Some Insights from Gregg Mayles on the Design and Origins of Sea of Thieves

@katttruewalker I really like how they explain the immersion between first and third person.
And I never really thought about it like that, it’s very interesting and kind of makes sense. I don’t think I would want a third person toggle.

@knifelife Agreed.

What i find so intriguing is the fact that this Magical game came to be out of a few boards of post it notes...That proves that Great Ideas still originate from a few words on paper ,just like many hundred years ago...Oh , imagine all the time between those post it's and what we have today , i'm so glad to be witnessing how this Great Game keeps growing...Can't wait what 2019 will bring because SOT and Epicness are two words that can't be seperated anymore from eachother...

Nobody mentioned the Dice!!! #Seaoftease

slapping with fish next update confirmed.

Things like this could answer so many "whys" players have when things aren't the way they would have made it, especially near launch when so many had short sighted requests.

@surveyorpete Not that I agree but that was fun lol

@katttruewalker great post buddy a very interesting read 😁

I swear I’ve read this thread about 6 times now aha!
Always fascinates me! And surely I can’t be the only one zooming into those sticky notes looking for every bit of information xD

And I'm just stuck on the one post-it that says

Shopping on the Ship: Parrot Orders

EQ2 had /pizza for ordering Pizza Hut.... maybe parrot can do the same?!

And now I'm stuck on the crossed out SPOILER one.. how you can troll your crew... hmm.

I like the characters being, at some point, some Tic Tac with eyes and mustache! Also the stick used to push the boats that are near land or docks was pretty op! In this week dev stream, Shelley said that as soon as she and Andrew got back from their honeymoon (or vacation, don't remember exactly), that was the first thing they went for to test :D.

Besides that, awesome insight on the early stages of the game and its progression. I am passionate about game development and I'm currently working on a 2D platformer, just a self project to learn and gather new skills.

I can see how they have the potions be purchased or found, but only for that session like cursed cannonballs.
Or you can get iron to patch your ship making it take 2 hits to make that hole again or something.

These reveal that they were deep in ideas, and chose to simplify or combine them to make the game easier to just play, allowing these ideas to resurface later to fit the direction of the game.

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Nobody mentioned the Dice!!! #Seaoftease

Nobody mentioned the Flame Thrower!!!
#Seaoftease

@musicmee Interesting to see the list of islands that "made it" verses the islands that were "cut." Kraken's Fall certainly looks a lot different than the Kraken's Fall we currently have! I also wonder if we'll ever see the islands that were checked off but haven't been added to the game or if any of the crossed out islands will be reworked and added at a later date.

I very much like Devil's Nest and Serpent Pass. One of the things I like most about Thieves Haven is being able to sail right through the middle of the island. I think Serpent Pass could offer some interesting choke points / game play mechanics if it gave players an incentive to sail through it.

Thanks for posting Musicmee!