help keep the game rolling is there any
1894s	way to uh
1896s	add in like a um you know the grouping
1898s	mechanisms they have in the unreal
1899s	engines where when you build like a
1901s	structure you can kind of copy and paste
1903s	it to uh expedite the maps and possibly
1907s	uh make the portal a little more
1909s	adjustable and collidable because i i do
1911s	have a blast doing that i've been
1912s	playing for a while in devon games for a
1914s	while it's it's fun
1917s	yeah i i don't so i don't think we're
1918s	making any improvements to map creator
1921s	for split gate at this point um we do
1923s	have one update coming out on the 15th
1925s	that has a number of bug fixes and it's
1927s	got a free battle pass
1930s	but no no major
1932s	updates like that unfortunately uh but
1935s	i'll just say for the next game um
1937s	without revealing anything obviously
1939s	like we are listening to the feedback or
1942s	split gate you know all of the things we
1944s	hear and see
1946s	for you know with regards of how can we
1949s	improve split gate like those are things
1951s	that we think about when we make our
1953s	next game
1954s	awesome yeah the only other most the
1956s	other questions i had were answered the
1958s	only other one would uh you guys are
1959s	definitely going to do like a
1961s	pre-beta like a beta announcement like
1964s	the other one we've been playing since
1965s	portal wars so
1968s	make sure we stay on board with that
1971s	yeah like i said i mean sign up on our
1973s	website uh so you're on the email list
1975s	we will definitely be doing some form of
1977s	beta um we don't have the exact details
1980s	yet obviously we've got time to figure
1981s	out the marketing rollout and everything
1984s	um but yeah there's gonna be a beta at
1986s	some point
1987s	awesome awesome yeah like i said most
1989s	questions were answered i just had a few
1991s	more on the uh the the map designer
1993s	because that's that's always a blast
1994s	doing that stuff
1996s	definitely look forward to the new game
1998s	thanks chris awesome thank you
2000s	sir
2001s	okay i have to speed things along a
2002s	little bit um we're gonna when we invite
2005s	you to the stage uh we're gonna let you
2007s	ask your question and then
2009s	um
2010s	please excuse yourself and then we can
2012s	move this on really quick
2014s	so all right moving on to atomic blaze
2018s	come on up
2020s	all right a couple questions um
2023s	first of all in the new game do you
2024s	intend to
2025s	bring on the maps in the current split
2028s	gate
2029s	and the weapons in the current split
2031s	gate
2034s	i would say most most things in the new
2036s	game will be new
2038s	okay so
2040s	so mostly new stuff not like not really
2042s	focusing on like the legacy stuff
2046s	most likely that is correct um obviously
2048s	you know
2049s	that may change and you know there are
2051s	fan favorite things that you could see
2053s	returning at some point um but um yeah
2056s	we're focused on building new building
2058s	for the future
2059s	and one more question uh you mentioned
2061s	that there's like a split gate universe
2063s	does that mean that there's like lore
2065s	behind split gate
2067s	like why are these yeah
2070s	we're working on it
2072s	okay
2073s	yes we've actually got a
2075s	hired a writer a creative writer a few
2077s	months ago and he's been
2079s	right he's been working on the universe
2081s	so definitely something we want to we
2083s	want to work on pro tips get on our
2085s	email list
2086s	oh okay i will get on that
2090s	all right thank you
2092s	thank you okay
2093s	ranthium babe you're invited
2098s	welcome hey guys um
2100s	i don't know if you guys know me but you
2102s	probably know me from constantly being
2104s	the person on twitter who's like give me
2105s	more female skins i want more female
2108s	skins so i was super excited to see you
2110s	guys say something about uh some of your
2113s	best female characters yet um and also
2118s	that kind of leads into my question
2120s	uh about what you said about apex
2123s	obviously you know they're very big on
2125s	representation and lore and like all
2128s	kinds of character designs so i guess my
2131s	question is
2133s	a
2134s	what are you doing differently or
