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| 0s | momentarily the man of the hour of |
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| 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 |