[aspettando] In Verbis Virtus

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Originariamente inviato da McB

Ragazzi su, contribuite un pò pure voi, che non possimao mica farli lavorare continuamente gratis

Esatto

[Jon Irenicus]

Vista la mail ed instapledgiato.
Ovviamente Wizard, lo sconto è una proposta che non si può rifiutare...

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Originariamente inviato da Jon Irenicus

Vista la mail ed instapledgiato.
Ovviamente Wizard, lo sconto è una proposta che non si può rifiutare...

Grazie

[DevilTyphoon]

Appena ricarico la carta dono 35 dollari. Ve lo meritate.

[Jon Irenicus]

Aggiornamento!

Supportiamo sto gioco!

[Klawd3]

Spero vivamente ricevano il supporto richiesto.
Secondo voi l'andamento della raccolta fondi è già indicativo della buona riuscita o no del progetto? (non ne so niente di crowd sourcing)

[Jon Irenicus]

Sarebbe stata bene una partenza più forte...
Cmq qui siamo su indiegogo e dal poco che mi ricordo di certe campagne che ho visto la partenza in genere è più debole rispetto le campagne kickstarter (se la campagna partiva così su kickstarter sarebbero stato molto male) per cui magari riesce a crescere ancora. Qualcuno aveva anche detto che le campagne da 30 giorni erano più inclini al successo di quelle da 60, ma credo sempre su kickstarter...
Cmq i 65k son parecchio distanti.

[Donbabbeo]

Eh sì, c'è da considerare però che finora non ho visto articoli in nessun blog di settore.
C'è bisogno di articoli su Eurogamer, RPS, joystiq, polygon e kotaku

[Jon Irenicus]

Già. Rimango dell'opinione che qualche pubblicità del genere ci voglia prima di una campagna.
Stavo anche pensando che non sarebbe stato brutto vedere il demo nuovo a metà campagna, però se è pronto tra qualche mese magari avrebbe significato posticipare a Natale che non è un buon periodo tra titoli grossi in uscita e tutto il resto...

[Jon Irenicus]

Aggiornamento di ieri sulla lingua custom!

MAHA'KI: THE FANTASY LANGUAGE OF IN VERBIS VIRTUS

We created a fantasy language, called Maha'ki, specially for the magic formulas that must be pronounced in In Verbis Virtus. Maha'ki will be included in the list of languages that players can choose for the spells, which will also include English and the languages created by backers (see perk descriptions). The meaning of Maha'ki is "language of the gods", where "maha" means "creator deities" and "ki" means "voice, language". We designed Maha'ki with three main objectives in mind: the first was to give it an epic tone, the second was to have it easily pronounceable, the third was to have it highly optimized for best accuracy with the speech recognition system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXxH2xjZAu4

DISCLAIMER. The following indications are based on our practical experience, they simply express what we found to work well with the speech recognition system with respect to the gameplay. We are neither linguists nor experts in speech recognition theory.

We based on the most common sounds among languages of the world, and we used as inspiration, among other, latin and esperanto. The following are examples of Maha'ki words and their meaning (exact pronunciations can be heard from the ingame journal):

tial (so be it)
lumeh (light)
ekto (ray, direction)
udah (command)
kehnu (motion)
obi (matter, substance)

These words are combined to form the magic formulas of the spells, for instance:

light spell -> lumeh tial
light beam spell -> ekto lumeh
command spell -> tial udah
telekinesis spell -> obi kehnu

To improve the accuracy performance of the speech recognizer, we avoid "noisy" consonants like "r" and "s", whose pronounce varies considerably among different languages, and also among people with the same native language. This is the alphabet we obtained:



Moreover, we give to each magic formula a unique "pattern" of vowels, i.e. each formula contains a sequence of vowels which is different from all other formulas. We try to maximize the differences between these "patterns", in order to make magic formulas highly distinguishable from each other. In Verbis Virtus includes an option to "train" the speech recognizer to the player's voice, which can be selected to improve the accuracy of the recognition. However, with these measures, we aim to get the Maha'ki language work well out of the box for the vast majority of people, without any need for "training".

