Information on the game (Survarium)
Ukrainian company Vostok Games made up of former developers of "S. T. A. L. K. E. R. 2", noted the milestone of six months of intensive work on the project "Survarium".
"During this time, we have successfully overcome the first internal stage of development, were collected two game levels in the basic version, are the first internal tests, the client-part and server game.Also during this time we worked with the concept of Survarium primary script, game modes and gameplay features. Of course, this development does not stop — then there is still more hard work and ambitious plans", — said the team that decided to take a day of respite and friendship to celebrate this joyous occasion.
Meanwhile, as writes the Ukrainian edition Segodnaya houses in Pripyat are going to blow up and reburied because they were already in a state of disrepair. Dismantling of buildings will hit the tourism business, but, on the other hand, will protect the lives of the stalkers, illegally making his way to Pripyat.
http://news.softodrom.ru/ap/b15112.shtml
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Facebook on the page of the game, wrote that they are preparing to release a new developer diary. Wait.
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3DNews:
In March this year, former employees of GSC Game World founded a new Studio Vostok Games. Their first project was a post-apocalyptic multiplayer shooter Survarium. The game seamlessly combines the ideas contained in S. T. A. L. K. E. R., with a fundamentally new experience in gameplay mechanics and storyline. About what the project is, we have told the developers of the company
Ukrainian Studio Vostok Games was founded in March 2012. The backbone of her team are former employees of GSC Game World — a talented and ambitious gaming company, which released such famous series as "Cossacks" S. T. A. L. K. E. R., but suddenly ceased to exist in December 2011. The guys from Vostok Games look confidently to the future. They don't just release games in an established genre canons and create projects that extend the boundaries of human experience and raises serious questions about the trends of development of modern civilization and human society. First this game is meant to become a multiplayer action game Survarium. That is the project we interviewed one of the key people of the Studio — Oleg Yavorsky.
3DNews: Good afternoon. Introduce yourself, please. Tell us a little about yourself to our readers. What position in the company, Vostok Games you take?
Oleg Yavorsky: Greetings! My name is Oleg Yavorsky, I am the head of marketing and PR Department in the company, Vostok Games, will be familiar with!
3DNews: Tell us about the game storyline Survarium. In what year and where the action unfolds game?
Oleg Yavorsky: the background Story of the game begins in 2016. Humanity is reeling from internal contradictions and problems — overpopulation, ecological, energy and economic crises. Greed and madness of corporations, devaluation, loss of landmarks, disappointment in yourself and life become the norm in society. Environmental disasters lead to terrible consequences. Whole ecosystems are dying, and in their place come the swarms of rats and vermin. The weeds clog the fields and the roads are overgrown so that you have to cut through a path. The government and military are trying to burn the so-called Forest, but this is just getting worse. Mold, fungi and plants modified nearly instantaneously capture vast territory. Large cities are cut off to the Forest, and the loss of power lead to mass outages. In the cities begins hunger and anarchy.
Big biotech organization produces the virus, designed to stop the spread of the Forest. The tests are successful and the virus is sprayed over huge areas. A sigh of relief — looks like problem solved... Spring clouds of anomalous pollen cover the cities, causing an epidemic of an unknown disease, from which man rots away in just a day. During the year dies nine-tenths of all mankind.
The player enters Survarium when the calendar year 2026. The city is ruined, they gradually captures the Forest. A handful of survivors try to find safe places. The player is one of them. Countries and borders are no more. In a world of anarchy. Now every man for himself.
3DNews: What kind of heroes will be able to control the player in Survarium? This will completely generate a character or you can choose a hero from the list of characters?
Oleg Yavorsky: We are planning the possibility of playing a character-male or female, as desired. Initially, the game will have a choice from several pre-generated our character models. In the future it is planned to introduce a fully-fledged editor that the player can shape the image of a hero yourself.
3DNews: According to the game's plot, an ecological catastrophe is sweeping the world and the events will develop in Europe, America and Asia. Tell me, what places to visit players?
