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| 1s | hi there I'm Alan Dyan I'm our director |
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| 3s | on stormgate here at Frost giant Studios |
| 6s | and today we're going to show you a |
| 6s | little bit of a sneak peek about what |
| 8s | we're doing with some of the factions |
| 9s | and some of thematic uh tonal change to |
| 12s | the game and one reason for that is we |
| 15s | released the Early Access and we got a |
| 16s | lot of good feedback from the fans and |
| 18s | also allows us during that time before |
| 20s | we go to 1.0 to kind of step back |
| 23s | realize where we can improve on where we |
| 25s | can iterate on just like any game Studio |
| 28s | I think Early Access is tricky because |
| 30s | you're going to everyone sees behind the |
| 31s | curtain a little bit before things are |
| 33s | fully baked and every Studio has the |
| 36s | same thing where they kind of sit back |
| 37s | and iterate more and I think this is our |
| 39s | chance to do that and we're talking |
| 41s | about some more uh kind of edgy hardcore |
| 43s | themes for the game like they have space |
| 46s | demons let's Edge him up a little bit |
| 47s | make them a more uh evil and more uh |
| 52s | menacing intimidating and for Vanguard |
| 54s | trying to figure out like how to make it |
| 56s | more unique and the and the the you know |
| 58s | the RTS genre and make it feel more uh |
| 60s | like storm Gates you know human faction |
| 63s | and so today I'm going to show you a |
| 65s | little preview of how we're going to |
| 67s | dramatically change and kind of reinvent |
| 70s | some of the current characters that you |
| 72s | already play with so let's talk about |
| 74s | the infernals first so one thing I want |
| 76s | to do is I want to have more Magical |
| 77s | elements to them a lot more glyphs um we |
| 80s | almost have this pseudo I call it the |
| 82s | Space Magic Tron style where they have |
| 84s | like these lines on them which is like |
| 86s | magical ruines and symbols and a little |
| 89s | edgier darker more scary more |
| 91s | intimidating and this is the brute uh |
| 93s | the new version of him this is the |
| 95s | similar iterator process we have going |
| 96s | through him and so obviously with rtss |
| 99s | you want from top down you want that |
| 101s | that weapon to read really well and so |
| 103s | we're going major big with this stuff |
| 105s | and we end up doing is going toward this |
| 108s | for the final design big shapes of read |
| 111s | well uh more demonic symbols more of a |
| 114s | uh manufactured less archaic medieval |
| 118s | armor these guys have been in space for |
| 120s | you know eons right and they're not just |
| 122s | bunch of Barbarians like Hulk smash |
| 124s | they're they're much more U |
| 126s | sophisticated than that even though |
| 127s | they're incredibly violent and evil |
| 130s | inherently I think one thing we did a |
| 132s | minor thing is I took the eyes off the |
| 134s | uh the character here that just makes it |
| 135s | a little freakier overall you can't see |
| 136s | that in the game but whenever you see it |
| 139s | in the uh the portraits and everything |
| 140s | else you'll notice the uh intimidating |
| 142s | Factor so one cool thing about the |
| 144s | brutes is they actually turn into fiends |
| 147s | and so this is a new version of that if |
| 149s | you're familiar with the game this is |
| 150s | definitely departure but it feels more |
| 152s | thematically tied into the new brute of |
| 155s | course and you can see the similarities |
| 157s | with the horns and again no eyes on them |
| 159s | and it's kind of a raptor is vibe to |
| 162s | them and just making it feel like much |
| 164s | more scary much more intimidating like |
| 166s | if it if it had a a slight horror mie |
| 168s | vibe to it so here we have a current |
| 171s | unit the gaun that we readed from |
| 173s | scratch you may notice it and now is not |
| 175s | a body on the ground anymore it is a |
| 178s | quadruped or demonic centaur element and |
| 181s | we and we have the ruins on it just play |
| 183s | up the Magical elements we try to make |
| 185s | it more just intimidating more |
| 186s | beast-like and instead of throwing axes |
| 188s | now has a magical energy glave which |
| 191s | kind of shoots out like a boomerang and |
| 193s | it's it feels like it's got a much |
| 194s | better read in the game and it |
| 196s | definitely has much more uh darker tone |
