[2023] Wayfinder: Early Access Showcase | Devstream #01 | Wayfinder Dev Tracker

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15s	[Music]
23s	Wayfinders
25s	do you remember the fall?
27s	the Gloom descended on Skylight
31s	you rallied to protect the beacon and paid a
35s	terrible price
38s	you fell and the world was broken
42s	remember who you were, who you are
46s	and return to us
48s	this world needs champions
65s	[Music]
74s	all right, summer, it's summer guys
77s	welcome to summer. I bet you guys were
80s	like man this video is awesome
81s	there's gonna be a date at the end and
83s	you're like [ __ ] this is it. Yep, no it's
85s	summer still. We told them there would be a date
87s	this was a bait and switch. The whole
89s	thing was a ruse, so thank you guys very
92s	much for coming. We appreciate this. This is
93s	the first of many streams that we're
95s	gonna be having
96s	um although this is the last time you'll
97s	see us in this office because we are
98s	moving to an actual Studio. Yes this is a
101s	conference room. oh my gosh. but it looks
103s	pretty good, we got art behind us. what?
104s	for you guys it looks it looks looks
106s	like an official event, right? right?
108s	but you can't see that way yes
109s	that's the key...
111s	yes so thank you guys for coming uh I'm
113s	AJ I'm the director of Marketing and
115s	Engagement, also known a solid Age
116s	on Discord. You've probably talked to me
117s	online, maybe at PAX but I'm super
119s	excited to be here
121s	I am Alex Campbell or Sir Snarf
123s	um you see me probably all over YouTube
125s	comments and or Discord or anywhere else
127s	on the web so welcome to the Wayfinder
130s	stream yes so um we are here to talk
133s	about Wayfinder so there's a lot of
134s	people here that know about the game but
136s	for those of you that don't, Wayfinder is
138s	a online character-based action
139s	role-playing game um to us it is our
142s	take on the MMO. An MMO to us is social
145s	it's persistent when you log off and
147s	it's always changing and so this is our
149s	take on that. One day we hope to evolve
151s	it into a full-blown MMO the likes uh
154s	you'll find in Tamriel, Eorzea and
156s	Azeroth but the first step to do that is
158s	Early Access so that's why we're here
159s	this entire stream is dedicated to Early
160s	Access. This entire stream will be
162s	talking about all the things that you
163s	will be able to play all the things
164s	you'll be able to see. We have some
166s	awesome reveals. we'll fully reveal the
167s	Venomess anime - we have a little like
169s	agenda oh it's that side that
172s	we have a little agenda so we'll fully
173s	review The Venomess anime you'll see
174s	gameplay of Venomess for the very first
176s	time. We'll have some designers walk you
177s	through who she is and what she does how
179s	she fits into the party in the game
180s	um we're gonna talk about Founder's Packs
182s	because we know everybody's been really
183s	excited about Founders Packs, we're going
184s	to talk about Housing. We'll show off
186s	housing for the very first time it's an
188s	awesome system and something that's
189s	super unique to Wayfinder and pets and
191s	pets yes... um we'll have a
193s	little Dev Diary at the end to show you
194s	some more stuff but
196s	there's a lot there's a lot there's a
197s	lot. So I do want to give a shout out to
199s	everybody who made it live to the event
201s	in San Diego yes so hello all you fancy
204s	theater people I hope you like it on the
206s	big screen the real question is are you
207s	staying after this and are you seeing
209s	Barbie or Oppenheimer? That's the real
211s	question We're joining this train, really?
214s	I'm like come on it's not a train it's
216s	like the internet yeah that's how you
217s	know we're live too people are like
218s	they're gonna pre-record it's all
221s	live hello Internet hello Libby air
224s	spinner and yeah
228s	all right we're done just.. Barbie a lot
230s	of Barbies a lot of Barbie a lot of
231s	mission Impossibles I saw that kind of
233s	mid just saying all right I'm on Oppenheimer
235s	game but I'm gonna have to see that also..
236s	...did you purposely put your chair higher
238s	than mine? You're just short. that's not
240s	true at all. I just noticed that I'm like
242s	looking up to you uh anyway so let's
245s	jump right into it so the first thing
246s	that we want to talk about is Early
247s	Access and what is Early Access so to us
249s	Early Access is the beginning
251s	um we've said all along that we're a
253s	relatively small team working on
254s	something awesome and ambitious and we
256s	need help to build that um we've run a
258s	couple beta events right oh yeah yeah
260s	100 and thank you to all of our beta
263s	Community that's here today
264s	um I mean a huge part of that is the
266s	community feedback that we're going to
267s	be carrying over into Early Access so
269s	we're going to be doing feature upvote
270s	and it's going to be a continuous stream
273s	of feedback from the community Through
275s	Early Access and even after full launch
277s	none of that stops uh this is literally
279s	the beginning and so um we had thousands
281s	upon thousands of people take part in
282s	beta we made changes none of that
284s	changes for us moving into Early Access
285s	but it it's kind of the next phase for
287s	us. Early Access will not have any wipes
289s	you will purchase a Founder's Pack to
291s	take part in it and then um we will go
294s	into free to play after that so it's
296s	really um important for us to to build
299s	on an awesome game right like we could
302s	put out hundreds of thousands of hours
303s	of content and a hundred thousands of
305s	characters and quests and stuff but the
306s	game's not fun doesn't matter people
308s	don't stick around they don't play it so
309s	for us it's important to solidify the
311s	game Loops, it's important for us to make
312s	sure that it's rewarding that combat's
314s	fun and so that is what Early Access is
316s	for is for really for us to um to tune
318s	those systems and then we have tons of
320s	stories to tell we will get there we're
322s	launching with six areas to explore
323s	17 weapons we'll have more and more
326s	over time but we feel it's a great solid
327s	foundation that someone could come in
329s	buy into Early Access and just start
331s	playing and have a ton of fun with the
332s	game absolutely and again we're sorry we
335s	wish we could have like the pre
338s	pre-launch pre-sale announce the
339s	announcement
340s	um unfortunately just for being an Early
342s	Access you're not going to be able to
344s	buy today
345s	um we will announce the dates uh at the
347s	end of the stream let's say
349s	um but we will be able to
352s	um yeah we won't be able to pre-purchase
354s	and pre-install but as soon as the the
356s	game goes live you'll be able to buy it
358s	you'll be able to install it you'll be
359s	able to get to go. it has nothing to do
360s	with us that's actually a specific
362s	party's requirement for Early Access
363s	games you can't pre-order it so um when
366s	the date is available I'm sorry when we
368s	announce the date and you uh go to steam
370s	you go to PlayStation Network you buy
371s	your Founder's Pack you can play
372s	immediately they'll be available right
374s	then and there so
376s	um what else did we want to talk about
378s	um we had a lot of feedback from players
380s	we kind of discussed that Discord if you
382s	guys haven't a lot of uh Discord fam is
384s	in here right now but it's amazing to
386s	see and you'll see in the dev diary like
388s	those numbers are so antiquated now
390s	because this this Discord Community just
392s	keeps growing and growing and it's
393s	amazing seeing all of you there, and the
395s	fan art, I love the fan art that's coming
397s	out. The team loves seeing the fan art
399s	and it's just like yep I can't wait for
400s	this IP to be a thing - all the cosplay
402s	all the art all the just you know
404s	stories that come out fan fictions it's
407s	gonna be awesome and besides that we
408s	have a feature upload website where we
409s	have players uh submit what they think
411s	we should add to the game uh what they
412s	like what they don't like
414s	um we're also going to talk a little bit
415s	about a creators program that Alex is
417s	kind of uh spearheading if your creator
419s	large, small
420s	um we don't care we want you to be part
422s	of this we want you to help um tell the
423s	story of Wayfinder yeah let's say the
425s	name screw it um so it's going to be the
427s	Wayfinder Creators Guild wow so it's
429s	official we we actually have a whole
431s	kind of thing behind the scenes that's
433s	going to be managing that it's not going
434s	to be immediate as soon as Early Access
436s	hits but we are watching um I hope you
439s	can tell that I really do care about
441s	anybody making content out there it
442s	doesn't matter your subscription count
443s	I just care about quality I care about
445s	you know if you're passionate about the
447s	game and if you we want this game to be
449s	a platform for people to launch a career
452s	in content creation if you want to be a
454s	Twitch streamer or a Kick streamer or
457s	whatever it might be uh YouTube live
459s	like and you want to make content and
460s	you want to make this a thing we want
462s	Wayfinder to be a platform for you to
464s	become you know successful what if you
465s	want to be a Tick Tok streamer? You
467s	can do the NPC Tick Tok stuff
469s	it'll be hard but you know we'll watch
471s	it we'll launches
473s	I think it'd be great for the cosplays
476s	and it's again content creator's
477s	across the board it doesn't need to be
479s	just streaming like we're going to be
480s	watching people that want to express
482s	themselves creatively with Wayfinder as
484s	a medium so yeah
486s	um so like I was saying before this is
488s	really the start and in order for us to
490s	build a foundation and a game that
491s	thrives for years to come
493s	um true to the name foundation we need
495s	to uh offer Founder's Packs. Founder's
497s	Packs are our way to
499s	um to get people into the game it's your
500s	way of telling us that you trust us with
502s	your money and that it's kind of a it's
503s	a it's an agreement right like we are
505s	going to put forth our best effort to
506s	bring uh forward a game that we love and
508s	that you love and so that is the entire
510s	purpose of the Founder's program
511s	um is to actually start and build off it
513s	and so without further ado why don't I
516s	start that and I thought that
520s	Alex lied Alex is a dirty liar August 15th
523s	oh you guys can't see it
525s	[Laughter]
528s	We're not gonna make you wait to the end
530s	of this stream, that'd be that'd be really
531s	mean. I'm sure when you said that there
533s	were people at Digital Extremes who's
534s	been amazing Digital Extremes is our
535s	partner in this they're all about
537s	helping us uh work with the community
539s	and obviously set stuff like this up but
540s	they're like we should announce at the
541s	beginning we're like yeah we should and
542s	then like 10 minutes before I was like
543s	no we should announce at the end but
545s	then we'll trick them so nice job not summer
547s	summer not not soon August 15th August 15th
549s	August 15th at 12 o'clock Central
551s	time is when you'll be able to purchase
552s	all these Founder's Packs uh both on
554s	Steam as well as PlayStation Network as
556s	I said there's no um there's no tiered
558s	access it's not you buy this pack you
560s	get access one day and then you buy the
561s	other pack and you get access another
562s	day, it's all August 15th at 12 o'clock
564s	so what does that look like let's start
566s	and let's uh let's go through this so
568s	people really want the Nitty Gritty they
570s	want the information about the pack
571s	let's dive into what these packs look
573s	like so for 20 bucks
575s	um $20 get you access to the game like I
577s	said you get access to um Wayfinder
579s	forever there was no wipes from this
