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I wanted to share and highlight this video for others to see. This is such a thorough and amazing resource for the dev team at Frost Giant (the makers of Stormgate) that I hope they have seen. The breakdown and walk-through of the different elements of the game was such an amazing thing to watch.

I found myself sitting there watching for hours, this is exactly what game companies need in terms of experienced game tester leads that can articulate and explain everything going on in the game from the perspective of an average player. I think if every game company had someone of this caliber, to sit down with them and go over the basic mechanics of the games, we would all be a lot better off. I felt like I was sitting in on a company meeting while an outside contractor was going over his notes with the developers and trying to understand their vision while giving his unique and experienced position.

I'm definitely more excited about the game than I was previously after watching this video (as confusing as that might seem). It shows a clear path of how to fix and enhance the gameplay which has a chance to come into fruition with the game still in the testing phase.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

God I love Day9. I don't have as much time to watch him like I used to (before wife and kids), but I'm glad he posts streams to YouTube.

This is off-topic, but the video of revisiting his Amnesia playthrough made my freaking year.

I agree with your post, though. 99% of the time, Day9 has an amazing grasp of how to communicate ideas and mechanics clearly. It's that 1% that just kills me! ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He has a Masters degree in communication. I remember him talking about taking classes for it way back in the day.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Oh, really? That makes total sense! Was Math his bachelor's degree?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Had totally forgotten all my StarCraft days, but Day9 has a some really classic vids from back then glad he's still doing his thing