Oleg Yavorsky: At the moment we focus on the post-Soviet space. It is close to us, and we feel it. It is customary, from the times S. T. A. LK. E. R. locations in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, and typical for the Soviet Union (the good, the widespread and familiar to all from childhood) architecture of industrial complexes, cities, villages, schools and so on. In the future, the venue of the game will expand to the European territories, Asia and America. The concept of Survarium scale, it allows us to model events globally, especially since the ecological problem today is very serious all over the world.
3DNews: Tell us about the basic gameplay elements. What is the game? What will engage the users in Survarium?
Oleg Yavorsky: Survarium is a free2play MMOFPS. As in any shooter, the main task of the player to try to survive at the expense of the ability to shoot, use the advantages of weapons and equipment, application of tactical skills and team play. The project includes a lot of distinctive features, including unique monsters, anomalies, artifacts, caches of sensitive information, as well as a powerful component of the story. Depending on the mode selected, the user tasks will vary. Examples of typical tasks: to find a certain number of artifacts for a limited time, to find and bring an important piece to the base, survive for a certain period of time to find the secret information hidden on the map, and so on. Options of tasks for the player planned a lot.
3DNews: How much the game will have endings?
Oleg Yavorsky: the format of the game does not suggest a quick ending, on the contrary — we plan long-term development by regularly adding new storylines, plot intrigue, new jobs and opportunities for players. By the way, we expect that users will be able to influence the course of events in the game, depending on their preferences.
3DNews: How much do you plan to introduce the game modes and what are they?
Oleg Yavorsky: so far planned three modes: PVP (team fight), PVE (missions for co-op) and the free play mode, where everyone plays for himself. Each mode has its own characteristics and differs significantly from the others, since the size of the game maps, and finishing with the dynamics of combat and quests for players. We expect that over time, every type of gamers will be able to find your most interesting mode. More details about the game modes can be found in our recent video diary at this link.
3DNews: the game will be introduced the mode of cooperative transmission to the storyline. What tasks are to be accomplished by players?
Oleg Yavorsky: the Passage of jobs in a cooperative mode, aimed at revealing the details of the story component of the game. As you complete quests players will discover all new items in world history. Missions vary from search of artifacts, the study of anomalies to the defense of the escort, and the like.
3DNews: Tell us more about the combat system of the game. What types of weapons you plan to include in Survarium?
Oleg Yavorsky: For games developed complex combat system, with an emphasis on realistic model. This applies both to the ballistics of the bullet and the physical model of the character (ragdoll), properties of materials, and the like. The player will have the ability to use primary and secondary weapons, as well as elements of martial arts. As prototypes of "guns" for the game we use real samples of weapons of domestic and Western production. It should also be mentioned that players will be able to modify many types of weapons with the help of "kits".
3DNews: What are the parameters of the character can be improved as you progress through the game? Whether the character is to gain additional skills and capabilities over time?
Oleg Yavorsky: With the accumulation of experience points the player will be able to improve the skills of your character. All in the game there are five types of skills: firearms training (better shoot), physical training (carry more, run faster), medical knowledge (handling medicines, and stimulants), technical skills (handling of traps and devices), knowledge of the world (the ability to deal with artifacts). For every increase in skill, the player receives a small bonus, but every few levels it will open a new ability that gives an advantage, if to use it correctly. It can be an increase in the time of the sprint, the possibility of breath-holding when fired from a sniper weapon, or increase in running speed when hit.
3DNews: As you know, in the game the user will be able to join various groups. Tell us more about the factions. How many are there? How do they differ from each other? Could you give as an example some of them.
Oleg Yavorsky: the game plan a number of factions, each with its own ideology. Working with them, the player will be able to receive special quests, access to unique equipment and matching bonuses. More details about the groups we want to talk about one of these developer diaries.
3DNews: Interesting to learn about the enemies. What enemies the player will encounter in Survarium?