581s	point forward
582s	um it also gives you full access to the
584s	Reward Tower season one. Reward Tower
586s	is our unique take on a battle pass so
588s	let's dive into that real quick. Look at
590s	this we're just swapping between. These
591s	websites will be live approximately 30
593s	minutes from now, we didn't want to
594s	overwhelm them while you guys are
596s	watching it but um this is how our
597s	Founder's Packs are a little bit unique
599s	and a little bit different so in other
600s	games you have a Founder's.. I'm sorry
602s	you have a um a battle pass, you buy it
604s	there's a certain amount of time you can
605s	use it maybe you earn some stuff, you
607s	don't -- we don't like that system. We also
609s	don't like where people have to choose
610s	between content - maybe there's a new a
612s	new character, a new map and also battle
614s	pass. So we're taking those two ideas and
616s	we're kind of evolving it. A: The Reward
617s	Tower in Wayfinder never expires if you
620s	buy it you own it. Two: that Reward Tower
622s	if you purchase it comes with all the
624s	crafting components once you complete it
625s	to instantly unlock that character once
627s	your pass is complete. Ee will also
630s	have a third tier which is a premium
632s	tier which will instantly unlock that
633s	new character, their signature weapon
635s	because we're introducing a signature
636s	weapon every season as well as a
638s	season exclusive style. So we think
640s	that this is really uh player friendly
641s	it allows you to jump into the game and
643s	to get tons and tons of content the free
645s	Reward Tower gives you 25 pieces of
647s	Cosmetic and items that you can unlock
650s	the paid tier gives you 100 and then the
652s	premium is that same 100, but you
654s	actually get a jump start you get to
655s	pick and choose your 20 that you want to
656s	grab right off the bat as well as
658s	getting that new character, their
659s	signature weapon, and a Persona
661s	and the biggest part about that, I don't know
662s	if you mentioned it, but it does not
663s	expire. So again, if you buy this you
666s	don't even have to be playing. You might
667s	have another game that comes out and
668s	that you're really excited to follow but
670s	you don't want to miss out on really
671s	cool uh seasonal Cosmetics that we're
673s	doing. Just purchase it -- you can come back
675s	two years from now and you can start
677s	progressing it then. So again we really
678s	don't want that fomo aspect. Yes you will
680s	have to buy it during that season window
682s	for a lot of reasons, but you can always
685s	come back to it -- it'll always be there
686s	you don't have to worry about missing
688s	out on it and getting it done in
690s	that season. So the Reward Tower is almost
691s	like a little game, right? You're actually
692s	going through and picking the nodes that
693s	you want you find an item that you like
695s	you might work towards it. As I mentioned
696s	you actually get keys for the premium
698s	Reward Tower so it's not a linear path
700s	and when you buy that premium you do get
702s	20 right off the bat so you can pick
703s	which rewards you want to start off the
705s	game with. So that is our Reward Tower um
707s	at the end of each segment by the way
709s	we're going to do a quick Q and A - we'll look
710s	at chat and we'll answer some questions
711s	we'll also be answering questions
713s	afterwards but if you have any put them
714s	in the back of your mind but we really
716s	loved the Reward Tower; we think it's
718s	super unique, we think it allows players
720s	to really get in and to play the game, to
721s	work through it to unlock some awesome
722s	cosmetics and awesome things inside the
724s	game
725s	and then we're really really excited
726s	that you don't have to choose between
728s	buying the Reward Tower not buying
730s	the Reward Tower because day one when you
732s	buy in with a base pack you will have
734s	access to the season one reward Tower
735s	yep so again an extra thank you to the
737s	founders so thank you for having
739s	some faith believing and then I mean we
741s	haven't mentioned the upgrade system as
743s	well but... yes so everything we talk about
745s	today will be upgradable so
747s	we obviously, like I said before
748s	this is a journey that we're taking with
750s	you guys and if you're like, 'hey I don't
751s	know what this game is going to look
752s	like.' hey, you buying for 20 bucks and
754s	hopefully we prove to you that we are
756s	listening and all these packs will be
757s	completely upgradable on the platform
759s	you can buy the three other tiers or
761s	two other tiers or one other tier
762s	technically
763s	but I just spoiled it, I said there's
764s	four.. damn You said enough numbers
766s	that'll be confusing. I know I know so um
768s	I saw someone really quickly say, 'What if
770s	I don't buy The Founder's or what if I
771s	don't buy the Founder's Pack and don't
772s	buy the Reward Tower?' You have to
774s	purchase a Founders Pack to get access
775s	to the game and all of them have the
777s	Reward Tower. In the future when the game
779s	is out - when it is free to play and
782s	when we have a second season
783s	that'll be a different story where
784s	you do have to make the choice if you
785s	want to purchase that Reward Tower for
787s	that season and again you get the Reward
789s	Tower forever and you also get that
790s	character. So as you can see here
792s	um for 19.99 you get access to season
794s	one season two is also going to be a
796s	Founder's season and you will have the
798s	ability to purchase that character the
800s	season Reward Tower then which will come
802s	with the character
804s	There's also 500 Rune Silver that
806s	comes with that. Rune Silver is our in-game
807s	currency. Obviously we are free to play
809s	game and we have to keep these very
811s	bright and hot lights on somehow, so we
813s	have fully embraced the free and fair
814s	model from Digital Extremes. All the
816s	characters all the weapons all the power
818s	items are completely earnable inside the
819s	game
820s	You can also uh purchase them from
822s	the store if you feel like it's a
823s	convenience item for you, but we are
825s	gonna be doing that as long as as well
827s	as cosmetic itemss, decorations for your
828s	house, other things. We are not selling
831s	direct power inside the store but uh
833s	this is how we will be monetizing the
835s	game -- by having a shop that's available
836s	for both Early Access as well as
839s	when we go into full free to play. So 500
841s	Silver is about five bucks; it's a one to
843s	100 for the Rune Silver. Founder's Flag
845s	and the Founder's glyph pack as well as
847s	the Title, these are customizable things
849s	that you can take your profile and just
852s	like customize it to your own liking
854s	unfortunately with development sometimes
856s	you have to make choices about what
858s	makes it and what doesn't because we
859s	want to get the game out there
861s	so these are, one of.. this this pack
863s	right here, the Title as well as the
865s	backgrounds and the glyphs are one of
868s	two items that when you buy your
869s	Founder's Pack you will have it in your
871s	inventory, but the system is not live yet
873s	so you will get it the minute you make
875s	your purchase, you will see it in your
877s	inventory. It will very clearly say
878s	coming soon. You don't have to worry
879s	about did I get it did I not get it? but
881s	um the customization of just the banners
883s	will not be when we launch Early
885s	Access, it'll come a little bit later and
886s	there's one other thing that does that
887s	and I'll call that out. So this is our
890s	base pack yeah you're gonna say
891s	something about it? I was about to say, we
892s	have it covered up on the camera right
894s	now, but the the titles too. This is
896s	actually...
898s	that's fantastic and yeah Solid was
902s	very upset about this being the choice
903s	but anyways WayFounder is the title
906s	this is from you guys on Twitch and
909s	everywhere else but yeah this is the
911s	exact same this is the exact uh system
913s	in motion where it's like hey what
915s	titles we put in here forthis Way
918s	founder was like the overwhelming winner
920s	I was like that is terrible we cannot do
922s	it and then I was like you know what
924s	true to our word we will absolutely go
927s	with what the community voted for and
928s	that's what they wanted
929s	serenity now here we are so. and the
932s	system is going to be really cool again
933s	uh yeah so it's for your titles we love
937s	people coming up with their own zany
939s	kind of creations everybody's going to
940s	choose 'Trash' if you play a Diablo IV
942s	um but there's gonna be three slots
944s	you're gonna be able to unlock a whole
946s	list of different keywords and it's up
948s	to you guys how you want to mix and
949s	match I think it's three, right? just three
950s	keyboard slots? yep three slots you'll
952s	unlock them and you can make your own
953s	title make it as wacky make it as badass
956s	as whatever you want to do we just
957s	wanted to put that in your player's hand
959s	to customize it sure so so that's our
962s	base pack let's go to the next one we've
964s	got a couple more to go through. So this
965s	is the step up from this this is 49.99
967s	for our initiate pack it comes with some
969s	exclusive weapon skins that we will
971s	never sell again everything inside these
972s	packs we are not looking to sell again
974s	we want to make sure that it feels
975s	exclusive to be part of the Founder's. I
978s	cannot count how many times on Discord
979s	people have asked for a crossbow - here
982s	your people go, you have a crossbow as a
983s	skin for the Arcbolt Rifle
985s	um you have dual wielding daggers in the
987s	Storm Song and then the Charger's Sickle
988s	some of these things you actually see a
990s	little bit later for a video that we
991s	play you'll see them in game. They look
993s	awesome people really like them Maybe that's
995s	something that needs to be explained a
996s	little bit. Wayfinder token. What is a
999s	Wayfinder token? Well what is a Wayfinder
1001s	token a Wayfinder token is essentially a
1004s	currency that allows you to unlock any
1006s	current or future Wayfinder. So we didn't
1008s	want to just start throwing characters
1010s	in these packs because we are a
1011s	character based game and people need to
1012s	decide maybe someone likes Wingrave
1013s	someone likes Niss, someone likes Kyros
1015s	someone like Senja, someone likes Silo
1017s	I've just named everybody I don't know
1018s	why congratulations yeah awesome
1021s	So as far as instead of you having
1022s	two choose or have multiple packs you
1024s	basically get a token and it's a
1026s	powerful item because you can choose hey
1027s	I'm instantly going to unlock this
1028s	Wayfinder and play them immediately
1030s	after leaving the tutorial or you can
1032s	hold on to this for three years and use
1033s	it for something that comes out down the
1035s	line um but it's... don't be like that
1037s	potion collector and it just sits in
1039s	your inventory for five years use it
1040s	eventually that's why I play every
1042s	RPG I know I know I know
1044s	Founders Dye as well so dyes are
1046s	actually going to be applicable to the
1047s	character themselves. I think we answered
1048s	in Discord that a dye system is coming
1050s	in the future for weapons but for now
1053s	these are dye palettes that you can
1054s	use on your character. Any character it's
1056s	not a consumable, it's just the palette
1058s	you choose from. You can mix and match
1059s	there might be a character that we're
1060s	going to see in a little bit
1062s	maybe this is like planned ahead or
1065s	something very very cool
1067s	and then like I was
1069s	mentioning before we also have the Reward
1071s	Tower for season one, and then this
1073s	pack also includes Reward Tower for
1074s	season two. So just for clarity's sake
1076s	the only pack that does not include
