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City State Entertainment publishes a monthly newsletter about the development of Camelot Unchained, entitled Unveiled. It contains updates, articles from various members of the development team, questions from the Community, and usually a new or updated story for the game's lore.
General Overview
The Newsletter is broken up to multiple components, some of which aren't available in every Newsletter.
- Team Tidings: This is the introduction and overview of the Unveiled newsletter.
- Dragon Accident Report: A short section that humorously talks about an incident or event in the studio.
- Updates: Serves as a section for general game news. Everything from stretch goals, testing goals, and other milestones are talked about in this section.
- CMSphere: Originally this section served as a Q&A for the Newsletter. It was later repurposed to serve as community focused news.
- Hot Topics: This small section gives a pulse about what topics are trending on the forums.
- Community Meetup: This section only shows up occasionally, and serves to give a reader a heads up about official visits to Cons and Events.
- Look What You Did: This is where Backer creations are showcased to the wider Community. This can be everything from C.U.B.E./Building System creations to fan fiction or art.
- Thank You: CSE is never one to let a gift go unthanked, and often the surprises they receive are presented here.
- Dose of Design: This is where one of the design team discuss some of the design of the game.
- Developer Quotes: A short quote that a dev has made, often related to gaming.
- Artitup: This section offers additional concept art, or art explanation. The featured artist will often explain their thoughts and mechanical process for the featured piece.
- Tech Central: Where a technical aspect of the game is presented. Similar to Artitup, this is often done in great detail.
- State of the Build: This is a summary of the improvements done to the game build for the month of the newsletter.
- Spotlight: The spotlight focuses on an individual or group's contributions to the game in the form of an interview. This section often comes with tags to show the relevance of the reviewed, such as: developer, backer, etc.
- Lore Corner: The Lore Corner section features a new or rewritten lore story from Max Porter
Issues of Unveiled 2014
Unveiled #1
August 2014
| Updates | Store is added to the website. |
|---|---|
| Dose of Design | What will happen in Camelot Unchained when a veteran player battles against newer players? |
| State of the Build | Improving client/patcher/server stability, performance and scaling improvements. Oh, and fireballs. |
| Dev Spotlight | French Community Manager, Charles Ribemont. |
| Lore Corner | Golem Becoming teaser. |
Unveiled #2
September 2014
| Updates | P.A.T. (Pre-Alpha Test) Checklists are added. |
|---|---|
| Dose of Design | Map size. |
| Artitup | Fir Bog concept, Stormrider concept art, Web/UI assets, and more. |
| State of the Build | Character persistence, data driven sky, improvements in Relay/Listen server, and more. |
| Dev Spotlight | Senior Engineer, Brian Green - A day in the life of a Game Programmer. |
Unveiled #3
October 2014
| Updates | E.A.R.S. funded, [Engineer Cometh] starts, 2nd P.A.T. Checklist. |
|---|---|
| Dose of Design | Banes and Boons. |
| Artitup | 3D modeling and rigging for Stormrider, melee combat, and Armor. |
| State of the Build | Stability, new features, DX10 card issues, control game and more. |
| Tech Central | The testing process. |
| Backer Spotlight | German Translation Team, Endoria. |
Unveiled #4
November 2014
| Updates | Progress in P.A.T. Checklist, tests gone well. |
|---|---|
| Dose of Design | Progression, and daily rewards. |
| Artitup | Armor concepts, mix and matching, and mage armor. |
| State of the Build | Server capacity, performance, improved bone level of detail, auto-run, and more. |
| Tech Central | User interface benefits. |
| Partner Spotlight | Nvidia Technical Evangelist, Chad Vivoli. |
Unveiled #5
December 2014
| Updates | Halfway to [Engineer SG], clearer description of job. |
