TAW Backers Only Chat 12/07/13

[17:59] <@RobitStudios> Hey everyone!
[17:59] <Immortius> hello
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[18:00] <Kierian> Hello
[18:00] <ElBartoME> hey
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[18:00] <@RobitStudios> im just eating some leftovers here real quick
[18:00] <@beta_red> Ah sweet!  I got promoted!  Where do I get my badge and gun?
[18:01] <@RobitStudios> remember what happened the last time you had a gun?
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[18:02] <Klaimen> ah!
[18:02] <Klaimen> hi all
[18:02] <@beta_red> I was a rookie, writing my own set of rules!
[18:02] <ElBartoME> hello
[18:02] <@beta_red> Hey Klaimen!
[18:02] <@beta_red> Hey ElBartoME!
[18:02] <@RobitStudios> welcome klaimen
[18:02] <@beta_red> Welcome to the chat!
[18:02] <ElBartoME> Thanks!
[18:02] <Klaimen> thanks!
[18:03] <@beta_red> How's everyone doing this fine december day/night?
[18:03] <ElBartoME> First time I am here. Let's see what it brings.
[18:03] <Klaimen> midnight :)
[18:03] <@fetalstar> oh man i'm so sleepy
[18:03] <ElBartoME> Yeah, also midnight here. :)
[18:03] <Klaimen> it's cold in hamburg
[18:03] <Klaimen> but at least we're not underwater anymore lol
[18:03] <Kierian> Yeah it's about 11pm here in England
[18:04] <@RobitStudios> i had a request from someone to have the chat even earlier, so maybe next time we'll bump it up a few hours
[18:04] <ElBartoME> Was it that bad? There was really nothing from the storm here to see in Frankfurt.
[18:04] <@beta_red> Yeah, how's everything going with the flooding in Hamburg?  That looked really scary.
[18:05] <Klaimen> we could handle it. after the terrible event from 1962, the town has increased protection very much
[18:05] <Klaimen> actually the water was even higher than back then, but the dykes have been built higher
[18:05] <Klaimen> so, no problem
[18:05] <@beta_red> That's good
[18:05] <ElBartoME> Okay, good to hear.
[18:06] <Klaimen> ElBartoME - the storm didn't reach that far, eh?
[18:06] <@beta_red> Well thanks everyone for coming out to the chat so late in the evening!
[18:06] <ElBartoME> No not really. It just just a little windy. And a little bit of snow.
[18:06] <@RobitStudios> sorry im being anti-social- just wanted to finish dinner real quick
[18:06] <Klaimen> yeah, we have a bit of snow here too now, it's very slippy outside... ugh
[18:07] <Klaimen> beta: as always, sure thing :)
[18:08] <ElBartoME> All the snow is gone which is nice.
[18:08] <@fetalstar> yeah, i'm busy dying of cold and sleepyness
[18:08] <@fetalstar> ;D
[18:08] <@RobitStudios> haha, go take a nap!
[18:08] <Klaimen> snow is cool :)
[18:08] <@beta_red> Haha :)
[18:08] <@fetalstar> no! i set my alarm for this!
[18:08] <@RobitStudios> haha ok, well then let's make it worth while
[18:09] <@beta_red> Well, anyone feel free to fire away with any questions you might have.  I'll start: Steven, how tall is the Eiffel Tower, and why is it that tall?
[18:09] <ElBartoME> Snow is not so cool when you live on a very steep hill. :D
[18:09] <Klaimen> oh no fetal. dripping nose?
[18:09] <@fetalstar> oh no, i'm not sick yet. my apartment is just really cold
[18:09] <@fetalstar> hahah
[18:09] <Klaimen> lol, beta
[18:09] <Klaimen> elbarto, you're totally right about that D:
[18:09] <@RobitStudios> i have no idea how tall and im sure it IS that tall because thats what the architect wanted
[18:10] <@RobitStudios> thats a most reasonable answer
[18:10] <@beta_red> Entirely reasonable :D
[18:10] <Klaimen> ok. obvious question: how is the demo coming?