1078s	Founder's season two is that 19.99 pack to
1081s	get into Early Access, and then you
1083s	can make that purchase if you choose to
1085s	do so uh in the future yeah and
1086s	clarity's sake there are going to be two
1088s	Founder's Seasons
1089s	so we're going to start off with
1091s	Gloom break which is Founder's season one
1093s	uh in about three months it's going to
1094s	switch over to Founder's season two. After
1096s	that it's gonna go to free to play
1097s	launch and that'll be the first official
1099s	season. there's a lot of people in chat
1101s	saying that this mic is awesome and
1102s	that it's like ASMR so we, at the end
1105s	we're supposed to give a shout out to
1106s	HyperX sponsor. great we'll do it now and
1108s	this is actually from like yes how cool
1110s	is this when talking about interaction
1112s	with like the world it was from one of
1114s	our like of beta sign off videos
1115s	somebody on their team saw the mic and I
1117s	was like oh yeah I use this my personal
1118s	stream as well it's fantastic and they
1120s	have been amazing partners, they've been
1122s	hooking us up with a lot of gear that's
1123s	going to be in the new stream studio and
1126s	uh all the the future in-person events
1128s	you might be able to get your hands on
1129s	them yourselves but more about them
1130s	later
1132s	That completely derailed me where are
1134s	we? oh yeah we're talking about the next
1136s	so there's two seasons two seasons oh
1138s	yeah so that that does we might as well
1139s	talk about that now two seasons of
1140s	Founder's... if you're decent at math we've
1143s	said before that there's going to be
1144s	three months a season, which does mean
1146s	that free to play will be in early 2024
1149s	instead of 2023 as well as some
1151s	additional consoles that will come then
1152s	we'll go into that at a later time but
1154s	um obviously with the game launching in
1155s	August you could figure it out that way
1157s	you need that additional time and we
1158s	want to make sure that we're building
1159s	the foundation correctly with our
1161s	Founders before we go into full free to
1162s	play um in the beginning of next year
1164s	and Mizuki yes there is regionalized
1166s	pricing yes there is reagionalize pricing
1168s	I think I have at the end with another
1169s	announcement we do yeah I'm glad you did
1171s	it they keep popping up so initiate
1172s	packs we have the base pack initiate
1174s	pack 19.99, 14.99 let's do the next one
1177s	what's next another one another one
1180s	the Awakening pack so Rime cub housing
1183s	pet, Highland Strider Mount and then
1185s	house decorations are kind of like the
1187s	Marquee items for here, so a couple
1189s	things we've talked about this very
1191s	openly before but our pet system is
1193s	at the very infancy, I guess you
1196s	could say. We're going to expand it to
1198s	to have you travel around the world to
1200s	be around when you're inside of
1201s	instances or inside Skylight, your
1202s	social space but we're not there yet. So
1205s	um to start your pet will accompany you
1207s	inside your house. You'll see them
1208s	they'll be inside there
1210s	you can interact with them, yes you
1211s	can pet them, they do multiple animations
1212s	they're adorable. Our animation team and
1214s	everyone here is is really really
1216s	excited about this because they're
1217s	awesome it's pronounced Rimehunter - I
1219s	had to ask about that today but um that
1221s	system will be just expanding and that's
1222s	not like a year two or year three type
1224s	of thing, it'll just be a little bit
1224s	later in Early Access. Again, in
1226s	development you have to prioritize
1227s	things. and then the Highland Strider
1230s	Mount and Saddle. So we will have Mounts
1232s	available as well as Saddles which are
1233s	customization options. This is one of the
1235s	other two things as I mentioned that you
1237s	will receive immediately upon buying
1238s	this pack, but you will not be able to
1240s	use until we have the update that has
1241s	the mount. So again, you purchase it, it
1243s	will be in your inventory. You can see it
1245s	it'll very clearly say coming soon
1247s	um and then once that system is out in
1249s	Early Access you will have access to it
1251s	maybe there there's a little bit of
1253s	a preview of a zone that you can use a
1254s	mount on later on, I don't know just
1255s	saying maybe and then Founder's Housing
1257s	Decoration Set -- self-explanatory, Housing
1259s	is a huge part of Wayfinder in terms of
1261s	customizing everything that you can do
1263s	and it really expands your power inside
1264s	the game. This is an awesome way to show
1266s	off that you're a Founder and when we go
1267s	into the housing deep dive a little bit
1268s	later
1270s	um you'll be able to see these items
1271s	yeah right. One thing to kind of note
1273s	with this too so the way that we're
1275s	doing Seasons, it's not going to just be
1277s	like a dump, here's everything right in
1279s	the beginning. We're actually going to
1280s	make it so it's always interesting to
1282s	like keep playing throughout the the
1283s	whole length of the season because
1285s	content is going to continually be added
1286s	so you'll just log into next week and
1288s	there's going to be new stuff for you to
1289s	explore and equip and do all this stuff
1291s	with so same with Early Access it's
1293s	going to be a full-line continuum of
1295s	content and
1297s	features yep and someone asked can we
1299s	pet the pets, absolutely you can pet pets
1300s	also someone else asked, sorry if it
1302s	wasn't clear, yes all these packs do
1303s	include everything before so if you
1304s	purchase an Awakened Pack you would get
1306s	everything inside the Initiate as well
1307s	as the Base Pack so um it is one price
1309s	to get everything and as Alex mentioned
1311s	before they are upgradable so if you
1312s	start in one you can purchase the other
1314s	and you just get the difference so the
1315s	rest of these items are pretty much the
1317s	same except you do get two free
1320s	Wayfinder tokens instead of one so as I
1321s	mentioned before Wayfinder tokens allow
1323s	you to unlock any current or future
1324s	Wayfinder, super cool hold on to it but
1326s	essentially when you buy into this pack
1328s	at 89.99 you do get the choice of
1330s	unlocking two characters besides your
1332s	starting character instantly. It also
1335s	does come with the premium Founder's
1337s	Reward Tower for season two which means
1340s	that you will instantly unlock this new
1341s	character when they come out as well as
1344s	a exclusive style their specific weapon
1347s	and then 25 tiers instantly I wonder who
1349s	that silhouette could be I know and then
1350s	we totally haven't dropped anything I
1352s	know ..maybe there's even more involved
1353s	and accidental and then we have
1355s	Runesilver and then again some of these
1357s	additional things such as the the
1360s	glyphs the backgrounds and the titles
1362s	again these will come a little bit later
1363s	but does the Reward Tower restart each
1366s	season with a promise to your content I
1368s	don't really understand but the Reward
1369s	Tower will be every season so every
1371s	three months there will be a new Reward
1372s	Tower if you don't complete it during
1374s	that three-month season. If you've
1376s	purchased it, you will have it you can
1377s	make it active so yeah season 15 comes
1380s	along you go oh crap I didn't finish my
1381s	Founder's season one I'm gonna activate it
1383s	you can activate it yeah and
1385s	um kind of cool thing about it as well
1386s	more than it just not going away is how
1389s	you actually interact with it so it's
1390s	think of it as kind of like a board game
1391s	system, we'll go into this deep deeper
1393s	later but it's you're going to have kind
1395s	of cool choices as you go through that
1397s	system in itself. It's going to be its
1399s	own little mini game eventually there's
1401s	going to be even like hidden pathways
1402s	and torches that you pull that open up a
1404s	secret way that you unlock other stuff
1406s	that you didn't see before. It's going to
1408s	be cool it's going to be cool
1410s	somebody else asked about having two
1412s	Reward Towers act at the same time. No
1413s	you have to pick one and you can do it
1415s	and then somebody else asks another
1416s	question but chat is going so fast that
1417s	I don't remember what it was. I'm
1419s	sure will come to me but it was about, oh
1420s	we keep saying Seasons - they ask are
1422s	season's going away? No, seasons are
1424s	essentially our wrapper of when we're
1425s	introducing new characters, new locations
1427s	New quests, new items, new weapons, Etc... it
1430s	is not a thing where it gets wiped. It is
1432s	just essentially how we are rolling out
1434s	content every three months
1435s	seasons are themed so your Reward
1437s	Tower, for example for venomess is themed
1439s	towards Venomess with some cool items
1442s	that you could unlock that look like
1443s	something Venomess would have as well as
1445s	some of the additional stories and
1446s	quests that you'll get throughout the
1447s	game. So it is not a wipe it is not a you
1449s	start again type of thing it is just how
1451s	we are packaging content. Speaking of how
1452s	we're introducing uh the seasons you
1455s	guys saw a little bit of a teaser of the
1457s	the anime at Summer Games Fest, you
1460s	guys might be seeing that full full
1461s	sequence here in just a second
1463s	someone else asked about cross play and cross
1465s	save. Yes so Wayfinder is fully cross
1468s	play and cross save. It's important to
1470s	note that if you buy a Founder's Pack on
1473s	PlayStation for example let's say you
1475s	bought your $20 base pack on Playstation
1476s	you would then have to purchase a
1478s	pack to play on Steam, obviously because
1480s	the game is not free to play yet. So you
1482s	need to have access to it in the future
1483s	that's not the case right? You can access
1485s	it on any device when it is free to play
1487s	and then all the items from your
1489s	Founder's Pack will travel with you with
1491s	the exception of per the rules of all
1493s	the first parties just like every other
1494s	free-to-play game out there
1496s	um the currency will stay on the system
1498s	so if on Playstation I buy $30 worth of
1500s	currency and I move over to my PC that
1504s	$30 won't be there.. It'll still be
1505s	on your PlayStation, but if you bought
1506s	the items right if I ended up buying
1508s	five different things to make my
1510s	Wingrave look awesome, as soon as I log on
1511s	my PC I will have that. Ao very standard
1513s	in the industry; most other games work
1515s	this way, just wanted to address that
1516s	that it is fully compatible with cross
1518s	play Cross save. Cool just looking at other
1520s	questions real quick before we move on
1521s	to the very last one we didn't
1522s	mention that we are doing giveaways
1524s	during this. So by the way all of you
1527s	fancy people in chat just stick
1529s	around and keep interacting
1532s	we are going to be doing giveaways
1533s	throughout the the course of the stream
1535s	So at the next segment we will announce
1537s	the winners but just by being here we're
1539s	going to do a random selection and give
1541s	away some Founder's Packs.
1542s	somebody asked what language is supported. I think
1544s	it's eight total for Early Access - don't
1546s	quote me on that but uh again once the
1548s	website updates in
1549s	like five minutes there will actually be
1551s	an FAQ that has all the languages that
1553s	are supported there. You can also look on
1555s	Steam, that list is up to date. yes and
1557s	yeah full full voice acting and stuff is
1559s	going to be coming down closer to full
1561s	full release
1564s	that's it wrap it up we got nothing
1566s	else.. I think that's it are you guys do
1568s	you guys want to see some some anime? Do
1569s	you guys want to go see the full
1571s	Venomess and this fight scene and
1574s	anime and everything?