2136s	planning to do differently when it comes
2138s	to character design and lore that we
2140s	haven't seen in split gate so far
2143s	and
2144s	what kind of
2145s	i guess pitfalls are you trying to avoid
2148s	that you've seen maybe other games make
2150s	versus you know what kind of things have
2153s	you seen done right in games like apex
2155s	or fortnite that you're directly like
2157s	okay this is this is what we're going
2159s	for
2161s	yeah it's a great question i wish i
2162s	could answer it more specifically um
2165s	what i'll say
2168s	it's definitely something we're mindful
2169s	of
2170s	i guess the two things i'll say number
2171s	one i think you're going to be very
2173s	happy with the the free battle pass
2175s	coming out in a couple weeks i bet um
2178s	and uh i guess number two um
2182s	i mean yeah really all i can say is like
2183s	we're definitely thinking about these
2185s	things um we do want to have more female
2187s	characters especially in in the next
2190s	game um
2191s	and uh
2194s	yeah i mean and we want to have lore
2196s	so not a great question um but you know
2198s	hopefully that at least gives you an
2200s	idea of where our great question is
2202s	yeah no that's great thank you guys so
2204s	much and good luck peace out
2206s	thank you thank you
2210s	okay
2211s	tyro
2213s	yeah you're invited
2215s	surprise pikachu face mj can appreciate
2217s	that
2218s	yeah i noticed that uh all right well
2220s	thanks for having me on love your game
2222s	i've been a daily player for a long time
2223s	and just wanted to speak from the uh
2226s	kind of collector
2227s	like hardcore collector perspective as
2229s	someone who's like
2231s	collected every single common item in
2233s	the game uh
2235s	i'm
2236s	a little
2237s	uh curious if you guys have any radical
2240s	changes you're going to make to the
2242s	daily drops of monetization
2244s	uh or if you're going to
2249s	change it so that when you get drops
2251s	they're not unique anymore i think that
2254s	was a really huge uh aspect of the game
2257s	for me was that you could theoretically
2259s	collect everything from playing daily
2262s	uh
2263s	and finally uh sorry it's like a four
2265s	part question
2266s	but uh i was wondering if you were going
2268s	to try and create more customizability
2271s	of your player characters without having
2274s	to collect a bunch of common base colors
2277s	because that
2278s	vlog
2279s	would be nice to skip this time around
2283s	yeah uh so a lot is up in the air um i
2286s	guess two two things that i will say
2289s	today so one thing is the next game when
2291s	it comes to just cosmetics in general
2293s	we're focused more on quality than
2294s	quantity this time around
2297s	um
2298s	and uh we're definitely looking at what
2300s	other games are doing um
2302s	yeah i wouldn't say monetization is like
2304s	a top priority for us to figure out um
2307s	you know we're just gonna basically
2308s	look at you know we're looking at what
2310s	does valerant do what does apex do what
2312s	does
2313s	fortnite do um you know just kind of
2315s	looking to these other games for
2316s	inspiration and looking at what's worked
2319s	well and what people like um
2322s	like i said i don't have an exact answer
2323s	even if i wanted to give you one because
2325s	this stuff is still being figured out
2326s	but um
2327s	the main goal we've set for ourselves is
2330s	focus on quality versus quantity when it
2332s	comes to cosmetics
2334s	for sure all right well thank you a lot
2336s	um
2338s	just as a note uh
2340s	i guess like it would be if once you
2343s	guys do decide what you're going to do
2346s	to reward players like us who've
2347s	collected so many items i think uh
2351s	just putting it out there that it would
2353s	be a little disappointing to like only
2355s	get like two or three like legacy items
2358s	and then call it quits uh
2361s	if you could preserve some of like the
2364s	seasonal reward challenges or something
2366s	that would be amazing too but uh yeah
2368s	thanks for your time and i love your
2369s	game you guys are great thank you i
2370s	really appreciate the feedback
2373s	um we're gonna have a feedback channel
2374s	here in this discord by the way for the
2376s	future game obviously we can't say
2378s	anything
