Miodrag 'Mio' Kovačević; Game Director
@StarbreezeAB
on PAYDAY 3; Streamer; Opinions my own; Ava by @/Katx_Fish Banner @/Necrotext; They/He - 💖
@Necrotext
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The Sonic movie is the best example of adapting a video game to a movie, because a ton of people crunched to finish it and lost their jobs just before release.
Guy goes to a doctor.
"Doctor, I am depressed."
Doctor looks at him and says: "The treatment is simple! Tony Hawk is in town. Go watch some sick skateboard tricks. That will cheer you up."
The man bursts into tears: "But doctor, I am Tony Hawk"
I'm looking forward to people seeing some gameplay finally, because I've been working as a designer on it for almost 4 years and I want to talk about it lol
A quick look into what kind of chaos you’ve been causing during the first day of Play Early. Well heisted, heisters!
You guys are pretty good at this whole heisting thing, aren’t ya?
Starting today, I'm taking on the responsibilities of Game Director on PAYDAY 3. Please look forward to the cool things the team has in store for 2024.
I'm getting people in my mentions saying that the Sonic movie didn't cause the VFX studio to shut down.
There are examples of game companies doing well and still laying off people. The main point is that you work to create something people enjoy and you get booted for it.
The next update has two free heists, first person interaction animations, a new skill line and you'll be able to earn infamy points from completing heist.
Stay tuned for more info by following
@PAYDAYGame
Get ready for the YouTube premiere of our first PAYDAY 3 Dev Update, talking about what's coming to the game within the next month. The video will premiere at 3PM CET today 👊😎
Arcade Shinobi: confident, independent, strong, will deliver your groceries.
SMS: capable, under a lot of pressure, hoping for a promotion one day.
Amiga: ancient, tired, subsists on a diet of raisins.
NES: high on caffeine, terrified someone will notice he's not a real ninja.
For those who missed the stream, the team explained the Infamy Points per heist completion system.
-You get IP for heist completion
-Bonus IP for stealth (before Alarm goes off)
-Bonus IP for stealing all bags (yes, it's all or nothing)
-All these depend on heist and difficulty
I'm sorry you're having technical issues and I hope they're resolved soon so people can enjoy the game.
But I'll always be proud of the work both the team and I have done, whether it's this or other games we've worked on.
@MDKII
payday 3's launch is so bad you should be. Ashamed of yourself. No pride in your work, yet you brag about it.
Every day it looks like ur a thief. You people could of delisted your game and stopped further server strain instead you sell a broken product. U r a thief.
Anyway this post blew up.
Be nice to rank and file people who create things in movies and gamedev. Criticize higher ups and management who have no qualms laying people off after burning them out.
Also trans rights.
Hope you all enjoyed the
#PAYDAY3
Beta and thanks for helping us test the servers.
Please keep in mind that the Beta build is from April, so the game you'll see next week has 5 months worth of improvements and fixes.
I'm completely fine with folks being upset and criticizing us because they can't play the game. People took days off work and have been very excited to play, so I sympathize and I hope we resolve this soon.
I don't however care for insults or threats towards me or the team. :)
@MDKII
Man, I'm really sorry for you and colleagues having to deal with these kinds of people, blaming those who have nothing to do with the problems at hand.
The base game is solid and you have the right to be proud of your work, even if unfortunately overshadowed
Fun fact, ceilings in top down or isometric video games, or even third person games in general, are a really interesting game development topic, because nobody actually fucking cares.
Heisters! We have just completed maintanance and PAYDAY 3 is live again.
We are now ready to release the patch on Thursday! Exact timing TBC. Tune in to Heist with Almir later today to watch the Legacy Patch trailer!
I've gotten messages from people asking if I was OK and I would like to let you all know that for every asshole I get, there are several people being genuine and respectful.
Thank you all and I sincerely hope you get to enjoy the game with minimum issues soon 🙏
Reminder folks that if you're interested in Payday 3, but aren't sure yet, we are available Day 1 on Game Pass. You can play with your friends regardless of platform and if you ever decide to buy the game on the same or different platform, you'll keep your progress.
Heisters, we will continue our Live Update Stream today at 5CEST (that’s in three hours), join
@almirlisto
and
@MDKII
and ask your most burning questions about the current state, and future, of PAYDAY 3!
I am tired of these posts, but I'd like to note that if a game is online, it immediately has less fidelity than a single player game because it needs to sync up information between players.
That light you want broken? Info needs to be sent online to up to 7 other people.
Only players can kill civilians, whether it's by shooting civs, shooting an explosive hazard (like a fire extinguisher) or using the laws of gravity.
If cops kill civilians, it's a bug, but it shouldn't happen. (Yes, I am aware how bizarre this sounds out of context.)
@MDKII
Alright I got to ask, cause my friends keep claiming its happening every time I'm not looking at them. Can the cops kill Civs in Payday 3. they are telling me they are slaughtering hostages and grenadiers are just droping gas on them.
Something I wish we could normalize is buying and enjoying smaller indie games that aren't super polished or backed by indie publishers/established big indie studios.
I enjoyed Skautfold games and I enjoyed Dragon Mission. Some good late 2000s indie/fangame vibes.
Hey *GAMERS*, if you want to advocate for anyone getting fired because a game is bad, it should always be management. The actual devs are probably as pissed as you are.
2023 had some of the most amazing game releases and we've celebrated it by laying off people en masse across the industry and giving the survivors 30 seconds on an awards show to say thank you for still having a job.
The people who make games do not matter to this industry.
"Neman" means ugly, nonsense and monster (among other things), but he's actually a sweet dragon most of the time.
Not pictured: most of the time.
(Art by
@Komoroshi
)
Thank you for all the kind words. I just wanna say the only attempt at an insult I've gotten worth acknowledging is someone calling me a "typical modern Swede" because I have He/They in my bio because it's almost as funny as when someone called me a typical American years ago.
I want to say that if you disagree with this take, you should try playing HD2 with friends in voice chat for any extended period of time, because you'll just be talking about the most innane shit while waging war.
People are QRT me a lot with reasons why Dark Souls 2 was bad and I regret I didn't instead post how Sekiro was garbage because at least the QRTs would be entertaining then.
I spent the last week in Gamescom helping show-off Payday 3 at the booth for players and with the press. We won two awards (Most Entertaining and Best PC game at Gamescom) and had 4 hour long queues (play sessions were 15-30 minutes).
Less than a month until release!