Dual Universe - Inside Novaquark Podcast

Dual Universe - Inside Novaquark Podcast #6

marketing@novaquark.com (Novaquark) — Tue, 2 Jun 2020 13:31:59 +0000

We’ll be taking a look at some really hot topics and tackling some of the concerns of the community. Look below for a breakdown of the content:

00:00:00 - Introduction and content teaser

00:01:20 - First Time User Experience (Spawn Points, “H” Helper, Hints, Achievements, Tutorials/VR Station, Codex)

00:05:21 - Visual Changes

00:05:52 --- Inventory and container

00:06:33 --- New Element Variations (Space and Atmospheric Engines)

00:07:51 --- New Element Variations (Decorative: Fuel intake, Hatches, Commander Seats & Gunner Modules)

00:10:30 --- New Textures for Materials (Pures, Honeycombs and Products)

00:12:08 --- Ore Optimization in Mining

00:14:53 - Persistent Notification System

00:17:35 - Resurrection Nodes

00:20:19 - Crafting Recipe Balancing (Early Game)

00:23:03 - Surrogate Robots

00:33:42 - Warp Drives

00:42:13 - Warp Drives & Market Prices

00:43:55 - Key Mapping

00:45:50 - Nanopack Market Access

00:52:02 - Community Concern Address: Pending Operations, Game Performance

00:55:05 - Community Concern Address: Communications with our Community

01:03:27 - Territory Claim Unit

01:09:54 - June Test Updates

01:12:36 - Outro

Dual Universe is a continuous, single-shard MMORPG that takes place in a multi-planetary, sci-fi world that features player-driven economy, politics, trade, and warfare. Players can freely modify the world by creating structures, spaceships, and even orbital stations, giving birth to empires and civilizations.

Official website: http://www.dualthegame.com

Join the community: Official forum: https://board.dualthegame.com

Community portal: https://community.dualthegame.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dualthegame/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dualuniverse

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dualuniverse

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dualuniverse

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dualuniverse

Dual Universe - Inside Novaquark Podcast #5

marketing@novaquark.com (Novaquark) — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 14:34:48 +0000

We're back with this fourth episode of our podcast with the Novaquark team! Hosted by NQ-Nomad, JC Baillie (Founder and CEO of Novaquark and Creative Director of Dual Universe)and NQ-Entropy (Game Designer) answer the community's questions.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:36 - Pending Operations

00:02:43 - Necessary Gaming Rig

00:03:34 - Massive Stress Test Events

00:05:40 - Voxel Loading

00:08:32 - Voxel Library & Voxel Elements

00:10:33 - Voxel Vertex Editor

00:11:10 - Merging Core Building Zones

00:14:51 - Docking Units

00:17:21 - Why not just one Core type?

00:20:21 - Missing voxel line for some core units

00:22:12 - Warped voxels when copy/pasting

00:24:46 - Road Building Tool?

00:26:35 - Last bits of an already dug ore vein

00:27:59 - Underwater lights and underwater presence

00:31:25 - Salvaging Gameplay

00:33:11 - Piloting & Speed cap

00:34:38 - Industry (on Dynamic Cores?)

00:39:26 - Power System / Energy Gameplay

00:42:15 - Sanctuary Moons / Safe zones / TCUs

00:46:48 - Territory Protection and moving Constructs

00:48:14 - Lag/Desync that may impact negatively PvP

00:55:06 - Scanning/Tracking in Space

00:57:46 - Fast travel gameplay

01:01:34 - Docking

01:02:36 - Lua protection / obfuscation

01:05:51 - Outro

Official website: www.dualthegame.com
Join the community:
Official forum: board.dualthegame.com
Community portal: community.dualthegame.com/
Follow us on:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dualuniverse
Twitter: twitter.com/dualuniverse
Soundcloud: @dualuniverse

Dual Universe - Inside Novaquark Podcast #4

marketing@novaquark.com (Novaquark) — Thu, 5 Dec 2019 13:24:00 +0000

We're back with this fourth episode of our podcast with the Novaquark team! Hosted by NQ-Sesch and NQ-Nomad, we speak with JC Baillie (Founder and CEO of Novaquark and Creative Director of Dual Universe)and NQ-Entropy (Game Designer).

