SMoss 2101 Posted December 15, 2014 Celebrating DayZ’s official release on 16th December last year, Bohemia Interactive have released a special anniversary video on DayZ's official YouTube channel. The video provides a unique insight into the some of the challenges DayZ faced throughout its development, and what DayZ means to members of the development team.The standalone version was officially released using Steam's Early Access program, on December 16th 2013, very early on in its development cycle. Since then the DayZ development team has continued developing the game with a continuous flow of updates, including new weapons, new items, diseases, harvest-able resources, private shards, persistent objects, initial vehicle testing, and various platform improvements. Over the next 12 months, the team will be looking to expand the options for basic ground transportation, aerial transport, expanding on basic survival features, such as animal predators and traps. On top of these the DayZ team is implementing an improved rendering engine, which will expand upon the graphical fidelity and depth in game. Since the DayZ team released into Early Access 12 months ago, the team has grown significantly, David Durcak the new Project Lead on DayZ stated: “Firstly I'd like to thank Dean Hall for leading the team for the past two years and I wish him the best with his new studio. The growth of the DayZ team over the past 12 months will be integral to the prolonged success of the game. With the additional team members we hope that throughout the upcoming year we will be able to create more content and a deeper experience for the DayZ audience. Plus it will also allow us to improve technology for the standalone and polish the features we have. All in all, it is our goal to create the best experience we can, in terms of frame rate, visual quality and the overall gameplay.” First QuarterBasic vehiclesAdvanced loot distributionNew rendererNew Infected AIBasic stealth system (infected and animals)DiseasesImproved cooking and horticultureAdvanced anti-hack system (Dynamic BattlEye)Second QuarterAdvanced vehicles (repair and modifications)Advanced animals (life cycle, group behaviour)Player statisticsNew UIPlayer staminaDynamic eventsWorld containersNew physics systemThird QuarterTrapsBarricadingCharacter life span + soft skillsAnimal predators + birdsAerial transportConsole prototypeAdvanced communicationFourth QuarterAnimal companionsSteam community integrationConstruction (base building)Beta versionTo join the survivors in Chernarus, you can purchase DayZ (27.99 EUR/34,99 USD) from Steam and Store.bistudio.com. As development progresses the price of DayZ will increaseFor more information, please visit http://www.dayz.com and/or follow DayZ on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ganked 7 Posted December 16, 2014 holy mother of chernarus..this is going to be a long year for Dayz... ill be rooting you on every step of the way! GO DAYZ!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
St. Jimmy 1631 Posted December 16, 2014 World containers woo! Soft skills. Sounds interesting. I really like the idea of small skills. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Private Evans 1303 Posted December 16, 2014 world containers and stamina :) and please Santa ( Senchi) bring back the old Zelenogorsk supermarket including the big parking area :P 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
St. Jimmy 1631 Posted December 16, 2014 and stamina :)Oooh I missed that also! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poster 23 Posted December 16, 2014 So base building won't be implemented until the last quarter of 2015 or is that when it'll be finalized? For some reason I feel as if it won't be put in until the very last portion of 2015, and with a 2016 first quarter release date planned that seems like it's pushing it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yazar8 584 Posted December 16, 2014 I enjoyed the video. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackberrygoo 1416 Posted December 16, 2014 Can't wait for the next year to be done ,'dayz will r game of the millennium! :) the next three months should be interesting ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tatanko 5591 Posted December 16, 2014 Can't wait for the next year to be done ,'dayz will r game of the millennium! :) the next three months should be interesting ...I think it's the second quarter I'm most looking forward to. By then, the new renderer will have been implemented and between that and a new physics engine, I'm hoping we'll see some improvements in the weather system. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maia (DayZ) 93 Posted December 16, 2014 I just hope advanced communication consists of megaphones and graffiti. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StayAlive (DayZ) 169 Posted December 16, 2014 Congratulations!:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pillock 850 Posted December 16, 2014 I demand to know who was responsible for the sentimental background music: it sounds like a fucking Werther's Originals advert. They must be PUNISHED. [Looking forward to 2015!] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xCAPx 349 Posted December 16, 2014 really nice video! I enjoyed it :thumbsup: thx devs :wub: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blunce 991 Posted December 17, 2014 I just hope advanced communication consists of megaphones and graffiti. I was thinking this very thing lol I also hope that people can eventually take control of the Green Mtn. radio tower & broadcast signals & what not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnarchyBrownies 1383 Posted December 17, 2014 What are world containers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blaf 63 Posted December 17, 2014 What are world containers?Openable refrigerators, wardrobes etc. that could contain items in them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SmashT 10907 Posted December 17, 2014 What are world containers? Openable refrigerators, wardrobes etc. that could contain items in them. Rocket actually showed of a prototype in a devblog all the way back in Feb. Dunno if there were issues or they were waiting on the new renderer or just a low priority but it should give you a good idea. Here's a link to the part where it was talked about. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zboub le météor 250 Posted December 17, 2014 a lot of nice features incoming !!! they didn't mentionned crafting, i hope they plan to extand crafting big time :) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnarchyBrownies 1383 Posted December 17, 2014 Oh the memories. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ceramicx 0 Posted December 17, 2014 Thank you devs for realeasing this wonderful Game as Early Access, i ´ve played it since Release and it got better and better every Month.Im excited for the things which will come but for now its already the best and most intensive Game i´ve ever played in ten years of Gaming.Love you and keep on rocking :thumbsup: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salazar159 4 Posted December 18, 2014 no zombie fix??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tobias winfro 305 Posted December 18, 2014 no zombie fix???What's wrong with them? Other than giving us more zombies, what is it you'd like to see? They work just fine for me, haven't had one glitch through a wall in forever and they seem to recognize the fact that you just wacked em with an axe or sledgehammer. Yes their sight and hearing is a bit touchy but I thought they were only placeholders and the devs are working on distance in which they aggro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alsmir 255 Posted December 19, 2014 I'll believe it when I'll see it. Half of the listed features were planned for 2014. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