|---|---|
| Dose of Design | Motivation for Building. |
| Artitup | Spell FX concepts, and more on Armor. |
| State of the Build | First building system, health/stamina, arcing projectiles, and more. |
| Tech Central | High fantasy take on coding and engineering. |
| Backer Spotlight | Mod and graph specialist, Internal Tester Mehuge. |
Issues of Unveiled 2015
Unveiled #6
Janurary 2015
| Updates | Sound Enginer Cometh funds, ding 3 million, and Hug the World. |
|---|---|
| Dose of Design | Economics. |
| Artitup | Character customization, spellbook concepts, and Tuatha Archer. |
| State of the Build | Start on ability crafting, UI improvements, channeled abilities, improved sync, and more. |
| Tech Central | Physics in a gameworld. |
| Spotlight | Socialization in MMOs, where has it gone? |
| Lore Corner | Úlfhéðnar Becoming rewrite. |
Unveiled #7
February 2015
| Updates | Intro to Daniel Beck, Hug the World funds, next SG is for programmers. |
|---|---|
| Dose of Design | Archetype, class, and path structure. |
| Artitup | Art Pipeline and mage armor concepts. |
| Tech Central | Unchained Editor for art assets. |
| State of the Build | Ability crafting, new larger map, reduced projectile life, and more. |
| Backer Spotlight | Dedicated Dev Tracker, Tarsir. |
| Lore Corner | Cait Sith Becoming rewrite. |
Unveiled #8
March 2015
| Updates | Tech Alpha Footage and intro to art intern Chris. |
|---|---|
| Dose of Design | Constructing ability building. |
| Artitup | Building textures. |
| Tech Central | Character visualization. |
| State of the Build | Alpha bug fixes, song intro, sound effects for the spellbook, swing effect and more. |
| Backer Spotlight | Collaborative building and city projects with Fanglo, Foggye, and Mordran. |
| Lore Corner | Dvergar Becoming rewrite Pt.1. |
Unveiled April Fool's Edition
April 2015
| Updates | Winner tag. |
|---|---|
| Dose of Design | Stealth. |
| Gold Selling Program | Beat gold sellers by undercutting them. |
| Tech Central | Be the Cube, Pong, and working on a 286. |
| State of the Build | Patch notes, patch notes, patch notes. |
| Alternative Rules | Pay to Win Server. |
| New Race | The Poodl'elic'iou~s Race. |
| Lore Corner | Poodl'elic'iou~s Becoming. |
| Redefining PvP | Were-Platypus. |
Unveiled #9
April 2015
| Updates | Programmers SG funded, and Spirit Caster SG starts. |
|---|---|
| Dose of Design | Pet classes in CU, and how they can work. |
| Artitup | Spirit pets, and an archery frame. |
| Tech Central | Importance of Source Control. |
| State of the Build | Grey world bug smashed, new blocks, textures and extrude tool for C.U.B.E., and more. |
| Backer Spotlight | Technically Handy Backer, RealLifeGobbo. |
| Lore Corner | Dvergar Becoming Part 2. |
Unveiled #10
May 2015
| Updates | Spirit in the Sky near funding, more SGs to be announced, and new hire updates hoping to come soon. |
|---|---|
| CMSphere | Updated format. 2 year anniversary, t-shirts upcoming, more German translators added and more. |
| Dose of Design | Making archers distinct, far different then mages and feel immersive. |
| Artitup | Human models, updating art for the Master Avatar System and C.U.B.E. logos. |
| Tech Central | Programming Languages. |
| State of the Build | Working on terrain editor, building physics, add sun and moon with stars, more component modifiers and more. |
| Dev Spotlight | CSE Sound Engineer Daniel Beck, aka dB. |
| Lore Corner | Hamadryad Becoming rewrite. |
Unveiled #11
June 2015
| Updates | Building destruction, world terrain editor/generation, and sky/weather additions. |
|---|---|
| CMSphere | Vines, IT Self Test group, players adding to the game, and field of view. |
| Dose of Design | Procedurally Enhanced World Building. |
| Artitup | C.U.B.E. page and design. |
| Tech Central | Clouds. |
| State of the Build | Fixed some rubberbanding, arrow abilities, some stats, copy/paste in C.U.B.E., and more. |
| Backer Spotlight | Awesome Streamer, Arctix. |
| Lore Corner | Luchorpán Becoming rewrite. |
Unveiled #12
July 2015
| Updates | Realm honors SG funds, and the Stealth SG begins. |
|---|---|