2379s	much about the next game but you can use
2381s	the current split game as a springboard
2382s	for your feedback of a future game um
2385s	just letting that out there
2386s	okay we got a special guest coming up
2389s	next uh zach's maxed himself you're
2391s	invited what's up man what's up so i had
2394s	a few really quick questions so first of
2396s	all
2397s	will all unreally skins for split gate
2400s	get released obviously dev time is no
2403s	longer being supported so why not just
2405s	throw the stuff we have already out
2407s	there
2409s	i'm not sure i mean i think we uh
2413s	there are some skins that we're not
2415s	proud of that probably will never get
2416s	released because we just don't think
2418s	they're
2419s	good enough quality um
2421s	there's definitely some other skins
2422s	coming that will get released um you
2425s	know like we said in in the free battle
2427s	pass there's a lot of really good stuff
2428s	like it's genuinely our best battle pass
2431s	yet but
2432s	uh but the goal here is not to make
2434s	money right now um the goal is to focus
2436s	on the community so in the next game
2439s	and one last thing what what is the
2440s	biggest thing you guys have learned from
2442s	operating a arena shooter in 2022
2447s	that's a good question
2450s	um
2451s	huh
2452s	how do i answer that without revealing
2455s	anything
2457s	it's definitely going against the green
2459s	right like that's not the trendy thing
2460s	right now
2462s	um
2463s	so
2464s	yeah we have to be more creative that's
2466s	what i've learned as a community manager
2467s	got to be more creative as a marketer
2469s	um i think the main thing i'll say is
2472s	just like
2473s	planning ahead is very important um you
2475s	know i think
2477s	especially with with an arena shooter
2479s	but really for any live service game
2481s	um
2483s	you know it's
2485s	well i guess what i'll say is like a big
2487s	goal of ours when we do launch the new
2489s	game is to be ahead of schedule right
2491s	when we launch it we want to essentially
2492s	have the next season already done
2495s	and the reason for this is you know
2498s	with split gate
2499s	it's just constantly been playing catch
2501s	up and try to
2503s	launch the next thing
2504s	and barely pull it off right so you know
2506s	our last season was four months which
2508s	was a huge improvement over season zero
2510s	which was six months
2512s	um
2513s	but it was always coming down to the
2516s	wire not being able to plan ahead and
2518s	that's really difficult for a live
2520s	service product
2522s	for a number of reasons one you just
2524s	don't end up
2526s	having a good plan because you're just
2528s	kind of constantly playing catch up it's
2530s	bad for development because you end up
2532s	having a crunch at the end which we
2533s	never want to do
2535s	it's bad for marketing because
2538s	they can't plan around stuff that's
2539s	already done they can't film trailers
2541s	ahead of time and so i think the big
2543s	thing is like for us the main thing
2545s	we've learned is we got to be ahead of
2546s	schedule
2547s	not on time not behind schedule we need
2550s	to be ahead of schedule so that
2553s	we know okay this is what the next
2555s	season's going to look like and of
2557s	course it'll change a little bit as we
2558s	go and get feedback but we need to
2560s	launch this thing and know okay this is
2562s	the next season this is the story we're
2565s	going to tell these are the changes that
2567s	are going to make this is how it's going
2568s	to be interesting and we got to be on a
2571s	three-month schedule right you know we
2573s	made a lot of progress going from six to
2575s	four months but that was a that was a
2577s	very cutting it close um barely pulling
2580s	it off um when we launched this thing
2582s	and as the team grows it should be not a
2584s	problem at all but we got to be doing
2586s	three month seasons with lots of new
2589s	content which we're not able to do yet
2592s	partly because of the the team partly
2594s	because we've got a lot of conflicting
2595s	goals right now partly because we're on
2598s	old technology um there's just a lot of
2600s	reasons that this will allow us to get
2603s	ahead of schedule and have a a game and
