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| 14s | tim and i have been |
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| 16s | talking about building an rts for many |
| 19s | years this is something that |
| 21s | it's a game that needs to be made |
| 23s | this is an audience that needs and |
| 25s | deserves another big next step |
| 28s | and it's something that we have been |
| 29s | wanting to make for so long we just |
| 31s | decided that this is a plunge we had to |
| 32s | take this was something that we had to |
| 34s | do and |
| 35s | uh and there was no other choice for us |
| 38s | it's been a year and a half journey for |
| 39s | me so far between raising the financing |
| 42s | building the team |
| 43s | and just getting |
| 45s | the operational aspects of the company |
| 46s | stood up at the same time we've had to |
| 50s | build an engine |
| 51s | establish a vision for the gameplay and |
| 54s | also develop a whole new universe we |
| 62s | the genre of rts and starcraft 2 in |
| 64s | particular has had so much loyalty and |
| 67s | so much stability in its core fan base |
| 69s | that it is |
| 70s | inspiring to think about how long rts |
| 74s | has been on the market and how |
| 76s | rarely big impactful rts games get made |
| 79s | for this audience i understand the |
| 82s | thought process |
| 84s | at major publishers around real-time |
| 86s | strategy by nature of having reached the |
| 89s | scale that they have there's an |
| 91s | expectation that they're going to focus |
| 93s | on |
| 94s | the most predictable successes that they |
| 96s | can |
| 97s | their public companies their |
| 98s | shareholders expect that from them and |
| 100s | it's smart from a business perspective |
| 103s | for us being so passionate about this |
| 105s | genre |
| 106s | the question we ask ourselves is not |
| 110s | is this the way that we can maximize |
| 112s | return on investment the question we ask |
| 115s | ourselves is can we make something great |
| 117s | that we believe players will love and |
| 119s | that we will be proud of at the end of |
| 121s | the day |
| 122s | and that's the freedom that comes from |
| 125s | being at a smaller company we're just |
| 127s | lucky to be in a position where we can |
| 129s | focus on what we're really passionate |
| 130s | about our goal is rooted |
| 133s | in the personal level it's rooted in |
| 134s | what we love this is rooted in what we |
| 136s | feel we're not reading off of some |
| 138s | spreadsheet and saying the best calculus |
| 140s | for us to reach success to reach the |
| 142s | most revenue is by going into this |
| 144s | category and doing this sort of |
| 145s | microtransaction and boom let's somehow |
| 147s | make a game that kind of sort of |
| 149s | supports that we knew there were two |
| 151s | possible approaches we could take one |
| 153s | approach was completely throw out |
| 155s | everything that's come before with rts |
| 158s | and try to reimagine the genre as |
| 161s | something new |
| 162s | the other approach is to take everything |
| 165s | that's come before and try to make |
| 168s | improvements based on the feedback that |
| 170s | we've gotten working on those things |
| 173s | and we very much took that approach one |
| 175s | of the things i love most about rts is |
| 177s | that |
| 178s | you can play them in so many different |
| 180s | ways and none of the ways is |
| 183s | the right way the one mode to rule them |
| 186s | all right |
| 187s | rts's have a huge rich history and |
| 189s | competitive play |
| 191s | but they're also really well known for |
| 193s | incredibly strong stories told through |
| 195s | campaigns |
| 196s | you can look at a game like starcraft |
| 197s | and you can see um such an incredibly |
| 200s | strong cooperative mode there a lot of |
| 202s | players they find pvp really |
| 204s | intimidating but with the co-op |
| 205s | experience where you're just kind of |
| 206s | beating up on an ai player you know |
| 209s | that's that's very approachable and not |
| 211s | only that |
| 212s | your your friend who is maybe more |
| 214s | experienced can bring you in on board |
| 216s | you um and kind of showed you the ropes |
| 218s | we really believe that games have moved |
| 222s | from being solitary experiences to being |
| 225s | social experiences there's been |
| 227s | tremendous evolution whether you look at |
| 229s | moba or battle royale or even |
| 232s | experiences like roblox that are |
| 234s | inherently social |
| 236s | that bring people together in a game |
| 238s | world or through a game experience |
| 240s | rts has |
| 242s | offered some multiplayer modes before |
| 244s | and and we added two player co-op with |