1575s	I think so. I think we're ready
1577s	you're not playing along though we have
1578s	one more... we didn't
1579s	show the final pack
1581s	oh spoilers spoilers spoilers. Oh yeah I
1585s	guess this is kind of a big deal it is a
1587s	big deal people are like giveaway
1588s	giveaway. Yes, we will give away Founder's
1589s	Packs. How that will work is we'll run
1592s	a bot it'll announce who the winner is
1594s	we'll take your information and as we
1595s	get closer to
1597s	actual Early Access launch, we will
1599s	send you the key for that platform you
1600s	can play on again since we can't
1602s	pre-order, I can't send you a key today
1603s	it doesn't exist.. Someone said last
1605s	pack last pack last pack let's go
1608s	I thought they only thought there was
1609s	three so there we go so there's a fourth
1612s	surprise, surprise and this one has
1614s	its own video so
1616s	um I'm just gonna shut up and play it
1618s	okay
1620s	[Music]
1626s	thank you
1630s	foreign
1636s	[Music]
1644s	so technically Kyros is our seventh
1647s	Wayfinder so uh we've talked before
1649s	about the Gloom is this really weird uh
1651s	Alien energy that's come to this planet
1653s	and has really twisted and made things
1654s	super strange
1656s	um and that's the reason why you can be
1657s	in town and see four different Wingraves
1658s	that all look different that are
1659s	customized different play differently
1661s	but what if there's a version of
1662s	Kyros that's not the main version you
1665s	know of Kyros, right? Like we've said
1666s	before it's almost like our take on a
1667s	Multiverse and so this is what we see
1670s	that as Kyros would be our very
1672s	first Heroic Wayfinder. He is a
1674s	completely different Wayfinder he is
1675s	not a skin, it is not a Persona. You can
1678s	purchase and level up Kyros and Heroic
1680s	Kyros in both of those um that
1682s	progression applies towards the
1683s	character
1684s	um archetype progression which we go
1686s	into a little bit of detail on the
1687s	website so take a look at that
1688s	um but we're really excited because A it
1690s	looks badass
1692s	and B it is an exclusive to this
1694s	Founder's pack they will never ever be
1695s	sold again
1697s	this really solidifies somebody
1698s	that's helping us out and is along for
1700s	the journey ib making this game awesome
1701s	with us
1702s	so we're really excited about him
1705s	including a exclusive Dye Pack an
1707s	exclusive Style Set and then an
1709s	exclusive.. oh yeah Dye Pack, already said
1711s	that. So that's Heroic Kyros Hheh has an exclusive
1713s	emote too he does have an exclusive
1715s	emote, which is cool. I'm gonna play the
1716s	video again bye
1719s	[Music]
1733s	thank you
1735s	[Music]
1744s	one more time
1746s	So we're really excited about
1748s	this we understand that $150 is a lot
1751s	for a Founder's Pack but you are
1752s	building this alongside of us again we
1754s	welcome you to try out the game during
1755s	early access with any other tier and if
1756s	you feel that something that you
1758s	definitely want to be a part of the ride
1759s	for um those upgrades are available but
1761s	um we get that it's a that it is an
1763s	investment for our future but also for
1765s	the entire game and so we appreciate the
1767s	support and we'll keep going
1769s	through the other items. Permanent account
1770s	based XP booster, what this is is
1773s	something that you can actually activate
1775s	um for whatever Reward Tower you
1776s	currently have. You can progress through
1778s	a little bit faster so this is something
1780s	that you have that's it's
1783s	selected in your inventory, you have it
1784s	all the time whichever one that you have
1785s	currently equipped uh be It season one
1787s	be It season 15. You progress a little
1790s	bit faster It's it's just just
1791s	the the Reward Tower though
1793s	main gameplay
1796s	it's just the cosmetic rewards it was
1798s	just the Cosmetic Reward Tower that's
1799s	100 correct. I think it's five percent
1801s	Steve will be like yes or no when he
1803s	comes in here in a little bit to talk about
1804s	housing. We have some exclusive
1806s	character
1807s	um a style sets, so again style sets allow
1809s	you to mix and match
1810s	um for example, you could take the
1812s	shoulders with this Wingrave with the
1813s	helmet of a different skin. You have the
1815s	boots of a different skin, they're all
1816s	mix and match. We have one for Wingrave
1818s	we have one for Niss and also for
1820s	Silo. These are fully uh modular in terms
1823s	of like you could swap in and out. You
1824s	can also dye them as I mentioned before
1826s	individual components as well we're not
1828s	just going to release a new skin that
1829s	just happens to be two different colors
1831s	you can do that on your own so you're
1832s	gonna have full freedom to to dye and
1835s	change and make, even if you have the
1836s	same armor set as another player you
1839s	can look completely different with the
1840s	dyes so
1841s	the Niss one is awesome by the way and
1844s	there's a video that you'll see a little
1845s	bit later that features it actually if
1847s	you take all of them I think but then
1848s	this one especially she looks badass you
1850s	can't see it here with like her eyes she
1851s	looks very cool yeah.Then again
1853s	it features all the other items that
1855s	we've talked about before instead of
1856s	two Wayfinder tokens you have three Wayfinder
1858s	tokens as well as full access to
1860s	the season one Reward Tower and the
1863s	premium season two Reward Tower 4200 Rune
1866s	silver and then some additional titles
1867s	that you can mix and match. So we have
1869s	this gigantic infographic that is on the
1872s	website again, it should be live now ish
1874s	please don't crash the website because
1875s	people want to look at it
1876s	but this is uh should be
1879s	updated now as well as the Reward Tower
1881s	section as well as the Venomess section
1883s	so uh we're gonna talk about her and
1885s	show her off in a little bit but that's
1887s	pretty much our Founder's program so
1889s	we're really excited about it I know
1890s	people have been asking for it for a
1892s	long time we think it's fair in the fact
1894s	of 20 bucks to get in to help
1895s	build this and if you do feel like
1897s	you want to be along with this ride and
1898s	that we're really making strides to make
1900s	a game that you want to play and really
1901s	grow into something awesome those
1903s	upgrades are easily available. So and
1905s	their upgrades are available all the way
1907s	up until the last day of Founder's
1910s	season two right. So you basically get
1912s	six months to to make that decision like
1914s	is this a game that I'm going to come
1915s	back to? I'm going to stick around to to
1917s	be like these guys are they full of it
1919s	we want you to have that choice if we
1921s	are full of it
1923s	So my other notes.. I did that
1925s	whole thing without looking over here
1926s	which is pretty good. The only other
1927s	thing that I have to mention is yeah
1929s	language support, which you covered
1930s	Regional pricing which actually a fan
1933s	asked about language...
1934s	backwards you covered languages yeah
1935s	whatever and then regional pricing uh
1937s	the other thing that we want to announce
1938s	speaking of regional and languages is
1940s	Gamescom. So we're very excited since we
1943s	will be out October, jesus, since
1945s	we will be out on August 15th
1947s	Gamescom is the week after
1949s	the team will be there. So if
1951s	you're at Gamescom please invite all
1952s	European friends to come over and see
1954s	myself. Alex will be there
1956s	um Joe Madd will be there as well as
1957s	some other members of the development
1958s	team playing alongside you
1961s	um it'll be a really great time. We're
1962s	really excited about it for those of you
1964s	that are over here in the US of A where
1966s	it's been 150 degrees every single day
1969s	we will also be at PAX West yes so we
1972s	will have a community event at PAX West
1974s	it does not require you to actually go
1976s	to PAX West, you do not need a
1977s	ticket. We will not have a booth we will
1979s	have an off-site meet and greet
1981s	session
1982s	um we'll have some other really great
1983s	surprises and some other special
1984s	guests that aren't on the dev team but
1985s	are maybe involved in the game. So yeah
1987s	it's going to be dope yeah if you can
1989s	try to save some time to be in Seattle
1991s	again you don't need a PAX pass
1993s	try to be there it's it's shaping up
1995s	to be freaking sweet. So come on get
1997s	some free drinks and get some food
2000s	and it will be uh win some stuff win
2001s	some stuff. We'll have a lot of stuff to
2003s	give away which is really cool
2004s	and I think that's kind of it so
2006s	let's take like five minutes what didn't
2007s	answer that's.. West Coast folks oh
2010s	what about East Coast folks...
2011s	because
2012s	for us New York boys uh New York Comic
2016s	Con. New York Comic Con is October
2018s	that's where the October came before
2019s	12th 13th? I should have written it down
2021s	but I didn't
2022s	2023 yes, 2023 we will have an event
2024s	there as well, we don't have any
2026s	details yet and specifically what that
2028s	will look like. It'll be on the show
2029s	floor and off-site venue, but we will
2031s	be having a session where you will
2033s	meet myself and some other members of
2035s	the development team
2036s	I'm gonna make Joe and Steve go
2038s	because they're both from New York as
2039s	well, and even though if they might not
2041s	like it they might not like it, but we
2042s	got to go back to New York. So we'll do
2043s	some signings, we'll see some people so
2045s	we'll be on the west coast we'll be on
2046s	the East Coast -- excuse me -- there might be
2047s	additional shows to announce a little
2049s	bit later on but nothing just yet. Those
2050s	are what we are confirmed for. So
2052s	this game's happening guys and we are
2055s	really excited that it's happening and
2056s	we're excited that people are going
2057s	to be along for the ride with us
2059s	starting on August 15th at 12 noon
2061s	Central Time that is the way to go yes
2063s	talk to your ISP make sure your download
2066s	rates are good yeah so let's take like
2067s	five minutes before we go into the
2068s	Venomess anime uh let's take a look any
2071s	questions that are coming up
2072s	um how do I upgrade it? Right in the
2074s	store so if you purchase one pack it
2075s	will only show you the applicable
2076s	upgrades in the store
2078s	um so if you purchase the uh Initiate
2080s	Pack and you want to go to The Awakening
2081s	or the Exalted you'll have those three
2082s	options there both on PlayStation and on
2085s	Steam again it's not through our store
2086s	it is through PlayStation and it's
2087s	through Steam and it will deduct
2089s	whatever version of the game that you
2092s	have yeah whichever price yeah so it'll
2093s	be it'll be cheaper if you're upgrading
2095s	yeah yeah uh
2097s	one Xbox we've discussed additional
2100s	platforms later on but at this time
2101s	we're focusing on Playstation who's been
2103s	an amazing partner for us as well as uh
2105s	being on Steam yep wwhere's the Cog
2107s	title maybe in the future I don't know
2111s	officially Cog
2113s	um oh do you need PlayStation Plus? Great
2116s	question the answer is yes for Early
2118s	Access because just like any other paid
2120s	premium product on the PlayStation Store
2122s	you do need PlayStation Plus to access
2124s	it. Once we go free to play that
2126s	requirement drops and that's not on us
2128s	that is 100 percent a PlayStation requirement
2130s	that's in line with any other box
2131s	product that you buy for PlayStation so
2133s	PlayStation Plus up front, once free to
2136s	play starts, you do not need it correct
2138s	but there there will be benefits for
2140s	folks in free to play who have
2142s	PlayStation yes. What is the difference
2143s	between heroic and normal? My guy a lot
2145s	there's a whole matrix here. I
2147s	definitely invite you to go to
2149s	playwayfender.com/founders-packs that
2152s	sounds right uh when when it's updated
2154s	speaking of website stuff for the
2155s	creators out there people who are
2157s	interested in getting on our radar for
2159s	content, obviously I know everybody's
2160s	excited for the NDA to drop uh Wayfinder
2163s	NDA
2165s	um that you can go to our website right
2167s	now playwayfinder.com/press there is a
2170s	sign up thing there that will go
2171s	directly to our uh Creator team to get
2174s	you on the radar. Keep you on our eyes on
2176s	you for when you do start making content
2178s	for earlier. please explain the Heroic
2179s	Kyros versus regular Kyrosos difference
2180s	good question so Heroic Kyros have
2182s	increased mod capacity
2184s	right off the gate. So he has a little
2185s	bit different stats that allow you to
2187s	slide in what we call our mods are
2189s	called Echoes um right off the bat
2191s	someone else asks if it's earnable? No
2193s	Heoroic Kyros will never be available
2195s	outside these packs. He is not earnable
2196s	inside the game. It is really a thank you
2199s	to the people that are here that are
2200s	helping us build the game. Will there be
2202s	South America servers and oceanic
2203s	servers? So how our server system works that
2205s	there's one giant mega server
2206s	essentially you log in to play the game
2208s	just like a lot of other games that you
2209s	might find in the genre and it'll
2211s	automatically redirect you to the best
2213s	server if you pair up with somebody from
2215s	America and you're in Australia it'll
2217s	try to do the math and figure out the
2219s	difference and find somewhere in between
2220s	but you do not select a specific server
2223s	um all the game will be available
2224s	worldwide barring any geopolitical
2226s	sanctions um but uh the servers will
2228s	essentially be smart to figure out where
2230s	you are and to find the best available
2231s	for you and the the social system too
2233s	everybody will have a unique social tag
2236s	um it's like any other cross play so if
2238s	you do have another friend on a
2240s	different side of the world you can get
2241s	into a party and you can go uh play the
2243s	game together yep can I only buy these
2244s	packs on the PlayStation Store on Steam
2246s	yes there was no Wayfinder store that
2248s	exists now uh you can venmo me money but
2250s	I I don't do it as a trap if anybody
2252s	from our studio asks for venmo
2255s	send me a screenshot yeah Discord
2258s	um okay so I think that's pretty much it
2260s	we're gonna wrap it up well I'm gonna
2261s	wrap it up, Alex is going to be here. Once
2263s	again I want to thank everybody for
2265s	tuning in and just your interest in the
2267s	game behind me is an incredibly talented
2268s	group of developers who are passionate
2270s	about bringing this game out
2271s	we're making a game that we want to
2273s	play that we know other players want to
2275s	play and this is a two-way conversation
2277s	this is literally the start of this
2278s	adventure and um we're really excited
2280s	and we hope that you choose to be along
2282s	with us
2283s	and uh the proof will be in the
2284s	pudding as we continue to work towards
2286s	full release and as we make the game the
2288s	best game it could possibly be. So cool
2290s	let's watch some anime let's watch some
2291s	anime um when we come back from the
2293s	anime, Alex will have the name of the
2295s	very first winner the very first person
2296s	will be getting a base Founder's Pack
2298s	which is pretty awesome
2300s	um and we're going to do two more
2301s	giveaways so I'm gonna run that bot as
2302s	soon as I leave here let's start this
2304s	anime
2305s	thank you for me bye AJ bye
2311s	[Music]
2323s	Half the Shadow Nation must be here. These dirt
2325s	pusheers are the most dangerous Magic
2327s	users on the planet; I'd be celebrating too
2329s	then pour the drinks, Tox. we're taking
2332s	it home to the Maze. There is an old
2335s	entrance up top, but it's probably
2336s	unreachable
2340s	foreign
2348s	[Music]
2361s	what the hell happened here
2370s	look at the burn marks
2374s	Eldrin blades
2376s	she's here. Let's say hello
2380s	Ven, wait
2387s	[Music]
2390s	thank you
2391s	[Music]
2400s	[Music]
2411s	foreign
2414s	that was a warning shot, Niss, you only
2417s	get one
2423s	[Music]
2430s	why'd you come back here? feeling
2432s	homesick?