2605s	a you know a live service product that
2607s	is just
2608s	much easier to iterate on and make
2610s	meaningful content updates
2613s	awesome thank you thanks zach thanks
2616s	zack
2617s	okay last 15 minutes of this town hall
2619s	we're gonna do lightning round so this
2620s	means if when you get called up to the
2622s	stage please ask your one or two
2624s	questions up front i'm going to dismiss
2626s	you after that we'll answer the question
2629s	um just yeah just really want to get
2630s	through as many as we can
2632s	we value everyone's thoughts and and uh
2635s	questions so clearwater you're invited
2638s	hey thanks for having me back um so real
2640s	quick realistically speaking in 5 10 or
2643s	20 years at some point resources will
2645s	have to be reallocated and the service
2647s	for the main game will need to be pulled
2649s	at some point my question is will there
2651s	be any efforts to future-proof the game
2653s	for example releasing the master server
2656s	the game server binary open to the
2658s	public if that's not possible would you
2661s	be okay with like the efforts of models
2663s	reverse engineering the binaries and
2665s	making survey emulators so people can
2667s	continue to log in and play the game
2668s	online
2672s	for split gate the game that's currently
2673s	out
2674s	for split gate for the current game
2677s	um
2678s	well so i think the efforts that we made
2682s	so far to make this game future proof
2684s	were you know and this was a big a big
2686s	focus of ours was let's get this map
2689s	creator into a state where we can put
2690s	map creator maps into playlists right
2693s	the best way we can keep this thing
2695s	relevant is a through community efforts
2698s	through you know doing community events
2700s	and interacting with you guys and b
2702s	through having custom maps where there's
2704s	always new content
2706s	um
2707s	in terms of you know you guys having the
2710s	ability to mod things i don't think
2711s	we're going to take the time
2713s	um to actually open it up that would be
2716s	a pretty big undertaking um
2719s	but in terms of i mean if somebody
2721s	reverse engineers stuff i i don't know i
2724s	mean i'm not gonna go on
2726s	i i mean it'd be a case-by-case basis
2728s	we'd have to see what people come up
2729s	with um
2731s	i don't think i'd have a problem with
2733s	someone trying to find a way to make
2735s	this thing stay alive but um
2738s	yeah i don't have a great answer i guess
2740s	but um i i don't think we have the time
2742s	to do anything meaningful like that but
2744s	we certainly you know this is the very
2746s	reason we wanted to open it up to map
2747s	creators and map creator maps and
2749s	playlists
2752s	okay dilute
2754s	uh
2754s	would would the plan be for this new
2757s	game to release dlc or continual updates
2762s	uh i've continual updates i mean we'll
2764s	probably do some dlc skin packs like
2767s	we've done with with split gate right
2768s	but
2769s	um
2770s	i mean this is going to be a live
2772s	service product
2774s	you know if you look at what fortnite or
2775s	valerian or apex or call of duty do
2778s	i don't see us doing anything crazy
2780s	different in terms of
2783s	you know monetization or
2787s	content daisy lee you're invited
2791s	hey thanks
2792s	um your current game with split gate is
2795s	a first-class citizen for linux gaming
2797s	and on steam deck will the new game be
2799s	linux native or will it be
2802s	uh supported through proton and will the
2804s	new game have any single player aspect
2806s	or is it solely going to be multiplayer
2808s	again
2810s	um
2811s	i don't think we're ready to answer
2813s	anything i mean hillary do you want to
2815s	take this whatever you're comfortable
2817s	sharing yeah well we're not ready to
2819s	answer any of those questions but i
2820s	appreciate you asking
2823s	yeah sorry about that
2826s	wolf rob wolf tech rob my bad you're
2829s	welcome to join
2830s	uh hello um
2833s	uh okay so uh first question is any
2836s	chance you'd convert ongoing split gate
2838s	dev to an unpaid enter internship
2840s	program for academy of art university uh
2844s	so that way they can get experience they
2846s	have a game dev department
2847s	um and then that way the product doesn't
