Scott Reviews the Entire Dead by Daylight June 2023 AMA

Link to the AMA: / we_are_the_dead_by_day...
Overall it was pretty decent, but mostly filled with "that thing we know is a problem is being looked at and will be maybe done next year."
/ scottjund
0:00 Intro
1:04 Useless Offerings
1:54 How Are Addons Changed?
5:17 Freddy Changes
6:04 Moris
7:32 Black Bubble
8:32 Mobile Cosmetics
10:02 Twins Rework
10:55 Survivor Voice Lines
11:20 Map Clutter
21:10 Custom Games
22:14 Non-humanoid Killers
23:52 How Long Does it Take to Make a Killer?
27:48 How Long to Make a Map?
30:04 Alternative Game Modes
33:34 Custom Moris
38:50 Puppers (RIP dude)
39:40 Singularity
41:50 The Dead by Daylight Team is aware of the issue and is looking into but cant give concrete details right now

[@TheRennat47]

The DeadByDaylight team is aware of this issue and we are looking into it, but we can't give any concrete details as of right now.

[@Vaaads]

The DeadByDaylight team is aware of this issue and we are looking into it, but we can't give any concrete details as of right now.

[@dakjames3407]

Blud summarized thr entire AMA right there

[@SowbugMori]

The DeadByDaylight team is aware of this issue and we are looking into it, but we can't give any concrete details as of right now.

[@zergrush323]

The DeadByDaylight team is aware of this issue and we are looking into it, but we can't give any concrete details as of right now.

[@temp1326]

any response to the problem of dbd not being able to give any details to most issues?

[@dusty0559]

I love the part about the black bubble after being hooked. The best part is that according to their own explanation, THERE'S NO REASON WHY THE KILLER HAS TO SEE IT TOO

[@theitalianmexican1035]

I mean what Scott said basically undermined the entire reason of its existence: “The spot where the killer is after they hook someone is THE HOOK WHERE THEY HOOKED THE SURVIVOR”. It doesn’t even do what it’s supposed to do. All it does is block the entire side of the map the person was hooked at for 5 seconds for no reason, lmao.

[@GoodlyData86596]

Ctrl+c ctrl+v except swap hooks with gens and killers with survivors

[@handlenameig]

Yeah kindred basically isn’t fully functional due to this bubble

[@Orthane]

The worst part is it nerfs 2 decent addons for both sides. Bitter Murmur for Killer, and Kindred for Survivor. If anything the only reason Kindred is so good is to see is the Killer is camping, and to see other Survivors in SoloQ. The bubble makes it way too hard to see if the killer or survivors instantly dart off to another direction.

[@toxicrush]

Yup, classic bhvr lol, should have expected that answer when I asked the question. Hope the bubble gets removed someday or that at least aura reading perks work through it.

[@servebotfrank4082]

7:38 The thing is that the Black Bubble WAS addressed about a year ago. It was directly mentioned and then fixed, then the next update broke it again.

[@Sweetness_01]

Please take care of yourself bud. I used to to sleep 2-3 hours a day because I used to be obsessed with working overtime and overall not taking care of myself or giving my time to my wife or family. I enjoy your content and appreciate the fact that you don't copy other KZbinrs and speak your own thoughts on subjects

[@noahleach7690]

Poor family

[@ellamayothethird906]

obsessed with working overtime = i hate spending time with my children 💀

[@Sweetness_01]

@@noahleach7690 I can assure you my family is very happy

[@b8master696]

These guys have no idea what it's like to have a job. Don't worry about them

[@Sweetness_01]

@@b8master696 fr

[@kizuati]

We had no resources to make the Red Forest release not shit to play on,so we decided to release the graphical update to red forest anyway. - BHVR Interactive 2023

[@owlwithmustache4084]

It's probably because it was like 2 years since the last "realm beyond" Update and they needed something sooner

[@SowbugMori]

The DeadByDaylight team is aware of this issue and we are looking into it, but we can't give any concrete details as of right now.

[@Antarctide]

They made them even shittier to play actually.