| 199s | to it than a previous |
| 201s | version so here we go here is some new |
| 205s | Concepts for a Caster character to the |
| 207s | infernals and as you can see compared to |
| 208s | the current release of the game this is |
| 210s | again much more darker much more |
| 212s | Sinister uh just more intimidating a |
| 215s | little more grotesque and just overall |
| 217s | darker edgier so those Concepts led to |
| 220s | this final concept of our caster and |
| 223s | again it's very unique we're trying to |
| 224s | make it work creepy and feel like what's |
| 226s | special about our IP and what special |
| 227s | about our space demons and the fact that |
| 230s | he's got all these smle sets of arms |
| 232s | that fold in and make the body and he's |
| 234s | got magic just oozing through him and |
| 236s | just like lots of effects are going to |
| 237s | be going off in this guy lots of the |
| 239s | ruins and the glit of course we're |
| 241s | trying to play The Masks right now on |
| 243s | some of the characters to determine uh |
| 246s | if there's anything in the lore for the |
| 247s | infernals that'd be kind of cool like |
| 248s | you know they I can only show their face |
| 250s | they get to a certain level of uh |
| 252s | achievement or uh you know destruction |
| 254s | in their in their society or something |
| 256s | so there's uh some cool lore building |
| 259s | we're trying to do right now with this |
| 260s | stuff too which is really exciting and |
| 262s | you'll notice the ruin on top so we want |
| 264s | we want to kind of edge those into the |
| 265s | game in a way that makes sense for |
| 269s | spellcasting and uh buildings being |
| 271s | activated and play that up a lot more so |
| 274s | here's another character we're playing |
| 275s | with right now it's a caster and it's |
| 278s | kind of a take on the Hellraiser old |
| 281s | puzzle box type of thing where she stand |
| 283s | on like a bandora's box and she has this |
| 285s | key of sorts and she'll plug it in to to |
| 287s | unleash it and it would transform and |
| 289s | cast out various spells so going from |
| 292s | the initial sketch is just the idea of |
| 294s | it and then once we figure out the theme |
| 296s | and the basic uh gameplay and what we |
| 298s | want her to be like then we go into the |
| 300s | concept phas here which we detail out a |
| 301s | lot more with our amazing concept |
| 303s | artists and as you can see the key |
| 305s | turned into more of a magical staff and |
| 307s | we're trying to figure out how to make |
| 308s | it more Dynamic with it pigling around |
| 310s | and different key combinations and also |
| 312s | trying to figure out is the puzzle box |
| 315s | is that the best thing we could use for |
| 317s | a thematic uh vehicle for her to stand |
| 320s | on and so here's just some other ideas |
| 323s | all of them are super cool and there's |
| 324s | never a problem coming with cool ideas |
| 327s | the problem is trying to figure out |
| 328s | which one fit and which one you actually |
| 329s | didn't have time for because you know |
| 331s | there's all tying in with narrative and |
| 334s | gameplay and so it's it's it's trying to |
| 336s | TI the pieces together is a tricky part |
| 338s | but we have a lot of good ideas here and |
| 340s | so we took that and we came up with |
| 343s | another round of them dialing things in |
| 345s | a bit more and as we also worked on the |
| 347s | infernal New U structures and bases the |
| 351s | buildings we tried to tie some of those |
| 352s | architectural elements and some of the |
| 354s | themes and ruins and colors into this so |
| 357s | there's more of a cohesive feel for them |
| 359s | across the whole raid |
| 360s | this is the final version for the model |
| 362s | sheet although we're still playing with |
| 363s | the the shape of the Box on the bottom |
| 366s | and the point here is the key goes into |
| 368s | the puzzle box and some kind of basic |
| 370s | transformation cool magical effects |
| 372s | going off and she's going to be really |
| 374s | unique and again more intimidating more |
| 376s | uh elegant in a in certain way than a |
| 379s | typical you know brute would be but |
| 381s | still very vicious and intimidating and |
| 385s | trying to put a spin on it because right |
| 386s | now it's so hard to put this the spin on |
| 387s | demons right it's been done you know |
| 390s | Every Which Way in the universe and so |
| 392s | we're trying to figure out what makes |
