AI War Video Tutorials - I need suggestions for topics

[x4000]

This is tougher than you think

Trust me, Keith and I know.

And we're very grateful!

[keith.lamothe]

Seriously, thanks a lot

[Mánagarmr]

You're welcome! It should really be me thanking you for letting me do this. It's actually something I've wanted to do for a long time, but with the Unity version coming out, it didn't feel appropriate until now. So, thank you too!

[TheMachineIsSentient]

I have a few videos in my signature with good topics(and they are annotated). You could update those.

[Mánagarmr]

I'll try to get the basic tutorials done first, then I can start worrying about in-depth guides. But thanks for the advice! Awesome!


Early alpha of the video. Lemme know what you think.

[Lancefighter]

judging by the responses here, sounds like youve gotten yourself way in over your head..

[x4000]

I wouldn't say he's in over his head at all, but it's a matter of people always want the moon when it comes to videos, etc.  Just doing a sensible subset to get folks started would be a huge win, though, and looking at his video history on youtube he looks more than capable.

Speaking of, I've been watching the first tutorial and it's great!  It's very in-depth, but Moonshine Fox you have a great speaking voice and it comes across really conversationally, etc.  It's the sort of tutorial I like to watch about other games.  Bravo.

[Gallant Dragon]

Great job, much better than many tutorials I've seen out there.
Just one comment, make sure you mention that the AI is only fully enabled after difficulty 7!

[Mánagarmr]

Seeing as you all like it, I'll keep it as the basic tutorial. However, for the next video I will try to improve audio. Possibly be recording voice and game sounds separately, however it's quite difficult to do, but it could improve audio quality in the video. Right now when I do white-noise reduction it also causes some rather annoying audio artifacts (that granted you can only hear if you listen closely in a head set) that I would like to get rid of.

I could also simply not record game audio at all and instead run the soundtrack as background audio, or simply either keep the white-noise (which is terribly annoying) or continue as in the first video.

Opinions?

* Moonshine Fox curses loudly at Creative for not having 64bit compatible drivers in 2010.

[x4000]

I liked the way the sound was done, honestly -- I didn't have any complaints there at all, but I wasn't listening on a headset.  I think that having both the music and the game sounds fairly faint in the background is a positive thing without overwhelming the voiceover, etc.

I notice the video is still unlisted and marked as early alpha, so let me know when it's ready and I'll update the video tutorials page.

[Mánagarmr]

I was hoping to release both at the same time, otherwise the "I'll see you in the next tutorial" leaves people go "Err..where?" if both aren't uploaded. I think I might have time to make the second one tonight actually, so stay tuned!

[x4000]

Sounds great to me, that's easier on me anyway.

[Winter Born]

Seeing as you all like it, I'll keep it as the basic tutorial. However, for the next video I will try to improve audio. Possibly be recording voice and game sounds separately, however it's quite difficult to do, but it could improve audio quality in the video. Right now when I do white-noise reduction it also causes some rather annoying audio artifacts (that granted you can only hear if you listen closely in a head set) that I would like to get rid of.

I could also simply not record game audio at all and instead run the soundtrack as background audio, or simply either keep the white-noise (which is terribly annoying) or continue as in the first video.

Opinions?

* Moonshine Fox curses loudly at Creative for not having 64bit compatible drivers in 2010.

Audio was good on my notebook (lol non near the quality of a headset though)
Excelent voice and pacing  You are doing a great job. 


Side note: early scouting is critical for me to know where to attack whic planet to cap 1st, and what tech to unlock early game.

[Collic]

This is really good. As for the next one, the logical place I would start would be explaining the basic fleet ship triangle, starships, and scouting. I'm sure you'll cover all of the need to know stuff in any case.

The value of raiding in concert with some of the new features like ai eyes, and the ai datacores would probably be a good thing to cover as well, though it may be out of the scope of the second tutorial. The audio was fine for me, by the way.

[Mánagarmr]

All three base tutorials have been completed. They give the player the absolute minimum to play the game. Any further tutorials I make will be strategy specific for dealing with certain types of units and/or enemies.

I feel the basic/intermediate/advanced tutorials are about what a really new player needs to know to start playing. The rest, they'll have to find out for themselves. I don't want to spoil their entire experience by giving them a step-by-step list on how to win.