WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:07.160 lonus Tech tips coverage of paast 2014 is brought to you by Intel and Corsair 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:10.559 all right guys we're here at PAX East with Chris Roberts at the Logitech Booth 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:13.839 hey guys and I've got a bunch of questions for you first off though uh 00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:17.640 we've seen the hanger module we've now seen the dog fighting module once this 00:00:15.639 --> 00:00:20.920 game is released way off in the future what is going to be the success metric 00:00:19.720 --> 00:00:28.880 for you at what point in time will you be able to sit back and go like okay this is this is staris this is what I 00:00:24.840 --> 00:00:30.920 wanted uh well I want the so for me I 00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:34.399 won't be happy until the full univers is there that you can travel around that's 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:37.480 of the level and scope they want so even in the early stages sort of like Alpha 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:41.879 Beta Universe we probably won't have enough of the star systems for me to 00:00:39.360 --> 00:00:47.360 feel successful but essentially I want a sort of big vibrant stable community 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:53.320 that's making their own like stories and history up that we sort of manage uh and 00:00:51.160 --> 00:00:56.640 when we get there then I'll be happy that they want add a bunch of extra 00:00:54.480 --> 00:01:01.079 features so I mean I don't see it ending anytime soon so for me the first part of 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:07.640 the Sprint is just to get like all the features in and then at that point sort 00:01:03.800 --> 00:01:09.600 of start to massage it make it uh you 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:14.159 know play as well as possible and then start adding additional content uh and 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:19.080 let it seeing it grow I'm actually really interested to see the universe 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:25.000 grow like we we're actually planning on a whole bunch of sort of functionality 00:01:21.759 --> 00:01:27.479 that's based around a dynamic like uh 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:31.000 locations and so like if you have a colony and the when you first starting 00:01:29.720 --> 00:01:35.200 placeing play the game and it's going well in that system then over time maybe 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:39.040 a year later you'd come back and the colonies come into a small town and a 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:43.720 year later it's grown into a bustling City and so we we we're actually 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:46.680 building that kind of tech into all the different planets and environments it's 00:01:45.119 --> 00:01:50.560 all managed by the econ economy simulator and we're going to all have it 00:01:48.600 --> 00:01:55.159 visually represented in the different places so I'm just really curious to you 00:01:53.119 --> 00:01:59.520 know two years on or three years on hopefully if we last that long which you 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:03.399 know whatever touch W somewhere yeah yeah uh yeah just just to see that 00:02:02.039 --> 00:02:08.160 Universe sort of grow and evolve I mean it's really you know when you look at World of Warcraft or EV on line or some 00:02:06.759 --> 00:02:11.039 of the other MMOs that have lasted a long time it's really kind of 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:16.120 interesting because you sort of see them now and you see them when they started and they're quite different games right 00:02:14.239 --> 00:02:19.840 so I'm kind of looking forward to getting the base in there and then sort 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:23.080 of seeing how it goes from there yeah for sure and like when when looking at 00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:27.120 all that kind of stuff uh from our organization U even just within 00:02:25.440 --> 00:02:31.319 ourselves it's interesting to see how much you guys Foster just creative 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:35.280 develop within the community because we've done some crazy stuff and it's 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:38.879 been really well received everywhere uh like a few guys in the audience will 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:42.720 know Pro uh project Monarch has been received really well with all the guys 00:02:40.480 --> 00:02:45.360 and it's this crazy ridiculous plan so it's it's actually really nice to see 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:52.159 that you guys are supporting the community like that now completely different question what's your favorite 00:02:48.760 --> 00:02:53.599 part of the current dog fighting module 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:56.680 uh okay well actually there's some stuff that that I actually didn't manage to 00:02:55.159 --> 00:03:02.239 demo on stage so we're going to do some videos this week uh but uh first of all 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:06.799 the zero g uh stuff is which I noticed here actually on the floor for some 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:10.760 reason in the Swarm mode all the GeForce stuff is off GeForce is on but you don't 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:13.959 see the animation so you don't see the cockpit wayway uh so I'm actually trying 00:03:12.959 --> 00:03:19.519 to figure out why that why that's happening but uh but you actually uh can 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:24.319 eject out of your ship and uh be in zero g and actually fly around in zero g 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:29.200 there's little jetpacks on your your uh your pilot suit uh so I'm going to show 00:03:27.440 --> 00:03:33.879 a video of that later on this week so that's kind of fun uh but sort of the multiplayer Death 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:38.319 Match stuff's the funnest which was also one of the things that on Thursday night 00:03:35.640 --> 00:03:42.760 we did the presentation we had server issues uh so I guess a lot of the fun 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:49.879 stuff I I didn't really get demo but people are really going to like it I mean you know I think it looks great and 00:03:47.200 --> 00:03:55.879 uh it's kind of got a fun uh sort of fast-paced uh game play um and I'm kind 00:03:53.159 --> 00:04:00.439 of looking forward to seeing everyone play it