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| 1s | hi this is Tim and I'm excited to share |
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| 3s | with you a bunch of information about |
| 4s | storm Gate's very first Early Access |
| 7s | content update since launching stormgate |
| 9s | into Early Access we haven't taken our |
| 11s | foot off the gas at all our team has |
| 13s | been super hard at work on new features |
| 16s | and new content that we're excited to |
| 17s | get in your hands as quickly as possible |
| 20s | some of the stuff we've been working on |
| 22s | we've already shared publicly but a |
| 24s | bunch of the stuff we've been working on |
| 26s | has not been unveiled yet and we're |
| 27s | going to be sharing more about it in the |
| 29s | weeks and months ahead for now for our |
| 32s | very first content update we've been |
| 34s | laser focused listening to your voice |
| 37s | homing in on your feedback and the |
| 40s | topics that matter the most to you and |
| 42s | I'm pleased to say our team has cramped |
| 45s | a ton into this update that I think |
| 47s | you'll care about so I'm excited to show |
| 50s | you more let's dive in check this |
| 53s | out one of the biggest points of |
| 55s | feedback that we've received so far is |
| 57s | around our campaign's main character |
| 59s | Amara we originally built her model to |
| 62s | look good from an isometric top down |
| 64s | gameplay perspective with a distant |
| 66s | camera her body proportions and face |
| 69s | were exaggerated to read well from long |
| 72s | distances they weren't up to our |
| 73s | standards though when viewed up close |
| 75s | during cut |
| 77s | scenes so in this update we've recreated |
| 80s | her with more realistic body proportions |
| 83s | more detailed hair and a higher quality |
| 85s | facial mesh overall that's set up for |
| 87s | lip syncing and face animations in the |
| 89s | future |
| 93s | you'll get to see the improved omara |
| 95s | inar cutcenes that are rendered in |
| 96s | engine as well as during gameplay but |
| 99s | we'll still for a temporary period of |
| 101s | time have the original Amara in our |
| 104s | pre-rendered interludes which will take |
| 105s | more time for us to |
| 108s | update Castiel leaps into battle as our |
| 111s | second Celestial hero while Celestial is |
| 114s | traditionally rever animous Castiel is a |
| 117s | bit of a heretic and he chooses to |
| 119s | instead collect and weaponize it to |
| 121s | destroy his |
| 122s | enemies |
| 123s | unworthy Castiel sacrifices enemy or |
| 127s | Allied units alike restoring health and |
| 129s | building up stacks of damage that can |
| 131s | persist until death Castiel also brings |
| 135s | with them the Archos Ark ship an |
| 137s | improved Ark ship variant that moves |
| 139s | faster across the map and has unique |
| 141s | abilities like the powerful Soul Cannon |
| 143s | judgement is past as our thanks for your |
| 147s | support Castiel will be free for all |
| 149s | players who purchase the ultimate Early |
| 151s | Access pack on steam or the ultimate |
| 153s | Founders pack on |
| 155s | Kickstarter we also heard from players |
| 158s | that they wanted to see visual |
| 159s | improvements to our maps and |
| 160s | environments so in this update we've |
| 162s | worked on our terrain textures |
| 164s | accentuating the normal maps and |
| 166s | specular details that you can |
| 169s | see we've also adjusted the lighting |
| 172s | position in our levels we previously had |
| 175s | sunlight casting from the bottom and |
| 176s | front which had a tendency to flatten |
| 178s | out a lot of terrain units and structure |
| 182s | es now lighting and shadows have been |
| 184s | adjusted on every single map that we |
| 186s | have to offer more contrast across the |
| 193s | board environments are a huge part of |
| 196s | what immerse players into game worlds |
| 199s | and this is still an area of very active |
| 203s | development we're also introducing Co-op |
| 206s | weekly challenges not only has Co-op |
| 208s | hero progression been sped up over |
| 210s | overall offering more XP based on kills |
| 213s | difficulty and duration of your matches |
| 216s | but now you can earn bonus XP each week |
| 218s | by winning a match against a rotating |
| 220s | set of |
| 221s | mutators mutators can be both positive |
