Last day at D.I.C.E. Summit 2010
Despite a late night after receiving our ten wins at the Interactive Achievement Awards (we’re still beaming, by the way), we managed to get up in the morning and close out the D.I.C.E. Summit 2010.
Today’s sessions had Randy Pitchford explaining the history, overall development philosophy and business management of Gearbox Software; John Schappert from EA promising not to tell us how much money he’s made and discussing EA’s publishing philosophy in these more difficult economic times; Mike Yuen from Zeebo talking about how his company is looking for success in under-served markets while fostering low development costs; Joe Madureira and David Adams from Vigil Games taking us through their development process of Darksiders as an independent studio; and, to conclude the day and the summit, Greg Short and Geoffrey Zatkin from EEDAR providing quantitative data and analysis on this console generation by looking at trends and comparisons in a variety of ways.
The EEDAR session was really interesting and eye-opening and rather than try (and fail) to summarize the important things I’ve learned from that session, I would recommend checking back to www.dicesummit.org next week as their presentation will be published there. I’ll also update this post when I’ve noticed it live on the website.
After that last session, we said goodbye to friends and colleagues of both the new and old variety, saw some of our childhood game design heroes leave the premises and headed back home. For me, it was inspiring in a way that I can’t put to words right now, but it will definitely show through as I head back to work next week and I’ll carry it with me for a long while to come. Hopefully, at least, until the D.I.C.E. Summit 2011 next year.
Robt Juster from G4 sent me a Tweet today that they posted Richard Lemarchand’s opening session talk, “Uncharted 2 - How to Fly By the Seat of Your Pants Without Crapping Them” online for all of us.
Head over to G4 to view the video or you can also watch the embedded version below. Thanks @Juster!
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Hi ND! You rock! I love Uncharted 2. Have you taught about making a Rank 80 DLC? What do you have to lose you make money for it?
Yeah frestelse Maybe not 80 though how about 70.
Even though im only rank 51.
Yes and I am only rank 47 XD
I’m only rank 46, but they should make a higher Rank DLC because eventually I am going to get bored when I hit rank 60 and have basically nothing to do, they should also try to do some more maps because playing the same what is it 6 or 7 maps again and again gets kind of boring after some time
Holy Crap I remember I played a few matches in Evan’s (Wells) party in the 2nd beta and he mentioned how they were going to release a level 70 with some DLC (really cool and humble guy btw). Hopefully we’ll see it with the next major DLC release.
P.S. - When are you ND guys gonna start playing online again??
They already play online with people ( Including me ) too. Just hit EvangM a friend request and he’ll play with you
He has a mic and talks really kindly!
Good to know! I just never see the ND Paw print anymore.
yeah cool i sent him a friend request hope he adds me
How about some new boosters with something like that. Maybe Combo Boosters like Sure Shot and Down the Irons in one Booster. You should make the price $7,500,000 in-game though so that only true elites can use the booster. Would also be great to have Bandoleer, Keep Firing, and Scavenger in a Bundle for $15,000,000 also.
The prices may seem ridiculous, but really, do you want a load of shotgun noobs who are going to get bored with the game to have these boosters?
hey arne I was wondering why is there a limit too how much cash I can make in a match I just recently got the invalid bioster started too use it got 3 get off my lawn medals in a plunder match but at the end I only made 50,000 that’s just 1 example if some one knows why there is a limit tell me or am I the only one this is happening too
50,000 is the limit per game, kinda sucks
And in uncharted 3 consider Atlantis.
Seriously ND! I love you guys and I always come with tips. But now I am angry, * angry. I played a match an i quit it because there was only two left in my team. I went to go and eat an wen I came back my level was 45, not 47. It turns out I had not been removed from the list wen I had left. WTF I always get removed from the list. That was three days of gaming, Ty sooo much. Sorry bad English. I do not expect you (arne) to anser this because you never do. And BTW your name is arne are you from norden or something like that?
Btw If you make uncharted 3 consider Atlantis.
ooo man , they would do it right too . I would dig that for gaming . I can imagine some of the concept art as I type . What could possibly be better than the mot secret and mystical place to maybe never existed . see you there ,WARLIKEBIRD
p.s. a voltage rifle , ouch.
Congrats, ND!
Made me wish that I could work at a game studio. :’) (not that I wouldn’t have wanted to do that before.. xD)
Congrats ND.
I still want the old uncharted 2 health back :(
Me tooooooooooooooooo
here im applying as an official naughty dog tester at all what you want to test ^^"…
arne, any news on when is the naughtydog.com forums going live? Please reply, thanks..
What since when??? If not I think they’ll stick to the official Playstation forums.
