Tutorial squad reactivated - KAG CRASH COURSE

The last attempt at creating a tutorial for KAG got quiet and disappeared off the map. With the influx of new players a tutorial is needed now as ever. We got some youtube videos out there and Salami's excellent manual but what is needed is something easily digestable that covers the basics in brief.

Totalbiscuit's KAG coverage showed us how a new player thinks and what problems he encounters. We need a video that a player like TB watches and knows, more or less, how to play the game. This is a CRASH COURSE, not a strategy guide!

What we want:
- short
- concise
- basics
- interface
- non-obvious stuff
- as visually descriptive as possible

What we don't want
- a strategy guide
- long videos
- spontaneous narration

Contrary has agreed to coordinate this. Here we give ideas and feedback.

We want this video to be short and sweet enough to watch even by someone with a short attention span.

A) spectator mode
0) mention of build version that this tutorial is based on
1) Brief introduction - 2D multiplayer team-based indie game by MM & Geti
2) CTF mode / goal of game
3) Win / lose conditions, tickets
4) Mentioning of classes and their roles

B) player mode(knight)
5) introduction to radial menu, choosing class
6) moving mechanics, notch jumping, traversing doors, ladders and bridges
7) shield
8) stab, charge
9) goomba stomping
10) bombs (+ mention of workshops) , MENTION and depiction of bomb-jumping
11) shieldgliding

C) player mode (archer)
12) arrows
13) chopping down trees
14) 3 fire modes for archer
15) ducking and climbing trees (mention of goomba stomping not doing damage)
16) arrow ladders

D) player mode (builder)
17) how to mine resources
18) free resources at buildup
19) walls
20) doors
21) bridges and ladders
22) spikes (shown with bridges)
23) workshops in more detail, quarters

E) spectator mode
24) catapults
25) outposts
26) how to build simple the simplest possible fortifications
27) have fun!

We need a limit on video length - 10 minutes seems a reasonable time - as well as a due date so we actually finish it - 1st of december seems like a good date.

Looking for feedback on what to add/remove from the above list. Did I miss something non-obvious? Or maybe there are things which shouldn't belong in a crash course?

 

Human Resources

Recording/Editing: Shadlington, Neat, Cryptly, Czubai
Voice: Neat, Shad, Contrary, Kyzak
Hosting: Shad, Dwatring, Czubai
Actors: Shadlington, Neat, Contrary, Kyzak, Carver, SpitfireZero, Dwatring, Czubai, Trae, Darksteel, Knighthart, Allknowingfrog

Please post if you can help. It would also be a big help to start hanging around IRC as well.

 

What do you need help with?
That team seems pretty reasonable to me, it's not like you need 10 people to show bombjumping or anything right?

 

The thing is it's really difficult to get everyone at the same place at the same time even once. For this we'll have to do that again and again to complete it. It helps a lot to have more than the bare minimum. Plus if there is a lot of extra we can just film multiple things at once.

 

Huh.
Well, if you guys figure out a specific time, I'll see if I can join.
I have some free time on my hands the next few days.

 

I suppose I could lend a hand, what time/place?

...so long as I get credited for helping ; )

 

You neglected tunneling, which is pretty basic, though I suppose it could be covered under mining resources. still thought I should mention it.

 

Im ready to help with acting, and if you need some ideas/suggestions, try to say it slighty in advance, and i will get on Irc.
A couple of suggestions: The hardest thing to learn for me was knight combat, as when to stab, when to slash, and when to shield is quite hard to get in the start. Ofcourse this is also skill related, but important.
Archer is actually more straightforward, but have a higher skillcap.
How to properly make buildings as builder is also important, but that part is kinda obvious.
A thing knights often forget is actually to defend their archers and builders, and to hunt down the other builders, they are the highest priority target!

 

Guess he just didn't find the build menu and kept building ladders.

 

I'm no master, but I'm available most evenings (US central time) if you need another actor. I'll try to start haunting the IRC.

 

Thank you new volunteers! Filming will start in a day or two once we get all the pieces together. I'll try to post a time up here but it would be a big help if you frequented IRC as well.

 

Stuff is happening NOW. Get on IRC.

 

Can help with editing & hosting.

 

Seeing as I'll most probably play Skyrim tomorrow, I wouldn't get much of the IRC anyways, but I'll frequently check out this thread if you can get something in.

 

So do you actually need anymore people to play as actors in this? I wouldnt mind being catafodder :3

Also, could their be a short section showing some of the quick emoticons in the Q access, and demonstrate how they can be used to quickly communicate with the team? Or are they just not used enough in most games to worth teaching?

 

I'll be an actor on saturdays if you need me.

 

A suggestion: script everything tightly, and make the project file (or equivalent in your editing suite) readily available for translations.