[@AsterDXZ]

24:00 Just want to remind everybody that they worked on the Skull Merchant for a full year and at no point did anybody during development think this is a bad idea

[@zaer-ezart]

It was probably more a "Well we wasted one year on this, might as well not let it go to waste"

[@riyadh_reprise]

That’s all that was running through my head when they said 11-12 months lol

[@Frog_Cat_]

@Estrogen_Fiend she's clearly the predator just reskinned. There's no excuse for the gameplay though.

[@MistarZtv]

Skull merchant is probably awful cause her original kit was split between three killers. Knight / merchant / singularity's pods all look like they were apart of the same kit.

[@therealhussein]

half way through they probably were like " ehh it's too late to go back let's ship it to the game"

[@Sapreme]

dbd on your head dbd on your chest dbd on your screen dbd in your chat scot biggest dbd fan confirmed

[@juicedup14]

Eat. sleep. dbd. repeat

[@klaykid117]

He's kind of reminding me of those people who leave negative reviews but you see they're playing the game right now

[@ScottJund]

@@klaykid117 my favorite is the "boycott Modern Warfare 2" steam group filled with people playing MW2

[@krazysamurai]

no group hates a game more than it’s most dedicated players

[@neevko267]

@@klaykid117 "this game fucking sucks don't play it" 11,500 hours on record

[@HappyDevil272]

22:46 getting dangerously close to the "featherless biped" argument.... can't wait for the shaved chicken killer!

[@tokenperson2030]

would still be scarier than skull merchant.

[@Bthakilla4rilla]

After only 3 years of DBD I would definitely play a completely untextured map if it was somehow _perfectly_ balanced

[@Mystibump]

If it was perfectly balanced, it wouldn't be a part of DbD

[@juicedup14]

I dont think the fanbase wants perfectly balanced Just make the game fun to play

[@j0hnicide]

​@@juicedup14 ur the type to think red forest is fun

[@TamiyaGuy123]

I love the occasional moments when you start to read out the team's answer, then realise it's the same boilerplate non-answer as it so often is, and hit your audio bind. It's like I can see the light leave your eyes in those brief moments between stopping halfway through your sentence and moving on to the next question.

[@haydanger9422]

for me, id love to see the summer event with the cocktail generators and grill hooks again. that was super nostalgic for me

[@nordiclurtz3558]

The thing that pissed me off the most about this is that in one answer they say they don't just look at stats, but also community feedback and design goals when making changes, yet the answer they gave for the trapper question says exactly the opposite. "Oh we fully recognize that everyone thinks trapper is awful and needs a lot of help but his stats are OK so we're not gonna do anything fuck you". Like what the fuck? These devs are such liars.

[@vexxed6851]

Why would they change him though if the stats are good? If the stats say that a killer gets a 50-60% killrate and the community says that he's underpowered then the community is wrong. Plain and simple. Don't get me wrong, stats can be misinterpreted and bhvr does it all the time (like with the addon use rate) but there is not much to misinterpret here.

[@Aki...544]

​@Vex xed Every killer can have a 50-60% killrate if you just camp and tunnel, that doesn't reflect how good the killer's are. And I'm not even taking into account people that just kill themselves or dc just cause they felt like it. Feedback from the community takes priority over inaccurate data, that should be obvious.

[@nordiclurtz3558]

@@vexxed6851 trapper is a prime example of why only looking at data is bad. Yes he gets about a 50% win rate (he has the lowest of any killer), but anyone who’s played trapper knows how clunky and outdated his power is compared to other killers. It feels awful playing him, and that is something the entire community agrees on. So no, we’re not in the wrong here, behavior is.

[@nordiclurtz3558]

@Estrogen_Fiend they said it’ll be a fun little change, nothing big. Trapper needs a major update. Some new mechanic with his traps that makes them take less time to get.

[@Blake_Stone]

DBD's approach to collision is a big part of the problem, they could fill maps with pretty details and still not impact chases too much if a lot of minor stuff had no collision (like the clutter around shack as Scott mentions, which are especially egregious). The logic is crazy really, like some bushes you can walk through, and then there are those bushes on Garden of Joy that are like Sherman tanks and are basically their own loops.

