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New GMTK Episode - How the Nemesis System Creates Stories (Patreon)

Published:
2021-01-28 16:22:16
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2021-01

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Hello!

This is the first GMTK video of 2021 - a deep dive into the Nemesis System from Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War. It will be released to the masses in a couple hours.

I said in my 2020 wrap up that I wanted to work on some bigger projects in the new year, and that's exactly how I started. Playing the games, reading through all the published material, and working out the best way to describe all of this was a huge amount of work that essentially took all month.

It was a fun video to make, though! I've always been curious how the Nemesis System works and I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on it now. And I learned a lot of interesting ideas and techniques that I think could be applicable to other types of systemic storytelling.

I hope you find it interesting and I'll see you soon! Patreon rewards for January will be available this weekend. Cheers for your support, as always!

Mark

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How the Nemesis System Creates Stories

GMTK is powered by Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GameMakersToolkit The Nemesis System in Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is a unique villain generator. But in the sequel, Shadow of War, it's a full on story generator. Here's how it makes narratives that are interesting, meaningful, and memorable. === Before you watch === Content warning: Blood, Gore, Violence === Sources and Resources === - Sources [1] 2015 D.I.C.E. Summit - Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor's Michael de Plater | YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2S0EbUrCy4 [2] Helping Players Hate (or Love) Their Nemesis | YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3ShGfJkLcU [3] Upgrading the Nemesis system for Middle-earth: Shadow of War | Gamasutra https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/305601/Upgrading_the_Nemesis_system_for_Middleearth_Shadow_of_War.php [4] Nemesis Characters, Nemesis Forts, Social Vendettas And Followers In Computer Games | Justia Patents https://patents.justia.com/patent/20160279522 [5] SEGA Sues Fox, EA over Simpsons Road Rage | IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/12/05/sega-sues-fox-ea-over-simpsons-road-rage [6] New Batman Game From WB Montreal To Feature Nemesis System With Multiple Factions – Rumor | WCCF Tech https://wccftech.com/new-batman-game-nemesis-system/ [7] Rumor: Harry Potter RPG Gets ‘Dark,’ Uses a ‘Nemesis’ Rival System | The Escapist https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/rumor-harry-potter-rpg-gets-dark-uses-a-nemesis-rival-system/ === Support GMTK === Support GMTK on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GameMakersToolkit Use Creator Tag "GMTOOLKIT" when buying on Epic Game Store Purchase the equipment I use through Amazon Affiliate Links: 🎙️ My video microphone - https://amzn.to/3n36r45 🎤 My streaming microphone - https://amzn.to/38F5UjA ⚙️ My audio interface - https://amzn.to/3puaLL3 🎧 My headphones - https://amzn.to/2KYL728 🎬 My capture card - https://amzn.to/3mOqCCA === Games Shown === Middle-earth: Shadow of War (2017) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014) RimWorld (2013) Crusader Kings III (2020) Spec Ops: The Line (2012) Hades (2020) Burnout Revenge (2005) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) The Walking Dead: Season One (2012) Mass Effect 3 (2012) The Simpsons: Road Rage (2001) Crazy Taxi (1999) Batman: Arkham Knight (2015) Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (2018) === Credits === Music from Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War OSTs, property of Warner Bros. The Simpsons: Road Rage footage from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2fBlqGc8aY Some images from https://thenounproject.com

Comments

Anonymous

Wonderful episode, Mark! Very interesting. I played and finished Shadow of Mordor - never touched the second one. And now realise why - because of all the backlash and the feeling the game wasn't as good as the first one. I believe it's in my Playstation Plus Games - so will definitely check it out. And Alba is also very cute indeed - play it with my daughter (6).

Theis Egeberg

Great content. It lead me to actually read the patent for the nemesis system. It swerves between being specific to the point of revealing source code: "The game engine may cause less experienced captains to be much weaker than those who have experience in the faction, so these may be useful for easy domination or easy fodder for other captains to defeat and use to increase power." And so generic as to represent any game: "A video game apparatus, comprising means for controlling game events in a computer-implemented game, the game events involving an avatar that is operated in response to input from a player, and a first non-player character that is controlled in response to a first set of character parameters defined in a computer memory and in response to operation of the avatar;" A lot of articles has popped up hyping the point about the patent from your video in the last couple of hours. Good work, most of them cite you. However I'm not sure how much the nemesis system is actually patented outside a ghost-human vs. orcs-in-a-fort setting. It's worth finding out though.