Peccato che la campagna stia andando a rilento e che se ne parli pochetto...

[ThePonz]

ottimo il nuovo linguaggio

concordo sul fatto che serva più 'pubblicità'

[Klawd3]

Mhhh devono aver fatto qualche buona mossa di pubblicità perché c'è stato un ottimo aumento di funders nel weekend! Avanti così!

Comunque colgo l'occasione per fare un'osservazione: In questa foto che hanno pubblicato c'è scritto che 2.5k euro se ne andranno in royalties per UDK. Da quello che so io UDK richiede oltre i primi 50k euro di ricavi (che sono esenti da royalties) ben il 25%, quindi saranno obbligati a continuare a pagare le royalties anche sulle vendite future? O pagheranno solo su quello che riceveranno dal crowdsourcing e il resto è in qualche modo esente? Che dite?

[Jon Irenicus]

Non saprei, vediamo se vogliono dire qualcosa i dev...
Cmq...
Aggiornamento!

Who is Veritas?

In the universe of In Verbis Virtus, Veritas is one of the most important characters. Her name in Latin means Truth and she is a supernatural entity that, during the events portrayed in game, helps the main character teaching him the arcane secrets of magic.



As the name suggests, she is the personification of truth and doesn’t hide herself behind marks or cloths: she is naked as she is. For this reason her appearance exalts her nature: she is literally transparent and her crystal skeleton can be seen directly through her skin. Veritas has two additional eyes, contemplating and observing, one on each palm of her hands.

Her beauty and heartwarming voice, contrasting with her cold complexion, make everyone before her at ease. The little garments covering her sway without gravity, as for her hair, shining in its own light. One of the shoulder pad has a soft line, the other one is sharper and stiffer, representing respectively the soft worship of truth and her harsh inflexibility.

Veritas will accompany you along the course of the game and she will be your only ally, so you will learn more about her while playing In Verbis Virtus.

If you want to know some more technical details about how she was created take a look here and if you like her as much as we do, consider contributing at Invoker or higher level to get the amazing Veritas poster.

[Jon Irenicus]

Update 5!

THE ART OF MAGIC: CREATING THE LIGHT

The Lu’meh Tia’l spell creates a spherical light centered on the hand of the player and allows him to see in dark places to avoid hidden dangers.



“The light is not enemy of darkness. Quite the contrary, it is its complementary, a sister praised too much in the past. The world is based on this lie, the belief that the light necessarily represent the good that is opposed to the shadows and bans them. The balance between the two has always been in favor of blazing bright part of the creation, but no one has ever realized the importance of equality between them. Light and shadow are the same entity, the same essence pervading the cosmos. When one of the two prevails, change is inevitable. Nothing remains equal to itself over time, and the metamorphosis does not always lead to the Order or Chaos.”
E’kto Lu’meh is a spell used to create a focused light source, its ray can activate specific objects thanks to its energy. Sometimes this artifacts can’t be reached directly and the beam of light needs to be deflected through mirrors or magical gems.



“When the light arises, the darkness feels it. Contrary to what you might think, she does not flee, but rather seeks it. When the dazzling sprout flows from your hands, don’t you hear someone approaching? Your shoulders do not suddenly become heavy, as if something was upon you? The darkness is not afraid, she has no reason to be, because she yearns to meet her sister light. The meat soaked with darkness can be blinded, but the darkness will never fear. When you make yourself lord of the light, remember that the shadows will guide you with the hand, as long as your life does not leave you, and you feel them feast on your soul. Aren’t you happy? You are our sister too, now.”

[Jon Irenicus]

Update 6!