[@ticktackbooom8831]

40:00 dude in chat: "They should give Leatherface a puppers skin mask" 💀💀💀

[@MemorableVirus]

But he already has Dwight

[@yanyan_r1]

Wait I don’t understand what scott meant when he was talking about adding a puppers shirt. What would happen?

[@redreaper3065]

​@@yanyan_r1 haven't made it to that point yet, but maybe he's talking about how Puppers passed away the other day?

[@maisybean47]

@@yanyan_r1 i dont understand either im just replying so someone explains lol

[@windowsxpnotfound6494]

@maisybean It was inferred that there will be some people who use the puppers thing to make fun of his death or his ALS which is kinda messed up (either by wearing it or saying something in egc to someone else wearing it) like the people that caused the removal of bubbas masks

[@venom_panda6421]

The questions we really should be asking is how BHVR allocate their damn resources and priorities.

[@Sweetness_01]

New skins, streamers, LGBT And ignoring the toxicity and real issues

[@thepinkprintt]

⁠@@Sweetness_01this comment is inadvertently promoting toxicity

[@theotherauthor740]

@@Sweetness_01 you know you can dunk on bhvr without being weirdly homophobic right

[@lobster6736]

​@@theotherauthor740 yeah but it'd take the fun out of it

[@RoxLovesHaze]

​@@Sweetness_01 LGBTQ+ content that they only do once a month. That isn't getting in the way of anything. It's Bhvr themselves. Nice try homophobe.

[@NicoSleepyLeen]

If normal scott uses light mode, does that mean Nega scott was the good one all along?

[@kakugowaii5854]

It means that Scott touches grass, and you should too

[@yogsulate9384]

NegaScott's eyes don't hurt because he uses dark mode

[@Angel_Flash]

every hero needs a character flaw

[@CausticPyro]

Does that also imply negascott gets a proper nights rest?

[@thedoomslayer5863]

​@@CausticPyro he also doesn't stress because he mains spirit with the most meta build best add-ons so every match is a easy chill fest

[@Xenomorpheusss]

BHVR is one of the few companies I know of that will actively not do something that would earn them a ton of money, like survivor emotes and mori animations. I would normally say it's a good thing that the game company isn't trying to milk the community of all their money and only focuses on skins but I'm inclined to believe that it's more to do with they can't due to internal reasons, whether it's staff or their game engine and spaghetti code maybe, who knows.

[@char7035]

The Naughty Bear skin is going to have a new mori.

[@Xenomorpheusss]

@@char7035 7 years into the game, yes. That's 7 years of profit they've missed out on

[@Lyu-Phy]

Based cortana pfp.

[@Kerps123]

I think the black bubble is mostly there for when the killder has addons or perks that make the survivor blind. so you can still see where the hook took place while on a gen with fearmonger.

[@MrBnnashton]

The Dead by Daylight team is aware of this issue and we are looking into it, but we can't give any concrete details as of right now.

[@SowbugMori]

The DeadByDaylight team is aware of this issue and we are looking into it, but we can't give any concrete details as of right now.

[@Sushi-Kaiju]

BHVR is a company that struck gold by accident but doesn't know how to manage it.

[@sunwukong5791]

Pog an hour of vile Scott

[@juicedup14]

omg so much vileness 🤩

[@bread3039]

"We're too busy adding nipples to the character models, see you in the fog!"

[@BeedrillChampion]

Scott you mentioned the mobile team possibly being such a different team, and I'm pretty sure they are. Idk if you know much about Identity V, but I'm pretty sure BHVR just hired them to create DBD mobile and most of the skins is made by them with BHVR's blessing. I'm almost certain of this because a lot of the changes on Mobile and a lot of the way DBD mobile works is just similar to Identity V in a lot of ways. With ranked queues, profiles that describe your match history, global chat and profile pictures.

[@SielAzur]

I really think something is fishy with how the game itself is coded. Like every patch we get our 20+ bugs and a lot of the time they have nothing do to with what the patch changed and we have to wait weeks to see them fixe these bugs. And the fact that very simple changes takes so long make me wonder if the game code is organised well

[@evalcat]

BHVR: Hey can I copy your code? YandereDev: Sure just don't make it obvious. BHVR:

[@traviswilliams2348]

As a long time destiny 2 player, allow me to explain, *gestures vaguely at the words "spaghetti code"* ya know?