Oleg Yavorsky: the Main and most formidable enemy in the game will be live opponents — the other players. Playing against other people is always more interesting than against AI. But in the virtual world of Survarium has something to boast: we are planning to create a number of unusual monsters battle which I'm sure will leave a vivid impression. The very monsters we are going to present later.
3DNews: the Game is based on the shareware distribution model. Will put the in-game currency? If Yes, then what can be purchased for virtual money? Will there be a paid account for the user? If so, which ones and what benefits they give to owners?
Oleg Yavorsky: Yes, all right. The game will be distributed for free, with the possibility of micropayments for extra comfort inside the game. Accordingly, there will be two types of game currency — regular (rubles) and premium (gold). Paid services in the game will allow me to make the player's life, helping him quickly earn gaming experience, get access to advanced statistics of the game to buy unique equipment. But in building a financial model, we follow a democratic approach.
3DNews: At what stage of development is the game? When can we expect the start of the closed beta?
Oleg Yavorsky: the game is in prototype stage — we still have much to do. Next spring the planned closed alpha test, and by the end of the year — out on the stage of "beta". All the news will inform through the website of the game: www.survarium.com.
3DNews: it was Nice talking to you. We wish you successful implementation of this exciting project! And in the end — a few words for our readers.
Oleg Yavorsky: Thank you, same! I would like to thank you and all the readers for their interest in our project. More we all good games of happy emotion and less problems! To you!
Released the third part of the official video of the developer diary, which tells of the progress of the game Survarium. The diary presents the story of group Bums, demonstrates the level of ore, and also describes the main features of Vostok Engine technology.
http://www.vostokgames.com/ru/выпущен-третий-видео-дневник-разработчика
It seems to be a trivial fine with rounds mode and not large maps, I was expecting to be something like day z or z options of the future, it is a pity that they this way went(((
And pve the same garbage campaign, allegedly cleanse the area from mutants in 10 minutes, or gather 10 artifacts at the same time, most likely guys will work, better var z buy, it is more the spirit of a Stalker meets: the gathering, survival in the vast territory, day and night, maybe even NPCs quests will give out.
Will the survival mode on a large map with one life...
And I'm annoying that the video on a blank map goes 15 FPS with podlivaniem. And it developers on top-end hardware!
H. Z. Maybe Daisy and Varzi will have an impact, because the large map and one life is not even mentioned. But in conversations around the campfire voiced...
Look, I hope they're not complete idiots to do stupid varfeys in the setting of a Stalker, judging by the interview in 3DNews it until they have obtained after day z and var z they'll get laughed at, who does not like immigrants from GSC to do these games, not the banal postrelushka.
In 3DNEWS also talking about the three game modes. Just the third is a mix рvр+rve, where every man for himself on a large (size?) the map..
Dull it's all huge maps they said would not be full free game I think could be on the cards from 100km and more, which can be not on large maps I don't see, and about the number of players on the maps are silent, and the gathering is not clear, speak only in the task of pve, more just confused mainly about the combat system saying, in the same var z immediately said that the card is 200km or more, 250 people on it, gathering, zombies, clans, etc., and now that it don't get that muddy, in short to squander so much time on pvp and pve full free play can not succeed.
From the FAQ on the website:
Q: What will be the size of the game world?
About: Whole game world will be. The session will be a game with separate locations. The sizes of the individual locations – while the question of game balance.
The fact that the game will be session I was very disappointed(((
100 sq km is only 10 by 10 km In WаrZ stated the first location 160 sq km and as shown DaуZ where 25x25 km. if the server 30-50 players, in the main loot is meat РVР, not survival. But if gash 200-250 players , then COD will be nervously Smoking in aside. So the number of players is not important. Importantly, the size of the map and its content.
Answers to questions updated:
Q: Will there be day and night?
About: day and night, and will significantly affect the gameplay. The changing seasons will not.
New:
Q: is it Possible to make money transactions through PayPal, Qiwi, Yandexmoney, WebMoney?