In this fourth episode, we cover:
00:00:00 - Introduction (Participants’ Presentation)
00:02:20 - 2019 recap
00:07:10 - Alpha 3 planned for January 2020.
00:08:44 - Alpha 3 - PvP: CvC first iteration
00:23:12 - Alpha 3 - RDMS revamp & Organization Management
00:37:03 - Alpha 3 - Piloting revamp
00:42:14 - Alpha 3 - Industry revamp
00:48:15 - Alpha 3 - Mining changes
00:52:55 - Alpha 3 - Territory Units comeback
00:53:47 - Alpha 3 - Global Lighting & Space Skybox
00:56:22 - Alpha 3 - UI changes
00:58:16 - After Alpha 3 launch: Stabilization, Polishing, FTUE
01:06:25 - Beta phases, thoughts about Roadmap
01:10:59 - Intra-Solar System Fast Travel
01:12:56 - Planets revamp
01:16:06 - Territory Warfare
01:18:21 - Mission System
01:20:59 - Communication transparency
01:22:04 - Setting Player Owned Market
01:25:01 - Energy System
01:26:30 - Beta = Feature complete?
01:31:24 - Gameplay differences between Alpha & Beta?
01:33:10 - NDA lift
01:36:00 - Novaquark team reads feedback, plans (and wants) to communicate better
01:43:50 - Conclusion and asking for community feedback

Dual Universe - Inside Novaquark Podcast #3

marketing@novaquark.com (Novaquark) — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:08:14 +0000

Official website: http://www.dualthegame.com

Join the community:
Official forum: https://board.dualthegame.com
Community portal: https://community.dualthegame.com/

Follow us on:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dualuniverse
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dualuniverse
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dualuniverse

Dual Universe - Inside Novaquark Podcast #2

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 19:50:12 +0000

In this second episode of our podcast hosted by NQ-Nomad, we’re chatting with JC Baillie (Founder and CEO of Novaquark and Creative Director of Dual Universe), NQ-Entropy (Game Designer at our Paris studio), NQ-Drifter (Producer at our Paris studio), and Stéphane D'Astous (General Manager of Novaquark Montréal).

In this 2nd episode:

A review of the r0.15 update launch
A sneak peek of the upcoming Alpha 2 content!
The recent evolution of our Montréal studio
Some Q&A with the community

Dual Universe is a continuous Single-Shard sandbox civilization building MMORPG taking place in a multi-planets Sci-Fi world with player-driven in-game economy, politics, trade, and warfare. Players can freely modify the world by creating structures, space ships or orbital stations, giving birth to empires and civilizations.

Following our successful Kickstarter campaign and popular demand, we developed a new crowdfunding website that allows more players to participate. More info here: http://www.dualthegame.com/crowdfunding

Stay tuned!

Official website: http://www.dualthegame.com

Join the community:

on our forum: https://board.dualthegame.com
on our community portal: https://community.dualthegame.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dualuniverse
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dualuniverse
Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DualUniverse
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dualuniverse

Dual Universe - Inside Novaquark Podcast #1

marketing@novaquark.com (Novaquark) — Wed, 8 May 2019 15:58:41 +0000

Topics: - Review of the past 6 months with JC - New stuff of the r0.15 patch with JC and NQ-Entropy - Introducing Éric, new Art/UX Director at Novaquark Montréal This podcast is a first for the Novaquark team! In this first episode, we’re chatting with JC Baillie (Founder and CEO of Novaquark and the Creative Director of Dual Universe), NQ-Entropy (Game Designer at our Paris studio) and Éric Bellefeuille, our new Art and UX Director at Novaquark Montréal.