[@Conantas]

Its probably multiple things. Constant new hires is really telling of one thing: poor management. The age old telling of "People don't quit jobs, they quit managers." The code is probably shit. But thats more than likely because people in charge are dumb and give terrible guidence

[@cutmeloosebruce1955]

Yes, it is well known that DBD is built on spaghetti coding which means everything is connected to everything in some weird fucky way, leading to completely unrelated things affecting one another, but The DeadByDaylight team is aware of this issue and we are looking into it, but we can't give any concrete details as of right now.

[@SeigoSaiga]

​@@cutmeloosebruce1955 It keeps the game fresh after every update. There's always new broken things to abuse.

[@Tericho]

12:32 "I am starting to think this is a new team". I feel it in my bones, all the best devs have been working on Meet your Maker and other projects, the current DBD team is either new people or people put on just to tide the game over.

[@cjhowland1308]

not sure why, meet your maker looks like a god awful game and a money sink for the devs

[@et851]

About spectator mode, in Unreal Engine, there is an object called SpectatorPawn that is ALREADY PREMADE in the engine and which spectators can control and fly around the map, which is much better than being fixed to each player’s view. They can add it in under an hour, but they just refused to do so for 5 years.

[@Splonton]

Unless it was a bug, that response about the hook bubbles is BS. I distinctly remember being able to see auras through the bubbles back in years 3 and 4

[@SpaghettiYOLOKingTTV]

It'd be cool if they made it so you can go into first person mode while hiding in a locker and you'd see 'Puppers was here - Stay Comfy' on the inside of the door near the vents or maybe on one of the sides. Little stuff like that that act as positive memorials and are unable to be affected in any way players, only observed, are the best options.

[@thedoomslayer5863]

Would sort of ruin some immersion though, you'd go into a locker and for a lot of people they'd be like "who the f*ck is this puppers dude?" Be easier to put his name on some tombstone on a map

[@JuanAntonioGarciaHeredia]

@@thedoomslayer5863 Oh no, muh inmersion. In a game where 2 killers can go with a stuffed plush costume, 2 killers with an ironic porno skin, survivors shirtless, tight leather pants, miniskirts.

[@Xbob42]

The design intent, community feedback, data analysis chart Scott mentioned near the beginning is the year 3 community livestream. I left a comment there, but it's at 1:11:20. Exact same damn words.

[@Rebazar]

"The beatings will continue until morale improves" - BHVR

[@djdepression]

On the point about turnover at behavior as it relates to learning what works and what doesn't, that turnover every 2-3 years is on par with most software companies. I work at a non-gaming software company and this literally happens all the time. The key is they need to have really good documentation and they need to throw money at outgoing devs to train up the new ones. Even with that, there will still be growing pains with the new devs, but there's not much else you can do about it. Considering the massive push towards constantly releasing new content, I doubt they have very good documentation. They probably don't have the time for it. That's why behavior should hire a good technical writer if they don't have one already. They should be the guru that documents the philosophy and progression of dbd, what works and what doesn't.

[@Nolandiscool]

the hot key auto scott response is hilarious

[@AgenteFuego]

Hey, that's my question at 33:34 ! Disappointing answer but expected.

[@noah.2B]

3:42 I work for a AAA studio, by the time you are seeing something on PTB that is the result of months of work and it was already decided that is what is going into the game. The decision to work on and prioritize that content was made prior to starting, and the only changes they'd risk pushing to PTB will be data ones. (think number changes) None of the feedback from this Q&A will realistically be implemented in the patch following the anniversary one. The content and design for that patch has most likely already been approved and is roughly 1/3rd of the way through by now. Maybe the patch after it though, at the earliest.

[@jsj0520]

6:05 as a junior game designer myself I would love insights on the development processes for different games I like. It helps me understand what I should be thinking about during development

[@sneakydragon2352]

Learn about Scrum and AGILE

[@chiliflis8660]

57:07 Yes, we need 600 pound survivors in DBD.

