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| 1s | my earliest RTS memory is probably |
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| 3s | playing Dune at my friend Matt's house I |
| 6s | did not have a PC at home but he did and |
| 9s | when he would eat dinner with his family |
| 11s | I would play Dune in the other room |
| 13s | because nobody else was using the |
| 14s | computer I would play The Narrative |
| 16s | campaigns for Warcraft and Starcraft 2 |
| 18s | and I would play through the narrative |
| 20s | campaign on the easiest mode and be like |
| 21s | this is great I'm getting a sense of the |
| 23s | story and then I'd try multiplayer and I |
| 25s | got Zerg rushed instantly and I died and |
| 27s | I was just like oh the first time I |
| 30s | heard about RTS that has to be from my |
| 33s | sons um two very young DieHard RTS |
| 37s | players um who used to come downstairs |
| 39s | from their attics sit on the end of my |
| 41s | bed and make me memorize the names and |
| 44s | the factions for each of the Starcraft |
| 46s | players we used to play Warcraft 2 after |
| 50s | hours when I was Consulting with |
| 52s | Activision way back when like every you |
| 55s | know every day and just that the |
| 57s | bloodlusted ogre sound every time I hear |
| 59s | that sound just like brings back those |
| 62s | memories I just love being annoying with |
| 64s | all of my units it's the my favorite |
| 65s | thing in every game I'm a huge fan of |
| 67s | every cheese strategy in every RTS game |
| 70s | and that's all I like to play and that's |
| 71s | what I prefer to |
| 73s | watch I'm so horrible at PVP all of our |
| 77s | internal uh tournaments and everything |
| 80s | I've just been like okay just like just |
| 82s | beat me into the ground do it fast make |
| 84s | it quick during a play test I will |
| 86s | typically uh load into the game uh build |
| 89s | as fast and as rapidly as I can uh and |
| 92s | then inexplicably lose to the Sea of |
| 95s | units that has somehow been built more |
| 97s | fast than me uh and then GG out of that |
| 101s | I spent most of my time playing Uh |
| 103s | custom games uh um's and uh be Game |
| 107s | Hunter as fast as map possible I was |
| 110s | really a campaign player for Starcraft 2 |
| 112s | I played each of the uh the games that |
| 114s | came out I just love to play Campaign |
| 116s | and so I'm really looking forward to |
| 117s | that for stormgate as well I am a huge |
| 120s | ner |
| 121s | I love uh Logistics optimization Supply |
| 124s | Chain management and I actually went to |
| 126s | school for all those things um so I love |
| 128s | like the like thinking about the lines |
| 130s | at Disney how Costco like gets all |
| 132s | shipments from like everywhere around |
| 134s | the world when I was playing Sim City |
| 136s | back in the day I used to invoke natural |
| 140s | disasters and cause problems in my city |
| 142s | so that there were things to fix so RTS |
| 145s | is kind of that perfect synthesis of |
| 148s | macro and micro problems solving that's |
| 151s | not just about building well you know |
| 153s | we're fans we are we all joined this |
| 156s | company because we had a passion for |
| 158s | realtime strategy the team that we work |
| 161s | with is super fun they speak RTS every |
| 163s | day it's like a second language now um |
| 166s | it's just fun to be able to go in and |
| 167s | talk passion almost immediately without |
| 170s | skipping a Beat from day to day there is |
| 172s | not a team out there like frost Dr |
| 173s | Studios um I call us the Avengers of RTS |
| 176s | development I mean these are people who |
| 177s | helped create that distinctive feel that |
| 180s | makes the blizzard style RTS feel so |
| 182s | unique and so so much more responsive |
| 184s | than anything else out there they |
| 185s | finally are Unshackled this is their |
| 187s | opportunity to build that next great RTS |
| 189s | and I'm here for it I think the most |
| 191s | exciting part of coming to work on a |
| 194s | team like frost Giant and working on an |
| 196s | IP like stormgate is building something |
| 199s | new you can see eyes light up every time |
| 201s | we put a new unit in the game or even |
| 203s | just new models come online and |
| 205s | everything else like that you it's |
| 207s | amazing what we've done in the last 9 |
| 208s | months we have really hit our stri the |
| 211s | team is moving at High Velocity right |
| 214s | now uh We've we've built this team and I |
| 217s | mean it was just a few years ago that |
| 218s | our first meetings were in my yard I had |
| 221s | some very fond memories of the pandemic |
| 224s | of sitting in Jesse's backyard |
| 226s | whiteboarding out the game the first |