[18:10] <@RobitStudios> so, to get on topic - i decided at the last minute to add screen resolution options to the game before releasing the demo
[18:11] <@RobitStudios> this way you can play the game in your monitors native resolution
[18:11] <@RobitStudios> but i was avoiding doing it beause i knew i would have to fix some HUD and UI stuff
[18:11] <@RobitStudios> but ive already been able to fix most of it. should have the rest done this weekend
[18:12] <Klaimen> that is good news. lower resolution should increase performance
[18:12] <ElBartoME> I guess 16:9 is supported? I played TAG the other day and those thick black bars was the first thing I noticed. :)
[18:12] <@RobitStudios> yeah, thats what i noticed too, the higher the res the more VRAM it took
[18:13] <@RobitStudios> yes, all popular ratios are supported
[18:13] <ElBartoME> Okay, cool
[18:13] <Klaimen> could you make any changes to increase the overall performance, too?
[18:13] <@RobitStudios> 16x9, 16x10, 5x3, 4x3
[18:13] <Klaimen> 16x10 :'D
[18:14] <Klaimen> (my native resolution)
[18:14] <@beta_red> Haha :)
[18:14] <Immortius> I'm told Asus recently produced a monitor with a 21:9 ratio.
[18:14] <ElBartoME> I have tree monitor hooked up with 4:3, 16:9 and 16:10
[18:14] <@RobitStudios> klaimen, yes there are a lot of things i can do to improve performace for the game, but they might not be ready for the demo
[18:15] <Klaimen> robit: OK, but it's good to know you're up to it :)
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[18:15] <ElBartoME> Is the performance a big issue?
[18:15] <@RobitStudios> i think it is on some CPUs, its not a GPU problem
[18:15] <@beta_red> Welcome to the chat Haelbarde!
[18:15] <@RobitStudios> and its because alot of the code needs to be refined
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[18:16] <@RobitStudios> i started looking at it and theres a lot of stuff that can be optimized
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[18:16] <Klaimen> I tried running the demo on my old laptop and it was not playable there :/
[18:16] <Klaimen> e.g. it was running verrrrrry slow
[18:17] <@RobitStudios> yeah, an old laptop with little or no VRAM is not going to be able to run the game, haha
[18:17] <Klaimen> but i'm optimistic it will run eventually
[18:17] <Klaimen> it should! i play other games in the same league with no problems ;)
[18:18] <@RobitStudios> in your case i think it might be the CPU thats holding it back, but we'll work it out
[18:18] <ElBartoME> btw, I love the TAG OST. I'm listening to it almost every day.
[18:18] <Haelbarde> I had been curious about the demo. How does one get access to it, or is there a time frame for when it is going to be released?
[18:18] <Klaimen> Yeah it's very possible. we'll see. i'll help with testing
[18:19] <@beta_red> ElBartoME, that's awesome!!  I'm glad to hear you're liking it! :)
[18:19] <@RobitStudios> the demo doesnt have a set release date, but it will be within the next week or so
[18:19] <@RobitStudios> it will be available publicly on the website and i'll send out an email to everyone too
[18:19] <Haelbarde> I've also enjoyed it, and the TAW remixes
[18:20] <ElBartoME> Yeah, I bought the OST immediatly after playing TAG
[18:20] <Kierian> I'm also loving the OST, I listen to it all the time
[18:20] <@beta_red> Thanks, Haelbarde!  I've been having a lot of fun with eh remixes :)
[18:20] <Klaimen> Yeah I'm always looking forward to the mondays with the new stuff on the blogs and the new remixes. i can never switch the soundcloud playlist off after the 2 new tracks =)
[18:20] <Klaimen> (and that list is getting super long lately!)
[18:21] <ElBartoME> The remixes are great too. I'm looking forward to the new OST. :)
[18:21] <@beta_red> That's awesome, ElBartoME!