| 246s | legacy the void to starcraft 2. |
| 249s | but there really hasn't been an rts |
| 252s | designed from the ground up with |
| 254s | facilitating social experiences in mind |
| 257s | and |
| 257s | for us um you know in the campaign it's |
| 260s | now possible to play cooperatively our |
| 263s | formerly two-player co-op mode in |
| 265s | starcraft 2 is now a three-player |
| 268s | open-ended co-op experience in stormgate |
| 270s | one of the things we're looking into for |
| 272s | three-player co-op is the idea of uh |
| 274s | soft roll differentiation we want |
| 276s | players to be able to |
| 278s | to able to fill the roles that they feel |
| 280s | very comfortable in we kind of already |
| 282s | have that in a way with starcraft 2 |
| 284s | co-op where some commanders are better |
| 286s | at defending some better some commanders |
| 288s | are better at attacking but we want to |
| 290s | really emphasize that in storm gate we |
| 292s | want to say maybe an experienced player |
| 294s | can just build the army can take care of |
| 296s | the threats whereas a more newbie player |
| 298s | someone who's new to the game is able to |
| 300s | kind of just expand build their bases |
| 302s | defend their bases and support their |
| 304s | ally competitive pvp in stormgate will |
| 307s | consist of two distinct modes there's |
| 309s | going to be the 1v1 mode which is going |
| 311s | to appeal to the core rts audience the |
| 314s | core audience that really is into |
| 316s | esports and really into the journey to |
| 318s | mastery we're also going to have a |
| 320s | looser 3v3 pvp team battle mode in which |
| 324s | you can bring in friends |
| 325s | and have a lot of fun there story uh is |
| 328s | near and dear to my heart personally as |
| 330s | well as many people on the team and i |
| 332s | want to answer |
| 334s | the question about whether or not we're |
| 335s | going to support story whether or not |
| 336s | we're going to have a campaign mode or |
| 338s | what that's going to look like and i |
| 340s | want to say unequivocally yes that we |
| 341s | are absolutely going to deliver a |
| 343s | fantastic story we are delivering |
| 346s | campaigns that you can play single |
| 347s | player you can also play them co-op |
| 350s | which is a new addition to the genre i |
| 352s | think it's going to bring something new |
| 353s | to the table where you can experience |
| 354s | these stories not just by yourself which |
| 358s | is fantastic if that's how you want to |
| 359s | do it but you can also share them with a |
| 361s | friend and in my experiences cooperative |
| 364s | experiences |
| 365s | bring a lot of just additional value |
| 367s | additional enjoyment to the table and so |
| 370s | as a team co-op is something that we |
| 372s | believe in and finding a way to weave |
| 374s | that into the story is going to be |
| 375s | really important to stormgate |
| 381s | command i |
| 382s | may be onto something |
| 392s | so all kinds of terrible things are |
| 394s | happening on earth uh we've got |
| 396s | overpopulation we've got climate change |
| 398s | we have extreme weather |
| 401s | and all of these things have put |
| 403s | humanity in a very perilous position |
| 407s | so one of the things i'd like to talk |
| 409s | about if it's all right is a science |
| 411s | program that |
| 413s | humanity has initiated to try and |
| 416s | address these problems it's called sigma |
| 420s | and this ties into the storm gates |
| 424s | the name of the game |
| 426s | so the sigma program there are different |
| 428s | branches of the sigma program sigma-6 is |
| 432s | actually part of the program that |
| 433s | happens in the |
| 435s | arctic and what they're trying to do is |
| 438s | open up a portal to another dimension so |
| 440s | basically so humanity could escape if |
| 443s | they need to to get away |
| 445s | when the earth becomes uninhabitable so |
| 449s | they're actually able to do that they |
| 451s | open this portal it happens during a |
| 453s | solar storm in the arctic |
| 456s | uh but what they did is they opened a |
| 458s | doorway to basically the infernal home |
| 460s | world we all come from different |
| 461s | backgrounds as far as games we've worked |
| 463s | on at different studios and stuff like |
| 465s | that so we all come in with |
| 466s | kind of our own plan and then as we're |
| 469s | kind of working through things we come |
| 470s | up with a lot of different ideas as a |
| 471s | group |
| 472s | the ideas are better as a group i'm |
| 474s | finding uh like we go into a lot of |
| 477s | things we're designing and i'm like okay |
| 478s | i got a plan for what i want this to be |