| CMSphere | Exciting vines, rainbows, cube optimization, GenCon, DragonCon, and more. |
| Dose of Design | Counter-Revolutionary Combat |
| Artitup | Animation and stance editor, new members to the game, adding enviroment and props, UI, and more. |
| Tech Central | Data storage |
| State of the Build | Importance of development tools, Improved data saving, rubberband fixes, added HBAO, updated interrupt system and more. |
| Backer Spotlight | C.U.B.E. Expert, Necromaniak. |
| Lore Corner | Jötnar Becoming, Part 1 |
Unveiled #13
August 2015
| Updates | Stealth Unchained is moving along. |
|---|---|
| CMSphere | Storms, exotic buildings, sample armor skins, backer event calendar, and questions answered about animations. |
| Dose of Design | Digital Dice: Introducing randomness and uncertainty without relying too much on RNG. |
| Artitup | Updated Fir Bog Model from new artist Jon, concept artist working on armor, more icons, sfx and more. |
| Tech Central | Recipe for Destruction: About building stability and destruction. |
| State of the Build | Building optimization, general gameplay effects, blueprint improvements, a new moon, and more. |
| Backer Spotlight | Italian Translation Team, Harkrom. |
| Lore Corner | Jötnar Becoming, Part 2 |
Unveiled #14
September 2015
| Updates | Beta update, new devs Marc Hernandez and George Davidson, DragonCon, and Fall Class Reveal |
|---|---|
| CMSphere | Live gameplay for DragonCon, more community events, donation of Tiers for fundraiser, question answered about seasonal events. |
| Dose of Design | Iterative Design: The design process through pushing limits and experimentation before finalizing. |
| Artitup | Terrain art push, promotional posters, second pass human models, and realm based armors. |
| Tech Central | Every Designer's Favorite Tool: Use of Excel and scripting to make effective tools. |
| State of the Build | Body part locations and injury, new sounds, client improvements, and plot rules. |
| Backer Spotlight | Energetic Blogger, TimothyTierless aka Tierless Time |
| Lore Corner | Valkyrie Becoming rewrite Part 1 |
Unveiled #15
October 2015
| Updates | Stealth Unchained SG funded, and the next one starts for more programnmers, Shapeshifters class reveal. |
|---|---|
| CMSphere | Art and UI Livestreams, Reveal discussions, backer visits, and community question about Recruiter Anna. |
| Dose of Design | Archetype Evolution: Ben breaks down design choices going from the Path_System to trios in the class reveals. |
| Artitup | Class reveals art, armor art, model updates to test soon, patcher redesign and status vfx. |
| Tech Central | Tech Central: Dave talks about some tech choices and options to have more unique characters on the screen. |
| State of the Build | Rendering and gamma improvements, local keybinds, new UI system, test bots improvements, and more. |
| Backer Spotlight | Savvy Youtuber, CloakingDonkey |
| Lore Corner | Valkyrie Becoming rewrite Part 2 |
Unveiled #16
November 2015
| Updates | Merchline swag, SG update, and UI master James |
|---|---|
| CMSphere | City projects, art and streams, and Devout question. |
| Dose of Design | On the Road to Beta: an overview of what the game would be like come Beta. |
| Artitup | Female Luchorpan model, silverhands art, and Aftereffects VFX. |
| Tech Central | A Less Gooey UI: An overview of the UI team, the tools they use, and how to get involved. |
| State of the Build | Autoscaling, bigger test map, physX bug fixed, bigger block selection and more. |
| Backer Spotlight | Dedicated Mod Squadder, Saddie |
| Lore Corner | Tales of the One True City - Part 3 |
Unveiled #17
December 2015
| Updates | Performance upgrades, alpha performance testing, new crafting doc and reveal, and new splash for the main site. |
|---|---|
| CMSphere | Community review, stretch goals, wiki, translation teams, hanging out, Merchline, and a question about archers. |
| Dose of Design | Class Construction: behind the scenes look at how the classes got put together. |
| Artitup | Armor pieces, Valkyrie revisit, environment moods, crafting UI and more. |