Go to http://www.naughtydog.com/forums and you’ll find the forums, you just cant post yet until they go live :( They look awesome though!
You can post! Log-in on the upper right to PSN and then just hit up the link or you can find it under the “Community” tab. Dunno what’s up with that login pop-up but I just hit cancel and it works.
great presentation well done ND. cant wait for next thursday, i hate looking at the maps on custon game and not being able to play them:(
are you ever going to import stats ffrom before the thanksgiving weekend update which brougt the leaderboards, beacsue it only has stats since then and i would like to have all mine in game
Sorry for anybody out there hoping stats that have already been earned can be transferred to get the trophies right off the bat. Sadly, you will all need to do everything over again if you have already done it.
This was actually intresting to Watch, You know I ended up buying MW2 for £45, compared to U2 at £40. TBH, MW2 is the same old first person shooter, with the dodgey jump and the easy kills. To me U2, is much more it is a brilliant third person game which combines the gun styles, and pace of MW2, with the climbing, jumping, adventure styles of AC2 into an overall amazing game.
Listening to this seems to show why, you seem to have a very “Open” working style. It seems less focused on “Do what your paid to do” and more on “Do what your paid to do BUT don’t be afraid to mix it up” And In my belief alongside the fact you are PS3 Only makes U2 seem so good compared to the other games.
On A note with the 1.05 update *Saves me posting 2 messages*
I notice very little with the new update (Perhaps cause i’ve been using half health since December) however now it gives me a better chance of killing when I could only get 9-10 kills a match, now im getting 16 and 17, in a normal death match. Cannot wait for the DLC.
And my only one improvment for you is scrap the point limit each game. Good example is in Plunder me and my freinds guard the holder, so we normally rack up 30 kills each. Now with my negative boosters, streaks, other medals I could earn well over 200k A match. So I would ask if you could scrap the limit, or atleast up it to something like 200k.
Cheers for a great game guys!
Dude… I think part of the reason there’s a point limit is to discourage people from doing exactly that. If you want to rack up kills, play deathmatch. Plunder is for people who want to run the treasure to the chest. Oh, and just because you’re getting more kills doesn’t mean you’re a better player - they just made the weapons stronger.
Nice netcode Christophe...if thats spelt right.
Loving the online SSOoooooo much.
Thanks
Arne, are you ever going to post something concerning the overall dislike for this update and any future patches. Please don’t ignore this question. All we need is a simple yes or no.
1.06!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi guys i’d just like to suggest that maybe it’d be cool to do a medal for surviving a whole survival - its a rare thing and I think a lot of people would appreciate it
They have one.
Arne once I buy the DLC will the only be able to be earned by playing the new maps?
Give people a choice when it comes to MP.
No need to toot that horn any more . We love the Naughty Dog brand name . Keep it coming . I am sold for the next game and or DLC and then some . Warming up for the 25th . See all you cats on the new fields in some fresh skin .
WARLIKEBIRD
Better toss this out there too . You wont see the end of success coming , it is the silent business or game killer . you won’t get Complaints from the cats that just truly game and don’t blog . They just stop purchasing poor product design or games that over spank the player . Stick to the fun , and congrads on your success . Game on -WARLIKEBIRD
They should make it so when you and another guy are hanging next to each other if u press O it will knock off the other player beside you.
yeah that Surviving a whole survival medal would be cool not to often does that happen
Great job in being nominated again for excellent work. So when are you guys going to fix the glitching problems? The back grate of the Fort seems fixed but there’s still the wall glitch as seen in these two photos from last nights match:
1) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2696/4376330516_79b1510c0b_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2696/4376330516_79b1510c0b_o.jpg
2) http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4375581549_a7e94876a1_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4375581549_a7e94876a1_o.jpg
Glitching is cheating for players with little to no skills. Perhaps start a penalty for those caught glitching and possibly banning them?
The two glitchers attacking my team are Al Caphone and JBoogie something. On their own they are not very good players and get killed most of the time. When they glitched in this corner of the Fort Map they can kill anyone anywhere on the map. Fix this please.
yooo howd u get the photos posted? is there a way to do this from the game?
I want bikini DLC for Elena and Chloe
will buy it, so do it ND
LoL
I don’t think women gamers would agree but I am all for it 
and doughnut drake in a thong isn’t too appealing to us fellows either . you know they have a sense of humor ,lets not tempt them lol
If so, I demand topless Harry and Nate! ;]
Naughty Dog sounds like a caim place to work, I would love to be a consept artist on some of these type of games. Just to have a good doodle and watch characters and landscapes build up from there.