| 224s | and negative here are a few |
| 227s | examples ready to blow when an enemy |
| 230s | unit dies its corpse explodes after 1 |
| 232s | and 1/2 seconds infantry assault every 2 |
| 236s | minutes an enemy Barrack spawns |
| 238s | somewhere on the map you better kill it |
| 241s | before it unleashes a devastating attack |
| 243s | wave and before too many Barracks spawn |
| 245s | to overwhelm your |
| 246s | forces got to go fast Allied units have |
| 250s | plus 50% movement speed reconstructed |
| 254s | when an enemy unit dies it resurrects 2 |
| 257s | seconds later with 50% Health movement |
| 259s | speed and attack speed # zombies |
| 263s | speaking of zombies one of our |
| 264s | developers made a custom versus map |
| 266s | called spooky Boneyard where a zombie |
| 269s | spawns after every unit dies it's |
| 272s | available in both 1 V1 and 2v2 formats |
| 276s | in this |
| 277s | update this nighttime map is a bit |
| 280s | chaotic and has revealed some unexpected |
| 282s | strategies so we're eager to get in your |
| 284s | hands and see how you enjoy |
| 286s | it we've also added a new versus map |
| 289s | called Furious resolve your first three |
| 292s | bases are highly defensible making for |
| 294s | great macro games with plenty of open |
| 297s | space in the center for big battles |
| 301s | we've also made a ton of other |
| 305s | improvements from audio reworks to |
| 307s | balance updates and a whole heck of a |
| 309s | lot more one example is that we're |
| 311s | tuning a pathfinding feature called push |
| 313s | priority in the real world bigger things |
| 316s | naturally don't care about smaller |
| 317s | things getting in their way so we're |
| 319s | using push priority to help bigger units |
| 321s | more naturally and effectively reach |
| 323s | their |
| 324s | destination players may be familiar with |
| 326s | this from the magmod Don's trample |
| 327s | ability but now some larger units have |
| 329s | pushed PRI it innately to push friendly |
| 332s | units aside even if they're locked onto |
| 333s | a Target on a chaotic Battlefield these |
| 337s | sorts of interactions being resolved |
| 339s | more easily and more cleanly can make a |
| 341s | huge difference on the feel of how units |
| 343s | are pathfinding through our |
| 345s | battles additionally for the infernals |
| 347s | Weavers can now walk over friendly units |
| 351s | let us know what you think here as we |
| 352s | hope these two changes together allow |
| 354s | for more natural control of your |
| 357s | armies another highly requested feature |
| 360s | was improved hotkey |
| 362s | customization players can now change add |
| 365s | and remove modifiers for hot |
| 369s | keys there are also a few updates to |
| 371s | stormgate UI we added area of effect |
| 374s | targeting indicators to highlight the |
| 376s | radius of many abilities before you use |
| 381s | them and a new Option called smart |
| 384s | attack is now available for moving and |
| 386s | attack moving using only the mouse |
| 393s | this is going to be great from an |
| 394s | accessibility perspective or for people |
| 397s | who don't want to be using both hands |
| 399s | while they |
| 401s | play The Observer and Replay uis have |
| 405s | also been updated they Now display a |
| 407s | match timer and observers have the |
| 409s | ability to display a score for each |
| 411s | player right in the |
| 414s | game and lastly if a player is ever |
| 416s | disconnected from a co-op match they can |
| 418s | now rejoin that game as long as it's |
| 421s | still in |
| 424s | session and I'd like to end this update |
| 427s | by saying thank you to you the players |
| 429s | and our community your voices are |
| 431s | helping to shape stormgate and we |
| 433s | couldn't be more grateful for you being |
| 435s | on this journey along with us I'd love |
| 438s | to encourage anyone who's not already |
| 439s | part of the conversation to go ahead and |
| 441s | join us on Discord if you would like to |
| 443s | leave us a review on steam but to |
| 445s | participate and to share your thoughts |
| 447s | on the future of RTS and how to make |
| 449s | stormgate as as great of a game as |
| 451s | possible I am looking forward to seeing |
| 453s | you in battle I hope you really enjoyed |
| 454s | the update that we have for you |
| 459s | [Music] |