| 480s | and then as the concept artists kind of |
| 482s | get their thoughts into it we all kind |
| 484s | of it's always pluses that and the |
| 486s | modelers get it and then they have ideas |
| 488s | that they want to add on to it and so |
| 489s | it's kind of a group |
| 492s | design in a way with the humans with the |
| 494s | very curvilinear designs and stuff like |
| 495s | that kind of the sleek feel but then |
| 498s | kind of |
| 499s | as we're |
| 500s | diving more into it we want kind of a |
| 501s | bit more beaten down kind of look and so |
| 504s | we're still kind of figuring a lot of |
| 505s | that out right now and so |
| 507s | we all just have what's neat is we're |
| 508s | all bringing our own influences in and |
| 510s | that's what's really nice about being at |
| 511s | a smaller studio is like everybody can |
| 513s | kind of get their own flavor into the |
| 515s | soup in a way so |
| 516s | so the mechs are part of the advanced |
| 518s | technology that we're going to see in |
| 520s | the game and we'll see all kinds of |
| 522s | things you know it's it's a little bit |
| 523s | of a mixture of things that we're very |
| 526s | familiar with that really haven't |
| 527s | changed very much and technology that |
| 530s | has moved forward and has progressed and |
| 532s | the mechs are part of that you know the |
| 533s | way we talk about is basically |
| 535s | mechs were originally built to help with |
| 537s | you know construction projects and |
| 539s | things like that |
| 540s | but obviously they're being used against |
| 543s | the infernals and it helps when you have |
| 546s | something that's just as big and |
| 548s | powerful as an infernal to go up against |
| 551s | it as we saw in the cinematic |
| 554s | we're trying to really think like |
| 556s | where technology will be |
| 558s | before the apocalypse really happens and |
| 560s | then kind of rediscovering that |
| 562s | technology in the process |
| 564s | we're just now kind of getting to like |
| 566s | what is |
| 567s | what is the world like that is not the |
| 569s | factions that are fighting it but the |
| 570s | people that are still living there |
| 572s | is it all beaten down and they're just |
| 574s | in little tents here and there are they |
| 576s | still rebuilding do they have buildings |
| 578s | that are still existing and so we're |
| 580s | trying to give this kind of |
| 582s | lived-in kind of vibe |
| 584s | um and i'm hoping not to tell like a |
| 585s | story artistically that's just like |
| 588s | everyone's just waiting to die like i |
| 590s | want |
| 591s | it to feel like humanity is prospering |
| 593s | um in in groups and in clusters that the |
| 596s | human faction is trying to keep |
| 597s | protected and and grow but then also |
| 599s | learn from like what humanity has done |
| 601s | in the past being able to harness mother |
| 604s | nature in a way that's sustainable and |
| 606s | it's not just like |
| 607s | uh continuing to keep and keep taking |
| 609s | and stuff like that so we're looking at |
| 610s | like what would they do for wind energy |
| 612s | or sun energy or other |
| 614s | other ways that we just haven't thought |
| 616s | of with a like uh |
| 618s | biology and algae growth for like food |
| 621s | and stuff like that and it's it's a lot |
| 623s | of thinking about things and talking |
| 625s | about it that we then inspire us |
| 627s | artistically then go and try to build |
| 628s | that in the designs of the world and |
| 630s | stuff so infernals have been here before |
| 634s | you'll notice that they look demonic |
| 637s | they're not demons in the |
| 640s | judeo-christian sense of demons what we |
| 643s | on earth know is demons |
| 646s | they're an otherworldly race that |
| 648s | basically goes from one planet to |
| 650s | another and they take resources |
| 654s | uh they take some of the best fighters |
| 656s | on that planet and they basically turn |
| 658s | them into warriors to join the infernal |
| 662s | army the infernal army is all about |
| 664s | numbers all about you know brutality and |
| 667s | and mass |
| 669s | numbers and and savage tactics |
| 672s | to take over their their enemies which |
| 675s | they've used the the worlds that they're |
| 677s | invading |
| 679s | we're honestly still exploring what the |
| 681s | infernal look is i i love the idea and |
| 684s | we've talked about this a lot of |
| 686s | what if the the what we know as a demon |
| 689s | now is basically cave paintings and |
| 692s | everything handed down and and so it's |
| 694s | not just the |
| 696s | the |
| 696s | the demon we know that's red with horns |
| 698s | but somebody saw |
| 700s | a millennia ago a demon and then that is |