2850s	necessarily just you know um
2854s	you know go unsupported and then the
2855s	other question was uh
2857s	will there be if you can answer this uh
2859s	tactical game plays such as like stealth
2861s	or bow gameplay
2863s	uh for the next uh project
2867s	um
2867s	so first question um a super interesting
2870s	idea uh i i'm open to hearing anyone out
2874s	um so you know i think you can reach out
2876s	to our email list um
2878s	i i don't think we want to take a big
2881s	project on like that but um you know i'm
2883s	i'm certainly open to discussing
2885s	creative ideas like that
2886s	um but obviously that's the first i've
2888s	ever heard of something like that so
2890s	i kind of need time to think about it
2892s	and hear the details
2894s	in terms of the second question um
2898s	like will there be tactical gameplay or
2900s	bows i think was the question um like i
2902s	said we're not ready to reveal any
2904s	anything about the gameplay at this
2906s	point
2911s	i wish we could say more but
2915s	hi so
2917s	about the esports scene do you guys plan
2920s	to continue
2922s	will that continue first will esports
2924s	continue and then do you guys plan on
2927s	continuing to evaluate
2930s	uh and innovate on the format and
2934s	as far as like to make it best for the
2936s	spectators and the players and the teams
2939s	um
2940s	to like or are we just gonna keep the
2943s	same format for
2945s	foreseeable future and also will this
2947s	new game have a competitive scene if you
2949s	guys uh know yeah
2952s	um so the current plan for esports uh
2956s	basically esports is continuing through
2958s	the remainder of 2022 as planned um so
2962s	you know nothing really to change there
2964s	i think there's a couple couple schedule
2966s	changes we're having like a big
2967s	championship tournament at the end of
2969s	the year but it's we're not shrinking or
2972s	getting rid of any esports stuff for the
2973s	remainder of the year
2975s	next year is still tbd um we just
2978s	actually had a call with the pros
2979s	earlier today um we're still figuring
2982s	out the details we are exploring a few
2984s	options we would like to do esports in
2986s	some capacity probably not to the same
2989s	degree that we currently are
2991s	but esports is definitely a big part of
2994s	what makes split gate special and
2997s	i don't see that changing for the next
2998s	game
3000s	okay thank you
3002s	thanks warp
3004s	sir pumps a lot you are invited next
3007s	hello hey thanks for a great game um
3010s	thank you with i got one question
3012s	with current project uh anticipated for
3016s	after 2023
3018s	and as you stated one of the main
3020s	factors of you know transitioning to the
3022s	next project is keeping the community
3024s	together
3025s	for me one of the main hurdles that
3027s	split kate faced for me and my friends
3029s	as we moved to the game uh was the
3031s	friend system and the inviting system
3033s	and basically just getting together with
3035s	the community i know you guys don't want
3037s	to develop anymore or not don't want to
3039s	develop anymore um are not looking to
3042s	develop anymore into this game but could
3044s	you do something about it in this uh
3046s	16th of september uh battle pass if you
3049s	could just like
3050s	i don't know make it so i could i could
3052s	see an invite from somebody while i'm in
3053s	the game
3054s	i'm sure that could like really help us
3056s	out and keep the community together and
3058s	strong thank you
3060s	i appreciate the question um
3062s	yeah unfortunately i don't think we are
3065s	going to make any changes to how friends
3068s	uh the functionality of friends for for
3069s	split gate it definitely i hear you it's
3072s	not something that we're happy with and
3074s	for the next game it's something that i
3076s	have emphasized to the ui ux team many
3080s	many times that this needs to be the
3082s	easiest thing ever to invite friends it
3084s	needs to be
3085s	simple easy anyone can do it we need
3088s	people to be able to play with their
3089s	their friends easily
3091s	but unfortunately for for split gate
3093s	probably not going to make any changes
3095s	for that um we do have that update on
3097s	the 15th which has the free battle pass
3099s	and it's got some bug fixes