[@farmboy805]

I laughed at this one. Like you really think a survivor any fatter than Jane can run limitlessly and vault windows? Yeah let's add some morbidly obese slob to try and outrun a killer

[@HTGY6YTH67Y]

They move at half the speed

[@chiliflis8660]

@@HTGY6YTH67Y Survivors get a 50% hindered status effect, but killers can't pickup. No mither would finally become meta at long last.

[@HTGY6YTH67Y]

@@chiliflis8660 can't be picked up LOL

[@mckenzieschmitt2841]

@@HTGY6YTH67Yas an emt that’s helped transport people over 350-700lbs, it takes multiple crews 😅 so you’d better carry your weight (LOOOL) or the whole team will help hook you

[@MintSkull]

RIP My question was skipped 💀 It was about the Swamp map visual rework

[@Pixxena]

The video just cuts off a little early, he did briefly go over it in the stream eventually + he also watched your Windows of Opportunity video! (01:23:05 & 01:30:05 in the VOD) ✨

[@mathiascerf1092]

i think the reason why it takes so long to implement changes in dbd is because of the spaghetti code. Sure a part of why it's so long is because bhvr are not great devs but i also believe that spaghetti code makes it much harder to implement changes and breaks numbers of things when they implement new things like animations, models, etc

[@Ben_of_Milam_Music]

yup. spaghetti code is so horrid. Things like making an animation shorter suddenly makes the player move at mach 1, or adding a new weapon makes all the old weapons shoot through walls now... just a few things I've experienced working with other people's code.

[@thedoomslayer5863]

​@@Ben_of_Milam_Music so it's definitely worth it to painstakingly perfectionist your code so that when you make changes every you expect to happen does happen and barely if any things happen that are unexpected

[@RaffoPhantom]

13:34 "A bush. A tree." "A FUCKING RANDOM TWIG ON EYRIE THAT COMPLETELY HALTS MY CHAINSAW OR HATCHET." would have been the logical conclusion to the triumvirat of shit. About the "BM with emotes" point you brought up: The same argument can be made for perks being strongly tuned for weaker killers. The current argument (I don't know if you subscribe to that idea or not) is "we can't have too strong perks because the high tier killers, mainly Nurse and Blight, are too opressive with them". But they already are opressive, even with balanced or even weaker perks. So let weak killers have their tools, Nurse and Blight are gonna slap anyway.

[@lja1993]

I can't believe uou missed the billy update question, you were so close at the end!!!

[@Zetta_Hakai]

OH THAT WAS THE ORIGIN OF THAT RECORDING. (We still need the remixed version)

[@thedoomslayer5863]

Scott looks so happy in that thumbnail lol like hes reading the best AMA there ever was

[@TheDaveCave_]

“We’re working on it, noted - The AMA.”

[@ZombieSlayer3649]

I know its funny they always give the same response from BHVR but its still somewhat of a relief that they are acknowledging issues that are being asked of. Many companies such as activision are dealing with a ton of issues such as IP grabbing and pc bricking in their older titles as well as other basic things about their game that they are not addressing and even an acknowledgement can mean so much. Ofc I'm sure a lot of people know this and it is still funny to poke fun at the safe response but its not all that bad

[@calvinpetri7391]

i’d prefer a safe vague response over an overwatch promise that never happens

[@Kitsune_Chara_CG]

​​@@calvinpetri7391 At this point i feel like ppl just want honesty from BH i feel like they wouldnt even be made fun of if they Said: "No We dont care and wont do anything about it in atleast the next year" but then ppl would quit as they realise the dbd team doesnt give a blind fuck and just wants the ez money Im sorry man i couldnt bear dbd for more than idk 6 monthsm that was a lil before the 6th anna i think😮

[@cherrislushi]

they’ve been requesting new gamemodes since i was in high school and i graduated 4 years ago 😭 the summer bbq and the pustula event were my favorites 😭

[@davidsmith3382]

On how long it takes to make a killer, since there’s 4 releases in a year they likely have several small teams broken up working on several killers at a time, rather than one big one all working on one killer. This way if one doesn’t work out by a certain point in the release cycle there is another one that might be ready or close to ready.