[18:21] <@RobitStudios> oh man, the song beta_red sent me today is easily one of my favorites
[18:21] <@RobitStudios> the final boss music
[18:21] <@beta_red> Kierian, that's great!  I had so much fun doing the OST for TAG, I was so excited to get to remix them all for TAW :)
[18:21] <@RobitStudios> the remix turned out really good
[18:22] <Haelbarde> Question, where did the name 'two weeks notice' come from?
[18:22] <Klaimen> nice, it's one of my fave tunes in the game!
[18:22] <@beta_red> Haha, thanks guys! :D
[18:22] <@beta_red> Yeah, it's funny, I was really bummed about the state of the mix a few days ago, b/c it just was not coming together, but
[18:23] <@beta_red> I felt inspired after hearing from some of you all on Twitter, and just kept working on it until I liked it.
[18:24] <@beta_red> I think it's actually the most complicated mix I've ever done from an engineering perspective
[18:24] <Klaimen> awesome! great to hear :)
[18:24] <@RobitStudios> yeah, i can see that - its got so much going on
[18:24] <@beta_red> I don't know that it sounds that way, but I'm happy with how it turned out :)
[18:24] <@RobitStudios> it makes me want to really beef up the final boss fight for sure
[18:24] <@beta_red> Haha, that's awesome! :D
[18:24] <ElBartoME> Are the remixes that are currently uploaded final or are they going to change?
[18:25] <@RobitStudios> if its too hard you can blame beta_red for making bad ass music
[18:25] <Klaimen> that's gonna be so cool...
[18:25] <@beta_red> Hahaha!! :D
[18:25] <Klaimen> haha. dangit beta, make a mellow mix, plz!
[18:25] <@beta_red> ElBartME, that's a great questions!
[18:25] <@fetalstar> well final bosses are supposed to be hard!
[18:25] <@beta_red> Haha!!
[18:26] <@beta_red> For the most part, the mixes are final, they'll all definitely go through one more stage of mastering once they're all done, but
[18:26] <@beta_red> It's funny, I learn something new on every mix, and there are a few I want to revisit for some touch ups :)
[18:27] <Klaimen> yeah you recognize that with every new song you release
[18:27] <ElBartoME> Haha, okay. :D I'm looking forward to the OST.
[18:28] <@beta_red> Haha, right on!  Thanks, buds!  I'm glad to hear it!
[18:28] <ElBartoME> One of my favorite songs is "Of Mice And Monkeys". Great song!
[18:28] <@RobitStudios> oh yeah, thats one of my top 5 for sure
[18:29] <@beta_red> That's great!  I was really happy with how that one turned out.
[18:29] <ElBartoME> In the game I deliberately stayed on the island to listen to it. :)
[18:29] <@beta_red> Haha, that's fantastic! :)
[18:29] <Haelbarde> My favourite was two weeks notice from Tag, looking forward to hear its remix
[18:30] <@RobitStudios> thats awesome
[18:30] <ElBartoME> Yeah, that song is also great. The band in the game was a nice touch.
[18:30] <Haelbarde> Curious about where the name came from
[18:30] <@beta_red> Right on!  That's actually the next one on my list!
[18:31] <@RobitStudios> i probably know the story of the name, but i cant remember it exactly
[18:31] <@beta_red> The name for that kind of sprouted from the lyrics.  Since, the lyric line is "I don't want to be a part of your revolution", I thought that "Two Weeks Notice" would be a neat title since that's what's generally requested from employers before you quit a job :)
[18:32] <@RobitStudios> yeah, and i think you came up witht hat while we were both working an office job together
[18:32] <@beta_red> Haha, that's true!!
[18:33] <@RobitStudios> the lead singer of the band in TAG is loosley based on beta_red
[18:33] <Haelbarde> Ah okay. I had also wondered about the lyrics. I could never quite make it out
[18:33] <Klaimen> you were working together at some point? :)
[18:34] <Klaimen> i mean, at the same office?
