over 1 year ago - /u/FGS_Gerald - Direct link

Hi, everyone,

We’re incredibly excited about our upcoming opportunity to spread the word about Stormgate with the millions of viewers who watch The Game Awards.

We don’t want to disappoint any of you, so here’s what you can expect.

First off, we’re going to be revealing some clips from a brand-new in-engine cinematic that introduces some important narrative characters. We’re especially excited to highlight some new voice talent who will be breathing life into our story.

Next, we’re going to be showing a few snippets of all-new gameplay footage that were recorded using our upcoming “Devastator” closed beta build. These gameplay segments will feature our first Vanguard hero (Blockade) as well as some new Infernal units that many of you saw recently in our awesome IGN feature story.

However, we will not be revealing our third faction at The Game Awards. Work has begun on our third faction, and we love how it’s shaping up–we even have proxy models for all of their units in our internal dev build. We plan to announce their identity early next year.

We also won’t be showing 3v3 at The Game Awards. We are deeply focused on our 3P co-op mode, with our first external test taking place on December 5-22 in the closed beta that many of you will be participating in. Our plan is to launch Early Access with campaign, 1v1, and 3P co-op. 3v3 will be introduced after those are in the public’s hands.

We’re a smaller team without a big budget, so our showing will be humble (and quicker–only about a minute long) compared to what you’ll see from the biggest AAA studios. That said, we’re very proud of the work the team is doing and we hope that RTS fans–past, present, and future–will enjoy what they see.

We announced Stormgate at Summer Game Fest and shared our Infernal reveal on Gamescom’s Opening Night Live. We're hyped to be a part of Geoff's biggest event of the year and we're very grateful for his support. Who knows, we may even be joined by a special guest?

Please tune in and let everyone know that the love and passion for RTS is alive and well.
As always, thank you for your support.

-The Frost Giant team

P.S. Please consider becoming a Founder on Kickstarter. Our game is fully funded to release, but your early support would mean a lot towards achieving our long-term vision for Stormgate.

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over 1 year ago - /u/FGS_Gerald - Direct link

Hi, everyone,

We’re incredibly excited about our upcoming opportunity to spread the word about Stormgate with the millions of viewers who watch The Game Awards.

We don’t want to disappoint any of you, so here’s what you can expect.

First off, we’re going to be revealing some clips from a brand-new in-engine cinematic that introduces some important narrative characters. We’re especially excited to highlight some new voice talent who will be breathing life into our story.

Next, we’re going to be showing a few snippets of all-new gameplay footage that were recorded using our upcoming “Devastator” closed beta build. These gameplay segments will feature our first Vanguard hero (Blockade) as well as some new Infernal units that many of you saw recently in our awesome IGN feature story.

However, we will not be revealing our third faction at The Game Awards. Work has begun on our third faction, and we love how it’s shaping up–we even have proxy models for all of their units in our internal dev build. We plan to announce their identity early next year.

We also won’t be showing 3v3 at The Game Awards. We are deeply focused on our 3P co-op mode, with our first external test taking place on December 5-22 in the closed beta that many of you will be participating in. Our plan is to launch Early Access with campaign, 1v1, and 3P co-op. 3v3 will be introduced after those are in the public’s hands.

We’re a smaller team without a big budget, so our showing will be humble (and quicker–only about a minute long) compared to what you’ll see from the biggest AAA studios. That said, we’re very proud of the work the team is doing and we hope that RTS fans–past, present, and future–will enjoy what they see.

We announced Stormgate at Summer Game Fest and shared our Infernal reveal on Gamescom’s Opening Night Live. We're hyped to be a part of Geoff's biggest event of the year and we're very grateful for his support. Who knows, we may even be joined by a special guest?

Please tune in and let everyone know that the love and passion for RTS is alive and well.
As always, thank you for your support.

-The Frost Giant team

P.S. Please consider becoming a Founder on Kickstarter. Our game is fully funded to release, but your early support would mean a lot towards achieving our long-term vision for Stormgate.

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over 1 year ago - /u/FGS_Gerald - Direct link

Originally posted by DrumPierre

Will the 3rd faction be present in EA?

We are releasing Early Access with three playable factions.

over 1 year ago - /u/FGS_Gerald - Direct link

Originally posted by Imbadyoureworse

Planning to join the kickstarter after I get through family Christmas! Keep up the good work frost giant

Family first. We understand!

over 1 year ago - /u/FGS_Gerald - Direct link

Originally posted by arknightstranslate

what day is it

The Game Awards are December 7! Details at https://thegameawards.com.

over 1 year ago - /u/FGS_Gerald - Direct link

Originally posted by JonasHalle

Oh, Gerald of Trivia, provide me with your favourite fun fact perchance?

The reason why old-school Blizzard game boxes always included a Blizzard notepad is because Allen Adham (the original founder who brought on Mike Morhaime and Frank Pearce) felt that a box with just a disc inside felt too light and flimsy, not like a good value. So they added the notepads, various promo flyers, cool game manuals, etc., to make it feel like you were getting something substantial at retail vs. other PC games.

over 1 year ago - /u/FGS_Gerald - Direct link

Originally posted by NakiCoTony

Towards the end of EA probably, as they will only start to announce them early next year.

Just to repeat it--we will release EA with three playable.

over 1 year ago - /u/FGS_Gerald - Direct link

Originally posted by InsertFloppy11

If i signed in for the closed beta today, can i still get an invite?

You won't get an invite to the beta phase starting on December 5, but you may get an invite to future beta tests. It also can't hurt and you'll get our newsletter, which I try to pack with information.

Part of why we're launching a Kickstarter is to offset the costs of inviting more beta testers. If you want to guarantee that you'll get into closed beta in 2024, I'd ask you to consider supporting the studio by becoming a Founder.

over 1 year ago - /u/FGS_Gerald - Direct link

Originally posted by WannabeWaterboy

I always like the surprise of a reveal and everything that’s involved, but I actually really like this expectation setting. It’s nice to be excited to see what is going to be shown without being disappointed by something like not seeing the third faction. Much appreciation for this post Stormgate!

<3

over 1 year ago - /u/FGS_Gerald - Direct link

Originally posted by oxtQ

Hi Developers: Any chance you could provide clarification regarding the maps of stormgate? For example, wondering if community members will be able to create maps, and if so, whether there will be a discussion channel dedicated to mapmakers, and if they can organize map related tournaments within the platform and whether community made maps could be adopted into stormgate ladder or tournament map pools, etc.

We will definitely have an editor (released after Early Access launch) for modders to make maps and eventually custom games, etc.

We're excited about the editor, as several members of our team members got their start in game dev as Warcraft 3 and SC2 modders.

We are intimately familiar with those editors having worked on them and can't wait to get our latest editor out there, though it's going to be a while. It will put the tools we're using to make the game into players' hands, only with a more intuitive interface that includes a visual scripting language.

As for discussion channels, we'll have a Discord, so I presume that we'll have a room dedicated to modders. I expect that the existing modding communities will also continue to exist, because they're awesome. There's a long history of community maps being used to expand tournament pools. I don't have details to share here, but I don't see why we'd want to change that.

over 1 year ago - /u/FGS_Gerald - Direct link

Originally posted by jake72002

Won't you at least tell us a clue regarding the third faction's theme?

no

over 1 year ago - /u/FGS_Gerald - Direct link

Originally posted by Meat_Sammiches

Yes! Excited for the co-op stuff!

Stay tuned this coming week.

over 1 year ago - /u/FGS_Gerald - Direct link

Originally posted by Radulno

But we dont know when early access begins

Not yet…