and and that'll be really good 00:03:57.480 --> 00:04:04.079 just to sort of AC what people do and be see kind of where the areas that maybe 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:07.360 need balancing or what works for people or what people don't quite understand 00:04:05.640 --> 00:04:10.680 cuz there a lot of features sort of under the hood right so there's all the 00:04:08.799 --> 00:04:13.120 different so you can fly the normal way but you can turn it off and you have the 00:04:11.920 --> 00:04:17.199 decoupled way where you could just change your orientation and also you can 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:20.959 strafe also in that decample M you go left right up down forward back so I'm 00:04:19.440 --> 00:04:24.960 interested to see like people start to use that for their combat and then 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:28.560 there's Shield management and energy management of your weapons like so if 00:04:27.400 --> 00:04:32.720 you're just running around in the swap mode here you'll see when you're firing weapons you can see the Heat and stuff 00:04:31.280 --> 00:04:38.240 going down but there's actually management stuff for that inside the HUD 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:39.560 interface uh which uh partly is hooked 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:44.680 up but not fully hooked up and it will be for the actual proper dog fight release so it'll be interesting sort of 00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:48.360 see how all people judge that so we got a lot of little sort of Polish tweaking 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:52.280 stuff to do in the module and then obviously you get the back end super 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:55.560 reliable uh which is sort of that's what's holding up us giving it to 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:59.000 everyone right now uh but yeah when we get all that I'll be really curious you 00:04:57.080 --> 00:05:03.360 know because we got leader boards for organization an individual so yeah I'm 00:05:01.840 --> 00:05:06.600 kind of I'm curious to see who's going to be who's going to be the top dog 00:05:05.039 --> 00:05:11.520 fighter I'm really excited to jump on that and I think our group will do really well but um looking at like you 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:16.000 you're talking about you have to get the server backend strong before you can actually release all that kind of stuff 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:19.120 how the community seems to be perceiving now I'm going to say betas but this is 00:05:17.280 --> 00:05:23.039 like pre pre pre-alpha whatever you want to call it um are you guys worried about 00:05:21.479 --> 00:05:27.319 Community reception because I know at the at the pre-event on Thursday before 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:30.400 PA East it was it was very positive but that is some of the hardcore and like I 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:33.160 know I don't care if I run into bugs and I'll do as much as I can to do bug 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:37.479 reports but are you are you worried about Community reception at all uh well 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:41.720 I mean obviously that's that's the concern is that people don't understand 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:45.479 that they're getting this way sooner cuz you know like normally if you get like a 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:49.000 beta from a publisher it's not really a beta it's like it's basically they're 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:51.680 giving you the G they're like a month before as a demo to get people 00:05:50.440 --> 00:05:56.120 interested and they pretty much think it's done uh whereas we're really like 00:05:53.880 --> 00:06:01.000 this is by the seed of our pants okay we think it works here you guys go uh and 00:05:59.080 --> 00:06:05.080 so I'm hoping I mean I I I was actually surprised on Thursday night like how 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:11.080 positive everyone was cuz I was actually pretty bummed I was like oh my God we I didn't get to show this I didn't get to 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:13.160 show that disaster and like the next day 00:06:11.080 --> 00:06:18.400 like all the Press was great and uh all the people at the event were great and I 00:06:15.479 --> 00:06:23.080 was like okay but I think the difference is that it's like a it's like a 00:06:21.280 --> 00:06:26.639 different mentality so I think a lot of the community I'm maybe all the 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:29.919 community I don't know but but everyone sort of feels like they're in this 00:06:28.280 --> 00:06:33.599 together you know so they're part of and they appreciate sort of getting all the 00:06:31.440 --> 00:06:36.919 development updates as it comes along and so seeing so they sort of understand 00:06:35.400 --> 00:06:41.240 that you know they wouldn't normally get it this this isn't a slick publisher 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:45.400 beta this is really early for feedback so their their opinions and Ma and 00:06:43.440 --> 00:06:49.199 voices matter right so like if people say oh I think this is unbalanced or I 00:06:47.400 --> 00:06:54.120 find this too hard to control that's stuff we take on board and will actually 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:55.759 affect the game play uh and so I so I'm 00:06:54.120 --> 00:07:01.000 hoping that people understand that and you know the price you pay for that early involvement is that it's not 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:04.639 necessarily going to be as stable as slick or as polished as it would 00:07:02.400 --> 00:07:08.160 normally be in a traditional publisher setup uh so I hope so I mean I'm sure 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:13.800 there'll be a few people are like this sucks I want my money back this game 00:07:10.400 --> 00:07:15.000 doesn't play right uh but I you know I 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:19.879 you know at the end of the day it's like look we're quite a ways off from having to finish game and this game's only 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:24.319 going to be better by like everyone's involvement and feedback uh and I'd 00:07:22.599 --> 00:07:28.639 rather be open and give it because I'm actually enjoying it right it's really great to sort of see the involvement 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:33.879 from the community see everyone's enthusiasm and also see everyone's sort of ideas it doesn't mean that you you're 00:07:32.280 --> 00:07:37.080 