A: Yes, this is planned.
Q: will we See different game devices of the type of motion sensors, thermal imagers, night vision goggles, extensions, traps, etc.?
A: Yes, this is planned.
Q: Can a player lead a group, to obtain the title, some of the features?
A: If you wish, you can create your own clan in the game. This will be your group that you lead.
Q: will it be Possible to use the captured weapons got in a battle?
A: Yes, but only until the end of the round/mission in the game.
Q: will the player be able to buy personal stripes for himself and his clan?
A: We plan to create designer stripes, where each player will be able to assemble your components. Some components will be available initially, some – issued for completing achievements and feats. Some only sold.
Q: what about camouflage clothing?
A: there Are various types of body armor, some have a bonus to disguise.
Q: Will the system damage the body? For example, the shot in the arm it is harder to get hold of the machine, and the wound in his leg slowly move.
A: the damage System body parts is planned, we will see how it will show itself in playtester, and then will take a final decision on it.
Q: Will there be a time limit on the run?
A: Yes, it will.
In: Portable weight will have restrictions?
A: the Limit of weight we have plans.
Q: If the player will need to hide in the grass, will he be able to lie on the ground and move on their bellies?
A: we have not Yet made a final decision on this matter.
Answers to questions updated (14.12.2012):
New:
Q: Can the top players (occupying the first lines in obscheigrovuyu statistics) influence the game world of Survarium?
A: We definitely want the Survarium story depended on the actions of the players. However, it seems strange that only a small part of the top players it may affect. We are likely to see this effect like this: starts a special event in which players can play for different sides and make the decision to kill or pardon of the villain. After that, we analyze how players are doing and accept the ending that was chosen by the most players.
In: For all alpha and beta testers and active members of the community in social networks will make unique items as bonuses?
A: Yes, special bonuses for such players will be :)
Q: Will there be option of video games where you recorded the provisions and actions of players, rather than purely capturing videos from screen? And the ability to start the recording, rewind, slow down, speed up, change view, etc.
About: We are considering this possibility. But cannot yet say definitely how it will be implemented better record of fighting.
Q: do the developers the ability to climb, to crawl through the window openings and breaks in the walls, to catch up or to plant a friend, so he could give then a hand and helped you climb?
About: This requires a large amount of resources to implement. As for the production and testing levels on the subject of climbing in inappropriate places.
Q: Can climb, jump over small obstacles to hide behind everything that can bite the bullet or fragments and look out from either side of the shelter?
About: we have All this possible. If you mean a mechanic like Gears of War – the kind of mechanics we do not plan.
Q: Will the game is very dangerous but profitable in terms of loot hidden location, for example, the game detect you only spetspribor?
A: We plan hiding places and secrets that will be difficult to detect.
In: Radiocommande – this function finds expression in the game?
A: Yes, radiocommande will.
Q: do you have plans for the game small area with low oxygen content, or is it deprived, through which can be either homemade with the necessary equipment, either for your own risk without it?
A: On some maps such places are.
Q: we Have a chance to kick butt, for example, coming up very close to a zombie, mutant or other character that he would take away life, or he was oposals for a couple of seconds?
A: something similar.
In: the Player can fire with the same two guns at the same time?
A: We thought about this idea and came to the conclusion that the implementation of such a mechanism will have a negative impact on the atmosphere and game balance. So we decided to abandon this idea.
Q: Will the player come across about the artifacts, the appearance is similar to normal, but do not have these properties, and adversely affecting the characteristics of the character?
About: We are against this idea, as it seems to us wrong to deceive the player who spent forces and resources to the production of the artifact.
Q: Except for anomalies, negatively influencing living beings, we will meet the useful anomalies, which give some positive characteristics or, for example, restoring the character's health?
About: This is contrary to the concept of anomalies as dangerous places.
The latest news on the game: http://www.playground.ru/blogs/survarium/survarium_poslednie_novosti_novie_atmosfernie_skrini_i_arti_videodnevnik-77577/