Hello there citizens, civilians, pirates, other outlaws, and various aliens! Welcome to the GamesCom Edition of DevTalk for the week of August 2nd! WARNING: Image heavy!

DevTalk

RSI Forums

Lee Banyard, Audio Director @ Foundry 42

It’s possible in the future that you might hear a bit of Vanduul voice audio in captured Vanduul ships. Source

CIG will be testing AMD TrueAudio in the future to see how much it assists. Source

Luke Pressley, Designer @ Foundry 42

Next release will have improvements to the starts of races. Source

Forrest Stephan, CG Supervisor @ CIG Santa Monica

They’ve been able to avoid using any kind of skybox. Stars and backgrounds are code-driven. Visuals are pre-alpha and will improve. Source

Massive headway has been made on facial animations. Incredible facial expressions coming in the near future. Source

Ben Lesnick, Director of Community Engagement and Content Strategy, Director of Ships, Creative Director @ CIG Santa Monica

Existing Scythe owners can CCU for free to the Glaive, although Ben strongly cautions against this. They will also allow all existing Scythe owners to have a badge to purchase the Glaive by beating Vanduul Swarm in much the same manner that attendees to the Gamescom event got badges. Source

ArtStation

Twitter

@EricKieronDavis thinks, "killing Darian means he will no longer be obscuring my good side," as he pretends to work. pic.twitter.com/kAuFFFAsQ9 — DarianVorlick_CIG (@Devourlick) August 4, 2015

AI programmer Chad Zamzow is wondering if the Vanduul have gained sentience yet. #StarCitizen #Gamescom2015 pic.twitter.com/9EN3hGarWe — DarianVorlick_CIG (@Devourlick) August 4, 2015

Huddled around an iPhone so we can have our global conference since internet is out. #StarCitizen #Gamescom2015 pic.twitter.com/EU3NIGVjde — DarianVorlick_CIG (@Devourlick) August 5, 2015

Design team locked in Sheol discussing future design protocols while Dan thinks, 'Kill. Me. Now.' #StarCitizen pic.twitter.com/4MM1PDJqru — DarianVorlick_CIG (@Devourlick) August 5, 2015

Master engineer Paul Reindell hiding the fact he's actually playing DJ Hero on 4 separate screens. #starcitizen pic.twitter.com/RTnoKtiLrO — DarianVorlick_CIG (@Devourlick) August 6, 2015

Crunch Time Craziness is officially over. Now we can sit back and watch the stream, biting our nails. #StarCitizen pic.twitter.com/5nk8FunIid — DarianVorlick_CIG (@Devourlick) August 6, 2015

Weekends? Nah. This train don't stop until Gamescom. pic.twitter.com/FacetJvCcu — Star Citizen (@RobertsSpaceInd) August 2, 2015

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin', Though our eyes are swollen, keep those devbuilds rollin', Gamescom! pic.twitter.com/occy8IsPyN — Star Citizen (@RobertsSpaceInd) August 3, 2015

It's the Gamescom Demo World Tour. As one shift ends, another begins. Next stop: Foundry 42 UK. pic.twitter.com/bzR2vJyRGf — Star Citizen (@RobertsSpaceInd) August 4, 2015

Next stop: Austin, TX, where we find the rare and affable John Erskine in his natural environment. pic.twitter.com/WvFraCIV2p — Star Citizen (@RobertsSpaceInd) August 4, 2015

Hey… psst… need a hand with the Gamescom demo? pic.twitter.com/kGi5G1uUPq — Star Citizen (@RobertsSpaceInd) August 4, 2015

A big Gamescom demo requires big machines to run it. These beasts are already in Germany and ready to go. Are you? pic.twitter.com/5NterRSJZL — Star Citizen (@RobertsSpaceInd) August 5, 2015

About to take off for Gamescom. We'll be radio silent for a bit. I'll give you a discussion topic: pic.twitter.com/2osGhOYuux — Star Citizen (@RobertsSpaceInd) August 6, 2015

E-Werk, site of tonight's Gamescom Presentation. Time to set up! pic.twitter.com/QD2hgTPOZ5 — Star Citizen (@RobertsSpaceInd) August 7, 2015

We are going live shortly! pic.twitter.com/PYyP1hjy0z — Star Citizen (@RobertsSpaceInd) August 7, 2015

I love our backers! pic.twitter.com/Nf0Y6vXyau — James Pugh (@jamespugh) August 6, 2015

Getting everything ready pic.twitter.com/Dcy1QDs8L9 — James Pugh (@jamespugh) August 7, 2015

Badges? Badges?! We don't need no stinkin' badges! Oh, we do? Okay, sure. pic.twitter.com/8Kg9CxTE0P — Disco Lando (@discolando) August 7, 2015

It's beginning to look a lot like Gamescom. 4 hours to go. http://t.co/P3RM3x5ocU pic.twitter.com/nsGfB2QN6c — Disco Lando (@discolando) August 7, 2015

Taking down the coolest banner ever. Thanks to @FiendishFeather for spending a month with me creating it. You my boy. pic.twitter.com/iTw5UHgmQ8 — Disco Lando (@discolando) August 8, 2015

4am. Finally finished breaking down the venue. In German gas station because I haven't eaten in 20 hours. Good life. pic.twitter.com/XzieUU7Zc6 — Disco Lando (@discolando) August 8, 2015

5am. Germany. Videos up. Finally get to nap before hitting the showfloor this morning. Good night, Star Citizen. pic.twitter.com/XD3CQyL24F — Disco Lando (@discolando) August 8, 2015

It's time. I never thought this moment would come. I GET TO SLEEP FOR EIGHT HOURS STARTING RIGHT NOW! RED 1! RED 1! pic.twitter.com/PvGqRppHLL — Disco Lando (@discolando) August 8, 2015

Just tried to record video message about my thrashed voice, and I'm so tired, I screwed up and only got this pic. pic.twitter.com/sNmxQaHl4z — Disco Lando (@discolando) August 8, 2015

Let's get this party started! pic.twitter.com/U1ie8Wf2zw — Ryan Archer (@RyanArcherArt) August 7, 2015

Finally got to see our hard work revealed at #gamescom15 #StarCitizen pic.twitter.com/IwaYNVqSW5 — Ryan Archer (@RyanArcherArt) August 7, 2015

August 2nd – Relax and take a seat before your mission begins…



August 3rd – On my way to Germany!



August 4th – Guten Abend – ein bischen mude (Good evening – a little bit tired)



August 5th – Setting up the press booth

August 5th – Thanks to the Guinness Book of Records editor for presenting us 2 awards

August 5th – UK are still up and at it!

August 6th – Halle 10.1, A33 – komm besuche uns! (Hall 10.1, A33 – come visit us!)

August 7th – And so it begins…

August 7th – Meet and greet! There’s a thunderstorm coming I hear…

August 8th – Today is so busy! Thanks again to the fan who gave me ‘Fuss Balsam’ last night.

August 7th – Those who attended our Gamescom Presentation LIVE in person received this limited edition, numbered poster of Cologne, Germany in the year 2945 designed by Nicolas Ferrand and our own Disco Lando. Talk about a collector’s item!