| 703s | what got evolved through like the |
| 704s | passage of time and then |
| 706s | word of mouth over time that's what it |
| 707s | became that we know of |
| 710s | you know we haven't really gotten into |
| 712s | the characters yet we saw a couple of |
| 714s | characters you know we saw the the |
| 716s | archaeologist in the announcement |
| 718s | cinematic we saw the mech we heard the |
| 720s | voice of the person who's piloting the |
| 723s | mech but we have some really amazing |
| 725s | characters that we've been |
| 726s | spending a long time to flesh out and to |
| 730s | give really amazing arcs they're very |
| 732s | complex characters and i think when |
| 735s | people start to learn about those |
| 737s | characters journeys and how that's going |
| 739s | to fit into some really amazing game |
| 741s | play i think people are going to be very |
| 743s | excited we do these uh weekly narrative |
| 745s | meetings where mickey and tim kind of |
| 747s | explore like |
| 749s | what the |
| 750s | what the story is and the whole |
| 752s | background everything like that and it |
| 753s | is so much |
| 755s | bigger than i had in my head like i was |
| 757s | very simplified for me when we started |
| 759s | like oh it's going to be this and there |
| 761s | is this millennia of history that they |
| 763s | have figured out and everything like |
| 764s | that and kind of artistically being able |
| 766s | to eventually get to all that and |
| 768s | explore it as a team is really exciting |
| 770s | to me so stormgate we're designing |
| 774s | to really be a game that continues to |
| 776s | evolve and move forward every single |
| 779s | year |
| 780s | that you're playing it um on the story |
| 782s | side you will be able to unveil |
| 784s | new twists and new turns and new |
| 787s | characters for players to interact with |
| 789s | every single year as we're going forward |
| 791s | and that's going to take form in uh in |
| 794s | episodic content we will be releasing |
| 796s | additional campaigns on a regular |
| 798s | cadence as we move forward |
| 800s | and so there will always be the steady |
| 802s | flow of new stories new interactions new |
| 804s | awesome missions to be playing uh for |
| 807s | people who love that but even beyond |
| 809s | story in all aspects stormgate is a game |
| 813s | that is designed to be ever evolving we |
| 816s | will be |
| 817s | um |
| 817s | releasing new content on a regular |
| 820s | cadence we will be introducing new |
| 822s | characters that can be played in the |
| 823s | form of heroes on the team side and on |
| 826s | the co-op side um we'll be introducing |
| 829s | new maps and constantly churning the the |
| 831s | map pool on the competitive side |
| 833s | introducing balance changes this is a |
| 835s | torch that we're carrying forward well |
| 836s | into the future and we're we're building |
| 838s | this game to have legs so that it's |
| 839s | something that players can know and love |
| 841s | for many years with starcraft 2 |
| 844s | we've learned a lot of lessons over the |
| 845s | years i've spent a lot of time at |
| 847s | blizzcons and things like that standing |
| 849s | behind players who are |
| 851s | you know playing the game for the first |
| 852s | time and watching them play |
| 854s | and seeing sort of the struggles that |
| 856s | they have how do we get those people |
| 857s | into the game how do we make it a little |
| 859s | bit easier for them to kind of get into |
| 861s | the groove get into the fun of of |
| 862s | playing the game as quickly as possible |
| 864s | part of what we're trying to do is just |
| 867s | look for the areas that are |
| 869s | creating friction that are intimidating |
| 872s | uh and polish those not take away the |
| 875s | depth not take away the high skill |
| 878s | aspect of the game not make this baby's |
| 880s | first rts or a dumbed down real-time |
| 883s | strategy game |
| 884s | but at the same time try to put |
| 887s | ourselves back into the mindset of what |
| 889s | it's like to be a new player coming in |
| 891s | and what were the things that we found |
| 894s | intimidating or challenging |
| 896s | and improve those anecdotally as a dev |
| 898s | when i was on starcraft 2 um i heard a |
| 901s | lot of stories from like people just on |
| 902s | the street like meeting like you for |
| 904s | example um and i asked them oh do you |
| 906s | know about starcraft they're like yeah i |
| 908s | hear i've heard about starcraft do you |
| 909s | play starcraft yes i've played starcraft |
| 911s | how did you get into starcraft and they |
| 913s | answered back oh my my friend got me |
| 915s | into starcraft and this has been a very |