2434s	[Music]
2441s	this power is a curse I'm taking it away
2445s	from here
2447s	not happening
2451s	[Music]
2454s	this power could change everything for
2457s	the Maze
2468s	no
2486s	foreign
2522s	[Music]
2527s	you saved me
2529s	why?
2530s	[Music]
2533s	I need you
2536s	to help me fix this
2538s	[Music]
2569s	we're back. What'd you guys think?
2572s	pretty cool right are you excited for
2574s	that coming each season? like I'm
2576s	freaking... So Dope for you guys to see the
2578s	next one coming out too by the way yeah
2580s	anyway so we are joined by two new faces
2582s	I'm so excited you guys are on the
2583s	screen so Kevin, Jake please introduce
2586s	yourselves what do you guys do? hey I'm
2588s	uh Kevin Powell I'm a Senior Systems
2590s	Designer and I work on player side
2592s	combat so that's abilities, weapons,
2595s	Etc.. yeah my name is Jake I also work on
2598s	combat. I mostly work on player side
2600s	but I also do a couple bosses as well
2604s	you know, playing both sides. fantastic so
2607s	you guys both had a fairly large hand
2610s	and we'll talk until I have that dynamic
2611s	shifted over time, but in Venomess um so
2614s	Venomess is the the big kind of star
2616s	character for Founder's season one
2619s	So we're just gonna kind of show some
2621s	live gameplay talk about the abilities
2622s	answer some questions
2624s	talk about like what her backstory is
2626s	who she is, what she's about and uh I
2629s	think everybody got a little bit of a
2630s	taste of her kind of edginess in that
2633s	anime, so let's let's dive into that a
2635s	little bit more
2636s	Let's just jump into some gameplay
2637s	yeah
2639s	so here we go we got Venomess - we're
2641s	piloting and talking at the same time so
2644s	um this is Venomess, her
2645s	base coloring and stature. but let's
2647s	what are those tubes coming out of her
2649s	who is Venomess and what she's all
2650s	about yeah so Venomess, she is an
2654s	assassin for a place called the Maze
2656s	within the game. Really you
2659s	know a lot of the information we've
2661s	we've kind of given out so far, I mean
2662s	you just saw the anime and everything
2664s	she uh she's pretty nimble and quick she
2667s	uses poisons and other things in
2669s	her arsenal um and yeah she she's was an
2672s	assassin for for the Maze and
2675s	uh just kind of learning more about her
2677s	and you know what she does with you know
2679s	her her knowledge of alchemy and stuff
2681s	like that seems like she'll be a
2683s	really good addition to you know the
2685s	cast of of Wayfinders that we have so
2687s	far cool and uh so what kind of role, if
2689s	she's you know, we have the spider graphs
2691s	of each character - like are they more DPS
2693s	or are they tankier? I think obviously you
2695s	can customize a lot of that with Echoes
2696s	but like what niche would you kind of
2698s	put her in in a nutshell? I would
2700s	say that she's
2702s	um kind of like the uh the mirror to
2705s	Wingrave so she's a healer uh but
2707s	she's more of a damage oriented healer
2709s	uh and unlike Wingrave she doesn't
2712s	really focus on protection and she
2713s	doesn't focus on burst healing as much
2715s	as she focuses on healing over time and
2717s	damage over time related to her poisons
2719s	cool and then what does the poison stack
2721s	with is that like a physical is it by
2723s	itself or can you buff it up at all yeah
2725s	so her poisons apply whenever she hits
2727s	an enemy with her weapon uh it applies a
2730s	stack of poison and that's really her
2732s	main Loop -- she wants to apply poison
2734s	because poison can eventually create
2737s	poison clouds and it can buff her other
2740s	abilities. So poison sacks up to five
2743s	times and if you hit an enemy that
2745s	already has a max stacks of poison it
2748s	creates a little poison cloud underneath
2749s	which you can see right there which also
2751s	damages them and applies poison to
2754s	nearby enemies that don't have Max
2756s	Stacks
2757s	um there's a little bit of a cooldown so
2758s	you can't chain reaction create 20
2761s	million poison clouds but it is
2764s	kind of a she builds over time and
2766s	eventually the whole screen's filled
2768s	with poison cool
2770s	um so we do want to go and I'm trying to
2772s	survive these uh onslaughts at the moment
2774s	but she has four abilities so each
2777s	Wayfinder and we did change a little bit
2778s	how you can choose abilities
2781s	um while you're playing the game and as
2782s	you're leveling up
2783s	um but let's kind of dive in what is her
2785s	first ability so this uh this one that
2787s	we're playing on right here what does
2788s	this guy do so this is called
2789s	Transfusion and it's her main healing
2792s	ability uh it locks on to all enemies in
2795s	front of her in kind of a wider area and
2798s	sends out a little needles towards them
2801s	and when they hit enemies they send out
2803s	healing bursts towards nearby allies and
2805s	yourself and they can also apply healing
2808s	over time if the enemy has poison as
2811s	very cool so you're all about
2812s	synergizing trying to get those those
2814s	stacks on and and how did the stacks
2816s	actually apply so that's more of her
2817s	passive so how how do you actually get
2819s	those poison stats on people
2821s	um so she applies stacks of
2824s	poison whenever she attacks anyone so
2827s	regardless of whatever weapon you're
2829s	using
2830s	she still applies those uh the stacks
2833s	of poison to any enemies that you're
2835s	hitting with your with your weapon so
2837s	you know her main weapon is you know
2839s	Nightshade
2840s	um but you know she uses dual wield
2843s	like daggers or sword and shield
2844s	whenever she hits those enemies she will
2846s	still apply uh stacks of poison so so it
2849s	doesn't have to be exclusive to goodies
2851s	or anything right? yeah um so let's
2853s	actually take a look at these abilities
2855s	a little bit closer why not
2857s	um the ability section and you will have
2859s	the ability to actually level these up
2861s	and make them more powerful versions and
2864s	you won't have enough points to fully
2866s	deck out everything but you do want to
2869s	make kind of some tactical decisions
2870s	about you know how you're actually going
2871s	to deal with these abilities
2873s	um so that's Transfusion. How about
2875s	this guy? what's vampiric blast? So
2877s	vampiric blast sends out a canister
2880s	which absorbs nearby poison clouds and
2883s	it radius around it and then damages uh
2886s	enemies around it and heals allies
2887s	around it and that amount scales based
2890s	on the number of poison clouds that are
2892s	absorbed so you can see that one there
2894s	was no poison clouds absorbed but if you
2896s	say used the next ability we'll talk
2898s	about in a second or her passive to
2900s	apply some poison clouds on the ground
2902s	it would absorb those and do more damage
2904s	and look a little bit cooler have that
2905s	cool yeah but it's actually like combo
2908s	that with her third ability
2910s	um so let's pull that up real quick
2913s	so third ability being Venom Thrusters
2917s	what are these how do these work and
2920s	how is it going to change up your
2921s	gameplay
2922s	yeah so Venom Thrusters is is really
2924s	cool that was kind of one of the the
2926s	first abilities
2928s	um we built for her because it's kind
2930s	of like just her as a core character
2934s	you know being able to zip around and
2937s	use these like poison thrusters that she
2939s	has on her wrist
2940s	um to like maneuver around uh while
2942s	fighting
2943s	um we felt like was a really cool idea
2945s	and so
2947s	um when she when she does that she
2948s	leaves behind those poison clouds and
2950s	so you can kind of see how this mechanic
2953s	Works in with the rest of the abilities
2955s	in her kit. You know everything is
2958s	kind of built around you know putting
2960s	these poison clouds out and then
2961s	absorbing them through your your
2963s	canister and then you know causing big
2966s	explosions that cause more poison so
2969s	um yeah this this one uh it's really fun
2971s	there there's a bunch of iterations uh
2974s	yeah with this one but yeah before he
2977s	died oh I was going to use the ultimate
2978s	right oh well couldn't get there but
2981s	let's uh test what is her ultimate? So her
2985s	ultimate is called Deep Breath
2989s	um and it is
2992s	um relatively straightforward she just
2993s	does a huge explosion that does a lot of
2995s	damage and healing in an area but the
2998s	kind of added wrinkle to it is that it
3000s	applies an empowered form of her poison
3002s	which breaks the stack limit
3004s	um so because everything scales
3008s	damage wise and
3010s	it's you know in terms of the number
3012s	of poison clouds spawns so on and so
3014s	forth breaking that stack limit can
3017s	really give her a moment of power and
3019s	also a moment of powerful healing so
3021s	very cool all right so let's see what it
3023s	looks like in action. She gets a little
3025s	cutscene and drop the nuke, fantastic
3027s	yeah very cool all right so you did
3030s	mention a little bit earlier Kevin on
3033s	um the the weapons so each each season
3035s	there is going to be a signature weapon
3037s	that really does fit the play style and
3039s	kind of kit for each Wayfinder that it's
3041s	coming out with
3043s	um so you mentioned that hers is
3044s	Nightshade which is equipped right now
3045s	uh what can you tell us a little bit
3047s	about Nightshade and what makes it
3049s	different from some other rifles out
3051s	there? yeah yeah so Nightshade is uh is
3054s	Ven's signature weapon, obviously