[18:34] <@RobitStudios> we both met in Rochester, NY and i told him about a temp job at the place i was working
[18:34] <@RobitStudios> and we ended up working on the same team
[18:35] <@beta_red> Yeah!  Stephen actually helped me to get the job, and it really was a cool, interesting job
[18:35] <Haelbarde> That's cool
[18:35] <Klaimen> what did you do?
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[18:35] <@RobitStudios> our lunch breaks were often used to game brainstorming
[18:35] <ElBartoME> Haha :D
[18:35] <@beta_red> That's right!! :)
[18:36] <@RobitStudios> we were geospatial image processors
[18:36] <@RobitStudios> processining the images that are taken from cesnas and used on mapping sites like bing
[18:37] <Klaimen> ooooh, that's definitely something i'd like to do, too i bet :)
[18:37] <@RobitStudios> http://pictometry.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76&Itemid=85
[18:37] <@RobitStudios> thats the company
[18:37] <@beta_red> Yeah, I was just checking accuracy on the images--it was cool though, Stephen could do my job about ten time faster than me--he's good with those computer thingys :)
[18:37] <Klaimen> lovely!
[18:37] <@RobitStudios> yeah, im actually still working for them remotely
[18:38] <Klaimen> i'm working quite a bit with GIS personally at my job
[18:38] <@RobitStudios> but part time
[18:38] <Klaimen> nice!
[18:38] <@beta_red> It's funny though, after working there, if you look out of an airplane window, it looks like you're at work :)
[18:38] <@RobitStudios> oh yeah? whats your job klaimen?
[18:38] <ElBartoME> So I guess you wrote the image processing software?
[18:39] <Klaimen> i'm working for a water resource management company - we just look the other way, into the underground. geology and that kinda stuff
[18:39] <@RobitStudios> i helped develop some scripts, but no i wasnt developing software for them
[18:39] <@beta_red> That sounds cool!
[18:39] <Klaimen> ah ok. so, do you work with the devilish ESRI GIS too?
[18:40] <@RobitStudios> oh yeah, that makes sense -we used to work with companies like that - we did cooridor shoots for pipe laying and stuff
[18:40] <@RobitStudios> klaimen, not on a daily basis, but for some projects yeah
[18:40] <Klaimen> yeah some of my colleagues do that stuff for water pipes
[18:41] <Klaimen> but yeah, i love those birds eye perspective images
[18:41] <Klaimen> also time lapses are so sweet
[18:42] <@RobitStudios> i do love a good time-lapse
[18:42] <@RobitStudios> any of you guys played starbound yet?
[18:42] <Klaimen> yeah
[18:42] <ElBartoME> Yes
[18:42] <Klaimen> the whole day actually
[18:42] <Klaimen> lol
[18:42] <@beta_red> Sweet!
[18:42] <@RobitStudios> haha nice. i still havent had the time to check it out
[18:43] <ElBartoME> It's so much fun. But I'm waiting for the update right now.
[18:43] <@fetalstar> i haven't either
[18:43] <Klaimen> don't
[18:43] <Klaimen> you'll get addicted
[18:43] <Klaimen> and stop working on TAW
[18:43] <Klaimen> nobody wants that
[18:43] <@fetalstar> i've already got that going on with ff14
[18:43] <@fetalstar> so we're good
[18:43] <Klaimen> haha
[18:43] <Klaimen> touche
[18:43] <@beta_red> Haha :)
[18:43] <@RobitStudios> haha yeah thats why im putting it in the list of games i'll play when im done with TAW
[18:44] <ElBartoME> Yeah, Starbound is a time sink. There is so much to explore.
[18:44] <@beta_red> Yeah, I haven't had a chance to check it out either, but it looks really cool
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[18:44] <Klaimen> elbarto: yeah absolutely... it's enormous, how can i see everything i wanna see? D:
[18:45] <ElBartoME> I played 20 hours and I only explored maybe 2-3 planets. Crazy
[18:45] <Klaimen> yeah, i only got to the second planet and i haven't beaten that boss thing yet, if you know what i mean...
