ETERNALS STUDIOS (Interview)
1. WHAT WAS THE FIRST GAME THAT YOU PLAYED THAT MADE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH GAMING?
Well, the first game I played was Doom 3! But if I want to choose the very first game that really had an impact on me I would choose Assassin's creed 1, really loved that game, the mechanics, story and it was a unique experience overall!
Well, my brother and I used to play a lot of video games! The transition from a gamer to a game developer was pretty straightforward! My brother came up to me and said ''Hey do want to make a game?'' I said let's do it.
3. HOW DID ETERNALS STUDIO COME TOGETHER?
We knew it was just the 2 of us! We started dividing different roles, I took the design part of the development and my brother took the coding part! After that it was a long journey of learning new skills and overcoming different challenges.
4. WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE NAME OF SAYFIELD DEFENSE?
We knew we wanted to put the name of the city into the game's name! We were looking for a name that sounded kind of mysterious, maybe a city where research facilities would do some testing on viruses and stuff? We tested a lot of names and we eventually landed on Sayfield! The defense part is more for the sake of the game being a tower defense and we wanted to show that as well!
5. GIVE US THE BACKSTORY BEHIND THE SETTING FOR THIS GAME?
Sayfield Defense sets place in a post-apocalyptic era! Players will experience the game in different weather conditions such as dust storms, rainy nights and snow! We tried to integrate that feel of apocalypse into different kinds of color themes!
6. WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST OF SAYFIELD AND GIVE US A BACK STORY BEHIND THE CHARACTER?
Clint Hartman is the Sheriff of a little town called Rivale! He lives with his 15 year old daughter, Hailey! One day, he gets an immediate help request from Sayfield City, and his life changes forever!
7. WHAT ENGINE ARE YOU USING FOR SAYFIELD DEFENSE AND WHY?
We are using Unity! At first, we started with unreal but it was very complex! As we didn't know anything about game dev at first it was really tough to find our way in Unreal! Then we tried Unity and we felt way more comfortable with the interface and C# language! But overall there is no right or wrong answer with the game engine you use, it all comes down to your game and project!
8. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GAMEPLAY TO SAYFIELD SO TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE GAMEPLAY
MACHINCS IN THE GAME?
So Sayfield Defense is a tower defense at it's core! Waves of zombies attack your base and you defend by placing and upgrading your towers! We wanted to make the game more interesting so we implemented a controllable FPS system into the game! Alongside unique towers and a controllable first-person shooting system, there are also Tactical Powers that can assist you in the battle! Also, every stage comes with a number of scene interactives which you have to try out yourself!
9. THERE LOOKS TO BE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE FIRST PERSON SHOOTER ELEMENT AND RTS STYLE OF THE GAMEPLAY, TELL US ABOU THE IDEAS BEHIND THAT?
Yes! There are 2 views which you can play the game in! First we have the top view where you can manage your towers, upgrade them or place some tactical powers! Second we have the FPS view which you can target the enemies directly! The transition between these 2 views is really simple! With a click of a button( lets assume the F key) you can switch between these 2 views! We wanted to give the players a genuine tower defense experience plus a genuine fist person experience. That is why we separated the views completely! This implementation of course came with a cost of making the game world much bigger and heavier, so we had to spend a good amount of time on optimizing the stages!
10.NOW HOW WILL THE STORY MODE BE INTERGRATED INTO THE GAMEPLAY ASPECTS OF THIS GAME?
As much as we wanted to integrate the story into the gameplay, but the time and resources of developing would be much higher.
11. WILL THERE BE ANY DLC IN THE GAME IN THE FUTURE?
We are not sure yet! Everything is possible, It's all about the release of the game! If we see that the game has potential for more updates , we will definitely add DLCs to the game!
12. WHY SHOULD PEOPLE WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME DAY ONE?
We believe tower defense lovers will have a blast playing Sayfield Defense! And if you haven't played any tower defense before, make sure to check out our game due to it's fast paced gameplay and diverse mechanics!
13. WHEN WILL SAYFIELD DEFENSE RELEASE AND WHAT PLATFORMS WILL IT BE ON?
We haven't decided any exact release date yet because there are still important things to be tested and developed! The game will be available to download on Steam for now!
14. WHERE CAN THEY FIND YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
Here are the links to our social media accounts, we post about the development of the game and updates! It is also really important to have your feedback, come say hi!
Discord: https://discord.gg/xduVzcgk57
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eternalscreate
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHzlYDqd34NdLuKd1MgPZDw
Instagram: https://instagram.com/etrnstudio
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/EternalsStudio/
At the end we wanted to thank Gamer Section for having this interview with us! We really appreciate the space you guys are providing for indie developers and their games.
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