Can’t wait for DLC on thursday
VERRRRYYY long video, also good work ND
i read the top coments, i think you guys should add level boost like they said, but include new boosters, for exaimple i pay $2 or so allowing me 2 advance 2 5 more lvl’s or something, and maybe 1 more booster somewere in between there for something. also, just a note to you guys at ND first of all GREAT GAME!!!!!!! second, next time you guys make a costume DLC, maybe a little bit lower price, i mean, the skins were great and all, but i was expecting like $3 for that amount; but i bought them anyway cuz i have been a long time fan!!! (ADD A JAK SKIN I WOULD PAY $30 FOR THAT LOL!!!!!)
Hey, Naughty dog, while you were away at your summit, someone must of crept into your your HQ and sent a virus to everyone called patch 1.05. I just thought you should know this, and bring to light those who have caused us all this suffering.
More different female chracters please.
And weapon DLC.
Booster too.
Can you make it so we can choose our charters for survival an gold rush
i agree with dukenukemserious we should be able to choose our charters for survival an gold rush. and make a villain co-op too.
YES! that’d be amazing being Sev or Cole for survival and gold rush
There HAS to be a woman villain on uncharted 3, i mean chloe, elena and rika are cool but they are good guys, uncharted 3 needs a woman villain, and a good looking one too:)
Naughty Dog this is kind of irrelivent really but all i can say is what a brilliant game you guys and girls made. Every time a sit down for a nice relaxing game of UNCHARTED 2 my 4 year old sister runs in shouting ‘I want to play UNCHARTED!’ she’s getting better, in fact as im typing this she is tapping away at the PS3 controller and complaining about people killing here.
Just a way of saying thanks for a great game and its fun for all the family.
“Complaing about people killing here”
* Complaining about people killing her
update 1.05 suks change it back and ad some new boosters
i agree with zbah- about how They should make it so when you and another guy are hanging next to each other if u press O it will knock off the other player beside you
Why Level 70 and not 100? What is the significance of 70? The idea is to keep playing and enjoy it while doing it. Yes most of us high level players are bored witless of same maps cause we have been playing it longer. I do agree that it should be higher but only with some catches to it so that it is interesting. Example make them unlockable meaning do certain things to move past level 60, 70, 80 & etc in addition to the existing requirements like open a twitter account and connect your game or level 70 buy all dlc in order to play forward. Bla bla bla.
I agree....why not just keep the Roman Numerals going until level 100....? Doesn’t seem like a tough change to make and would probably give many people something to really shoot for.
I’ve gotten myself somewhat used to the new health....still don’t like it...but getting used to it. I suppose it sorta plays like the crushing mode in single player....basically, you need to stay in cover most of the time....camp and sneak up on people...or your dead.
I am still looking forward to the new DLC for the new maps. I’m worried how they will be incorporated though and what effect they will have on matchmaking. Once I buy the maps, will my game spend forever looking for 9 other people that have all bought the maps as well?
All in all, I’m still loving the game. Hope ND keeps things coming in the form of maps, weapons, playlists, skins, etc.
THX ND.. Although players don’t like the update, I have no problem with it. Guns are a lil’ strong, Sniper Rifle is 1 hitta quitta, (That’s what is basically should’ve been, no wonder the low count of shells as well) and I’m liking the new look on the medals. Health was always the same, folks… Use cover, man. Simple N’ Easy. You can’t go Rambo in all ya games, just chill and lay back. I’m hopin ND patch up these glitches ASAP. It’ll be on youtube, and sheep will follow the shephard. Cause you know every online game has a exploit. Just something to remember BTW.
Yea here’s another complaint.......How about changing the weapons back the way they were or change the name of the game in ur next title update to Modern Uncharted Warfare 2: Among Campers.
1.05 SUCKS!!! Change the heath/weapons setting back the way it was! ARNE when are you going to respond to the uncharted community or should i say Modern warfare:Campers community.
dude i have a tip for you get the snipa rifle and its one shot kills and also the desert7 is a great gut and you actuly get more tropies and everybody knows more tropies egual more mula
how will the new dlc work if i have 4 friends that have the dlc and i dont? ur telling me i canot play with my friends? alot of countries dont have psn service. so what are u dooing about that? ur not gonna seriously thing im not gonna be able to play with my friends now do u?
omg you guys cant belive it i was helping my dad get to level 60 and write now were on lvl 53 and THEN my dad decides to create my own accout but hey my dads acount name is drummer515270 and my account is zackypack6319 oh and one more thing i am so exited that the new add on is coming out tommorow cant wait and good luck to my fellow ps3 fanatic :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOikfLYsEKo&feature=related
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