| 917s | common occurrence over the past like |
| 918s | five or so years of my life how do |
| 920s | people |
| 921s | come to the game and uh we think a lot |
| 923s | of people come in because their friends |
| 925s | are pulling them in or they're |
| 926s | recommending them so what can we do to |
| 928s | enhance the onboarding experience when |
| 930s | you're playing with your friend who's |
| 931s | trying to bring you in is there is there |
| 933s | things that we can do there rather than |
| 935s | have their friend wait while they try a |
| 937s | tutorial being able to learn how to play |
| 939s | the game with your friend at the same |
| 942s | time that they're playing a mission |
| 945s | perhaps giving you pointers |
| 947s | is powerful um what are some of the |
| 948s | things about actually playing the game |
| 951s | that are a huge barrier to teaching the |
| 953s | player how to play what are some of the |
| 954s | things about playing the game that make |
| 956s | it um something that people |
| 958s | might feel is too overwhelming to |
| 960s | continue to play once they learn like |
| 961s | how can we make it so that people feel |
| 963s | really comfortable getting into that |
| 965s | groove of having the the fun and |
| 966s | engaging with the strategy inside the |
| 968s | game we know that players also struggle |
| 971s | even once they've they've learned the |
| 972s | basics because there's so many different |
| 975s | micromanagement tasks that are required |
| 977s | to even just play the game at even a |
| 979s | basic level that we really want |
| 981s | to kind of smooth and improve |
| 984s | as we can over time control groups are |
| 985s | something that are critically important |
| 987s | to rts games not just starcraft 2 but |
| 989s | pretty much every rts game |
| 991s | in existence relies upon control groups |
| 994s | in one way or another control groups |
| 996s | allow you to sort of |
| 997s | group a set of units and then press a |
| 1000s | single hotkey to select those units and |
| 1001s | then issue them orders and things like |
| 1003s | that but that's actually a really |
| 1004s | difficult thing to teach players one of |
| 1006s | the things that we're looking at in |
| 1008s | stormgate is to have these control |
| 1010s | groups be automated so as soon as a unit |
| 1013s | comes out of a barracks or a factory or |
| 1015s | something like that |
| 1016s | it will automatically be added to a |
| 1018s | control group and that makes it really |
| 1020s | easy for us to to teach new players this |
| 1022s | this whole approach of hitting all of |
| 1024s | these different things to make sure that |
| 1026s | we have a social experience when people |
| 1027s | get into the game we we have team modes |
| 1029s | so that the game feels uh has some |
| 1032s | amount of viralities that people want to |
| 1033s | bring in their friends to play because |
| 1034s | there's something to play with their |
| 1035s | friends um and so that once their |
| 1037s | friends come in the game feels easier to |
| 1040s | onboard through tutorialization or um |
| 1042s | special maps that might make it easier |
| 1044s | to learn to play alongside your friend |
| 1046s | or uh some of these ui tools that we've |
| 1048s | talked about like automated control |
| 1049s | groups that um make it easier to to kind |
| 1052s | of get into the the meat of playing the |
| 1054s | game and having fun uh and putting off |
| 1057s | some of the mechanical barrier maybe to |
| 1058s | a little bit later in in your career as |
| 1060s | a player i have been developing this |
| 1062s | type of game for many many years and i |
| 1064s | am |
| 1065s | constantly blown away by the quality |
| 1068s | and the variety and just the innovation |
| 1070s | of |
| 1071s | the types of maps and mods that the |
| 1073s | community comes up with when we release |
| 1075s | tools to them user generated content is |
| 1077s | an incredibly important part of of rts |
| 1079s | games uh especially you know coming from |
| 1082s | blizzard rts game background uh warcraft |
| 1085s | 3 was maybe the greatest mod platform |
| 1087s | that ever existed and in entire genres |
| 1090s | spawned from there some of the most |
| 1090s | successful games of all time dota you |
| 1092s | know league of legends these things came |
| 1094s | from warcraft 3 essentially um when you |
| 1097s | open up a new map in our editor just |
| 1099s | like warcraft 3 or starcraft 2 you're |
| 1101s | going to see terrain so the first thing |
| 1104s | you see is a bunch of of dirt and you're |
| 1106s | going to be able to immediately start |
| 1108s | raising cliffs and and placing trees and |
| 1111s | you know putting units down on it you |