| Tech Central | Letter from the Knights of the World Weavers: rendition of how the world is put together that will make RPers smile. |
| State of the Build | Balancing anti-cheating features and performance, new building materials, Bigger blueprints, equipment slots, wounds UI and more. |
| Backer Spotlight | C.U.B.E. Artist, Zeroumus. |
| Lore Corner | Gargoyle Becoming, Part 1. |
Issues of Unveiled 2016
Unveiled #18
January 2016
| Updates | Send More Programmers stretch goal is making progress, updated website, and animation system added to game. |
|---|---|
| CMSphere | Test help with the website/gift code, translation going well, Magfest, and question about non-crafter building. |
| Dose of Design | System Analysis: process of reaching goals, expectations, gathering information, and evaluating changes once a plan has been put in place. |
| Artitup | Team working on Armor design, animation editor, added Substance Painter to the pipeline, and more. |
| Tech Central | Let's Engage in Jolly Cooperation: how the coders/engineers work together to not only get tasks done, but broaden their skills. |
| State of the Build | Health and body part system, memory management code upgrade, animation system, and more! |
| Backer Spotlight | French Translaton Expert, Pouloum. |
| Lore Corner | Gargoyle Becoming, Part 2. |
Unveiled #19
February 2016
| Updates | Send More Programmers funds, RP Pack #1 stretch goal starts, MAGFest, new environmental light and more. |
|---|---|
| CMSphere | Upcoming livestreams, cool gifts, 24 hr. backer stream, MAGFest and question about animations. |
| Dose of Design | Beta Balance: The challenges of doing "Rock, Paper, Scissors" balancing in Beta 1 when all the systems haven't been implemented yet. |
| Artitup | Comics from Sandra: The Artists in: Beta 1 |
| Tech Central | Becoming Dynamic - The Story of Abilities: Detailing the CAS (Client Ability Spec.), and what it allows the team to do. |
| State of the Build | Getting good feedback, improved animation blending, ability power modifiers, and building destruction is back! |
| Backer Spotlight | Wiki Guardian, Foggye |
| Lore Corner | The Great Depths Raid - Part 1: A Gathering of Delvers |
Unveiled #20
March 2016
| Updates | RP Pack #1 coming along nicely, building upgrades, lighting system update, new patcher, buffs/debuffs and more. |
|---|---|
| CMSphere | Lots of streaming, emote morning, translation team interviews, wiki overview video, lots of Q&A, Depths boardgame, question about the meta, and more. |
| Dose of Design | Streams with Ben: In depth answer about Weapons. Plus bonus Piercing the Veil Q&A! |
| Artitup | Max talks to Tyler: Extensive info about the terrain system, environmental assets, biomes, PBR (physically-based rendering) and so much more. |
| Tech Central | Max talks to Cory: How he's worked on the plot system, building time, building disruption and respawning. |
| State of the Build | Max talks to Brian: Multiple passes on PBR, bodyparts, changes to character creation, improved editor and more. |
| Backer Spotlight | Super Fan, Vellic |
| Lore Corner | The Great Depths Raid - Part 2: Enter the Depths |
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Unveiled #21
April 2016
| Updates | RP Pack #1 SG funded, no new SG until Beta 1, working towards new ability system, more hiring candidates, lots of updates and more. |
|---|---|
| CMSphere | Livestreams, wiki tutorials, Ben Q&A's, PAX East panel and community meet-up, and question about TDD siege. |
| Dose of Design | Reconstructing Combat: About the challenges of small studio, and the thought process behind the changing how that's programmed into the game. |
| Artitup | Sandra comic about Michelle, animation editor, substance designer, substance painter and more concepts. |
| Tech Central | Tale of the Golden Sound: Any entertaining tale of the sounds of the game get rolled to the client. |
| State of the Build | New version of C.U.B.E., plot updates, first pass of crafting, ability overhaul, Picts joined the Arthurians, and more. |
| Dev Spotlight | Environmental Artist, Dionne |
| Lore Corner | The Great Depths Raid - Part 3: The Great Gullet |