Hugh from NaturalSelection2HD and our sound designer Simon are both in Sydney, Australia. So Hugh popped over to his place and conducted this interview about all things audio in NS2:
Simon has a non-traditional background for a game sound designer, and in fact has no formal game experience. But when we stumbled across his demo reel, we were sold.
You may have seen the video of our dynamic infestation gameplay prototyping a few weeks ago. I got sidetracked with Build 189 but am starting to look at finishing up a "final" prototype that we can use to inform this interesting feature:
I thought I would release this so you guys could try playing with it and maybe give some feedback about how to make it better. Specifically, I want to make it more "analog", so the exact way you create the infestation matters for gameplay, not simply if you had infestation in an area or not. Ie, it shouldn't matter only when or if you build in an area, but HOW you build in an area.
Here's a link for the demo (and source code) you can play with (made in Processing). Let me know if you have any ideas or modify it to make something cool on your own.
G'day!
NS2HD has finished an epic, "Day in the life" video showing a fairly typical day here at Unknown Worlds. They checked in with everyone in the morning, at lunch, in the afternoon and evening, to see what each person was working on.
You can see that their filming and editing skills are increasing rapidly. We loved this video and we hope you do too!
G'day, mates!
The wonderful and excitable Aussie brothers behind NS2HD, Hugh and Alex, have landed in San Francisco and invaded our office. Their mission? To learn more about us and to give you a glimpse of the development process behind Natural Selection 2.
These guys are so awesome. We aren't paying them, they just showed up on their own. We're just letting them use a spare desk and computer! And by the look of all the video cards, cables and camera equipment around here, they mean business. They'll be releasing videos at a furious pace, most likely every day.
We hope you enjoy!