| 1112s | need to be able to get in there and |
| 1114s | you're going to be able to see that |
| 1115s | terrain right away so that you can start |
| 1116s | to feel comfortable in the context of |
| 1118s | what you're doing we need an |
| 1119s | approachable interface we need a lobby |
| 1122s | system where people can clearly see the |
| 1123s | other things people are playing so that |
| 1125s | that uh momentum can happen for games |
| 1128s | where you see people playing you hop in |
| 1130s | that game gains some popularities the |
| 1131s | word starts to spread and we also know |
| 1134s | that it needs to be super easy for |
| 1135s | people to create and share maps very |
| 1137s | quickly so they can get their friends in |
| 1139s | because that's a really encouraging |
| 1140s | thing as a developer for most rts games |
| 1143s | uh when you want to |
| 1145s | launch the editor to make a map you |
| 1146s | actually have to go |
| 1148s | you don't do it within the game itself |
| 1149s | you actually have to go into windows |
| 1151s | find the folder for the game and there |
| 1152s | will be a separate application that you |
| 1154s | launch to to create a game by putting it |
| 1156s | directly in the game even at the top |
| 1158s | level so you have |
| 1160s | campaign co-op create something that's |
| 1162s | something that we really want to achieve |
| 1164s | because it'll get so many more people to |
| 1166s | try out these tools and it also puts a |
| 1168s | lot of impetus on us in order to make |
| 1170s | sure that the tools are a really uh |
| 1172s | first class experience as well |
| 1174s | stormgate is absolutely free to play the |
| 1176s | decision to go free to play |
| 1179s | is rooted entirely in our desire to tear |
| 1183s | down barriers |
| 1184s | to the rts genre we want players to come |
| 1187s | in and experience the genre that we love |
| 1190s | we want to bring not just current fans |
| 1192s | of rds we want to bring people who maybe |
| 1194s | remember playing an rts many years ago |
| 1196s | but who lapsed and we want to bring them |
| 1197s | back we want to bring in new players and |
| 1199s | so |
| 1200s | lowering that price point barrier to |
| 1202s | free to play is rooted in |
| 1204s | making our community healthier and |
| 1206s | bringing more players in here |
| 1208s | but then allowing people to buy more |
| 1211s | content |
| 1212s | of the types that they want so this is |
| 1214s | something that is entirely opt-in you |
| 1216s | can play all these different modes |
| 1218s | without paying for content there but if |
| 1220s | you want more of different types of |
| 1221s | content then you can vote with your |
| 1223s | dollars and you can support us to |
| 1226s | continue making that type of content for |
| 1228s | you we are absolutely |
| 1230s | not paid a win |
| 1231s | i don't need to say no nfts again but |
| 1234s | there is no nfts |
| 1236s | and loot boxes for example we get asked |
| 1237s | loot boxes all the time does free to |
| 1239s | play mean that you're doing some sort of |
| 1241s | coercive loot box |
| 1243s | uh monetization scheme and no that's not |
| 1246s | what we're doing i can put that that |
| 1247s | concern to ease a free to play is about |
| 1250s | bringing more players into rts so that |
| 1252s | we can all have fun playing this game |
| 1254s | together |
| 1255s | we |
| 1256s | learned a lot taking starcraft 2 free to |
| 1258s | play in 2017 the thing that we saw when |
| 1260s | we did that was that the player base |
| 1263s | substantially increased |
| 1266s | and |
| 1267s | as a developer of course we want more |
| 1269s | people to experience what we build but |
| 1271s | even for the health of the player |
| 1272s | community that bigger player base is |
| 1275s | critical i mean it's like part of our |
| 1276s | core mission with stormgate to bring rts |
| 1279s | to more players so it just makes sense |
| 1281s | uh for us to be free to play but it's |
| 1284s | important for us to |
| 1286s | approach that in a way that avoids the |
| 1289s | potential pitfalls of that business |
| 1291s | model we want to make sure that we're |
| 1292s | thinking about esports for from the |
| 1294s | player perspective |
| 1296s | in a lot of games esports is seen as |
| 1297s | this high pinnacle of just the most |
| 1299s | elite players in the world are engaging |
| 1301s | with this and then everyone else is |
| 1302s | relegated to watching we don't see it |
| 1304s | that way we see it as just another way |
| 1306s | of engaging with |
| 1307s | the best that you personally can do and |
| 1309s | pushing yourself to new limits so when |
| 1310s | we're thinking about esports and ways |
