Episode Details

After taking in scads of questions from our readers about Camelot Unchained, we roped in Mark Jacobs to see how many of them he could answer in a tight hour! It's everything you wanted to know about this Arthurian RvR title -- and then some. Even if you're not into Camelot Unchained, we think you'll find this episode a fascinating look into the development process.

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Show notes:

• Introduction
• Crunch and beta prep
• Building an engine from scratch
• What is Camelot Unchained?
• How are you handling servers?
• Free trials and open beta
• Tutorials and player guides
• PvP design goal for the whole game
• How will CU's PvP be better than DAoC's FFA PvP?
• Economic PvP design goal
• Trading at 3:00 a.m.
• How will you balance 30 classes?
• What does CU bring to the genre that's new?
• Addressing visual chaos
• Outro

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• Podcast theme: "Main Menu Patcher Music" from Camelot Unchained
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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