[@chikendoodle1628]

I think they answered 3 questions in the entire thing. Everything else was just "We are working on it, but cant say anything" or just dodged the question

[@ShadG]

For the mobile cosmetics taking a long time to come to main game, it could also be to try and incentivize people to spend time (and maybe eventually money) on the mobile version

[@GSol17]

25:37, GGG have said that while they release patches in 3 month cycles they do work on them for about a year before they release.

[@QayLikeKay]

They might have different skeletons rigs for the mobile cosmetics, which means they have to go in for each one and re-rig them. This is a guess obviously, and not necessarily a year's worth of work, but that might just be how they're prioritizing it. Licensing issues would also make sense though.

[@el_chapolman5023]

why is Scott so lowkey hilariously savage

[@CaptainCrackSparrow]

I love how they say they don't have time to work on much between DLC release windows. Too busy chasing money to fix huge. long standing issues in the game. Never change BHVR. Also how does it take a year to make a single killer if they release 4 of them every year? Along with survivors, maps, perks etc.

[@pamlillie]

I cant believe he went this whole stream without spamming the button evern once

[@shabeehasim3748]

no wonder things are taking for ever to get fixed. they are actively learning and addressing almost every single issue that was mentioned

[@textoffender3410]

For custom Moris, I imagine there are multiple problems. Firstly we don't know if the infrastructure of the mori system in the game would conveniently allow you to load another mori animation, though this probably isn't too hard to code (though spaghetti code won't make it easy) it would need to be done first before any custom moris are added. They would also have to add another panel to the store. Another thing is the mori animation length. They probably don't want any in game moris to have different lengths as that could result in pay to win cosmetics (which they like to pretend to avoid) so either every mori would have to be the same length (by timing the animation or just having the killer stand still for a second) or they are waiting to implement the finisher mori system.

[@Foxe92]

13:41 Regarding clutter, another thing some people don't realize is that at most studios the level design and level art teams are completely independent. The design team is usually working with simole shapes like cubes and cylinders to design a leve, and then the art team goes through and replace those primitives with actual art. The design team is trying to build something that is fun to play, while the art team is trying to build something that is nice to look at, and sometimes those two goals butt up against eachother.

[@Foxe92]

Also, from personal experience as a designer, I know a lot of level artists who don't even play the game or test their work. If it looks pretty in the editor, they consider their job done. Ideally the QA team should be finding and reporting all of these issues, though, so I'm not sure why so many of them make it to live servers (or don't get fixed more quickly)

[@musikmann95]

what's the thing about puppers dwigth skin that scott was talking about that people would do?

[@MarlowPreston]

Q: Please Fix Trapper A: Naughty Bear Skin

[@deadhelix]

Was there anything regarding cross progression cause ever since i moved to pc I have not touched the game even tho I own it because I do not want to grind and rebuy all the dlc I had

[@myserrie_inc]

I wonder if part of the reason they "dont have the resources" out of no where, is due to some sort of trademark deal. Like hypothetical here.. But lets say they suddenly got the rights for Chuckie, BUT its contingent on the chapter dropping alongside the release of a show or movie. So instead of a year, now they have 4 months. This could also factor into the 1yr quote of developing killers. Killer A gets pushed back and paused so that they can redirect resources to the license. Thus making the average longer

[@Skillfulstone]

Imo, Unbreakable basekit _cannot_ be in the base game as it was showcased in that nightmarish ptb. However, it _could_ be implemented healthily by making it so that "basekit Unbreakable" activates _only_ when there are either two Survivors remaining _or_ every remaining Survivor is downed/hooked in order to both prevent toxicity/holding the game hostage for 4 minutes and make Killers just _end the games already_ instead of just feverishly slugging for the 4k.

[@vinhiem6962]

Does anyone have a link to Otz's reaction to them saying Trapper isn't getting updated any time soon?

[@Notwedsquid]

It’s on how twitch I don’t don’t really know the time stamp but he was playing slinger when he showed his reaction

[@illuwu]

​​@@Notwedsquid the timestamp is around 2:29:30 in otz stream on June 7th

[@Silensi0]

Suggestion: make the "DbD answer" sub-follow sound for the anniversary.