a you're able or want to react to everyone's ideas but certainly the ones 00:07:35.599 --> 00:07:42.720 that like make sense to you you go oh yeah you know that makes sense let's bring that on board uh so I like the 00:07:40.440 --> 00:07:46.280 process and and and uh you know I really do I mean like I I've had a great time 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:49.400 here at Pax I meet all all the you a huge mind of our community members and 00:07:48.159 --> 00:07:53.759 everyone just sort of feels like they're part of the team you know and it's kind of cool and you sort of have fun and 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:58.919 show them stuff that you're proud of and they're excited and so uh so you know 00:07:56.800 --> 00:08:02.400 despite the possible pitfalls you know I'm I'm okay with it it's going to be 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:06.080 good honestly that that's got to be one of the benefits of being an open in an 00:08:04.479 --> 00:08:10.159 open development environment is people are supportive because being at the 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:15.720 pre-event on Thursday when the helmet flipped that was the most ridiculous 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:17.240 thing ever the entire whole club just 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:20.599 exploded all at once because that was just amazing and and it is interesting 00:08:19.280 --> 00:08:25.680 to see and I do think it's going to be better received as you said um because 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:32.159 of how it is in open development now um with a game like this um how do you 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:34.200 manage expectations with a game like 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:37.159 this uh well I don't know I mean it's really hard I mean I I know that there's 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:41.880 a lot of people think oh my God it's like it's hype beyond belief it's too 00:08:39.560 --> 00:08:44.880 but you know I don't necessarily think that it's us hyping it right I just 00:08:43.560 --> 00:08:48.720 think that that everyone's getting excited probably because there hasn't 00:08:46.839 --> 00:08:51.440 been a game like this and then this and then we're really just sort of shooting 00:08:49.959 --> 00:08:55.880 for the Stars right so it's not just like oh we're just going to fly around in space it's like you know no you're 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:59.600 going to be down and your first person on the planet at this level of detail you're going to get into your ship at 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:04.720 this level of detail you're could be able to walk around the big ships that they board other ship so it's like 00:09:02.880 --> 00:09:09.200 pretty much sort of checking list of anyone that played a space gamees like 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:13.079 dream game uh which is my dream game right so uh so yeah I mean that I guess 00:09:11.920 --> 00:09:16.399 you know and then at the point because we're early in the process you know 00:09:15.040 --> 00:09:20.320 everyone's got their own idea how the game's going to be and you know I don't 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:23.560 I mean obviously it just can't you know people's ideas to what the final product 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:29.680 going to be it's never going to consistently match up because you've got so many people but I do think we'll 00:09:27.160 --> 00:09:35.040 manage to have enough of all these features that will be the well enough 00:09:32.160 --> 00:09:39.399 done that it will be you know if we get 70% of what we're planning into the 00:09:36.920 --> 00:09:43.640 final game I think it will be a really really great game uh but yeah I don't 00:09:42.079 --> 00:09:47.480 know how I you know I don't know how to manage the expectations particularly 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:51.160 well because you know I'm excited by what we're doing and of course I think 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:54.519 we're going to do something really great so I'm not going to be there going oh 00:09:52.839 --> 00:10:00.360 well you know it's maybe it's okay I mean I'm going to yeah I'm really proud of how this thing's going uh so all I 00:09:58.839 --> 00:10:04.519 ask people is you know you just have to be patient 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:09.560 during the process right so a lot of times I I do see like in our community 00:10:07.079 --> 00:10:13.959 people sort of see something or they hear something on the forums and then 00:10:11.160 --> 00:10:18.279 the sky is falling because that possibly can't work and I sort of think well why 00:10:16.839 --> 00:10:22.640 don't we just wait till you actually get to play it in the game and then see if it works or not and then at that point 00:10:21.279 --> 00:10:27.920 you're going to have we going have a discussion about it um but you know that 00:10:25.760 --> 00:10:31.320 doesn't always happen but that you that that's just the nature of the Beast I 00:10:29.040 --> 00:10:36.000 mean you know you I mean we've got a lot of people and they're very excited for 00:10:33.079 --> 00:10:39.600 this and so I guess I would rather have vigorous debate on the forums then no 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:43.200 debate at all right because it shows people are invested in the game that's 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:47.440 getting made and they care which is which is great honestly I think uh I've 00:10:45.880 --> 00:10:51.279 seen on our forums people talk about the game all the time and all that kind of stuff and I've seen a lot of huge 00:10:49.880 --> 00:10:55.040 expectations but I think what's helping it on our side at least is everything 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:58.680 that people are expecting you guys seem to just be doing all of the time like 00:10:57.480 --> 00:11:03.600 everything that everyone wanted to see in dog fight uh on the pre-event there there was more 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:07.880 than what everyone had expected which is kind of amazing that you guys are able to keep up with that level of 00:11:05.880 --> 00:11:11.120 development um there's tons of people here waiting for you so I'm going to let 00:11:09.160 --> 00:11:13.920 you go uh thanks for taking time out of your day to have this interview I really 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:18.760 appreciate it if you want to see all the rest of our pxi content be sure to subscribe to L Tech tips and as always 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:21.440 thanks for watching this video thanks guys