Ask A Dev Event! Submit Your Questions Now!

[Johkr]

Hey Everyone!

I am very happy to announce our upcoming Ask A Dev live stream event! I (Johkr aka @JustinJKruger on twitter) will be moderating the event and will asking questions to Edouard Beauchemin, Product Manager at Nadeo. We will cover everything from TrackMania, ShootMania, and will try to answer questions to the best of our ability.

We will be hosting this Friday, October 25th at 3PM ET / 8PM BST / 9PM CEST on our ShootManiaStorm Twitch.TV channel: http://www.twitch.tv/shootmaniastorm, come join us!

Please feel free to submit your questions either here or on Twitter!

We won't be able to answer ALL questions, but we will try to get to as many as possible. If this goes well, we will host more!

Thanks!

-Johkr
Community Manager

[Soprah]

1: ''Are you going to edit the Shootmania/Trackmania Editor in any way - e.g. more precise blockplacement - or even releasing new features/tools for the map-editor that makes it easier to create unique maps?''

2: ''How are you going to solve the issue about the titlepacks, especially in Shootmania?''

3: ''Are you going to reveal some information/teaser about Questmania in the next months? Actually, nobody has a clue what this game will be about or how this game will work''

Edit:

4: Are you going to implement ''moving blocks'', such as a gate which can be closed and opened?

That's it for now :p

[Mjolnir]

Hey. I am happy to see that event. Thank you for that opportunity to communicate.
So, my question will be. A lot of people faced some problems with online. There is an opinion that the StormMania is dying cause of lack of people. I really hope that is not true. So I would like to know, what steps are gonna be taken to increase the audience of the game? Will you use gamer's sites, like twitch, popular gaming chanels on youtube, etc.?

[rzn]

My main question is: When in Action-maker is going to be released?

Other smaller questions are: Besides all the minor bug fixing in the game, are you going to change shootmania drastically in some way? Besides HUD.

and

Questmania! And is shootmania cryo a failed project or far-future plan?

[novationx]

SHOOTMANIA:

Most of the questions are already on the forums so yeah....

1.
Who supports ESL GO4SM and other big events with Money? If its NADEO/UBI, then my question is:
"Will there be another "big" event besides ESWC in the near future?"


2.
I like Shootmania how it is, but it hurts me that there are so few players. If even after the PS4 contest & extra advertising the game doesnt get popular, will SM become free eventually?
What are the reasons not to make it free atm? And how would making it free be a bad thing?


3. Could you explain CRYO to me in 1 sentence ( or more ^^ )?
People say its a new environment for SM, so what does it mean? Same gameplay, other blocks & visuals?
Could a BO3-match be with Storm & Cryo maps? So map 1: Storm, map 2: cryo.

[TheBigMiike]

Hi ! And thanks to Nadeo for the possibility to ask them

My question:

-Will there be the back of ManiaZone/ManiaHome to have last news about community project and event like TrackMania Forever?
-Otherwise, will you create an official tool to help sharing of community projects and events ?
-Will the title menu be changed ?

Thanks and sorry for my bad english

[Zechs]

Hi good-looking Nadeo devs! Thanks for doing this event

i think character and weapon customisation are features that many people would be happy to pay for. I can imagine people personalising their "arm rifles" and showing them off to friends.
Have you considered making the player weapon visible in the corner of the screen? If so, why did you decide against it?

Do you plan to give long-term incentives to make sure players play every day?(the PS4 draw is a great start!) What i mean is; League of Legends gives a 'first win of the day' bonus to every player, where they award bonus LP for that win. You could make a similar thing with Planets, but the problem is that they hold very little value for players right now.
So I guess my question is: do you plan to make Planets a valuable commodity in players eyes?

Will you be supporting the Multiplay Insomnia festivals again? Shootmania has had steady growth with each event so far; it'd be a shame to take your foot off the gas at this stage.

Sorry for long-winded questions; i'm tripping over my own thoughts.

you guys rule! Keep up the hard work, we really appreciate it!

[UrinStein]

Thank you for informing us about this event.


1. Titlepack-Disaster
"Will there be any changes or improvements to be expected about the current position of custom community-made Title-Packs in Maniaplanet? At the moment they are of little value and mostly dying out within a month after release."
This question is closely related to the question about the current Ingame Menu Design.

2. Map/Track Editor
"Are there any major changes or improvements to be expected for the Map-/Track-Editors of Maniaplanet-Games?"

3. Shootmania Cryo
"Are there any informations on Shootmania Cryo?"
Most peole don't know anything about it and those who do, don't know what to expect from it... and when.


Kind of the same questions as Soprah.^^

[Filipe1020]

1. Will it be possible to see the environments from TM Original and Sunrise in a new TM2 title in the future? It could solve the problem about how the community of TM is splitted into TMUF and TM2

2. Will we see a new TM2 title in the near future?

3. Will Questmania be revealed soon?

4. What is your favorite environment?

5. Giving out free keys for reviewers and let's players can increase the ammount of players on MP, will you guys do that one day?

6. Can we expect Maniaplanet 3? If yes, can you tell any info about it?

7. Can a solo campaign with bots is possible to be made in Shootmania? It's a great way for players to pratice before going on multiplayer

8. This car

Is it like a car that will be used on a new TM2 title or it's just a concept?

[Akbalder]

1. Will the main menu, the title packs system be changed?
2. What will be the next environment to be released?
3. Are you working on another environment for Shootmania?