[@dwightschrute1857]

May I just point out the stupidity of making a AUA (ask us anything) only to just answer basically every question with “we’re aware of the issue, but we can’t tell you anything about what we’re doing to fix it. All we can say is it’ll probably take 1 - 2 years give it take”

[@keganbauer5119]

Wasn’t the frozen billy or trapper mobile skins? Why does it take so long to port them over now

[@dbdstuffuncut]

If slugged for more then 2 minutes you get up once for free.

[@nathancandage824]

Just wanted to say. Scott you’re a talented and smart KZbinr and streamer and keep up what you’re doing

[@PhantomHalf]

This AMA is just straight up telling us they dont play the fucking game

[@DulfyBee]

You need to make that soundbite your new sub notification sound

[@armagedonthe1gamer]

its a lot faster if you have a small team for creation of a singular character. if the same person knows exactly how they want it they can do the art, program around that, and playtest immediately. but this is mainly because you skip the confirmation and just go through it, because you yourself are the one in charge of the project and not have to cater to investors or un-invested ceo's. mistakes are the main thing that slows down production, and if the people in charge aren't good in terms of creating feedback for all the teams, releases tend to slow down heavily from lack of communication.

[@somebodyonyoutube3840]

Apparently everything is somehow on their radar

[@TheOneAndOnlyZN]

36:03 As someone who plays for honor much more than DBD now, I'd love to see Scott try the game. Not sure if he's played it in the best but it's surely much different than when he played the game

[@connorbrooks7501]

This is great content

[@Axew325Ryan]

56:03 they have previously said that they are totally fine with hitting people on hook, deeming it "kebabing," so why are they fine with something like that which is considered to be BM, but backpedal on emotes? kinda weird as it is literally free money as Scott and the commenter say

[@trtl1083]

49:39 a Question to if there is anything planned to expand / add new gameplay features, didnt event get the pr talk that they might do it in the future... how can you ignore a question like that

[@FlamingFox]

On the case of Puppers, uped the rarity of the Charm to highest, its fkin buried with all other all uncommon charms.

[@p4nd4zur33]

About porting skins, League of Legends has had that issue for ages, having updated models in Legends or Runeterra and Wild Rift while in League they haven't been updated since game came out over a decade ago.

[@canispredatoria8592]

to explain why mobil cosmetic take time to be import on the PC/consol version is because the code of the both game is not the same. The team have to do everyting a second time

[@derunfassbarebielecki]

Coding and animating something usually goes very fast. The stuff that takes the longest is collecting data, developing a concept and evaluating it. Because of BHVRs secretive nature the data collection process could actually take several months if its done just by a few people, bigger studios have whole data analysis departements who are searching in the internet for potential ideas non stop. The process could be much faster if the devs would just do public surveys about new killer designs, but even this would take quite a time to analyse all data. Bigger companies also have more or less strict schemes of how to design content and thats the reason all CODs, Assassins Creeds etc. are pretty similar to the previous titles.

[@matthewf6164]

That Otz reaction lol

[@zeporion6091]

Disagree on "Demogorgon is humanoid"; humanoid means more then just "bipedal". How gangly his limbs are, how he can effectively crawl on all fours, the petal mouth, the claws, the skin, etc. His biology is bizarre enough to break the humanoid mold I feel. I agree the line is blurry though This is also the dumbest thing to talk about from this video lolmao

[@WarProfiteer.]

it seems like they are working less in just pushing updates and more scheduling like if you have a hillbilly buff ready why tf is it still not out or been in any ptbs

[@MerrStudio]

59:28 that made me spill over my coffee lmao

[@Cleric_Guardian]

If BHVR has 809 employees, and the vast majority of these are "The Dead by Daylight team is aware of this issue and we are looking into it but we can't give any concrete details as of right now," what ARE they working on? Everything is "backlog" or "looking into it", so what is this massive team working on? I know some of them are working on new upcoming killers, maps, and survivors, but... oh my god over 800 employees and they have to give an ETA of "Later this year or next year" for an FOV slider. It's... it's an FOV slider! Or how many other super basic things? How long did it take for them to add a search bar for perks (that doesn't even work how it should! It should just stay in the box instead of opening a completely new box to type!) I know things are more complicated than we know, but it baffles me how little seems to get done with a company with that many people.

