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Republicanus
Oct 16, 2002

Have a smoke. Coffee? You're welcome.
Fun Shoe
Will there be otters?
I also have a trap in mind but it requires live porcupines. I hope they're not stopping at the old boring "bear, mountain lion, squirrel" classic North American trio of forest animals.

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Republicanus
Oct 16, 2002

Have a smoke. Coffee? You're welcome.
Fun Shoe
Wasn't the plan to have maps that were like 10 times this big with some sort of procedural generation outside of the begin areas? Or am I confusing this with another Zombie Apocalypse Death Sim?

Republicanus
Oct 16, 2002

Have a smoke. Coffee? You're welcome.
Fun Shoe
Ah, I found the part - it was Smedley talking bout map size - but he didn't say it would be procedural

John Smedley posted:

I've seen a bunch of people asking questions about the map size. Forgelight is built to handle arbitrarily sized worlds. Our plan is simple -- we're building the core of "anywhere USA". When we first open it up to users the map will be huge, but nowhere near as big as it's going to be in short order. Our map editing system allows us to quickly add massive areas. We want to make sure we clearly understand how the players are playing the game before we do that. On PlanetSide 2 we made a mistake by making multiple continents before we had a strong enough idea of what worked and what didn't. This game is different. We're doing it smarter.
When we open up the early access there will be a massive map for players to enjoy. Over time (very quickly) they'll magically just be able to keep going further than they've gone before. It's a very unique way of doing it, but we actually think this is a better way to go.
So not to worry. Zombie Apocalypse isn't going to be any fun if it's like Disneyland on Spring Break and super-crowded. We want remote... haunting... being scared when you see someone. Your first instinct needs to be to hide. If there are 20 players in your view it's not a very convincing Apocalypse.

It almost sounds like he doesn't want to announce the size change, which actually would be kinda fun.

Republicanus
Oct 16, 2002

Have a smoke. Coffee? You're welcome.
Fun Shoe

Third World Reggin posted:

He is probably a much better PR person than he used to be if you ask me, but I still hate PR people.

Smedley's the President. He's never been in PR. He's awful at it, obviously.

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