| 1312s | that players can engage we want to look |
| 1314s | at it in all the different aspects and |
| 1315s | find things that really speak to |
| 1317s | different skill levels of players and |
| 1318s | different types of engaging with the |
| 1320s | game stormgate's integrated esports |
| 1322s | system is really trying to make it so |
| 1324s | that getting involved with your first |
| 1325s | competition is super simple and super |
| 1328s | approachable once you've gotten involved |
| 1330s | and gotten that taste of competition |
| 1331s | we're looking to surface as much |
| 1332s | information as we can to help players |
| 1334s | understand |
| 1336s | what did they do well in a game when did |
| 1337s | they maybe misstep and |
| 1339s | miss a proper strategy or proper |
| 1341s | execution so that they can then figure |
| 1343s | out okay if i want to practice and get |
| 1344s | better here's the way to do it and maybe |
| 1347s | that's going to involve surfacing some |
| 1349s | content from creators that are really |
| 1351s | getting involved in the community as |
| 1352s | well we want to make sure there's these |
| 1353s | touch points that bring the players |
| 1355s | enthusiasm and desire to go deeper into |
| 1358s | the rest of the community and build |
| 1360s | something that feels really strong for |
| 1362s | everyone involved so if you're coming in |
| 1364s | for the path to pro and you just want to |
| 1365s | have a good casual experience with your |
| 1367s | friends that's something that we want to |
| 1368s | reward and make available to you however |
| 1370s | if you want to grow in your experience |
| 1372s | and try to actually push yourself to |
| 1373s | your your personal limits maybe try to |
| 1375s | go professional we want to make sure |
| 1377s | that you're getting really high quality |
| 1379s | competition against other players of |
| 1380s | similar skill so that you're getting |
| 1382s | awesome practice and you're able to push |
| 1384s | yourself |
| 1385s | and continue to grow and that will go |
| 1387s | through a very predictable and a very uh |
| 1389s | approachable path to pro experience |
| 1391s | getting you up to the point that you're |
| 1393s | on broadcast and developing fans and |
| 1396s | able to speak to |
| 1397s | the people that are loving the |
| 1398s | strategies that you're creating and the |
| 1399s | skill that you're able to show the rest |
| 1401s | of the world and the rest of the |
| 1402s | community we can build this |
| 1405s | approachable circuit that finds the best |
| 1407s | players teaches them what they need to |
| 1409s | do to level up their game and then |
| 1411s | displays these really cool narratives |
| 1412s | that we're going to be building year |
| 1414s | rounds to |
| 1415s | show high quality entertainment to the |
| 1417s | viewers this starts from tournaments |
| 1419s | that we're going to be running ourselves |
| 1420s | but it also integrates third party |
| 1423s | competitions that we'll be supporting in |
| 1425s | many different ways so that anywhere in |
| 1427s | the world that someone's playing from |
| 1428s | they're going to be able to show their |
| 1429s | skill and show themselves being better |
| 1431s | than their competitors and getting onto |
| 1433s | that main stage we feel a burden to try |
| 1436s | to live up to the expectations that |
| 1438s | players have and we have our work cut |
| 1440s | out for us on that front the best way |
| 1442s | that the community and players who are |
| 1444s | interested in stormgate can help us is |
| 1446s | by providing feedback and that's |
| 1448s | possible to do by participating in the |
| 1451s | subreddit which is slash our stormgate |
| 1455s | and also looking for opportunities to |
| 1458s | both participate in the beta uh and to |
| 1461s | participate in other feedback sessions |
| 1462s | that we hold between now and the launch |
| 1465s | of the product the rts community is is |
| 1467s | the best that's why we're here that's |
| 1469s | why this company was founded that's why |
| 1470s | this game is being made and why all of |
| 1472s | this incredible team have come together |
| 1474s | to make this it's because of you it's |
| 1476s | because of this community uh and so i i |
| 1479s | just want to encourage you and say thank |
| 1481s | you uh and i i can't wait to to see |
| 1485s | where this adventure goes and hope that |
| 1487s | we live up to everything that you're |
| 1489s | wanting to see here you you the |
| 1490s | community are our |
| 1492s | north star and why we're building this |
| 1494s | so uh thank you for all the support and |
| 1497s | let's go and make a great game together |
| 1521s | oh |