3056s	um and so the the cool thing about this
3058s	one is uh the weapon abilities they
3061s	every weapon has a different weapon
3063s	ability and so for Nightshade uh this
3065s	this weapon ability is is really cool
3067s	because it kind of has a little bit of
3069s	uh Venomess' like essence with it in this
3072s	ability so once you activate this uh
3074s	with Wyvern's Fury
3076s	um all your shots will pop apply a stack
3079s	of poison
3080s	um and so it it's really cool being able
3083s	to have that sort of uh that damage that
3087s	poison damage even if you aren't playing
3089s	as Venomess you'll be able to have a a
3092s	little bit of of her with you and your
3094s	kit uh regardless if you're using her
3096s	signature weapon
3097s	I think it also like really synergizes
3100s	as well with her because a lot of our
3101s	Rivals right now are really slow and
3103s	this is one of our first first uh first
3106s	burst fire now you're not seeing it because
3107s	the weapon ability
3108s	it's full auto
3114s	yeah
3116s	yeah but uh but when you're when you're
3118s	firing normally you go in three shot
3119s	bursts which applies three stacks of
3121s	poison so that uh solves like a lot of
3124s	issues that she can.. not issues.. but like
3127s	the friction that's inherent with her
3128s	and using rifles which is she wants to
3131s	hit lots of targets very fast and they
3133s	can be sometimes slow and Nightshade
3135s	helps her out in that way and then when
3137s	you go full auto I mean you can fully
3139s	stack it into me like yeah quarter of a
3141s	second it's very cool yeah really good
3143s	for single Target damage yeah um yeah
3146s	especially good for boss fights stuff
3148s	like that
3150s	all right well I think that's kind of
3152s	everything we have about her. I want
3155s	to take a couple minutes to to answer
3156s	some questions from chat live
3158s	um so keep keep an eye on there if
3159s	there's any questions that pop out that
3161s	you think you want to do the damage is
3162s	nuts. I can confirm again this is a
3166s	pre-launch version of the game balances
3169s	will happen
3171s	um Early Access yes
3172s	do keep that in mind but yes the
3176s	weapons is very strong especially with
3178s	the the damage going out there
3180s	actually this is a perfect time
3181s	let's announce the the first winner who
3184s	is our lucky winner for the base edition
3187s	of our Founder's Pack and drum roll
3189s	please. It looks like
3192s	vigi01 v i j i 01 if you are here in
3197s	chat
3198s	say something to say it's you and uh
3201s	the man the myth the Legends AJ will DM
3204s	you to make sure you get that key
3206s	Again keys aren't purchasable right now
3209s	it will be on August 15th, but we'll make
3211s	sure you're taken care of and you will
3213s	have the base edition of the game
3214s	congratulations! We got a couple more to
3216s	come so please stick around but let's uh
3218s	holy crap the chat just exploded
3221s	answer some questions put some questions
3223s	out there and we can answer them for you
3225s	it's going so fast yeah
3230s	can't confirm that's good
3233s	um let's see is there they were on the
3235s	group so we already talked about so
3236s	she's more like that support but she's
3237s	also High DPS yeah got the backstory
3240s	um got the abilities
3242s	um we are going to be doing the next
3245s	the next tier of giveaways right
3248s	after this so here we go
3255s	yeah I mean I guess one thing we can
3257s	talk about is so
3261s	kind of uniquely amongst a lot of a lot
3264s	of characters she's really good with
3265s	different weapon types so she's made you
3267s	know her signature weapons rifle but I
3269s	actually play with daggers usually
3271s	because she's great
3275s	yeah they're not her signature weapon
3278s	but yeah in spirit.. which is
3280s	actually a huge part of this game it's
3282s	just like yes there's going to be a
3283s	signature weapon yes there's going to be
3284s	a Wayfinder but the whole idea of
3287s	being able to mix and match whatever
3289s	your play style is and give you that
3291s	agency is is really kind of the core
3293s	essence of the game and in addition to
3295s	just collecting all the the weapons that
3297s	are out there
3298s	um but yeah so you're absolutely not
3299s	locked into playing with a rifle or a
3301s	sword and shield or a two-hander or any
3303s	other future weapon classes that we
3305s	release, nudge nudge
3307s	um so yeah no that's... daggers in general
3309s	especially the Perry I love the parries
3311s	and [..] and dodging and not
3313s	but there was a question about uh her
3315s	weapon being acquirable outside of the
3318s	battle pass end of the period which yes
3320s	yes yes resounding yes if you ever want
3323s	to as kind of being the whole point of
3326s	being free and fair anything that is
3328s	gameplay related you can absolutely
3330s	acquire for free
3331s	um any player in the game can do that
3333s	you'll just have to go find the bosses
3335s	there's going to be a Material Codex to
3337s	be able to help you track down where
3339s	those components are you can get those
3341s	you can lock it regardless if you're
3342s	here for Founder's or two years down the
3345s	line that you joined the game. Anything
3347s	that's gameplay related you can get
3348s	whether it's a Wayfinder a weapon uh
3351s	Mount uh through the game so yeah
3354s	uh visible stacks for.. are we putting
3358s	visible stacks of like how many
3360s	um poison counters on
3362s	um I don't think right now yeah I don't
3364s	I don't think we have visible Stacks uh
3366s	there's there's a lot of there's
3368s	gonna be a lot of things going on during
3370s	combat and so I think another thing
3373s	we've been focusing on is just making
3375s	sure everything you can you can
3377s	understand what's going on and so yeah
3379s	uh we do have you know debuffs and stuff
3382s	that show up when you apply debuffs to
3384s	enemies and stuff like that so if
3385s	anything it'll show up there in that
3386s	debuff bar
3388s	um but yeah no no visual for it
3392s	right now aside from you know the actual
3395s	effects for poisoning the enemy but
3397s	yeah it doesn't like go up depending on
3400s	how many stacks you have right now
3401s	[...] numbers I guess but yeah yeah we're
3404s	definitely open to feedback if like if
3405s	that's something that people really want
3407s	but in my experience playing her it's
3409s	more important that they have poison
3411s	then right exactly how many stacks of
3414s	poison they have on a given time yeah um
3416s	and once you're rolling you're probably
3417s	gonna be at max stacks or say you're
3419s	fighting on a boss or sure yeah
3422s	um and again going back to kind of what
3424s	you mentioned Jake the feedback and the
3426s	the uh upvote essentially feature upvote
3429s	is how we're going to be doing that if
3431s	there is enough you know voice from the
3433s	community that they really want
3434s	something something's not clear they
3436s	need to have you know a little bit of
3437s	help on that UI we absolutely want that
3439s	feedback and we're listening to it so
3441s	please you know you won't have to make a
3443s	new post every time but just like go
3445s	into that website see what people are
3447s	saying if you agree with it just click
3448s	the thumb up button that's that's all
3450s	you got to do
3451s	um and that's essentially how we're
3452s	going to prioritize actually making
3454s	those changes so we have an action plan
3456s	in place to actually say you know we're
3458s	listening to feedback and act upon it so
3461s	please do that
3462s	but yeah so I think that is what we
3466s	got for Venomess everybody
3468s	um and we are say in five minutes we're
3471s	about to do a transition
3473s	um if you're sticking around we are
3474s	going to give away our next level which
3476s	is the Initiate Pack of the
3479s	um the Founder's Pack so please stick
3480s	around we'll announce that here uh after
3483s	this next segment but we're gonna start
3485s	jumping into I will see I think some
3487s	people are excited to see that so
3489s	thank you very much guys I can't wait we
3491s	are going to be doing lots of Dev
3492s	streams in the new studio with both
3494s	these folks um going all the way through
3497s	a future Wayfinder so I'm looking
3499s	forward to that as well so cool me too
3500s	thanks guys yeah
3509s	so what makes a Reward Tower unique is
3511s	that it's more than just a linear
3513s	progression of rewards that you unlock
3514s	it's a bit of an adventure game of its
3516s	own. We're presenting it like a little
3517s	isometric dungeon and as you earn keys
3520s	you're going to be able to hit switches
3522s	solve little puzzles, get little bonus
3524s	rewards... One great thing that our Reward
3526s	Tower lets you do is when you purchase
3528s	it it stays with your account so unlike
3530s	other free-to-play systems where once
3532s	you've bought the battle pass if you
3533s	don't have the time to finish it it just
3536s	goes away. That never feels good it'll
3538s	always be there for you when you come
3539s	back
3540s	[Music]
3544s	foreign
3547s	[Music]
3556s	we're back hey hi everybody
3559s	um so we are now joined by, well I put it
3562s	right in front of your face yeah I'll
3563s	put it over here for you guys let me I
3565s	hear there's a little bit of sound
3567s	adjustment let me see if I can get that
3568s	done on the fly but please Steve, Elise
3571s	introduce yourselves and uh tell us a
3573s	little about what you do on the team
3574s	yeah I'm uh Steve Madeira I'm the Game
3576s	Director uh and I'm Elise I'm the
3578s	Feature Lead for Housing
3581s	stick..