3101s	but um nothing friends you know no
3104s	changes to how friends work
3107s	okay thank you
3110s	okay dead x
3111s	or x dead x
3113s	sorry i don't mean to butcher your name
3114s	you're welcome onto the stage
3116s	yeah feel free to give us your question
3119s	all right um
3121s	i'm not going to get my hopes up because
3122s	i doubt you're going to be able to
3123s	answer these questions but um
3126s	is the weapon system gonna like are the
3128s	weapons gonna be the same or is it gonna
3130s	be are the weapons gonna be more like in
3132s	halo like
3133s	you can have multiple snipers or
3135s	multiple different smgs
3139s	um
3142s	yeah yeah yeah so i i don't think we're
3144s	ready to reveal much about the next game
3146s	um but you know we're definitely
3149s	um
3149s	i mean there's a lot of things there's a
3151s	lot of guns we really like from split
3153s	gate and there's also guns we like from
3155s	other games and there's also
3157s	guns that we've thought of that
3160s	are totally different that are just our
3162s	own ideas i definitely will say we want
3165s	we want the next game to have more gun
3167s	variety
3168s	i think we can push it further
3171s	we also want the game the next game to
3173s	be less of just a halo meets portal
3175s	right so it's not just going to be hey
3177s	here's a bunch of halo guns
3179s	that's something we're really trying to
3180s	move away from so
3181s	i think you will be very pleasantly
3183s	surprised with the guns in in the next
3186s	game
3188s	uh and boulder b campaign
3190s	oh
3191s	i heard the question though he said will
3193s	there be a campaign um one question
3195s	sorry guys yes well i was just gonna say
3197s	um i don't think we're answering
3199s	anything about that unless hillary wants
3201s	to but
3202s	yeah we're not really talking i know
3204s	it's frustrating but we're not really
3205s	ready to talk too much about the next
3206s	game
3207s	i'll say this uh without giving a lot of
3210s	detail our expectation is that when we
3212s	do finally show you the next game you're
3214s	not it's not just going to be oh well
3216s	you made something prettier it's that
3218s	you'll understand that we couldn't just
3220s	add on to what we're currently making we
3222s	had to make a new game to fit what we're
3224s	designing
3226s	yeah
3228s	d franklin
3230s	what's up
3231s	uh so my question is uh is uh september
3235s	15th a hard cut off for uh season two
3238s	and have you all considered using the
3241s	referral codes as a future transfer of
3244s	uh you know thanking people for playing
3246s	this one in the new game
3249s	um so that will be the cut off for the
3252s	the battle pass so a new battle pass
3254s	will go live on the 15th um so you got
3256s	to make sure you guys finish
3258s	the existing one before then
3260s	um
3261s	the referral code so
3263s	the new uh
3264s	i mean this is probably too technical
3266s	but the new game is going to be um
3270s	i mean there are some technical
3272s	complications here um that it would not
3275s	be super straightforward to just take
3278s	that and just
3279s	yeah it's it's not an easy task it's
3280s	something we're looking into on what we
3282s	can transfer over if anything
3286s	okay
3288s	thanks franklin
3289s	thank you koala symphony you're up next
3292s	we're almost done here guys
3295s	you're not talking about uh gameplay but
3298s	i do i i'm just deathly curious um
3300s	hopefully you can
3301s	answer to the best of your ability will
3303s	the new game be
3305s	an arena shooter just straight up and if
3307s	so
3308s	um
3309s	how much of the core gameplay loop that
3311s	you've so like
3313s	expertly honed in on split gate can be
3316s	carried over
3317s	into the new game despite it being a new
3319s	engine and all that yeah
3322s	so again like i mean i i can appreciate
3325s	the question uh i don't think we're
3326s	gonna answer any gameplay related things
3329s	right now um but you know
3332s	it's it's still a fps with portals right
3336s	it's still there's a lot of things that
3338s	we really like about split gate that we
3340s	want to keep doing
3341s	um
3344s	and i i will i guess
3347s	you don't have to worry about the gun
3348s	play like i mean this is it's still
3351s	gonna be a split gate game you know