| 393s | our ones unique what what makes ours |
| 395s | just more interesting and cool the fact |
| 398s | that the infernals have been around for |
| 399s | eons again and have had a civilization |
| 402s | that's although incredibly violent and |
| 405s | just Sinister they've actually evolved |
| 407s | over time they have this like magical |
| 408s | Tech to this degree and they're not just |
| 410s | monsters with chains and horns and you |
| 412s | know screaming and running to their |
| 413s | death right they they're much more |
| 415s | fisticated than that so we're trying to |
| 417s | use this character here to help kind of |
| 418s | convey some of those elements |
| 421s | so we talked about that last character |
| 423s | being influenced with it by the |
| 424s | architecture and so this is a very basic |
| 427s | example of something we might have for |
| 429s | the infernals which is a huge monolithic |
| 432s | magical generator of sorts once we get |
| 434s | the cornerstones and the keystones of |
| 436s | some of these themes and elements and |
| 437s | colors and feel good about that that |
| 439s | will tie in directly to the the units |
| 441s | and the other buildings and so it starts |
| 443s | off the a little Point like this and |
| 445s | then it branches off and everything |
| 446s | starts snowballing which is great and so |
| 449s | here's just a very quick preview of some |
| 451s | of the the new shap LS you're talking |
| 453s | about again this is just super ideation |
| 455s | of big monolithic elements look very |
| 458s | heavy intimidating and have some |
| 459s | animation thought to them again this is |
| 462s | just something we may or may not use but |
| 464s | it's just a starting point which you |
| 465s | have to have in order to kick everything |
| 467s | off and so that's just a sneak peek into |
| 469s | what we're doing for the infernals and |
| 471s | we're also trying to update some of the |
| 473s | other races as well so here's a little |
| 475s | preview of something we're playing with |
| 476s | on the new technology level we're trying |
| 478s | out for the Vanguard super excited about |
| 480s | it but you can tell here we're |
| 482s | showcasing the more rounded Advanced |
| 485s | underlying technology in the Vanguard |
| 487s | and less of the kind of rag tag Rusty |
| 491s | know duct taped uh Survivor kind of |
| 493s | stuff with the gray boxes and our |
| 495s | everything and we're trying to figure |
| 496s | out how to make our stuff unique like |
| 497s | what makes our Vanguard our humans at |
| 499s | stormgate different and not just a |
| 502s | ragtag group of soldiers using breast |
| 504s | the old equipment and so they still have |
| 506s | the the war torn elements to it they've |
| 507s | been through Austin fisers bullet holes |
| 510s | scratch marks you know magic burn marks |
| 512s | on them dirt but this is just a Showcase |
| 514s | of what we could go with the style and |
| 516s | has we propagate out to the rest of the |
| 518s | army now this unit has a lot of feedback |
| 520s | from the community and so we decided to |
| 522s | Target it for one of the redesigning |
| 525s | from scratch for the Vanguard it's the |
| 527s | same functionality same gameplay it's a |
| 529s | it's a it's a fast land vehicle shoots |
| 532s | out missiles there's gameplay specific |
| 534s | things like you need to see the missiles |
| 535s | so you can count them when they're |
| 536s | shooting and it transforms into this |
| 540s | missile Tower when it's deployed and you |
| 541s | can see the transformation on the side |
| 543s | here how it works out we had it figure |
| 544s | it all out and the next phase will be |
| 546s | blocking it out getting some basic |
| 548s | animations in and it's always tricky |
| 550s | when we do a unit like this because it's |
| 552s | super cool I love transforming things |
| 554s | group with rootch and all that and it's |
| 556s | super geeky and we we love it it just |
| 558s | takes a lot longer to figure everything |
| 560s | out and so it's definitely some |
| 561s | consideration by which ones we want to |
| 563s | redo at one point but we're super |
| 565s | excited about this one so that was just |
| 568s | a little peek into the new Direction |
| 569s | we're doing for the Vanguard and the |
| 571s | infernals and we have so much more cool |
| 572s | stuff to show you guys can't wait to get |
| 574s | into your hands and thanks for stopping |
| 576s | by |
| 579s | [Music] |