MOTIVATIONS AND CHALLENGES OF SPEECH RECOGNITION

Here’s a new video showing speech recognition in action and a few combat sequences. Denis will also explain why we used this innovative control system and which challenges we are going to face.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmNzOqa8YQw

“Until now the games where you play the role of a wizard and cast spells weren’t very much different from any game out there, you choose a spell and click a button.
But... Where was the real feeling of casting a spell?
We want to give the player this feeling, and to do so spells must be cast using voice.
The development of In Verbis Virtus started two years ago. We financed the project so far, but we are going out of funds , that's why we're here, on Indiegogo
We know the speech recognition system as main game mechanic is not for everyone, but we don’t want to make a game for everyone, we want to make a game for those who really desire a unique gaming experience, without compromising to appeal the masses. This would make In Verbis Virtus just another game among many, and we don’t like it at all!
We believe in this project and we want to complete it, but without your help it will be hard for us to go on.
So your support will be very much appreciated.
Thanks”

EDIT: update 7!

IN VERBIS VIRTUS GOES ON MAC


We are very proud to announce that In Verbis Virtus will have a MacOS version too!
We always wanted to make our game available to the widest possible audience and many fans asked when they would be able to play it on their Apple machines, so we are happy to say that our first tests brought satisfactory results.

There’s still much to do to bring In Verbis Virtus to the Apple world, but we are confident that Mac-users will be able to shout spells at their computers as well as PC-users.

[mux85]

Originariamente inviato da Klawd3

Mhhh devono aver fatto qualche buona mossa di pubblicità perché c'è stato un ottimo aumento di funders nel weekend! Avanti così!

Comunque colgo l'occasione per fare un'osservazione: In questa foto che hanno pubblicato c'è scritto che 2.5k euro se ne andranno in royalties per UDK. Da quello che so io UDK richiede oltre i primi 50k euro di ricavi (che sono esenti da royalties) ben il 25%, quindi saranno obbligati a continuare a pagare le royalties anche sulle vendite future? O pagheranno solo su quello che riceveranno dal crowdsourcing e il resto è in qualche modo esente? Che dite?

Ciao, le royalties si pagano su tutte le entrate oltre i 50000$, quindi si ovviamente anche sulle vendite, non solo sul crowdfunding.

[Jon Irenicus]

Update con piccolissimo video lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0fZ6JF-JAc
Ben fatto, sono cose simpatiche e gradite!

[ThePonz]

Originariamente inviato da Jon Irenicus

Update con piccolissimo video lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0fZ6JF-JAc
Ben fatto, sono cose simpatiche e gradite!

[Klawd3]

Originariamente inviato da Jon Irenicus

Update con piccolissimo video lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0fZ6JF-JAc
Ben fatto, sono cose simpatiche e gradite!

Meh, carina l'idea ma è resa in maniera difficile da comprendere.

[Jon Irenicus]

Update 14!

THE ART OF MAGIC: MOVING THROUGH SPACE

The teleport spell comes in two different forms. Saying Name't Atu'l your body is instantly moved to the farther reachable point in the direction you are looking at, this is the fastest way to escape monsters and traps or to get thourgh a passage closing quickly, on the other hand its result are not completely predictable. Atu'l E'kto Name't, instead, creates a mark to show where the spell will bring you, this way you can move more precisely but you’ll need a short additional time to do it.



"Despite your shell prevents you from moving like Them, your mind can destroy the chains that imprison you on the ground. The mind is the key to everything. It makes you equal to Them. But beware, the flesh is not made to move in Their realms. They are not made of fragile matter, They can travel to infinity and find themselves in the same spot They started from, but if you try to do that your limbs would know aspects of pain that hell itself would be afraid of. Use this art wisely, but do not abuse it, because it takes Their hands an instant to get you while traveling in the realm."

Ah, mi ero perso il precedente:

IN VERBIS VIRTUS IS NOT A BABY’S TOY!

“You mean you have to use your hands?
That's like a baby's toy!”