3582s	that should help with any of the sound
3585s	issues that we were having, so keep us
3587s	posted
3588s	um well fantastic I know a lot of people
3590s	have been really excited to get their
3592s	hands on uh Housing specifically we've
3595s	been talking about it forever but we've
3596s	never actually had a chance to show it
3597s	in person
3599s	um so we're gonna just jump straight
3601s	into a little bit of the pre-designed
3603s	but yours truly
3605s	Your feng shui is much better than
3608s	mine but let's see what we can pull up
3610s	here so actually do a little bit of an
3612s	introduction while we get over Housing
3614s	one thing I wanted to mention because I
3617s	saw a lot of questions in chat I'm not
3618s	sure if we answered it while I was
3620s	walking over here but the signature
3622s	weapons that are, that you can get right
3624s	away, you can also earn those in game
3626s	they're not tied specifically to to
3629s	buying it so
3631s	um just to answer that question because
3633s	I saw that come up a bunch yeah no we
3634s	we did cover that one right because we
3636s	were walking over but yeah again same
3638s	anything that's gameplay affecting we
3640s	will make sure
3641s	um free players free and fair from the
3643s	DE's philosophy and it worked with
3645s	Warframe it's going to work here so yeah
3647s	we're going to load up Housing here and
3650s	actually show off our first little
3651s	transition of uh Heroic Kyros for people
3655s	that are excited to see him for the
3656s	first time
3657s	and then so Elise what exactly is the
3660s	the Housing Feature lead as far as just
3662s	like a position of the company and like
3664s	how did this whole you know package get
3667s	worked into the game sure yeah housing
3670s	is always something that's been on the
3671s	roadmap for Wayfinder and so um we
3673s	basically needed somebody on the team to
3675s	be spearheading the development for that
3677s	so I took over as the future lead on
3680s	that and basically what that means is I
3681s	get to work with people from all
3684s	different departments across the team
3685s	here at Airship to figure out what the
3688s	goals for housing are going to be so
3690s	what we're building towards what we feel
3691s	like we want to create for it and then
3693s	how we actually execute that and
3694s	actually build that in-game together
3696s	very cool yeah yeah now and there's a
3698s	lot of really cool systems that we're
3699s	going to show off here for that level of
3702s	customization and and player
3704s	expression. So we're loading into the
3707s	loading screen right now so what does
3709s	this first first view of Housing that
3711s	we're going to see here right now um so
3713s	this is what you're going to be able to
3715s	access during the Founder's seasons and
3717s	this is your apartment
3718s	um so this is the first step in the
3720s	housing system and it's essentially like
3722s	your room at the inn, so your room at the
3725s	inn inside of Skylight and this is your
3727s	space so you can customize it with all
3730s	kinds of different cosmetic items and
3731s	some gameplay items we're going to talk
3733s	about a bit more here in a moment but as
3735s	you can see as you're running around
3737s	um you have a lot of control over where
3739s	you're placing things how you want to
3741s	decorate things and again this is just
3742s	the first step in the housing system at
3744s	this point
3745s	um so we're really looking forward
3746s	towards building on the the framework
3749s	that we've put together here for it and
3751s	what we're going to be working up
3752s	towards in the future which eventually
3754s	we'll need to lead into full houses
3757s	players can create inside of
3759s	neighborhood levels where they can kind
3761s	of create a community together inside of
3763s	those levels sweet yeah no so and again
3766s	like this is
3768s	everything that we see except for like
3770s	the floor and the walls right here is is
3771s	purely up to player customization so
3773s	like even the things on the shelves it
3775s	just comes as a base you know schematic
3778s	and then it's up to the player how they
3780s	want to outfit everything or pet their
3782s	pet their cute little pets that I have
3784s	in here
3785s	the big yawn. So we're actually going to
3788s	be showing this off live for everybody
3789s	in chat right now but first let's
3791s	announce the winner for the uh the
3794s	second Founder's Pack
3795s	um so this is again for the
3798s	um the Initiate level of the Founder's
3800s	Pack and that goes out to Mavis Magis
3806s	m-a-v-i-s-m-a-g-i-u-s congratulations
3809s	so again you won't have access to it
3811s	immediately but we will
3813s	um send you a DM and make sure you are
3815s	all set on the 15th but let's uh let's
3818s	just dive in and show people how you're
3820s	going to be able to make your own little
3822s	house shall we? yeah so we've got you
3824s	know the nice setup that's been placed
3826s	so far and then we're going to go
3827s	through and reset and actually show you
3829s	guys how you can customize your house
3830s	with the different items we have
3832s	available here
3833s	reset layout
3835s	goodbye all that work
3837s	alright so you're gonna have a full
3839s	inventory and there's a bunch of
3840s	different tabs and things that we're
3841s	going through so what's this first tab
3842s	that we're looking at right now? um so
3844s	this is essentially your cosmetic item
3845s	so this is the decor category so things
3847s	like beds tables chairs Furniture, Etc
3850s	and we have some lighting you can use to
3853s	customize and actually change up how the
3855s	space is lit
3857s	um smaller decorative items that you can
3858s	stack on other items like we were just
3860s	talking about
3862s	um and some wall decor too so we're kind
3864s	of we'll run through each of these
3866s	categories I think in a second here yeah
3867s	yeah and then what are the um the grids
3869s	I'm seeing like grid show up and I'm
3871s	able to rotate and I'm able to kind of
3873s	customize how that works yeah so you
3875s	know you have a controller replacement
3877s	of these items so you can rotate them
3879s	you can obviously move them around we
3881s	have a grid snap system so you can
3883s	change up the fidelity uh how you're
3885s	moving it change up the rotation so you
3888s	can have pretty minute control over what
3890s	you're placing things in your space very
3892s	cool all right so let's you're saying
3894s	something about stacking here we got
3895s	some lighting let's light up our bed
3896s	because
3897s	you love staring at a chandelier when
3899s	you go to sleep at night personally it
3901s	really lulls me to sleep
3903s	um yeah and there's different placement
3904s	types like so there's wall placement
3906s	ceiling, some floor things, some things
3908s	you can place on on surfaces like on top
3910s	of a barrel or on a shelf. In the future
3913s	I saw someone ask a question about size
3915s	so yeah this is basically your starter
3916s	apartment so this is the smallest that
3918s	you'll have and it's interior only we're
3921s	going to be talking a little more about
3922s	Neighborhoods later but once we get to
3925s	that you'll have exterior spaces also so
3928s	you'll be able to use have exterior
3929s	decorations as well and yeah you'll be
3932s	able to get bigger houses which come
3933s	with more benefits than just more space
3936s	to decorate which we'll get into in a
3938s	little bit cool all right so now going
3941s	through the the options that we have
3942s	here so we have the placeables you can
3944s	place on objects and even objects that
3945s	you place in the environment which is
3947s	super cool we have things that we can
3949s	put on the walls so again gotta have
3951s	your pots and pans right next to where
3952s	you go to sleep yeah you never even
3954s	midnight Midnight snacks that's a thing
3956s	but it looks like we have some more
3958s	interesting tabs maybe along the line so
3960s	artifacts what are artifacts? yeah so uh
3963s	outside of just cosmetic
3966s	the decorations there are also artifacts
3968s	anything that comes with power is going
3970s	to be earnable in game, it's not
3972s	something that you would buy on the
3973s	store. So most artifacts come from bosses
3976s	so and they come with a power so if you
3980s	place them in your house you'll actually
3982s	add the power to a pool and you'll be
3984s	able to equip artifact powers sort of
3988s	like Echo the ecosystem based on the
3990s	size of your house so getting a bigger
3991s	house lets you equip more bonuses from
3994s	artifacts so you can get stuff like this
3996s	Grand Receiver Artifact you get more
3998s	gold and so if you activate that
4001s	you'll be getting more gold, uh they'll
4003s	they're more like the E-Type Echoes that
4005s	we've had before or uh we're like the
4007s	boss ones if you play in the betas
4009s	you've seen those they have more effects
4010s	than just stats so they'll be more
4013s	similar to that. Some of them will have
4015s	uh they'll have different costs and
4017s	different power
4019s	um some will be better for groups some
4020s	better for solo so and you'll be able to
4022s	swap those even if you're not in your
4024s	house so you can kind of set up your
4025s	Loadout based on what you know activity
4027s	you're doing
4028s	um doing a Greed run get extra gold even
4031s	from the gold Grand Receiver
4033s	um you know sorry for a lot of
4034s	customization there sweet
4036s	um so those will continue to expand as
4038s	like the the bosses expand and the world
4041s	and other events and other things too
4042s	very cool yeah
4044s	um and then trophies how do trophies
4046s	differ from artifacts yeah so trophies
4048s	um they're like a mix between artifacts
4051s	and just cosmetic decorations a lot of
4053s	them are fun
4054s	um but they don't they don't come with a
4056s	power you can equip but a lot of them
4057s	will have an effect in your house so for
4059s	example
4061s	um which is a good one but I like the
4063s	memory the memory Echo yeah that one for
4065s	example so if you have this in your
4066s	house you can interact with it once a
4068s	day to get some memory fragments um so
4071s	there'll be different interactables and
4074s	stuff they'll have fun animations
4076s	um they'll look cool and you can also
4078s	interact with them different ways for
4080s	different effects so you know getting
4082s	these in your house
4084s	um you know let's use that one today
4085s	already yeah the timer is on earlier so
4089s	yeah that uh that's and again that's all
4090s	earnable in-game so this trickster
4093s	chest you might see a trickster while
4094s	you're doing runs randomly and you can
4096s	use trixter keys to um get a role in the
4100s	dungeon and trickster your keys again all
4101s	earnable in game uh and if you have
4103s	extra keys in your house you can get a
4105s	roll you know for free once a day in
4107s	your house as well so that's like a lot
4109s	of stuff like that very cool so again
4111s	and this is a the pool that's going to
4113s	continue to to expand over time kind of
4115s	what cadence do we expect to kind of
4117s	like be flushing out housing items and
4118s	everything when it comes to Seasons
4120s	um so there's going to be a good amount
4121s	of cosmetic items that come every season
4123s	that we're going to create for the decor
4125s	section
4126s	um uh some of those might be tied to
4128s	events in game as well so if we do
4130s	holiday events or anything like that in
4132s	the future and then same for artifacts
4134s	and trophies we plan to keep producing
4136s	more of those each season again
4139s	especially for things like trophies
4141s	um we might tie those into events or
4143s	things that are specifically going on in
4144s	game
4146s	very cool yeah there's one that I'm
4148s	excited about that's in fatter season
4150s	one that I won't say anything about but
4151s	just that know that I'm excited about
4153s	one of them Okay which one I'm
4155s	curious I don't even know which one
4156s	you're talking about there's a lot of
4157s	cool ones but when I'm extra excited
4159s	about all right so the uh the ones that
4161s	we really wanted to show off for
4163s	um the the show there's gonna be pets
4166s	um right now it's only limited right so
4169s	right now you are gonna have pets and
4170s	we're gonna show off the the Rime uh
4173s	yeah so pets version one so yeah and you
4177s	know would this be a live service game
4179s	you know we've got a lot of plans right
4180s	now the pets that you can acquire you
4182s	can place them in your house and they'll
4183s	hang out with you and be really cute uh
4186s	over time we want to have them be able
4188s	to follow you around uh take them out of
4190s	your house uh but uh version one
4193s	placeable in the house so they're like
4195s	really cute house pets very cool yeah
4199s	but we do plan expanding but upon that
4201s	in the future yeah and I think everybody
4203s	wants them
4204s	so I think
4208s	we've gone to your apartment and we are
4210s	going to add animations for like your
4212s	character bending down and interacting
4214s	with you absolutely yes absolutely
4215s	definitely petting
4218s	is super important very cool
4221s	um and then so talked about pets taking
4224s	them some life outside of your housing
4226s	what about to the housing what do we
4227s	expect changing to you know the
4229s	structure of you know different rooms
4231s	locations inside outside Neighborhoods
4234s	what can we talk about there
4242s	a big thing would be to
4244s	customize the surfaces throughout your
4247s	space so floor materials, wallpapers
4249s	things like that really to give you that
4251s	extra level of customization, and then
4254s	long-term we we talked about this a
4255s	little bit but the this is just the
4258s	first step right now so the next big
4260s	step is moving into a full Neighborhood
4262s	level we're going to be able to purchase
4264s	your own plot of land and you can kind