3353s	you're gonna you're gonna be happy
3355s	but i can't say much more than that yeah
3358s	thank you thank you
3359s	thanks symphony all right final uh
3362s	question from hidden boxes and then
3364s	we'll do concluding thoughts
3368s	hi i love the game um
3370s	question with the um
3373s	movie of the week will that would that
3375s	be continuing going forward like will
3377s	still have a chance to earn that title
3381s	hillary
3383s	yeah that's a that's a perfectly great
3385s	question uh so we right now um have
3388s	always planned to do the movie of the
3389s	week for at least uh i think four
3393s	uh weeks of that so we'll do the rewards
3395s	a few more times um carrying it beyond
3398s	that we're not sure i think it'll be
3400s	just sort of it might be a little bit on
3402s	the interest level right so for getting
3403s	different people uh submitting stuff we
3405s	obviously know we have a unique reward
3408s	on there and a title too to go with it
3410s	so we want to make sure that people have
3411s	the opportunity to
3413s	to earn that in the future so so we'll
3415s	continue for the time being um but even
3419s	independent of this decision we wanted
3421s	to see what the response was before we
3422s	decided if we would carry that out long
3424s	term so um you know if you have
3426s	something to submit definitely do that
3429s	because we're still looking at stuff and
3431s	we'll keep giving out awards for the
3432s	next few weeks and then uh totally isn't
3435s	even tied actually to this choice to end
3437s	the development on split gate um is just
3440s	to see if this program is something
3441s	people are are hyped about and
3443s	submitting stuff to as long as we're
3445s	getting like more content to actually
3448s	make judgments on then i think we're we
3450s	probably would extend it but it would be
3452s	tbd on that
3454s	thank you so much
3456s	thanks hidden
3457s	okay a quick message from one of our
3459s	mvps jimin mode says he was here at the
3462s	start of this game he'll be here at the
3463s	start of the next game i think that
3464s	sentiment has been shared far and wide
3466s	from all our uh loyalty
3469s	yeah our loyal fans and community
3470s	members we can't wait to see this go to
3472s	the next level um quick housekeeping and
3475s	i'll just add to that i mean you know
3476s	we're getting a lot of questions that we
3478s	can't answer but
3480s	all i will say is this is going to be a
3482s	game for you guys this is a game that
3484s	you will love truly that is the goal
3486s	we're not trying to go make some crazy
3488s	totally different thing
3490s	that is just an absolute departure this
3492s	is a game we love split gate and we want
3495s	to make a game that
3497s	we also you know we want to make a new
3499s	gun that we game that we love even more
3501s	right
3503s	all right and uh on that note of we
3504s	can't answer everyone's questions we do
3506s	have a reddit ama if you go to
3509s	reddit.com
3510s	r slash
3511s	split gate um top pinned
3514s	post there you can ask any question
3516s	there on reddit um ian will be there for
3518s	the next hour answering your questions
3520s	um also also very very important
3523s	yeah make sure
3524s	you have read our letter that's all over
3527s	social media right now and on our
3528s	website
3530s	and also our faq splitgate.com faq those
3533s	are really good resources that answer
3535s	most everyone's questions that were
3537s	asked today
3538s	if you have any more questions head over
3539s	to the ama or just tag us on twitter
3542s	we'll do our best to answer as many as
3544s	as possible
3546s	and i think that wraps it up
3548s	thanks everyone for for being here and
3550s	uh
3552s	warmly and also big props to all of you
3554s	for not trolling us like i know that
3557s	maybe we were a little bit too
3559s	overzealous of like
3561s	yeah um
3562s	people not
3564s	being on ball with their their questions
3566s	but yeah thank you for being respectful
3568s	and um giving us your questions directly
3570s	so
3571s	we will
3572s	we will be staying in touch thanks
3574s	everyone
3576s	awesome thanks everybody i really
3578s	appreciate all the questions and support
3581s	thanks all
3583s	thank you guys

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