Aura Fury Podcast

Join Jacob (EconBrony) and Alex (Plexus) as they interview the Totem Arts Team: Whistle, Fobby and Sarah as they talk about the history of the company and one of their successful projects Renegade X. They also go over their exciting new project Firestorm!

00:00 Starts

00:29 CnC in Aura Fury

01:24 Introductions

03:12 What is Totem Arts and Projects Have You Done?

05:46 Killing Renegade and Adding the X

09:00 Organizing Before Discord

11:38 Was Renegade X a Mod?

19:47 What is the Difference Between a Mod and Renegade X?

21:50 What Engine Did You Build the Game On?

26:00 Is Unreal Script the Language You Programmed Everything In?

27:18 How Do you Recruit and Motivate Volunteers?

34:30 What Kind of Turnover did you all Deal With?

37:20 Do Volunteers often Return After Leaving?

37:50 How Do you Recruit Volunteers?

43:06 How Did you Get Permission from EA To Use There Intellectual Property?

47:09 What was one of the greatest challenges your team overcame?

53:29 At Point Did You Say This is Ready for Release?

01:04:08 How Did the Community Receive Renegade X?

01:05:16 What Can you Tell Us About the Firestorm project?

01:10:38 Differences Between Renegade X and Firestorm

01:20:06 How Many People Can Play on a Map in Firestorm?

01:20:42 Is There an ETA for Firestorm?

01:26:24 Where do You Want to See Totem Arts in the Future?

01:28:10 Any Fun Stories From the Game Dev?

01:33:01 What recommendations would you have for someone looking to get into game creation?

01:38:35 Totem Arts Contact Info

Join EconBrony with three guest from the Aura Fury community talk modding in Vintage Story and in general. Aledark, Apache, and Th3Dilli go through their mods, their stories as to why they mod, resource recommendations, tips for modding and more! Aura Fury is officially a Texas non-profit now! Stay turned for more Podcast episodes coming soon!

00:00 Start

00:20 Aura Fury is a Non-Profit Now!

00:49 Guest Introductions

03:17 Guests Introduce their Mods

19:06 Future Plans for Mods

27:34 Aura Fury Mod Project

33:51 Importance of Feedback to Modders

38:31 Why They Mod

47:26 What Got Them Into Modding

53:40 What Challenges Have they Encountered

01:04:10 What do you need to know to Mod

01:07:20 What Hardware and Software do you need

01:15:13 Other Recommended Resources

01:21:11 What Can Game Devs do to help Modders

01:26:46 Modding and Coding Stories

01:32:03 Have they ever Considered Doing Game Dev

01:37:42 Conclusion

01:41:51 Community Connections

Join JuCoHi (Justin), EconBrony (Jacob), Plexus (Alex), and Aledark as they chat about news, poll results, events and more going on in the Aura Fury discord. Lots of cool things to learn and hear about. Stay tuned for even more Podcast coming!