Road to Vostok Developer: Military Background, Trader & Lore details, Dynamic Events Explained
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- In this episode I sit down with Antti, the talented solo developer behind the highly anticipated indie game - Road to Vostok
Antti, a former military professional turned video game developer, shares his unique insights on how his military and teaching backgrounds influenced the development and presentation of Road to Vostok. We explore the intricate details of the game, delving deep into the mechanics of the weapons trader, dynamic events, captivating game lore, and stealth through the use of camouflage!
Discover the passion and dedication that led Antti to quit his job in pursuit of his dream to create video games. Don't miss this enlightening conversation as we uncover the story behind Road to Vostok and gain a deeper understanding of the meticulous craftsmanship that goes into bringing a hardcore survival experience to life. @roadtovostok
Topics:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:00 Episode overview
00:01:37 Inspiration behind devlogs
00:05:15 How long do they take?
00:09:58 Game developer or designer?
00:11:09 Quitting teaching job
00:16:02 Military background
00:24:02 How do you feel after todays success?
00:27:15 Do you watch gameplay videos of you game?
00:31:59 Content creator learning curve
00:35:31 The day that was most difficult
00:38:24 Scavenging details
00:44:18 Weapon trader details
00:53:52 Map details - Skrunda 1
00:58:38 Lore details
01:05:22 Dynamic events details
01:12:06 Patrol helicopter details
01:13:02 Sneaking and camouflage details
01:16:02 Main character details
01:18:39 Why is it called Area 05
01:19:42 Sound design details
01:23:32 Why choose a first person perspective?
01:30:19 Can you create your own goals?
01:33:07 NPC ally details
01:34:35 Would Road to Vostok be possible 10 years ago?
01:41:13 Last remarks by Antti
Music:
Fantasy by VictorWayne - tunetank.com/track/3894-fantasy/
Last Hope by Victor Cooper - tunetank.com/track/5234-last-...
Waiting room music generated by mubert.com
Tools:
Recorded with Riverside - www.riverside.fm
Support Road to Vostok
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Follow:
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Twitter: / roadtovostok
Instagram: / roadtovostok
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the best part to me is his willingness and openness to ideas. he is always willing to hear people out, and does a masterful job of constantly providing new, cool information while keeping everything a mystery.
if there was awards for developers he would win everyone. he is so transparent and even in its demo stages it looks amazing and it fun to play.
The transparency and quality behind the game and it's development is so good...game is amazing so far, can't wait for full release
Crazy that its made by 1 person
1 man army changing the industry
I have never been this obsessed and excited for a video game.
I'm stoked for this game! His military experience will make this for sure the most realistic shooter ever.
Ex Swedish soldier here, been following RtV since the beginning
Every single game aspect you and Antti went through has made me unbelievable exited! Was very excited before hearing all this amazing info and now... absolutely fantastic.
Cant even give you a single negative or remotely concerning thought, only positive ones.
Antti has it all under control 👊
Couldn't agree with you more! Antti has an unprecedented vision for RtV! Thank you very much for the kind words and support!
Not only is this interview really well done but so are the time stamps. Thanks for the video. :)
Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it!
I just want to say LITS is such a great interviewer. He does an amazing job of listening to the guest and I can really feel his empathy for Antti's story which is just so rare and infectious. I also love the curiosity he has for Antti and how he uses that to ask such in-depth questions on the fly. Just bravo dude, honestly
Then on the other side of the table, Antti is the freaking Terminator of game development. As he was talking about how he doesn't feel like he's doing any more than the bare minimum for a game dev, I realized he couldn't get any cooler than he is lol
Thank you for the kind words and support! And yes - Antti is a Terminator of game development 💪
It really is such a relief to know there are still Devs like him out there that love what they do and not only want to make something special for the players but for himself as well. (Which is extremely crucial in my opinion.)
I was speechless when I first played the game it’s amazing
Can’t believe it’s all done by one person
The road is long i know
But it’s going to be an amazing ride
He has such ambitious ideas, yet my faith in him is that he will follow through when he dose announce a feature
It's been a lovely pleasure to sit & listen the entire conversation. Thank you very much!
Truly happy that you enjoyed! Thank You!
Hienoa työtä!
I love road to Vostok, and the transparency of Antti, but god damn those people at the beginning of the video are such clout seekers. There are a lot of positives about the first demo, but there was a lot WRONG as well. The recent demo update is proof positive of that. Gun recoil and sounds were not good, AI has a one track mind, no loot etc. Great interview btw! Antti is the man, so it was good to learn more about him.
lol. though the first demo wasnt blowing me out of the water like those youtubers **supposedly** were, i did enjoy it and played like 10 hours of update 1 alone. i am 101% sure public demo 2 is about to be fire though.
@@fluffysquirrel8385 absolutely man. The demo 1 v2 update made an awesome improvement to the overall feeling of the game and demo 2 should really give us an idea of how the finished product will feel. With safe house and lootable items and multiple maps, a border crossing etc. I predict It will be the moment Road To Vostok really begins to shine!
I really liked the topic of unfulfilling looting in DayZ. My friends and I would always talk about that when playing, as well as talking about the bare bones building interiors. Speaking of unfulfilling looting, Escape From Tarkov's looting system really promotes (loot route) runs ending up with going to the same exact places every raid, which I never liked. I wish the weapons cases and stuff were more or less procedurally spawned even if they were spawned in "high risk/high reward" areas, creating a new experienced every raid
This was great episode! Wide range of discussion, Well done. :)
Thank you very much! Happy you liked it
One thing with the dynamic events like with the truck that is on route to resupply the trader is if the player does destroy the truck I think it would be cool if the next source of the ressupply like another truck or a boat was then harder to destroy as it is a more valuable convoy with more guards or other vehicles escorting it to its destination if you understand what I’m trying to say I think it would be a cool way to sway the player and give more risk
This was a really great interview. Thanks to you and Antti for getting together and providing this entertaining and educational conversation.
