First of all the monthly event is live! Enjoy Double EXP through Monday!
Secondly, Jeff, Ryan (SI), and myself all went to E3 this year! This was our first time meeting Jeff in person even though we video chat all the time. It was a little awkward at first, but a total blast! We explored all the new stuff at E3 and had some cool discussions on new and current things for Star Sonata!
We explored around the convention hall trying out new games and technologies. One interesting technology of note was the Oculus Rift, the 3D Virtual Reality headset. Ryan has the first version of the developer kit, and we were able to try the prototype for the second version. It was higher resolution and absolutely stunning. SI’s fun side project is Rift support for Star Sonata but it’s still in it’s very basic stages.
We also got to play a pre-release gamemode in Titanfall (my current favorite FPS), and try out the new Super Smash Brothers games on both Wii U and 3DS. Ryan and I also got exceptionally lucky and got a rare test of Sony’s Project Morpheus (a competitor to the Rift). We also stopped by the Nvidia Booth and got to participate in a Titanfall Pro-Am competition. My team won and I got a free headset. Ryan won way too much Super Smash though. Damn Pikachu.
After the show on Tuesday Jeff, Ryan, and I had dinner at a really tasty mexican food restaurant in LA. This restaurant had exceptionally potent margaritas that nearly left me on the floor. First real life meeting with your boss and you get completely hammered… on just ONE drink? I’m such a winner.
At the dinner we discussed all manner of things Star Sonata, including a new idea we had for an alternate “speed” server with open PVP, and an insanely fast experience gaining rate. This server would only be active for a month at a time, and fully wipe at the end of a month. You’d start over from scratch each time this server resets. Live Server bonuses would be given to people who got onto the leaderboards. Right now we’re working on our Steam launch, skin system, and catching up on some crucial bugs, but as soon as all that’s done, we’ll be discussing this idea with the rest of the team and possibly hammering out some details if it seems like an actual good idea. We’d love to know what you think of this idea!
We met up with Jeff again for a dinner on the last day of the show, where we were introduced to a really cool card game. Unfortunately my phone broke on the last day of the show so I had only one really blurry picture of the three of us as proof we actually met. Ignore the photobomber behind Ryan and Jeff, also my really derpy excited smile. Ugh.
The next blog post you’ll see from me will be July’s Suggestion Review post which probably will be published the second week in July. See you next time!
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