[18:46] <@RobitStudios> http://i.imgur.com/xrBDyhh.png
[18:46] <ElBartoME> I tried to beat the boss...and I was annihilated.
[18:46] <@RobitStudios> just saw that - had to share
[18:46] <ElBartoME> :D
[18:46] <@fetalstar> stephen why
[18:46] <@fetalstar> so many childhood nightmares
[18:46] <Klaimen> lol what??
[18:46] <@beta_red> Haha!  Yes!
[18:47] <@RobitStudios> i hacked ski-free with a hex editor and replaced all the graphics
[18:47] <@RobitStudios> made the ski guy into a showboarder
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[18:48] <@beta_red> That's awesome! :D  I had forgotten about ski free
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[18:48] <Klaimen> i didn't know that game. uhm. why!
[18:48] <Klaimen> i need to play it!
[18:48] <Haelbarde> Sorry just rejoined. Which game?
[18:48] <@RobitStudios> http://ski.ihoc.net/
[18:49] <Klaimen> thanks!
[18:49] <Haelbarde> Also, is this the normal size of chat?
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[18:49] <@beta_red> I like to think of it as an ultra realistic ski simulator.
[18:49] <@beta_red> I should also mention I've never been skiing
[18:50] <@RobitStudios> yeah just downloaded it myself
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[18:50] <@RobitStudios> im going to play this after the chat
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[18:50] <Klaimen> me too, i'm kinda excited now, it looks good!
[18:51] <@RobitStudios> its actually pretty cheesy, but its good... sort of
[18:52] <Klaimen> well it's looking good for a game of that time
[18:52] <@beta_red> I like to think of it as a psa for how dangerous abominable snowmen really are
[18:52] <Klaimen> also it's holiday season
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[18:53] <@RobitStudios> hey, its almsot getting on an hour - is there any other questions anyone has? or anything in particular you want to talk about?
[18:54] <ElBartoME> I don't have anything at the moment. Just looking forward to the demo. :)
[18:54] <@RobitStudios> by the next chat the demo will be out so im sure we'll have a lot more to talk about
[18:54] <@RobitStudios> and probably we'll have more people here
[18:54] <Klaimen> for now i'm just waiting for the demo to try out. else i'm happy with the current flow of updates :)
[18:55] <@RobitStudios> cool :) im really looking forward to you all getting to play it
[18:56] <@beta_red> Yeah, I'm excited to see what you all think!
[18:56] <ElBartoME> And I'm looking forward to give feedback. :)
[18:57] <@beta_red> Right on! :)
[18:57] <@fetalstar> i'm pretty excited for the demo
[18:57] <ElBartoME> Allright, I'm going to get some sleep. Until next time!
[18:58] <Klaimen> me too!
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[18:58] <@RobitStudios> see ya everyone! thanks for stopping by to chat
[18:58] <Klaimen> looking forward to the resolution settings
[18:58] <@beta_red> Sounds good, buds!  Thanks for staying up late with us!
[18:58] <SpruceZeus> oh no i missed it again :<
[18:58] <SpruceZeus> i was playing risk of rain and lost track of the time >_>
[18:58] <@fetalstar> XD
[18:58] <Klaimen> yeah, have a good evening/night
[18:58] <@RobitStudios> haha, yeah spruce, we were just wrapping up
[18:59] <@RobitStudios> but if you have any thing you want to talk about, i can stick around a little bit
[18:59] <SpruceZeus> no nothing in particular
[18:59] <@RobitStudios> i'll post the chat log on the forums
[18:59] <SpruceZeus> ok ty
[18:59] <@RobitStudios> so, you can see what we talked about
[18:59] <SpruceZeus> looking forward to playing the game
[18:59] <@RobitStudios> thanks! the demo should be out in the next week or so
[19:00] <SpruceZeus> cool
[19:00] <@RobitStudios> i'll send out an email when its available
[19:00] <Klaimen> great. thank you!