Thank you so much for the words of support! Happy you enjoyed 👍
1:14:29 OMG i literally was thinking about this when he first showed ai off !!!!!!!!!
Outstanding interview ! Well done to the person behind making this happened ! Great questions… I hope you dive more onto this ! Good job 👏🏻
In a world of 50% effort as the norm for performance, it's a breath of fresh air and hope to see someone taking pride in anything they do. U can obviously hear and see this guy cares, is skilled, and you know he will deliver with it being a lifelong dream. We're in good hands and I can't wait, but I'm in for the long haul. We know it will be worth the wait and cost.
Nice work on the interview and video. Thank you both.
Absolutely, couldn't agree with you more! And thank you for the kind words and support!
The lore is what Im really looking forwards to.
Same here! My mind was blown when he mentioned the details!
This guy is an excellent interviewer
Thank you very much! That means a lot!
Best interview i have seen about this game so far. Very interesting questions and antti give a lot of detail, i'm so hyped
Thank you! Glad that you enjoyed it!
Thank you for the content this guy is legitimately my favourite dev, I love the no bullshit attitude the whole dev space needs to take note
That kind of no bullshit attitude is an ancient finnish tradition. Comes hand in hand with the monotone accent
Thank you, happy you enjoyed! Totally agree with you!
So badass... this and Stalker 2 arr at the top of my wishlist currently. This might become number 1 cause it looks amazing and Ive got much respect for the dev and what hes trying to do. Cant wait to play the game.
I am so intrigued by this game. Thank you for taking time for the interview!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Mä oon sun suuri fani, itsekkin pelaan DayZ:taa todella paljon ja toivon että tulevaisuudessa tulee samanlaisia pelejä, jotka on vaan paremmin toteutettu. Isoisä aikoinaan sanoi, että ole ajoissa, ole avoin ja tee asiat paremmin kuin muut, niin voit menestyä. Muistutat huomattavasti isoisääni tässä ja siksi olenkin suuri fani❤
Best podcast! Keep going!
Can't wait
Antti is a giga-chad tbh.
Not all heroes wear capes, but when I imagine Antti, he is definitely wearing a cape.... Made out of a bear.
Totally 😅
Thank you for this interview, I am absolutely fascinated with the progress of Road to Vostok. If i can be rude and suggest you need to keep your questions shorter and be more specific about what you want to know, the interview would flow better.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed! And thank you for the kind and constructive advice 👍Noted
really glad to see solo dev made this kind of game.
I do have a question that what is the game server service he is using for multiplayer ?
Hi! Unfortunately I do not know, sorry
As someone that owns an RTX2060 laptop, I'm so glad that he uses mid ranged hardware to develop lol. The last year has seen some releases that are just punishing my PC
Being transparent also has its drawbacks - when you're very open about features and even just mention small things in blogs/vlogs that are in the pipeline, if you don't implement them, the backlash is ready. This happened to CP2077 pretty badly, but thankfully they've had time to implement stuff after the release. Kind of like No Man's Sky, but not blatant lies per se.
You are absolutely right on that part. CP2077 was...messy to say the least 😅Let's hope this will not be the case for RtV!
@@PixelFabula On a bit of a different scale, so probably not :D Great interview btw! Seeing local peeps doing cool shit is always rewarding.
@@esaedvik Thank you! Truly glad you enjoyed it!
1:50
will this be able to play with friends or singleplayer only?
From what we know thus far, it is a single player only experience
kay, so i`ll give it a pass. thx @@PixelFabula
Vittu Matti, eiku Antti, tee se tutoriaali vaa nii me voidaa kaikki tehä omat Vostokit ;) jk Keep up the good work!
Netissä löytyy paljon hyviä ohjelmointiin ja pelisuunnitteluun liittyviä tutoriaaleja
it worries me that he says the only work he's done on audio is the guns because they're the worst sounding thing in the game BY FAR, minus the enemies guns. The players gun audio needs some serious work because it's just awful
holy shit! Tarkov 1.0
tarkov without the sweats and cheaters to ruin the fun
He said he had the idea all the way back in 2012, Tarkov was launched in 2016...
@@Purefinn I know
Promo-SM
Damn. It's a shame there will be no paranormal stuff in Road to Vostok.
Not every game has to have paranormal stuff... I'm grateful that for once there will be a realistic survival based, single player FPS with no zombies or shit like that.
not every game has to have paranormal stuff...
but the reason i'm happy is because it's single player
i can guarantee you modders will add it. I would be surprised if someone doesnt recreate STALKER in this game when it releases.
@@selectionn I kinda doubt that a one team unity game will have a modding support. Even majority of AAA games don't have proper modding support.
@fluffy6923 Tarkov doesn't have official mod support yet there's a large part of the community doing it. Could definitely see it happening especially for a single player game.
Worldwide breaking news: Shooter game comes with STORY!!
P.S. you could be a veteran of 20 wars, it wouldn't mean you can write a good story
You see developers like those scum bags who made Dead Matter who knew their game was garbage but still charged $47. Then there's dev's like this guy who is completely open and honest and making a game that looks amazing. I'll be buying day 1!.
@LoafDS