[@333Abs]

I assume they count like , brainstorming multiple killer ideas and debating which one to pick next in that too? FOUR YEARS

[@servebotfrank4082]

24:15 Another thing, that timeline for killer designs doesn't sound too nuts. Fighting game characters also take a shitload of time to develop. I remember the Granblue game having some development issues with DLC characters because the publisher wanted characters to release concurrently with the gacha game but didn't realize how long it takes for a fighting game character to be made.

[@sabuuuu8824]

I'd like to think that they are slow on everything because one of them his the keys for the studio and they show up every two months for one day to work 😅

[@textoffender3410]

Another thing about adding puppers cosmetics to the game is that they don't want to add too much free content but they also know it would be wrong to monetize them

[@Obama_Hunter]

7:00 no it's not, For Honor bypasses this by making dismemberment and blood completely disableable and they have this option locked in those regions that would be affected by it.

[@MemorableVirus]

It's almost like they're lazy af 😮 lol

[@neevko267]

@@MemorableVirus Okay to play devil's advocate here: The amount of surivors and cosmetics they have to change to be compatible with any possible gore is a LOT, so it makes sense why maybe they'd rather not And remember, this is BHVR we're talking about, they're absolutely gonna fuck everything up by trying to mess with old pre established stuff

[@Obama_Hunter]

@@neevko267 decapitation at the least should be on the table

[@neevko267]

@@Obama_Hunter oh for sure they could just do the old trick of shrinking the head and spawning a new one still a lot of effort for head cosmetics, but effort they're willing to put as we saw with Singularity

[@aystefan]

I disagree with custom moris being a huge money maker and I can see why they would be hesitant to allocate resources to the idea. What percentage of the player base actually play killer enough to want to spend money on moris? A lot of people don’t even buy cosmetics

[@shrapnel8869]

I assume cosmetics will need to be remade at a higher resolution for PC, cant do a 1-1 mobile port.

[@Hybred]

I wish you would've commented on the FOV changes at least since its been a hot topic on the subreddit lately given all the quality of life and accessibility updates survivors have gotten. 46:00

[@tensheep420]

Can they make it so we can hold shift so they don't farm off hook?

[@Ugly5872]

Yes! This includes unhook spamming, another toxic annoying thing!

[@staymad4143]

i know it's been a month but they probably wanna space out the cosmetics which will help them sell better.

[@jasonlai980142]

wheres patrick spencer and his hockey stick?

[@heyygallo]

I’m wondering if the turnover of employees and miscommunication between teams are the reasons why characters like Haddie received such little care from the devs. From her perks to her design to her cosmetics, Haddie was set up to fail and even the devs had to eventually recognize that they dropped the ball on her. I can’t imagine any other substantial reasons why

[@content439]

Tears of the kingdom had 500 employees working on it. Behavior has at least around that many working on this game and seems to be like 40 percent the quality. There had to be internal bullshit or something

[@diabolicespurr]

i do think the healthiest period of DbD was right before McLean Left

[@hyacinth1351]

for the whole "it takes a year to make a killer" thing it's worth keeping in mind that they're working on multiple killers at one time and acquiring licenses probably takes a significant amount of time.

[@JudojugsVtuber]

I think that this entire situation is another step in the right direction. They're GETTING there. There's still....you know... behavior things. Then there's the excessive PR talk (which i'd honestly take over them promising things they might not be able to deliver) but overall I think it's mostly good news. If they continue doing these types of Q&A's and things like them (like community surveys) and actually use that info to direct the direction they should go in terms of priorities they could turn the ship around for the game. Obviously a lot of frustrating BHVR-esque tropes made their way in (they really did trapper dirty) but they DID reveal a few new upcoming things that we didn't know about. I think there's some good some bad. Which seems to be the theme for BHVR the past year or two. They get some things right and some things bad (sometimes the bad is more often but sometimes not) and honestly compared to what was basically "all of the worst changes you could possibly imagine and then one decent/really good update a year" I'll honestly take it. They're learning. SLOWLY (So fucking slowly) but they ARE learning.