| 229s | eight employees dreaming big of what |
| 232s | this game could be when you build a team |
| 234s | it it takes some time to to learn the |
| 237s | technology um and to build like Trust |
| 240s | and everything like that and so we're at |
| 241s | that point now where we can all trust |
| 244s | each other and we we work very quickly |
| 246s | there are several people in the in the |
| 248s | office that actually worked a lot to get |
| 250s | this in because they just wanted it |
| 251s | personally themselves uh so in this case |
| 253s | the Sentry posts that are coming online |
| 255s | they're almost like a pillbox setup if |
| 257s | you think a little bit of CNC you put |
| 259s | somebody inside the actual setup of the |
| 261s | Tower and then from there it changes |
| 263s | it's its main weaponry and how it's |
| 264s | being used for utility on the |
| 266s | battlefield that came in with a lot of |
| 268s | love wasn't on the schedule they're just |
| 270s | like we want this we all know about |
| 272s | Tower rushes in our game right now how |
| 274s | can we not have this right and so it |
| 276s | came in and like everybody loves it the |
| 278s | art looks beautiful the VFX and the |
| 280s | animations are just perfect and spoton |
| 283s | the utility of what it does I can't wait |
| 285s | for the players to have that in action |
| 286s | and I'm looking at you fear Dragon |
| 288s | looking at you to see what you do with |
| 290s | that Madness there are just so many |
| 292s | little things that can't wait to share |
| 294s | with the community about regarding |
| 295s | Evolutions in cooperative play one of |
| 298s | our talented Engineers has created a |
| 300s | ping system that is is just frankly |
| 303s | blowing my mind in terms of like this |
| 305s | nothing like this has ever existed in an |
| 307s | RTS |
| 309s | before we really want to make this the |
| 311s | RTS that you want to play with your |
| 312s | friends you want to have a great time |
| 314s | with uh people of different skill levels |
| 316s | and you don't need to be trying in |
| 318s | hardcore mode all the time you can just |
| 320s | go and have a good time and that's |
| 322s | that's what's fun and that's what I |
| 323s | think stormgate can bring that a lot of |
| 325s | RTS is is are currently missing there is |
| 328s | just this really fun atmosphere of |
| 331s | sharing ideas you know the other day you |
| 333s | know I recommended a UI feature that I |
| 335s | saw in play testing I mean that is |
| 337s | something that's super cool at working |
| 339s | at a studio of this size as compared to |
| 342s | a larger game studio so a lot of the |
| 344s | studio has experience from some of the |
| 346s | big game developers these Global big |
| 349s | corporations and uh that has a lot of |
| 351s | value to us and certainly in terms of |
| 354s | the quality of the games we want to make |
| 356s | but now we're here uh you know and |
| 358s | there's not that many of us and we're |
| 360s | just working hard and trying to get a |
| 361s | great game made one of my first jobs |
| 364s | when I got here as a principal engineer |
| 366s | was taking um the recycling out um we |
| 371s | are |
| 372s | all 50 ft away from the CEO's desk and |
| 376s | we truly are a small company uh doing |
| 379s | the best that we can to make something |
| 381s | great games today it's not just |
| 383s | launching the box and people go to the |
| 385s | store and buy it I mean there's the |
| 386s | whole live Services aspect and so |
| 388s | everything that the community brings you |
| 390s | know in terms of the Esports scene or |
| 392s | the modding scene the maps they bring to |
| 394s | the game uh it's just more important |
| 396s | than ever realtime strategy was really |
| 398s | built and made by the the community |
| 401s | blizzard made an amazing game with brood |
| 404s | war with Starcraft with Warcraft but you |
| 406s | saw the community from an early stage |
| 409s | step forward and really really take |
| 412s | those |
| 414s | games and you know create something new |
| 417s | out of them so here we very much honor |
| 420s | that tradition I've got to say that |
| 423s | Frost giant is the most mission-driven |
| 425s | place that I've ever worked the team |
| 427s | that came together is so passionate |
| 430s | about building the Next Great PC |
| 432s | realtime strategy game and I believe |
| 434s | that that will translate into creating |
| 437s | one of the best projects one of the best |
| 439s | player experiences that I've ever worked |
| 441s | on we've still got a lot of work ahead |
| 444s | but I'm just so excited for what each of |
| 447s | the members of this team brings to what |
| 449s | we're building |