4265s	of choose you know where you want to
4267s	pick to put your house in that
4269s	neighborhood level and then you'd have a
4271s	selection of different houses that you
4273s	know have different visuals to choose
4275s	from probably have different room
4276s	configurations and they're going to get
4278s	larger you know as you progress in the
4281s	housing system longer term too awesome
4283s	and yeah you know if you have friends
4285s	and you both go check out a Neighborhood
4288s	together you can have plots next to each
4289s	other so when you log in go into your
4292s	house you'll see oh my neighbor added
4293s	this awesome statue in his front yard
4296s	how did they get that that's cool and
4298s	also expanding upon that like the social
4299s	aspect Neighborhoods you know you'll be
4301s	able to visit to see other people
4303s	running around in their houses visit
4304s	other people's houses we want to
4306s	eventually expand to having you know
4308s	Neighborhood quests work with your
4309s	neighborhood to like meet certain goals
4311s	and with artifact system another thing
4314s	that we're planning is to have basically
4316s	like a friend artifact slot in your
4318s	house so a friend could leave an
4319s	artifact for you in your house that you
4320s	can activate you'll still need to pay
4322s	the cost to equip it but you can kind of
4325s	share artifacts that way and kind of you
4327s	know work together and just you know
4329s	increasing the social aspect in that way
4331s	as well that's awesome okay
4334s	um let's see I think was there anything
4336s	if we have we touched can we talk
4338s	anything about Guild Neighborhoods at
4339s	this point or is it still too soon it's
4341s	planned okay but that's going to
4343s	basically be an evolution of the
4344s	neighborhood so uh not too many details
4347s	to share on that right now other than we
4349s	are thinking about it and planning for
4351s	it but uh our next big step is
4353s	neighborhoods that's what our main focus
4355s	is right now awesome yeah well again
4358s	even this like the amount of like level
4360s	of customization and editing like even
4362s	like one degree increments and stuff for
4364s	everything in there jukebox
4367s	absolutely yes yeah so that would be an
4370s	example of a trophy that's something
4371s	that you can interact with and it has an
4373s	effect other than just being cosmetic so
4375s	you know getting different songs to play
4377s	like those awesome ones you heard while
4378s	you were waiting to get into this yes oh
4380s	my God how good is it listening to that
4382s	the orchestral stuff coming up
4385s	um
4385s	so I do want to give a shout out we're
4388s	getting close before we jump into the
4391s	the dev diary we are going to be giving
4393s	away one more Founder's Pack to everybody
4395s	who has joined us here I can't believe
4397s	how many thousands of you are literally
4399s	watching us live which is a little
4401s	nerve-wracking but amazing thank you
4402s	guys
4403s	um so we're actually giving out the
4405s	Exalted Pack so if anybody wants to have
4408s	an opportunity to win the highest tier
4410s	Founder's Pack uh please be sticking
4413s	around uh to the end of the show we're
4414s	going to announce that here in just a
4416s	moment so please uh be in chat confirm
4419s	uh I'm Gonna Leave it to AJ to roll that
4423s	in here in any second but
4425s	um I want to get some final
4427s	words just to
4429s	close us out here
4431s	um because we are going to go into the
4432s	dev diary which is a nice kind of end
4434s	cap to everything but thank you so much
4436s	for everybody who's tuned in live has
4438s	been following this project that has
4440s	been waiting for the date it is there it
4442s	is August 15th if you're just tuning in
4444s	right now uh 12 p.m central time you
4447s	won't be able to pre-purchase it but you
4448s	will be able to get into
4451s	um the game as soon as it lives at 12
4453s	o'clock Central Time download it and
4455s	you'll you'll boot right in it's going
4457s	to be two seasons Founder's season one
4459s	Founder's season two and then we're going
4460s	to be going into early uh sorry free to
4463s	play after Early Access
4465s	um please go take a look at the website
4467s	it should be live now that you can see
4469s	all of the different breakdowns of the
4471s	different Founder's Packs what's included
4473s	please join our Discord if you have
4476s	questions I really try to live in there
4477s	as much as I can so feel free to DM me
4480s	um ask questions to the community the
4482s	community is a fantastic resource when
4483s	it comes to any questions that you might
4485s	kind of have if it's their first time
4487s	seeing the game
4488s	um
4489s	we kind of mentioned it earlier but a
4491s	huge huge thank you to our partner
4493s	HyperX again this amazing microphone the
4497s	the keyboard I'm playing on right now
4498s	the oh my gosh these wireless headphones
4501s	last for like 300 hours and I just never
4503s	have to charge them I can go downstairs
4504s	and get my water and everything so thank
4506s	you very much for them helping us out
4507s	and help outfit our upcoming stream
4510s	um a stream room in our new studio which
4512s	I'm super excited to be doing here very
4515s	soon and then at the upcoming events so
4517s	Gamescom at PAX West we'll see about New
4520s	York Comic-Con if they'll be there or
4522s	not but we will have game stations where
4523s	you can actually get your hands on these
4525s	these products and try it for yourselves
4527s	but they've been amazing partners and
4528s	I'm really really grateful for their
4530s	partnership on uh on Wayfinder but uh I
4534s	think we are ready for the final
4537s	individual to win of course AJ put it
4541s	way down here
4543s	oh God there we go he actually did try
4546s	to help me all right so ready drum roll
4549s	ing
4554s	[Applause]
4557s	you are the winner of the Exalted
4560s	Founder's Pack thank you so much for being
4562s	here are you guys ready for the final
4564s	segment which is our Dev diary um get to
4568s	see a little bit behind the scenes of
4569s	her full team
4570s	um we've been we're we're a smaller team
4573s	for something like this scale but really
4575s	passionate and we hope that shows and uh
4577s	really want to make sure that they get a
4578s	little bit the spotlight too but yeah
4581s	it's exciting stuff guys thanks for
4582s	everything thanks everybody
4583s	congratulations congratulations
4586s	all right let's do it
4589s	Hey Joe and Ryan here with Airship
4592s	Syndicate and uh I already [ __ ] up
4596s	laugh all you want it's okay just don't
4598s	make any noise
4605s	hey guys it's Joe and Ryan with Airship
4607s	Syndicate and uh we are getting ready
4609s	for our Early Access which is about to
4611s	launch so uh pretty exciting times at
4613s	Airship yeah we've had a bunch of great
4615s	betas already gotten good feedback from
4617s	fans from content creators taking it to
4620s	the shop made a bunch of changes to the
4621s	game but now the real fun begins because
4623s	we get everybody's input and now it's
4626s	your turn to hop in play the game talk
4628s	to us and and help us get this game
4630s	ready for the big time. we've been
4632s	building this game alongside the
4633s	community in a lot of different ways the
4635s	biggest and the most interactive way is
4637s	through our Discord which even in just a
4639s	short couple of months we've already
4640s	drawn past 10 000 members which is
4642s	insane and just the amount of talent
4645s	where people are making giphs and
4646s	stickers and the fan art and even
4648s	characters that weren't even released
4650s	yet yeah the community feedback from
4651s	from the play tests has been great
4653s	they've led to a lot of just like
4655s	balance tweaking with like how gun play
4657s	works and movement speed and things like
4659s	that and we put in air dashing based on
4662s	I think it was a bug that people just
4664s	liked so we made it real what Early
4666s	Access means for Wayfinder is you know
4668s	it gives us a chance to let people in
4670s	early so that we can start to understand
4674s	what parts of our game are exciting to
4677s	them and what they'd like to see more of
4679s	and it can really help us shape the
4681s	experience before we go free to play and
4682s	wide to everybody. A live service game is
4685s	pretty new for us and so we're learning
4687s	how to do that at the same time we're
4689s	getting all this feedback and it's
4691s	actually been a really refreshing
4693s	experience to finally understand you
4696s	know in real time what's working and
4697s	what isn't and then we could be a lot
4699s	more like productive and proactive about
4700s	making the game better which as game
4702s	makers is awesome for us
4706s	we're taking a page from the DE playbook
4708s	free to play as in free and fair all
4712s	characters all weapons can be acquirable
4714s	through crafting you could play all the
4717s	quests without having been gated behind a
4719s	paywall. By not including any loot boxes
4721s	not including any gotcha if you want to
4723s	have any component of the game affect
4725s	your character that is completely
4727s	available to every single player across
4729s	the board doesn't matter if they're a
4730s	paid player or if they just want to jump
4732s	in try it out and experience the game
4733s	for free
4736s	[Music]
4739s	Venomess is our newest Wayfinder she is
4741s	a spy and an assassin from this place
4743s	called The Maze she uses these augments
4746s	and technological advancements to make
4749s	herself more powerful usually when we
4751s	start out designing Wayfinders we sit
4753s	down and take a look at you know the
4755s	concept for the character. Venomess' role
4757s	in a party is supposed to be more of a
4759s	support role she's also a ranged
4760s	Wayfinder so she'll be supporting her
4763s	team using heals and also range damage
4765s	but then she also has poisons that she
4767s	uses. So Venomess is really good at
4770s	applying damage over time consistently
4771s	because of her passive she is able to
4774s	deal damage even if she's not actively
4776s	engaging an enemy with her DoT. She uses
4779s	poisons to to weaken her enemies
4782s	basically to hurt them slowly and she
4784s	kind of gets a kick out of that she
4786s	likes watching them suffer a bit as she
4788s	toys with them. Venomess signature weapon
4790s	is called Nightshade it's our first
4792s	burst fire rifle weapon in the game
4795s	we're starting to have some more
4797s	diversity with weapon types. Venomess is
4799s	probably the most versatile Wayfinder
4801s	we've yet created in that she's very
4803s	good with both ranged weapons and melee
4806s	weapons when she's playing with melee
4808s	weapons she has the ability to apply
4809s	poisoning to many more enemies at a way
4812s	faster rate, so there's advantages there
4814s	but at the same time you don't get the
4816s	safety that you do with rifles
4820s	so what makes the Reward Tower unique is
4822s	that it's more than just a linear
4825s	progression of rewards that you unlock
4826s	it's a bit of an adventure game of its
4828s	own so we're presenting it like a little
4831s	isometric dungeon and as you earn keys
4833s	you're going to be able to hit switches
4835s	solve little puzzles, get little bonus
4837s	rewards. One great thing that our Reward
4839s	Tower lets you do is
4844s	for you when you come back
4848s	since the start we've talked about
4850s	building this game alongside the
4851s	community and our Founder's Packs are
4852s	first episode doing that
4854s	today we are excited to announce that
4856s	the base Founder's Pack not only gives
4858s	you access to the game but also to
4860s	Founder's season one's full Reward Tower
4862s	including the brand new Wayfinder
4863s	Venomess
4864s	we'll also have upgrades available in
4866s	the Initiate and the Awakened Pack that
4868s	not only give you access to the game and
4870s	Founder's Season 1 but also Founder's Season
4872s	2. other things such as Wayfinder tokens
4875s	to unlock current or future Wayfinders
4876s	pets, mounts, skins housing decorations
4880s	and so much more
4884s	the Exalted Pack is for our most
4886s	dedicated supporter it contains a
4887s	permanent account based progression
4889s	boost for the currently active Reward
4890s	Tower as well as a Heroic version of a
4892s	fan favorite Kyros this will never be
4895s	sold again and is only available in this
4897s	pack. I think it's going to be a really
4898s	exciting time for all of us as we carve
4901s	the way through to what Wayfinder is
4903s	going to become for everyone
4906s	so for the rest of the year we can look
4908s	forward to two Early Access seasons and
4911s	we'll be adding new Lost Zones which
4913s	will come with new creatures, new Hunts
4915s	new group content... there'll be new
4918s	Wayfinders, new weapons, new progression
4920s	systems including Awakening and Radiance
4922s	levels and there'll be new traversal
4925s	methods too including mounts and a hook
4927s	shot. So for free to play one of the
4929s	biggest features we're going to be
4930s	adding is Neighborhoods for player
4932s	housing which I'm really excited about
4934s	because it's really going to bring the
4935s	community together and take the social
4937s	element of the game to another level we
4939s	hope you guys enjoyed that deeper look
4941s	into Wayfinder and the game that we're
4943s	bringing you guys for Early Access the
4945s	team here still relatively small
4947s	especially for a game this ambitious
4948s	they put a lot of work a lot of
4950s	themselves into this thing a lot of
4952s	passion now we're ready for you guys to
4955s	help us build our Dream game yeah so
4957s	join our community at playwayfinder.com
4959s	see you guys in Early Access thank you
4973s	thank you
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[2023] Wayfinder: Early Access Showcase | Devstream #01

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